tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42994091383462252872024-03-13T06:04:09.648+08:00Malaysian Sports' Loose Cannonrizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.comBlogger1443125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-53073451752085897552022-12-30T09:34:00.003+08:002022-12-30T09:34:26.420+08:00Farewell The Greatest of All Time<div>I was dispatched to Singapore by the Malay Mail to meet Pele in December 2001. My biggest regret was that I have misplaced the picture with arguably the Greatest Footballer of All Time.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYPL70ZlQ5k3XPP2llebVDOEEj88LJ4-EFm9esnRcwRqxIyOL9VY-JvlzzptfI_YM7MVrhtEADaSd0JpgxAez31EOZsYA8KeqomSqvc7FS8sqdgk5mVnQGJdmQCHlxJKrwkt82YK3Zs-he4Kl8qccCGsue2V42oZx44yvZxOKom2oOYB6LZ3bHDjA/s1040/Pele.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1040" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYPL70ZlQ5k3XPP2llebVDOEEj88LJ4-EFm9esnRcwRqxIyOL9VY-JvlzzptfI_YM7MVrhtEADaSd0JpgxAez31EOZsYA8KeqomSqvc7FS8sqdgk5mVnQGJdmQCHlxJKrwkt82YK3Zs-he4Kl8qccCGsue2V42oZx44yvZxOKom2oOYB6LZ3bHDjA/s320/Pele.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Below is the story ran by the Malay Mail in December 2001.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">IN THE PRESENCE OF A LEGEND</span></b></div><div><br /></div><i><span style="color: red;">SOME sporting events are, well, just events. Meeting a sports figure acclaimed as the No 1 and the most celebrated in his chosen sport is a different story altogether.</span></i><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">It is, naturally, an event by itself.
The eagerly awaited Press conference in the hub of Singapore, was scheduled at 2pm yesterday.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Pele, the maestro himself and in the middle of a hectic promotional tour as the Global Spokesperson of Mastercard International, emerged almost 20 minutes later, flanked by Ajay Bhalla, vice-president and Country Manager Singapore for MasterCard International, as well as two bodyguards.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">In his second visit to our southern neighbours since 1974, Pele or Edson Arantes do Nascimento (he was named after Thomas Edison) clad in a dark blazer, needed no introduction. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">In the ensuing 50 minutes or so, Pele gave a few words, entertained questions from the floor before indulging in the routine autograph and photo opportunities for the media.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Some, perhaps, were awestruck by the presence of an individual whose popularity had astounded Robert Redford who remarked "Wow, man you're popular" after Pele gave dozens of autographs in New York while he was not asked for one. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Questions, obviously, centred on the forthcoming World Cup in Japan- Korea in May 2002, Brazil (of course) to changes in FIFA which he described the world body having become more democratic since Sepp Blatter took over from Joao Havelange.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">On Brazil's World Cup chances, Pele quipped: "I've done my job (referring to his three winners medals) ... but later voiced his optimism that his fellow countrymen would enter the last four under the stewardship of Felipe Scolari.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"> On the first World Cup to be held in Asia, the 61-year old believed it would be an interesting affair not only because of the neutral ground (the Europeans and the Latin Americans share the same number of wins- eight) but also due to the presence of several debutants. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">"A lot of teams could surprise. If you noticed, almost 40 per cent of the teams that competed in France'98 will not be in Korea-Japan."</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">On the best player in the planet, Pele said: "(Zinedine) Zidane has been consistent for the past four or five years." </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">He also mentioned Spain's Raul, Portugese idol Luis Figo and Argentine Juan Sebastian Veron. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Asked about England's Michael Owen, Pele believed the Liverpool darling could walk into any team in the world. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">"I hold him in high regard." </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">The question and answer session took 40 minutes. Pele was running short of time. The living legend had other commitments or maybe he just needed a rest. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">The Press quickly swarmed the former Brazilian Sport Minister. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Interestingly, Pele signed a ball and without prior notice, offered it to whomever who could answer his question correctly. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">"How many goals did I score in my career?" Pele posed the question.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">It caught many off-guard.
But Wilfred Yeo was not one of them.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">The veteran journalist and Straits Times sports columnist duly answered "1,283".</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Someone shouted "one thousand" without being specific while the rest were reduced to being mere onlookers. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Pele then gave Yeo the ball - with the black and white pentagon design similar to those used in the 1970 and 1974 World Cups, and a warm hug. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Clearly the King never disappoints. One can always rely on his humility, which has always been one of his strong points.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Included in his two-day itinerary are visits to Singapore's National Kidney Foundation and the S-League Party at Planet Hollywood where he is scheduled to give away the awards - Best Cheerleading, Best Half-time performance and the Most Improved Fan Club. </span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">It was a unique occasion, one to frame and hang on the wall, and certainly not only for Yeo.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>Farewell King.</div><div><br /></div><div>The only picture from that trip was this...with a replica of the trophy Pele lifted on three occasions, though his contribution was limited in 1962.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTqacY1k8G_AXmTKVXUAAmJ_3kbt4HqdOv8gc4pWRP5XCKpa0Z2Aool0HiyTsYciqwwrgNuTpVs8EuCeEA0lpKBoRxsJXJdlneQzhBPePIwzaWds56OyeNe7J0mO_ps7TNIper8OHwi_EvPduDjW7zBoQC5BANu0AAoqicWjfUlnSVyK5BaeUKZF5/s2015/Jules%20Rimet%20trophy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1511" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTqacY1k8G_AXmTKVXUAAmJ_3kbt4HqdOv8gc4pWRP5XCKpa0Z2Aool0HiyTsYciqwwrgNuTpVs8EuCeEA0lpKBoRxsJXJdlneQzhBPePIwzaWds56OyeNe7J0mO_ps7TNIper8OHwi_EvPduDjW7zBoQC5BANu0AAoqicWjfUlnSVyK5BaeUKZF5/s320/Jules%20Rimet%20trophy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-2285679921171252502022-10-22T08:39:00.006+08:002022-10-22T17:51:36.881+08:00The days when R & D meant Rizal & Dhaliwal
BEFORE the world became consumed with Tik Tok and Instagram, Gen X like me and the rest of my fellow earthlings relied on mainstream media for our daily diet of news. Then came blogging.<div><br /></div><div>Inspired by Rocky Bru’s socio-political blog which drew a large following beginning in 2006, yours truly jumped on the bandwagon in 2008. So did Satwant Singh Dhaliwal, a former colleague at the Malay Mail sports desk from 2001 to 2004.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love him or hate him, Satwant’s now defunct blog enjoyed a wide following not only because of his controversial take on issues, or broadsides bordering on personal attacks against certain individuals but above all his exclusive interviews with big names such as Datuk Lee Chong Wei which were then picked up by the mainstream media. </div><div><br /></div><div>When Haresh Deol called me to break the sad news that Satwant had passed away on Friday the 14th of October, 17 days shy of his 60th birthday, I felt a profound sadness. For we were so close at one time that the late Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, the doyen of the Oympic Council of Malaysia (OCM), labelled us R&D, Rizal and Dhaliwal for our often opinionated, controversial and news-breaking approach.</div><div><br /></div><div>Satwant remained an influential figure in Malaysian sports until the day he died.</div><div><br /></div><div>For all his flaws and our differences, Satwant was a generous soul.
Before joining the desk officially in 2001 ahead of the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, he would often dropped by at the office to offer food from his work place, the Royal Selangor Club.
“Woi bodek ka” I used to utter to him.</div><div><br /></div><div>Satwant was indeed a welcomed addition to the sports desk already reputed to be the best in the country. His knowledge on sports other than hockey on top of his experience in sports administration gave the desk a new dimension.</div><div><br /></div><div>The desk was indeed the best in the country, without a shadow of a doubt, continuing a proud tradition of producing the best stories since the 1970s.</div><div><br /></div><div>With Johnson Fernandez as the sports editor who was passionate about football and hockey as illustrated in his weekly column Game All in Sunday Mail, the desk churned out stories from a different angle.</div><div><br /></div><div>After decades of serving the community as an afternoon paper, the Paper That Cares went regional in 2003. So we went head to head with the morning papers. But instead of the direct reporting style practised by the morning papers, The Malay Mail sports pages continued to be filled with human interest stories - they tug at the heart and fog the mind!</div><div><br /></div><div>The most senior writer then was Tony Mariadass, a qualified football coach who was also an expert in tenpin bowling. He succeeded Rajan Etickan as the sports editor at the tailend of Satwant's Malay Mail career.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrHrpvC7HrNcE0ruNT8nRyihF4ibYUVInQjdWnkmYh7ICC688E7ERVS60Ov9zrNlbF8bQjoGaBaI46en3oqiOsxoTL4uVnV5YO1_JiksrUmAzRtFHibnri-V-5XPBTuZPSQIamVzdAoqRqeKiOPtYzK8LlgJ24UyCEWtNJqPlqyqOSD7szgQ31GjI/s604/MM%20Sports%20Desk.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="604" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrHrpvC7HrNcE0ruNT8nRyihF4ibYUVInQjdWnkmYh7ICC688E7ERVS60Ov9zrNlbF8bQjoGaBaI46en3oqiOsxoTL4uVnV5YO1_JiksrUmAzRtFHibnri-V-5XPBTuZPSQIamVzdAoqRqeKiOPtYzK8LlgJ24UyCEWtNJqPlqyqOSD7szgQ31GjI/s320/MM%20Sports%20Desk.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>From left Tony Mariadass, Mustapha Kamaruddin, Satwant, yours truly and Fariq</i></div><br /><div>Mustapha Kamaruddin or Moose to everyone, was the main hockey and rugby writer, counting Volker Knapp and the late Tan Sri Zaman Khan among the victims of his criticism. His nom de plume, when he wears the Argentine hat, was El Loco.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fariq Rahman was someone we fondly called Royal Reporter, for somehow he managed to enter the inner circle of the royalties, Pahang and Selangor especially, which gave him access to a lot of inside stories of the Malaysian national and Selangor football teams, apart from his contacts in squash, tennis and combat sports. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yours truly was focused on the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM), National Sports Council (NSC), Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS), FA of Malaysia (FAM), mainly on youth development, badminton, track and field, and less fancied sports such as shooting, weightlifting and archery which seldom hit the back pages.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tony Yee, who was initially brought in from The Star to write for the footy magazine Football, later joined us and be put in charge of the badminton beat. </div><div><br /></div><div>Then Graig Nunis, brother of hockey legend Kevin, joined us from The Sun ahead of the 2001 SEA Games.</div><div><br /></div><div>Before making his name as a critic and now owner of portal twentytwo13.my, Haresh began from the bottom, as a stringer-cum-law student tasked to cover schools at the desk and later joined us on a permanent basis, where he found good company in his contemporary Ghaz Ramli, who grew to become a motorsports expert and is now CEO of Badminton Association of Western Australia.</div><div><br /></div><div>Satwant provided various angles and views on administration and management to a paper already established as a controversial tabloid.
With the writers we had at the desk, we were guaranteed back page stories which were highly anticipated by the fraternity. Thanks to rewrite man Chan Wai Kong making us looked better than we actually were with his editing skills, we walked and talked as if we were God’s gift to Malaysian sports.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLmAAWGFPpAhSxrKpzwn4aZ4dCnnFsHFh90fH0PPQPdej_OF9UGZXydtXqWPxJDxV0035kK74dDRNGkpU7JO7l4EkSBGHPR7Gx9MfCIPxzQV2ryDg8i8ArLJyjxNUqKsPht41-FMHUWv_rfp2fZB7J0xklOmhLCnuuStXogbjqYlOiFVud-SjKX11/s1040/KLIA%202022.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1040" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLmAAWGFPpAhSxrKpzwn4aZ4dCnnFsHFh90fH0PPQPdej_OF9UGZXydtXqWPxJDxV0035kK74dDRNGkpU7JO7l4EkSBGHPR7Gx9MfCIPxzQV2ryDg8i8ArLJyjxNUqKsPht41-FMHUWv_rfp2fZB7J0xklOmhLCnuuStXogbjqYlOiFVud-SjKX11/s320/KLIA%202022.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Satwant (standing, third from left in the background) with Fariq (second from left in the background) together with my siblings Kak Lin and Man plus my niece Aishah, sending off Khalid Redza (extreme right) and yours truly at the KLIA for an assignment - the Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On good days, Fariq, Moose and myself would park ourselves at Satwant’s place in Bangsar just behind the office, drinking cans of Milo from his refrigerator, reportedly courtesy of his good office with Nestle, while discussing sports officials. There we used to poke fun at him because he had a car but could not drive. "You give your car to me la and we can make it the office car"!</div><div><br /></div><div>Satwant’s articles usually drew a mixed reaction. We did not necessarily agree with his angles but that was the beauty of the paper then, that everyone was given the freedom to express our opinions, without fear or favour.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMZiSAjFR8LLNuIg8UfrjEx9DxCkxY6oPP0juk0leNbZHZHifbx8esgGKNdvuzINT2rMcoWfe0NtDy0S4IcTr0w1yzO9SYndCHar60rUv-9nzTMuJcp-rnW9eoX0QEyF7hs4RVaPHQ3bqlDLsOAqSDH7SI916KUcgh7H0RiywO_eE6Z46i4It1vGg/s960/Office%20MM%202002.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMZiSAjFR8LLNuIg8UfrjEx9DxCkxY6oPP0juk0leNbZHZHifbx8esgGKNdvuzINT2rMcoWfe0NtDy0S4IcTr0w1yzO9SYndCHar60rUv-9nzTMuJcp-rnW9eoX0QEyF7hs4RVaPHQ3bqlDLsOAqSDH7SI916KUcgh7H0RiywO_eE6Z46i4It1vGg/s320/Office%20MM%202002.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Tony Yee and Moose (in the backround) conspiring with yours truly to question Satwant's angle</b> </i></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>At the desk, dissenting views were encouraged. And of course, we agreed to disagree to such an extent that Satwant and I stopped talking to each other even if we were seated side by side. On other days, we either yelled at each other or be yelled at but ultimately we had fun.</div><div><br /></div><div>I first knew Satwant him when he was a sports officer at Yayasan Negeri Sembilan (YNS), managing the sports activities under the foundation’s auspices. I was then attached to the Berita Harian sports desk, covering hockey as and when, third in the ranking behind V. Ashok and Norbakti Alias.</div><div><br /></div><div>As the officer tasked to manage and coordinate the YNS side, he was exposed to the rigours of managing a high-performing team that featured virtually the who’s who in Malaysian hockey. </div><div><br /></div><div>With former Indian international captain and penalty corner specialist, Pargat Singh, former Malaysian skipper Sarjit Singh, Mirnawan Nawawi (Dato’), Arrifin Ghani, Soon Mustapha, Maninderjit Singh, St John Davis, Brian Jayhan Siva and S. Suriagandhi, Nor Azlan Bakar and K. Dharmaraj in the YNS stable, Satwant rose through the ranks as assistant and later team manager under the guidance of YNS director, Mustapha Kamil Mohammed.</div><div><br /></div><div>YNS was ahead of their time, offering scholarships and monthly salaries to the team in the mid-90s to youngsters like Nasihin Nubli, Calvin Fernandez and M. Kaliswaran.
Hockey was not their only raison d’etre. YNS had the vision to develop badminton and football through a scouting system then.</div><div><br /></div><div>But it was hockey which put YNS on the forefront, reaching the pinnacle with a treble in 1996 at the end of the glorious year which turned out to be their last when Mustapha Kamil decided to quit, while Satwant joined the National Sports Council (NSC) as the hockey liaison officer.</div><div><br /></div><div>After creating a huge impression with his write-ups and opinions, Satwant quit the Malay Mail in 2004 to join the then newly-minted Sports Minister, Dato’ Seri Azalina Othman Said as her special officer. </div><div><br /></div><div>Following the medal drought at the Athens Olympics, Azalina rang changes. After he was dissuaded by Datuk Seri Ibrahim Saad from lobbying for the Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) secretary’s post, Satwant was made the head of AsiaCom, a project initiated to establish the highest achievers among the elite athletes, while Ibrahim as chairman. </div><div><br /></div><div>As someone who had covered NSC since they were based at Stadium Negara, I realised much of NSC’s authority was usurped by Ibrahim and Satwant upon Azalina’s directive who wanted to create a parallel secretariat in order to undermine the NSC leadership. </div><div><br /></div><div>I continued to be critical of Azalina's policies, which irked Satwant as he had gone to the other side of the fence. Often we debated on a lot of issues, governance or otherwise, virtually putting our friendship at stake. </div><div><br /></div><div>But Satwant’s stint did not last long. Thanks to his connection with Khairy Jamaluddin, he was made the general secretary of UPB-MyTeam, in 2006.
In 2007, Satwant was made the chief operating officer of MSL Sdn Bhd, FAM’s marketing arm, when Ibrahim was the FAM general secretary. </div><div><br /></div><div>There was no doubting Satwant’s access to the movers and shakers in the sports industry. He shook them into moving things and making decisions, right or wrong. He created a whatsapp group, inviting the likes of Tan Sri Norza Zakaria, Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin, the late Datuk Seri Zolkples Embong, Datuk Ong Kim Swee, Datuk S. Sivasundaram and Datuk Dr Ramlan Abdul Aziz to discuss sports on a daily basis.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_LshcD4QbxxJchFgylwQ4tykBlYua_o2B35-ycC2f8939KAUAul4E7ocuxSOhSGynuSmM00nA-Rt0sJcj2mEy5kq6SrtC94-jBUST5bCCMCOQmTuUHZl_EtpSASRGZK38wamFaRutYHfavu8e7po_LnLjJJpCIFH_ncvRHbavbxzJ4NJ2PMkezUW/s1160/tampin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1160" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_LshcD4QbxxJchFgylwQ4tykBlYua_o2B35-ycC2f8939KAUAul4E7ocuxSOhSGynuSmM00nA-Rt0sJcj2mEy5kq6SrtC94-jBUST5bCCMCOQmTuUHZl_EtpSASRGZK38wamFaRutYHfavu8e7po_LnLjJJpCIFH_ncvRHbavbxzJ4NJ2PMkezUW/s320/tampin.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Standing from left, Bazly, Haresh, loose cannon with whatever hair left, Balbir Singh and a family friend. Seated former hockey international K. Maheswari and Ramaguru. </b></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On the day of his funeral, I travelled to Tampin, to his late parents’ house, the same house I went to for a Deepavali do two decades ago. On my arrival, Stephen van Huizen, the YNS coach who later went on to become the national team coach, quickly recognised me and introduced me to his brothers Jusvir and Rejinder.</div><div><br /></div><div>After paying my last respects, I was told by Jusvir that the house was renovated by Satwant. Jusvir who lived nearby was the first person to be called when Satwant collapsed while eating at the eatery just behind the house.</div><div><br /></div><div>Later Haresh and missus Pearl Lee arrived, followed by Astro Arena's Bazly Azmi and former The Star hockey writer, S. Ramaguru. We were told the house continues to be a pit stop offering refreshments for anyone travelling through Tampin, a tradition started by Satwant's grandfather. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ramaguru and Tony Mariadass were perhaps Satwant’s two friends who stayed with him through thick and thin until his last breath.</div><div><br /></div><div>Satwant's final official job was a media consultant at OCM. He loved to tell me that he had completed a rare distinction of having worked at at KBS, NSC, OCM, FAM and MSL - a feat that may never be matched by any of us in the Malay Mail sports desk or even the present group of sports administrators. </div><div><br /></div><div>Farewell Satwant, you made a mark in Malaysian sports. You will be missed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-73911188719421176442020-04-05T19:07:00.002+08:002020-04-05T19:07:48.301+08:00Selamat Jalan Tokcik - legenda dunia penyiaran dan arena sukan<br />
INNALILLAHI WAINNA ILAIHI ROJIUN.<br />
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Semoga Allah SWT mengampuni dan merahmati roh Allahyarham Tuan Haji Amran Hamid, serta meringankan musibah keluarganya.<br />
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Pemergian Allahyarham Tuan Haji Amran, pada usia menghampiri 80 tahun tanggal 4 April 2020, meninggalkan kesan buat diriku.<br />
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Maklumlah, aku bersama Hafizal Hamad menikmati minum petang, dengan dijamu jus mangga buatan Aunty Jun pada Jun 2012, selain bertukar pendapat untuk beberapa tahun dari 2011 hingga 2017.<br />
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Kami berdua terpanggil menziarah Allahyarham, yang menggelar dirinya Tokcik, untuk serba sedikit mengutip ilmu dunia penyiaran daripada beliau.<br />
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Sebelum itu, aku berkomunikasi dengan Tokcik menerusi blognya dan juga ulasan-ulasan menerusi Facebook. Aku menghubunginya menerusi mesej dalam FB, memperkenalkan diri sebagai bekas wartawan The Malay Mail.<br />
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Lama sebelum itu, aku hanya wartawan cabuk, budak hingusan yang mengundi dalam mesyuarat Persatuan Penulis-penulis Sukan Malaysia (SAM) ketika Tokcik antara pucuk pimpinan.<br />
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Pertemuan kami pada hari itu pertengahan 2012 di kediamannya di Subang Jaya diiringi tekad untuk membuat ziarah susulan ke atas Tokcik pada bulan-bulan mendatang.<br />
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Topik yang kami bincang berkisar sekitar peranan kami selaku penyiar di Astro Arena.<br />
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Tidak lama kemudian, aku menerima jemputan perkahwinan anak Tokcik, tetapi agak malang pada hari itu, ditakdirkan kami tidak sempat bersua muka - beliau dimasukkan ke dalam hospital.<br />
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Kali terakhir aku berkesempatan beramah mesra seketika dengan Tokcik pada 2017 pada majlis perkahwinan anak Kadri Taib.<br />
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Generasi hari ini barangkali sedikit kerugian tidak mengenali Amran. Tahukah anda Allahyarham antara individu yang menyumbang kepada satu rekod dunia – RTM menjadi penyiar pertama menyiarkan kesemua 52 perlawanan Piala Dunia FIFA Mexico 1986?<br />
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“Jika ada pertindihan jadual, satu perlawanan disiarkan secara langsung, satu lagi disiarkan secara tertunda.<br />
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“Ketika itu rakyat dari negara jiran akan berduyun-duyun ke sempadan untuk menyaksikan perlawanan yang kami siarkan secara langsung,” kata Amran dalam satu temu bual dengan Daniel Chan, wartawan The Malay Mail, yang disiarkan pada 2002 sempena mengenang sumbangan RTM yang bergabung dengan akhbar itu untuk menyiarkan Piala Dunia 1982 atas tajaan rakyat.<br />
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Waktu itu Tokcik ketua unit sukan TV RTM yang baru diwujudkan atas inisiatif beliau.
Tokcik seterusnya menyelia penyelarasan siaran Piala Dunia FIFA untuk edisi 1986, 1990 dan 1994.<br />
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Tokcik memulakan kerjayanya di Radio Malaysia pada 1963 dan membuat liputan pertama menerusi corong radio untuk final Piala HMS Malaya pada 1964.<br />
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Senarai liputan yang dilakukan Tokcik, yang juga rakan sekelas Datuk Rahim Razali, cukup mengagumkan.
Anak jati Ipoh itu yang meminati hoki, kriket, ragbi dan bola sepak, membuat liputan luar negara antaranya:<br />
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Hoki Piala Dunia di Belanda 1973<br />
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Piala Dunia FIFA di Argentina 1978<br />
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Argentina meninggalkan kenangan manis buat Tokcik.<br />
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“Saya pengulas Bahasa Melayu pertama membuat ulasan secara langsung final 1978 dari Buenos Aires. Waktu itu RTM hanya menyiarkan perlawanan pembukaan, dua perlawanan separuh akhir dan final.”<br />
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Di sebalik tabir, Tokcik mendedahkan bahawa perbincangan beliau dengan Allahyarham Datuk Abu Bakar Daud yang juga Naib Presiden Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) di Buenos Aires membawa kepada format Piala Malaysia diubah berdasarkan liga sepusingan.<br />
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Sebelum itu, saingan Piala HMS Malaya, Piala Malaya dan Piala Malaysia semuanya dianjur mengikut format penyingkiran di peringkat zon.<br />
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Pada 1967 FAM memperkenalkan tiga zon, Utara, Selatan dan Pantai Timur, tetapi enam tahun kemudian, saingan Piala Malaysia dibahagikan kepada dua zon sahaja - Zon Utara yang menampilkan Pulau Pinang, Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Kelantan dan Angkatan Tentera dan Zon Selatan, ditandingi Melaka, Terengganu, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Johor.<br />
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Selaku dua gergasi dan pasukan pilihan, Selangor dan Singapura dipisahkan berpandukan mesyuarat jawatankuasa FAM setiap tahun.<br />
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Pada 1977, Piala Borneo secara rasminya dijadikan sebagai zon ketiga, membuka ruang kepada juara zon itu, Sabah, untuk menyertai Piala Malaysia untuk kali pertama pada 1978.<br />
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Musim sulung liga sepusingan diadakan dengan separuh akhir secara timbal balik. Edisi 1979 turut ditandingi Sarawak dan Brunei buat julung kali.
Akhirnya edisi 1982 diiktiraf sebagai liga sulung secara rasmi yang dimenangi oleh Pulau Pinang.<br />
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“Beberapa dekad pasukan seperti Perlis, Kedah dan Johor tidak bertemu dalam Piala Malaysia , maka itu sebuah liga sepusingan menarik minat ramai kerana ia membabitkan pasukan dari seluruh pelosok negara,” kata Tokcik kepadaku.<br />
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Seperti yang Tokcik kongsikan dalam catatan blognya, kali pertama beliau diajak menonton perlawanan bola sepak Piala Malaya pada 1959 oleh Rahim yang bekerja sementara di Radio Malaya.<br />
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Empat tahun kemudian, Tokcik menyertai Radio Malaysia.<br />
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Apabila aku mencadangkan agar Anugerah SAM untuk kategori wartawan dinamakan sempena nama presiden pertama SAM, Norman Siebel, Tokcik meninggalkan ulasan di ruangan komen Facebookku.<br />
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Tokcik mengingatkan aku bahawa beliau bersama Allahyarham Zainuddin Bendahara antara yang menghidupkan semula SAM selepas lama tidak aktif.<br />
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Jasa Tokcik dalam dunia penyiaran dan arena sukan tidak tersenarai panjangnya.<br />
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Disebabkan peranannya yang menjadi bos atau penyelia di mana sahaja beliau pergi, sama ada di Pulau Pinang, Suara Malaysia, Ketua Perhubungan Awam RTM dan Pengarah TV, Tokcik mengenal pasti bakat untuk diasah menjadi penyiar.<br />
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Dari Pulau Pinang, muncul Jahaya Mahmud, di Johor ada Taroni Khalid, di Kuantan Hasbullah Awang, manakala Kelantan terkenal dengan Hussin Ibrahim dan Rahim Mohammad.
Pembaca berita terkemuka, Allahyarham Datuk Hashim Embi turut mendapat asuhan Tokcik di Pulau Pinang.<br />
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Benarlah Tokcik berkongsi ilmu demi manfaat orang lain.<br />
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Sebab itu tindakan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) menamakan Tokcik dalam Dewan Kemasyhuran MOM selaku ikon media adalah sesuatu yang wajar.<br />
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Dalam dunia digital yang hanya mengenali <i>social media influencers</i> dan watak-watak yang lebih dahagakan glamour daripada wibawa, nama Tokcik tenggelam dalam lipatan sejarah.<br />
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Namun bagi generasi pra-digital di saat radio menjadi wadah penghibur dan dua saluran RTM, iaitu TV1 dan TV2 sebagai medan penyalur maklumat sahih, Tokcik antara golongan pengamal media yang tiada tolok bandingnya.
Al-Fatihah.
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-813988404362213592019-01-14T11:01:00.001+08:002019-02-04T08:44:45.361+08:00Bossku Mohd Zian Johari - sifu, mahaguru dan mentor<br />
Aku teruja sungguh apabila terserempak dengan bek kiri Kuala Lumpur, Nazim Din, sedang berbekam di sekitar Chow Kit. Sebagai peminat bola sepak, aku kenal dia, walaupun duduk dalam keadaan terang-terang malam.<br />
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Berborak ringkas dengannya, aku tahu aku sudah dapat story. Berita sembilan perenggan yang bertajuk Nazim jalani rawatan tradisional tersiar dalam Berita Harian edisi 13 September, 1991. Ketika itu kami pelatih Skim Latihan Pra-Kewartawanan NSTP yang ditugaskan mencari bahan berita sekitar Kuala Lumpur sebagai latihan amali.<br />
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Bagaimana berita itu tersiar membawa aku kepada pertemuan sulungku dengan Allahyarham Mohd Zian Johari.<br />
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Balai Berita ketika itu sudah ada dua bangunan - bangunan lama dan baharu. Harian Metro sudahpun berpindah ke tingkat empat bangunan baharu, manakala meja sukan Berita Harian masih bergelumang dalam asap rokok dan stres di bangunan lama.<br />
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Selepas menyimpan berita dalam disket atau floppy disk berukuran 5 setengah inci, aku diarahkan oleh Nashruladin Abdul Rahman, ketua pengarang berita BH yang juga pensyarah kami, untuk berjumpa dengan Zian.<br />
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Aku sekadar dengar-dengar namanya sebagai bekas wartawan yang menjawat tugas pengarang sukan BH. Namanya yang unik, mesti orangnya unik, detik hatiku. Tapi aku tidak tahu rupanya bagaimana. Dengan tersipu-sipu, aku terpaksa tanya geng-geng di meja sukan yang mana satu Zian.<br />
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"Encik Zian, Haji Nash minta saya bagi story ni kepada Encik Zian," kata aku kepadanya.<br />
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"Story apa?"<br />
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"Story Nazim Din berbekam."<br />
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Dia senyum, lalu memanggil Norbakti Alias untuk memindahkan story aku ke dalam sistem. Itu juga detik pertemuan sulung aku dengan Bakti yang akhirnya menjadi pengarang sukan BH.<br />
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Pertemuan ringkas itu tidak terlalu signifikan. Yang lebih penting adalah usaha aku melobi untuk menyertai meja sukan sekalipun memulakan tugasan sebagai wartawan secara rasmi pada 1 Disember 1991 bersama meja am (berita) BH, Dua rakan sepelatih - Mohd Saufi Hamzah dan Munir Ana'am Zuljadan - beruntung dikirim ke meja sukan - unit yang aku impi-impikan.<br />
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Dalam aku gigih meredah kesesakan jalan raya untuk menuju ke pejabat atau destinasi tugasan membuat liputan berita, setiap kali ada kesempatan aku akan singgah di meja Zian. Bila dia free, aku suka menyapa dan bertanya khabar. Beberapa kali juga Zian mengajak aku duduk bersembang dengannya. Dari situ kami sering berkongsi info mengenai bola sepak luar negara.</div>
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Sampailah akhirnya aku mendapat surat pertukaran ke meja sukan dan melapor diri kepada Zian pada 1 Januari 1992. Aku dan V. Ashok ditukarkan dari meja berita ke meja sukan.</div>
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Zian menjelaskan kepada aku "I letak u kat Jaguh, nanti bila ada kekosongan I transfer you ke main desk." Aku sekadar mengangguk setuju. Yelah, budak baharu, nubis (dalam slanga sekarang), takkan nak lawan boss.</div>
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Dua orang kuat Jaguh - Radzi Wahab dan Shaharuddin Ramli - bertukar tugas. Radzi memperkuatkan meja sukan sebagai penulis senior manakala Shahr menjadi penyunting, atau sub-editor untuk buat page atau muka surat.</div>
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Benarlah, setiap tindak-tanduk Zian itu bersebab. Di Jaguhlah aku belajar secara perlahan mengenai dunia sukan tempatan selain belajar menterjemahkan ratusan artikel agensi berita asing untuk diolah menjadi tatapan pembaca.</div>
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Pertama, aku diberi ruang dan masa untuk mengenal pegawai, jurulatih, atlet dan masyarakat sukan amnya tanpa didesak memenuhi tuntutan deadline. Aku dibimbing oleh Rosli Safar, yang kerap membawa aku ke Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) untuk diperkenalkan kepada pegawai berpangkat besar, termasuk Ketua Pengarah, Datuk Kamalul Ariffin Abdul Rahim dan timbalannya, Datuk Wira Mazlan Ahmad, serta Datuk Ho Koh Chye.</div>
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Kedua, aku diberi ruang menemu bual ramai personaliti dari sisi yang kurang diketahui umum. Misalnya menemu bual Misbun Sidek di kedai keretanya di Kampung Baru dan menemu bual Wan Nor Zaleha Wan Ahmad Radzi sekeluarga di kediaman ibu bapanya di Damansara. Masih aku ingat ketika jurufoto Kamaruddin Ahmad memarkir kereta agak jauh dari kediamannya, aku dipayungkan untuk mengelak gerimis oleh Wan Zaleha sendiri. </div>
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<i>Dikirim meliput final Piala Malaysia 1992 menggunakan kuota Jaguh. Sembang dengan Allahyarham Datuk Ahmad Basri Mohd Akil di tepi pagar Stadium Merdeka</i></div>
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<i>Dari kiri, Shahr, Rodly, aku, Zian, Bakti, Rahime dan Zulkifli mengeteh dan mengopi di Kayu Ampang. Sesi sebegini memberi ruang kami mengimbau kenangan lalu</i></div>
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Kelima, aku belajar menulis rencana, bukan berita. Agensi berita AP dan AFP banyak menyiarkan rencana berbanding Reuters, yang sesuai untuk diterjemahkan dan diolah menjadi rencana buat tatapan pembaca setia Jaguh, </div>
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Keenam, aku belajar bergaul. Aku belajar proof read, turun ke production untuk meninjau proses penerbitan Jaguh, apa itu bromide, aku belajar bagaimana paste-up artist menampal bromide untuk dicetak.</div>
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Ketujuh, aku belajar menguatkan otot tanganku mengangkat dua jag air minum petang untuk mesyuarat Jaguh setiap Rabu yang dipengerusikan oleh Zian. Dari kantin hingga ke tingkat 4, bayangkan...walaupun sesetengah rakan semeja menganggap aku ego, tidak ada dalam kalangan mereka yang sanggup bawak jag air babe tidak menggunakan lif... </div>
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Kelapan, aku melihat dengan dekat bagaimana seorang pemimpin mendorong anak buahnya. Zian, bagiku, seorang natural leader dengan aura dan karisma tersendiri. Allahyarham meletakkan penanda aras terhadap mutu dan etika kerja yang amat tinggi.</div>
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Kesembilan, tanpa tekanan untuk merangka story setiap hari, aku mempunyai masa untuk mentelaah keratan akhbar lama di Pusat Sumber NSTP yang menyimpan khazanah tidak ternilai di dalamnya. Ada sekali itu, aku terjumpa keratan akhbar dengan picture byline Zian, berambut panjang dan bermisai, perghhh rugged tu....juga aku teringat artikel terbitan New Straits Times pada 1975 yang memaparkan byline Zian.<br />
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Kesepuluh, aku belajar mengenai catur, kabaddi, sukan berkuda, taekwondo, karate, olahraga, golf, angkat berat, menembak, sukan-sukan yang kurang glamour berbanding bola sepak, badminton dan hoki.</div>
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Ketika membincangkan byline yang sesuai untukku, memandangkan di meja berita dan artikel pertama mengenai Kau Git Kaur menggunakan nama penuhku, "Panjang sangatlah, kita pendekkan...pakai M Rizal Hashim?" cadang Zian. Ia dipaparkan mengiringi artikel mengenai Lorraine Bottreau, wanita berasal dari Argentina yang membangunkan Pusat Ekuestrian Taman Rimba Templer.</div>
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Untuk minggu seterusnya, Zian mencadangkan Rizal Hashim saja. "Baik boss," jawabku.</div>
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Antara pengalaman tidak dapat kulupakan, apabila Nasir yang terkenal dengan kalutnya terpaksa menukar muka depan Jaguh atas arahan Zian, walhal deadline untuk cetak biasanya petang Selasa untuk keluaran setiap Khamis. Biasanya Nasir akan mengetap bibirnya dan aku syak membisikkan kata-kata kurang manis terhadap Zian. Aku syak saja.<br />
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Hujung tahun 1992, aku ditukarkan ke meja sukan harian. Setidak-tidaknya aku sudah mengutip pengalaman berharga meskipun tempoh berguru di bawah otai-otai Jaguh tidak sampai setahun.</div>
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Zian pesan jangan lupa singgah jumpa Raja Lumut, Khairul Anuar Mokhtar, sambil mengirim ikan talang masin. Sebab itu aku teringat apabila pegawai perhubungan LPP, Iskak Syono, ada datang sembang dengan Zian beberapa minggu sebelum itu. Last-last aku kena cover, duduk stail dorm tidur atas katil dua tingkat.</div>
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Aku juga meliput Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) di Johor pada 1992 apabila aku menemu bual Rosdi Talib dari Terengganu selain perlumbaan lebuh raya Jelajah Pantai Timur anjuran Persatuan Lumba Basikal Wilayah Persekutuan (PLBWP) serta Borneo Safari pada 1993.<br />
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Muka belakang aku yang pertama adalah story sepak takraw. Beberapa minggu aku ditugaskan memburu Rehan Mohd Din, killer handalan negara, yang merajuk gara-gara kekecohan penyertaannya di Piala Raja Thai pada Mac 1992. Story yang memetik Pak Lah Marzuki tersiar pada 24 Disember, 1992.</div>
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Baca beberapa coretan kenangan <a href="http://rizalhashim.blogspot.com/2010/07/jagoan-1992.html">wira-wira Jagoan</a> dan <a href="http://rizalhashim.blogspot.com/2009/10/kelab-met-reunion.html">Reunion Kelab Met</a></div>
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Di sebalik ketegasan Zian menerajui meja sukan ibarat seorang maharaja, beliau menitikberatkan ukhwah. Ramadan dilazimi dengan buka puasa secara bergilir di rumah kakitangan tertentu, bermula dengan bosslah. </div>
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<i>Detik manis di rumah Zian buka puasa 1994. Dani (di pangkuan Zian) ditakdirkan mengimamkan solat jenazah selepas Zohor, Sabtu lalu. Bacaan doa dalam bahasa Arab diselangi doa dalam Bahasa Melayu membuatkan sebahagian daripada kami menitiskan air mata. Bakti masih ingat bulan puasa ini kerana beliau ditugaskan membuat liputan Kejohanan Badminton Seluruh England menjelang Hari Raya. "Aku baru kahwin dan raya pertama di England pulak...tapi Zian bagi aku extend stay seminggu dan orang rumah join aku later...itu aku ingat," kata Bakti.</i></div>
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Pada 1 April, 1994, Zian dinaikkan pangkat menjadi Pengarang Eksekutif Harian Metro, manakala Hishamuddin Aun, bekas rakan serumah, sepasukan dan sekerja Zian di meja sukan BH pada 1980-an, menggantikannya sebagai pengarang sukan BH.</div>
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Aku mengikuti perkembangan Harian Metro dengan rapat. Apabila aku berhijrah ke The Malay Mail pada 1996, aku kerap juga singgah di Harian Metro di Tingkat Tiga, berkongsi pandangan dan kadang-kadang story dengan rakan-rakan seperti Allahyarham Hazli Hussaini, Azahar Md Taib, Kasdi Ali, Manan Samad dan Sufian Thauri Muhammed.</div>
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Apabila NSTP menawarkan skim pemisahan sukarela (VSS) pada 2004, Zian antara yang memohon dan akhirnya mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada lubuk rezekinya sejak 1975.<br />
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Pada 2010, Zian dilantik menjadi Ketua Pengarang akhbar Transisi yang diterbitkan oleh Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). Baca <a href="https://issuu.com/mytransisi">di sini</a> dan <a href="http://rizalhashim.blogspot.com/2010/06/era-transisi.html">di sini</a>. Malangnya akhbar itu tidak bertahan lama sekalipun kandungannya berbeza dan mencabar minda. Zian menawarkan aku kerja sebagai kolumnis tetapi disebabkan komitmen tugas, aku terpaksa menolak pelawaannya.<br />
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Layari pautan <a href="https://issuu.com/mytransisi/docs/edisi8-resize/32">edisi 8 Transisi</a>.<br />
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Aku kekal rapat dengan Zian selepas pindah hanya sepelaung dari rumahnya. Kami berjiran sejak 2010 dan selalu terserempak di kedai makan jika tidak ke rumah masing-masing. Kami selalu berhubung menerusi aplikasi whatsapp untuk bertanya khabar.<br />
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Dalam pertemuan kami, Zian dan isterinya Kak Fuzilah, membincangkan beberapa perancangan mereka, termasuk mewujudkan tadika berdekatan rumah mereka dan memohon sokongan aku.<br />
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Haji Saufi yang pernah duduk serumah dengan Zian di Brickfields pada awal kerjayanya di NSTP, menceritakan bahawa Zian menolak tawaran melanjutkan pelajaran ke MCKK ketika Tingkatan 1 dan juga menolak ke RMC ketika Tingkatan 4.</div>
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"Arwah bapak kecewa dengan keputusannya itu. Tawaran ke MCKK waktu itu bukan mudah, mungkin Zian antara kelompok kecil dari Melaka yang terpilih," cerita Haji Saufi.</div>
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Zian yang dilahirkan pada 23 Mac, 1954, adalah anak kelima daripada lapan beradik.</div>
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Yang sulung guru Siti Rohani, 73, kedua Haji Mohd Anuar, 71, yang juga bekas bendahari UiTM.</div>
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Ketiga Zaiton, 69, diikuti Haji Mazlan, 67, bekas juruterbang TUDM, Zian dan Allahyarham Khalid, yang meninggal dunia tiga tahun lalu ketika sedang mengajar di sekolah di Hulu Tembeling. </div>
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"Zian rapat dengan Khalid dan pemergiannya amat dirasai," kata Saufi, 62. Adik bongsu mereka adalah Norzalilah, 53.<br />
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Bapa mereka, Johari Madun, guru besar Sekolah Kampung Brisu di Alor Gajah. Ibu mereka Salbiah Haji Nor. Mereka menetap di Kampung Sungai Jernih, Lubok Cina.</div>
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Saufi terkenang detik-detik menunggu Zian di kedai buku.<br />
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"Itu hobinya. Dia boleh duduk dalam kedai buku dan perpustakaan sampai tiga jam."<br />
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Saufi juga terkenang perbualan dengan abangnya mengenai cahaya mata Zian, Zeeti Izati.<br />
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"Zian memberitahu saya Zeeti dinamakan sempena Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz," katanya.<br />
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"Bila Zeeti menunjukkan bakat dalam sukan dan juga akademik, Zian dengan bangganya berkata ke mana tumpahnya kuah kalau tidak ke nasi...like father, like daughter," katanya.<br />
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Selain pantas berlari dan mewakili Alor Gajah Secondary English School dalam lari berganti-ganti, Zian juga kaki bola.<br />
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"Dia boleh pergi rumah ke rumah untuk ambil kawan-kawan bermain bola."<br />
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Benar, seperti kata Hussin Rahman, yang menyertai New Straits Times pada 1979 sebelum berhijrah ke Berita Harian tiga bulan kemudian dan kembali ke NST pada 1991 dan seterusnya The Malay Mail.<br />
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"Aku kongsi tarikh lahir dengan Zian, tapi dua tahun lebih muda. Kami duduk sebumbung di Jalan Taban, Lucky Garden, Bangsar. Sebagai kapten pasukan sekolah-sekolah Melaka bawah 18 tahun, Zian seorang pemain tengah yang elegant.<br />
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"Apabila aku dapati hujung minggu tiada aktiviti berfaedah, aku cadangkan kita buat team bola. Lagipun adanya Rahim Zain bekas pemain Melayu Negeri Sembilan, Rahim Lajis yang juga bekas penjaga gol remaja kebangsaan serta Razali Yahya dan Johari Mohd yang main dalam Liga Pasir Gudang, BHFC ada potensi. Akhirnya Zian menjadi penggerak utama BHFC. Dengan Renault 5nya, Zian tak jemu ambik dan hantar pemain dan belanja sarapan. But kereta penuh dengan barangan bola," kata Hussin.<br />
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Hussin mengingati detik Allahyarham Datuk Mokhtar Dahari menjadi tetamu kehormat satu daripada perlawanan BHFC.<br />
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"Reporter biasalah, datang lambat...ada yang bangun lambat. Mokhtar mendengus, apa ni game start lambat," kenang Hussin. "Biasalah, bila VIP macam Mokhtar ada, semua nak tunjuk hebat, termasuk Zian. Aku sengaja membuat hantaran agar terkeluar di garisan tepi dan aku tengok reaksi Zian dan Mokhtar sama - macam bengang dengan aku."<br />
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"Satu hari, disebabkan aku banyak cakap, Zian menawarkan aku jadi kapten. Sambil menamakan starting line-up aku drop Zian hahaha....terlalu banyak kenangan manis bersama Zian, seorang insan yang pemurah," kata Hussin.<br />
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Keghairahannya tidak luput ditelan zaman. Apabila aku menyertai meja sukan, Zian tanya pandai main bola tak? Aku cakap sikit-sikit aje hahahaha. Kemuncak keghairahan kami adalah Piala Dunia Berita Harian, saingan antara unit-unit dalam BHSB.<br />
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Apabila Zian menjadi pegawai media Tan Sri Annuar Musa, pada awalnya kami berbincang politik dan bola sepak sambil menghidup udara petang.<br />
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Pada Mei 2015, Zian mewujudkan kumpulan aplikasi whatsapp Mukmin Buddies, bertujuan mengajak ahlinya mengaji Al-Quran secara bersendirian dan mengikut juzuk pilihan masing-masing, seterusnya berkumpul untuk bertalaqqi dan bertadabbur jika ada kelapangan.<br />
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Empat bulan sebelum itu, Zian meminta aku menjadi pentadbir kumpulan bekas penulis sukan Berita Harian. Aku mewujudkan kumpulan Team Retro Jagoan BH yang menghimpun wartawan sukan era 1970-an hingga 1990-an pada Januari 2015 atas gesaan Zian. Objektifnya agar mengekalkan ukhwah dan sesekali bertemu, ziarah-menziarahi serta berkongsi jemputan perkahwinan dan kenduri-kendara.<br />
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Beberapa jam sebelum pemergiannya, Harian Metro menganjurkan doa selamat buat Zian di Surau NSTP. Dihadiri antaranya Haji Najib Rahman dan Haji Farush Khan.<br />
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Tengah malam itu, Zian menghembuskan nafas akhirnya. Aku mendapat pengesahan daripada kawan-kawan dan memajukan mesej sedih itu kepada kawan-kawan lain.<br />
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Keesokan pagi, aku bersama isteri menziarahi jenazahnya yang tiba di rumah kira-kira jam 3.0 pagi. Ku dengar anaknya Dani membaca surah Ar-Rahman di sisi jenazah. Ku lihat Annuar, bekas Menteri Belia dan Sukan serta timbalan presiden Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM), menyambut tetamu yang mengucap salam takziah.<br />
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<i>Dari kiri Othman Mamat, Datuk Ahmad Burak, Daeng Salim Bachok dan aku di luar rumah Zian. Kelibat Seri Intan Othman dan Norhayati Md Said turut kelihatan.</i></div>
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Jenazah dimandi dan dikafankan di Masjid Ukay Perdana yang belumpun berusia dua tahun. Selain begitu ramai sahabat handai yang juga bekas rakan seperjuangan dan anak buahnya yang hadir memberi penghormatan terakhir disusuli solat Zohor dan solat jenazah, masjid dipenuhi peserta kursus haji.<br />
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Solat jenazah diimamkan oleh Dani, yang menyulami doa dalam bahasa Arab dengan bait-bait dalam bahasa Melayu menyebabkan ada antara kami yang menitiskan air mata.<br />
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Turut hadir Randhir Singh, bekas wartawan The New Straits Times era 80-an dan 90-an.<br />
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"He was a good friend. We discussed many things in private. We grew close over the years after I was first introduced to him by Ravi Nambiar in Kota Kinabalu in 1987," said Randhir, or Randy to his friends.<br />
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Randhir adalah antara kelompok kecil manusia yang sering mengajak Zian minum petang di pejabat. Zian memilih siapa teman minum kerana di pejabat seperti BH, siapa pergi minum dengan siapa boleh jadi topik membawang. Ketegangan di pejabat boleh kendur jika Randhir atau Rahime dan Rodly diajak minum apabila cuaca bahaya untuk bot-bot kecil. Pada awal kerjaya ku di meja sukan, aku sesekali diajak Zian untuk minum. Banyak topik perbualan kami berkisar kepada liga bola sepak luar negara. Tapi sejak ditegur beberapa senior, aku perlahan-lahan menolak pelawaannya.<br />
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Bagi Nasir Ahmad, beruntunglah mereka yang berguru dengan Zian.<br />
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"Zian mahaguru dunia persuratkhabaran," kata Nasir.<br />
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<b>C. Ramasamy menceritakan pengalaman peribadinya di bawah seliaan Zian di Harian Metro dalam artikel yang disiarkan akhbar itu pada 15 Januari 2019.</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">TERIMA KASIH ENCIK ZIAN.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Ia minggu kedua September 2001. Dunia masih dalam kejutan akibat serangan nekad ke atas simbol kekuatan dan hegemoni Amerika Syarikat - menara berkembar World Trade Center di kota New York.
Dan buat pertama kali juga insiden 11 September itu disaksikan oleh khalayak umum secara langsung di kaca televisyen.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Setiap detik perkembangan peristiwa itu yang kemudiannya mengubah percaturan kuasa besar dunia dilaporkan pada masa benar di media elektronik.
"Paper agak tercabar. TV sudah bawa cerita terkini. Kita nampak ketinggalan. Kita kena fikirkan sesuatu atau orang takkan beli paper," kata Mohd Zian Johari yang ketika itu yang menjadi Pengarang Eksekutif Harian Metro.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Pada waktu itu, Harian Metro menerbitkan edisi Kuala Lumpur yang keluar pada waktu tengah hari dengan berita terkini. Satu pasukan terdiri daripada wartawan, jurugambar dan penyunting akan masuk jam 4 pagi untuk memastikan akhbar berada di pasaran pada waktu makan tengah hari.
Untuk memastikan liputan terbaik 9/11, untuk minggu-minggu berikutnya Zian hadir ke pejabat selepas Subuh dengan membawa bersama sarapan untuk petugas waktu dinihari itu.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Beliau akan bersama wartawan mencari angle story terbaik, bersama penyunting mencari heading terbagus, bersama jurugambar memilih foto semasa, malah bersama-sama mereka bentuk muka depan.
Apabila akhbar yang siap dicetak berada di tangan, Zian akan kembali meneliti apa yang boleh ditambah baik - dari segi laporan dan design - untuk hari berikutnya.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Komitmen beliau dalam soal kerja memang tiada tolok bandingnya.Kesungguhan dan kegigihannya sukar ditandingi. Beliau sememangnya tegas, tetapi di sebalik ketegasan itu ada sisi lembutnya.
Bagi ramai dalam kalangan kami - warga kerja Harian Metro dan Metro Ahad yang berpeluang bekerja bersamanya, beliau sememangnya seorang legenda.
Sebab itu apabila Zian menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya pada tengah malam Sabtu lalu akibat komplikasi jantung pada usia 65 tahun, kehilangannya mengusik banyak hati.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Zian amat arif dalam segenap aspek persuratkhabaran. Daripada menulis berita sehingga mengenali jenis font dengan hanya melihatnya, semua dimahirinya. Dengan pantas beliau boleh melakar dua atau tiga layout paper yang berbeza.
Bermula dengan Meja Sukan New Straits Times pada 1975, kemudian ke Meja Sukan Berita Harian dan seterusnya menjadi wakil Berita Harian di London, Zian kaya tendang terajang dunia kewartawanan.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Beliau menyertai Harian Metro pada penghujung 1994 sebagai pengarang ketika sedang membuat persiapan untuk ke Los Angeles, Amerika Syarikat bagi membuat liputan perlawanan bola sepak Piala Dunia.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Dalam buku peringatan sempena sambutan 20 tahun Harian Metro yang diterbitkan pada 2011, beliau menulis: "Ketika mendapat arahan ke Harian Metro sedangkan saya sudah bersiap sedia untuk ke Amerika Syarikat sudah tentu saya rasa geram namun saya menjadikan geram itu sebagai pencetus perubahan dalam Harian Metro."</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Dan perubahan yang diilhamkan beliau bukan sedikit. Zian adalah antara orang yang bertanggungjawab meletakkan batu asas kukuh untuk membolehkan Harian Metro muncul sebagai akhbar terlaris dalam sejarah persuratkhabaran di Malaysia pada kemudian hari.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Satu faktor kepada kejayaan beliau ada keberaniannya untuk mencuba formula baru meskipun ramai yang tidak berapa bersetuju dengannya.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Ini dijelaskan beliau sendiri dalam buku peringatan berkenaan: "Kita banyak menyiarkan laporan berlainan. Pelbagai reaksi diterima. Ada yang suka dan ada yang sebaliknya namun ketika itu pengedaran Harian Metro agak terumbang-ambing.
"Saya perlu lakukan sesuatu. Saya boleh katakan eksperimen ini berjaya kerana ramai yang sedar mengenai Harian Metro dan pengedaran kita naik sehingga 100,000 naskhah."</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Meskipun begitu, Zian, yang turut berperanan melancarkan edisi hujung minggu Metro Ahad pada 20 Ogos 1995 sehingga keluaran sulungnya mencecah 100,000 naskhah, tidak gemar menjaja kejayaan beliau.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Malah, pada satu ketika apabila pengedaran Harian Metro mencecah angka 230,000 naskhah, beliau pernah mengarahkan poster mengenai pencapaian itu yang sudah siap dipasang di dinding pejabat diturunkan.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Beliau berkata kepada saya dalam bahasa Inggeris: "Work hard in silence. Your success will be your noise." Saya antara yang menampal poster berkenaan.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Zian yang dilahirkan di Kampung Sungai Jernih, Lubuk Cina, Melaka pada 1954 kemudiannya kembali ke Berita Harian sebagai Pengarang Eksekutif Berita Minggu sebelum mengambil keputusan untuk berhenti daripada bidang kewartawanan dengan mengambil Skim Pemisahan Sukarela (VSS) pada 2004.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Selepas meninggalkan kumpulan The New Straits Times Press, beliau dalam satu mesej mengingatkan warga kerja supaya terus berusaha keras memaju dan mempertahankan Harian Metro/Metro Ahad dan membawanya ke tahap seterusnya.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Saya secara peribadi banyak belajar daripada Zian mengenai jatuh bangun dunia kewartawanan dan persuratkhabaran. Tetapi pelajaran paling berharga yang saya timba daripada beliau ialah betapa setiap seorang daripada kita perlu memberikan dedikasi yang utuh dan tidak berbelah bahagi kepada tanggungjawab yang diamanahkan kepada kita. Terima kasih Encik Zian!</span></i><br />
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<b>Datuk Badrulhisham Othman turut menukilkan perasaannya dalam artikel untuk NST pada 13 Januari, 2019.</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="color: red;">KUALA LUMPUR: NOT many journalists would have the opportunity to experience the full life of a newspaperman who writes, edits, lays out pages, knows how to crop pictures, has good knowledge of font sizes and creates impactful headlines. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">This is more so if a person is given the chance to lead the revamp of a newspaper and gets involved in the management of its sales copies, advertising revenue and promotional activities.It was between the 1970s and the 2000s - the golden age of print journalism - that Zian Johari achieved them in the New Straits Times Press. His passing yesterday at the age of 65 due to heart complications was a mournful day for those who knew and worked with him throughout those years.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Back in 1975, Zian, with his shoulder-length hair, left Melaka to join the New Straits Times' Sports Desk.
It was believed that the New Straits Times Press Chief Editor Pak Samad (Tan Sri Samad Ismail), who interviewed Zian in his move to strengthen Berita Harian and break Utusan Malaysia's dominance in the industry, had transferred some Malay journalists from NST and Malay Mail, including Zian, to the new NSTP Malay outfit. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">There, Zian and former NST crime reporters, like Haniff Hadi (later promoted to BH deputy group editor), as well as other young reporters, formed a dynamic BH Sports Desk under Zainuddin Bendahara.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Besides reporting, these young chaps learned picture cropping, newspaper layout and page output at a time when computer usage was minimal.
Perhaps the desire to inject a new look and feel to the sports pages had prompted them to do so as the pages were done by veteran sub-editors who were P.Ramlee's friends.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">I came to know Zian during my practical training days at the Berita Harian Sports Desk in 1984. At that time, Zian had been assigned as a sub-editor to design pages for the Sports Desk. There was a new breed of talented sports writers like Hishamuddin Aun (who later became NSTP group editor in chief), Rahim Zain and Ghafar Ismail (who later became Harian Metro deputy group editor).</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">He was a good footballer too. Rumour has it that such a remark was made by football legend Datuk Soh Chin Aun, when they played for their school in Melaka. Zian, who was nicknamed Zian Brady (after Arsenal and West Ham midfielder Liam Brady), was crazy about football. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">On almost every Sunday morning he would arrange games for the Berita Harian team. He would knock on our doors to wake us up and join him for the game. His car boot was full of jerseys, balls, pails and water bottles. He would make two or three trips to ferry us to the game.
We played with any team that was available from the Indian youth team in Segambut and even the Malaysian women's national team with former international Khadir Buyong, the coach, as the centre-back. Khadir would be ready to "whack" anybody out of his view if you tried to dribble past him. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;"> We had also gone to Singapore to play against Berita Harian Singapore, which fielded a few international players.
It was believed that Pak Samad's eyes were still on Zian as he was then sent to London to work at BH's staff correspondent office. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">There, Zian was exposed to the new world of tabloid and broadsheet newspapers, which satiated his desire for a new attraction in the print media that emphasised pictures and loud headlines.
After the London stint, Zian was sent to Sabah as a BH staff correspondent before returning to BH Sports Desk as an editor to replace Zainuddin Bendahara, who had retired.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">On my first day at the desk, Zian had asked me to do a Malaysia Cup preview for a Selangor match against Kuala Lumpur the next day. I told him that was not possible as I had never attended any Selangor game, let alone met the team.
He lashed out with a Malay proverb "Hendak seribu daya, tak nak seribu dalih".
Zian's mantra in the Sports Desk was - don't be predictable, add more graphics, special reports, and opinion columns, as well as human interest elements where they must all be choreographed with pictures and layout. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Writers and sub-editors worked hand in hand to produce a good page.
Zian often arranged makan-makan, but made us share to pay for it. During Ramadan, we took turns to host buka puasa either at our homes or restaurants in Bangsar. He also invited us to break fast at his house.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">As he was planning his month-long trip to cover the World Cup USA 1994 in Los Angeles, he was called by Berita Harian group editor Datuk Ahmad Nazri Abdullah to inform him that he would be promoted to Harian Metro editor.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">And he could not go to the World Cup despite having his application for accreditation approved by then FAM secretary-general Datuk Seri Paul Mony Samuel, who was also the media director for the 1994 Fifa World Cup. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Zian's stint in Harian Metro was a successful one, but not without hard work and sacrifice, as well as a few ups and downs.
It was the case of a small team of editors trying to bring out the best in a bunch of young reporters, who were fresh out of college.
His hands-on style, combined with his understanding of the editorial and production processes, helped shaped his team.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">It's normal for editors to sacrifice their weekends by going around the country attending events to promote Harian Metro, such as Suara Emas industry, inter-club takraw and family bowling.
Zian started the Sunday edition of Harian Metro called Metro Ahad in 1995 with his first news editor, Zainuddin Ayip, and I was the second news editor before I left for BH in 2002. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Zian was hard to please and couldn't bear those who procrastinated. He used to say to me that he was a "man in a hurry".
On Friday nights, we would sit for a meeting to decide the Metro Ahad front page. Even with two or three exclusive reports complete with pictures or graphics, you could not be assured that your proposed page one would be accepted.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Zian was later transferred back to Berita Harian as one of its executive editors after having succeeded in putting Harian Metro on a strong footing. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Later, he made up his mind to do something else in life and decided to leave the newspaper. I seldom met him after that, which I sincerely regret.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">One night in 2017 (a few days before I relinquished my post as the deputy group editor of Berita Harian) when I was going through the posi-proof of the BH page one, I received a couple of WhatsApp messages.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">They were from Zian.
One was a reminder to always read the Quran and the other was a song called Yesterday When I Was Young by Roy Clark.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Yes, Zian, I cherished the moments we had when we were young. Trudging through the muddy football fields, being crammed in the car, battling with other publications for news scoops, makan-makan sessions and burning the midnight oil to put the newspaper to bed. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Al-Fatihah.</span></i><br />
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Semoga Allah merahmati dan mengampuni dosa roh Mohd Zian Johari, serta menempatkan rohnya dalam kalangan para solehin di syurga yang di bawahnya mengalir sungai-sungai. </div>
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Semoga Allah merahmati juga roh-roh semua warga kerja Berita Harian dan Harian Metro yang sudahpun dipanggil pulang ke Rahmatullah menuju negeri akhirat.<br />
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Juga Mak Ayah dan Atok Nindaku, saudara-mara, sahabat-handai dan jiran-jiran serta rakan-rakan setugas yang telah terlebih dahulu menyahut panggilan Ilahi.<br />
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Aamiinnn.<br />
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rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-28203351923054653002018-02-03T08:53:00.001+08:002018-02-03T11:59:05.106+08:00MAJALAH DIGITAL ARENA - DALAM KENANGANBerikutan tulisanku yang disiarkan dalam stadiumastro.com pada 23 Februari, 2016.<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Kerjasama yang terjalin hasil cetusan ilham Astro Arena dengan Astro Digital Publications selaku penerbit menemui noktah menerusi edisi terakhir yang memaparkan muka depan 21 edisi terdahulu.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Di tengah-tengah kehangatan Liga M yang ditaja Astro di antara 2011 dan 2014, pengurusan Astro Arena dan Astro Digital Publications (Adpub) memikirkan sebuah majalah yang memberi liputan khusus untuk bola sepak tempatan cukup sesuai diterbitkan.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Perbincangan yang diadakan sekitar 2013 melebihi lima kali. Antara isunya sama ada diterbitkan dalam bentuk naskhah atau atas talian atau digital. Akhirnya terlaksana penerbitannya pada April 2014 dalam bentuk digital.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Asalnya jawatan pengarang majalah digital Arena ini ditawarkan kepada Norbakti Alias, bekas pengarang sukan Berita Harian. Namun dia menolak atas sebab-sebab tertentu dan akhirnya Datuk Hishamuddin Aun, penasihat Astro Arena yang juga pengarang urusan majalah digital Arena, mencadangkan nama penulis (selaku pengarang simpanan atau pilihan kedua) kepada Sree Pathmanaban, ketua pegawai operasi Adpub waktu itu.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Bagi penulis, ia cabaran baharu. Selaku wartawan akhbar tabloid, junior broadsheet kemudian menjadi blogger dan pengarang sisipan bola sepak EplX dan Rembat! di akhbar Kosmo, dunia digital satu proses yang semula jadi untuk melengkapkan pengalaman penulis.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Untuk edisi pertama yang menampilkan Badhri Radzi dan Khairul Fahmi Che Mat sebagai wajah muka depan, Lee Seng Foo yang juga pengarang urusan majalah Four-Four-Two meletakkan batu asas penerbitan majalah ini dan bertungkus-lumus berganding bahu dengan penulis Shazreeq Alhadi menyediakan keluaran sulung sambil dibimbing Hishamuddin.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Tanpa pengarang yang belum dilantik, panel editorial memilih Piya dan Apeks untuk menghiasi edisi pembukaan dan pengenalan arena, selain menyiapkan pelbagai ruangan seperti peminat selebriti, sepetang bersama, dapur atlet dan pilihan bulan ini yang menggabungkan elemen interaktif termasuk video, teks dan gambar slaid serta muka depan yang diselitkan animasi.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Peserta seni bela diri campuran atau mixed martial arts, Ann Osman atau nama pentasnya Athena menjadi penyeri muka depan yang disempurnakan oleh Seng Foo untuk keluaran kedua. Sedikit sebanyak inisiatif ini memasarkan sukan MMA ke mata masyarakat, sekecil mana sekalipun.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Penulis terbabit secara terus dengan keluaran ketiga yang menampilkan Edleen Ismail dan Beatrice Krishnan, dua rakan penyampai Astro Arena yang membincangkan bola sepak dari perspektif wanita sempena penganjuran Piala Dunia FIFA. Edisi ini turut memuatkan perancangan Felix Pietro untuk Astro Arena dan Reem Shahwa dari Astro SuperSport yang ditugaskan membuat liputan di Brazil.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Sazali Abdul Samad, kejayaan skuad aristokrat Pahang, Dollah Salleh dan penolongnya, skuad Malaysia Bawah 22 tahun, Farah Ann Hadi dan kakaknya Katrina Ann, Loh Zhiayi, Shalin Zulkifli dan Sin Li Jane, Irfan Shamshuddin serta Syaidatul Afifah Badrul Hamidi antara yang terpilih mewarnai muka depan arena.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Interviu eksklusif dengan Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, selain dua serangkai tonggak ragbi negara, Dineshvaran Krishnan dan Syahir Asraf Rosli, atau masing-masing dikenali dengan nama gelaran Dugro dan Sahur, turut membawa kenangan tersendiri.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Sebenarnya tugas pengarang arena satu sinergi dengan tugas penulis di Astro Arena. Selaku hos bersama Kafe Sukan, penulis harus sentiasa mengemas kini maklumat dan perkembangan terbaharu dunia sukan tempatan.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Apabila pengurusan Astro Digital Publications memilih Jason Kang untuk menjadi pereka grafik tetap Arena, daya kreativitinya memberi nilai tambah kepada arena.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Terima kasih kepada jurufoto Ahmad Johanif Azman, jurukamera Ian Kirk dan Shahzuan Al Hadi serta abangnya Shazreeq yang menemu bual Andik Vermansyah untuk resipi ayam penyetnya dan Mohammad Rizal Razak, penyumbang tetap foto dan artikel.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Terima kasih juga kepada Sree yang sudah bersara dan ketua kandungan Adpub, Donald Cheah, yang memberi peluang kepada penulis untuk belajar dan belajar lagi dan semua penulis tetap dan sambilan yang menyumbang.
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<i><span style="color: red;"> Nota kaki: Arena merakamkan setinggi-tinggi terima kasih untuk semua atlet, jurulatih, penggiat sukan dan kakitangan Astro Arena dan Astro Digital Publications yang memberi kerjasama dalam menjayakan majalah ini.
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Untuk edisi penutup, aku meyimpulkan setiap edisi satu persatu.<br />
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Kembara majalah digital Arena berakhir di sini.<br />
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Kerjasama yang terjalin hasil cetusan ilham Astro Arena dengan Astro Digital Publications selaku penerbit menemui noktah menerusi edisi terakhir ini. (Februari 2016). Sebagai mengimbau kenangan, arena untuk kali terakhir menghidangkan muka depan 21 edisi terdahulu sebagai tanda ingatan untuk pengikut setia.<br />
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Edisi sulung
Muka depan: Badhri Radzi dan Khairul Fahmi Che Mat (bola sepak)<br />
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Tanpa seorang pengarang yang belum dilantik, Lee Seng Foo yang juga pengarang urusan majalah Four-Four-Two meletakkan batu asas penerbitan majalah ini dan bertungkus-lumus berganding bahu dengan penulis Shazreeq Alhadi sambil dibimbing pengarang urusan, Datuk Hishamuddin Aun. Panel editorial memilih Piya dan Apeks untuk menghiasi edisi pembukaan dan pengenalan arena, selain menyiapkan pelbagai ruangan yang menggabungkan elemen interaktif termasuk video, teks dan gambar slaid.<br />
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Edisi 2
Muka depan: Ann Osman (seni bela diri campuran)<br />
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Peserta seni bela diri campuran atau mixed martial arts, Ann Osman atau nama pentasnya Athena menjadi penyeri muka depan yang disempurnakan oleh Seng Foo. Sedikit sebanyak inisiatif ini memasarkan sukan MMA ke mata masyarakat, sekecil mana sekalipun.<br />
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Edisi 3
Muka depan: Edleen Ismail dan Beatrice Krishnan (penyampai Astro Arena 801)<br />
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Hasil buah tangan pertama pengarang Rizal Hashim dibantu Shazreeq, menampilkan Edleen Ismail dan Beatrice Krishnan sebagai dua wajah Astro Arena membincangkan bola sepak secara umum sempena penganjuran Piala Dunia FIFA. Edisi ini turut memuatkan perancangan Felix Pietro untuk Astro Arena dan Reem Shahwa dari Astro SuperSport yang ditugaskan membuat liputan di Brazil.<br />
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Edisi 4
Muka depan: Farah Ann Hadi (gimnastik artistik)<br />
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Ketika ditemu ramah untuk edisi keempat, Farah Ann Abdul Hadi baru pulih daripada kecederaan dan menjalani persiapan ke Sukan Komanwel di Glasgow.. Profesional dalam melayan pertanyaan dan temu janji krew arena di gimnasium di Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), gimnas artistik jelita ini membuat beberapa rutin yang biasa untuk dirakam tetapi keberatan untuk melakukan pergerakan yang memerlukan pemantauan jurulatih. Kesudahannya kejayaan Farah Ann di Sukan SEA 2015 disusuli kontroversi, dengan sesetengah pihak mempertikai kaedah pemakaian atlet gimnas.<br />
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Edisi 5
Muka depan: Katrina Ann Hadi (renang berirama)<br />
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Disiplin renang berirama jarang-jarang dibicarakan, maka kami memutuskan Katrina Ann Abdul Hadi yang juga kakak Farah Ann untuk dijadikan penghias muka depan. Ditemani Tasha Jane Taher Ali untuk sesi temu bual dan rakaman foto di kolam di Pusat Akuatik Nasional di Bukit Jalil, Katrina berkongsi visi untuk layak ke Sukan Olimpik di Rio de Janeiro. Malangnya kini Katrina Ann tidak lagi bergelar atlet setelah mengumumkan persaraannya selepas memenangi pingat emas di Sukan SEA di Singapura tahun lalu atas sebab-sebab peribadi.<br />
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Edisi 6 Muka depan: Sazali Abdul Samad (bina badan)<br />
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Asalnya kami bercadang merakam aksi Sazali Abdul Samad di dapur, memasak makanan yang dihitung kalorinya sebagai gambaran disiplin yang diperlukan untuk membina otot-otot pejal yang banyak mengharumkan nama negara. Kesudahannya Sazali mengizinkan sesi fotografi di gimnasium di ISN di Bukit Jalil sambil melumurkan badannya dengan minyak, Menceritakan pengalaman di kampung sebelum berhijrah ke hutan batu, Sazali mengimbau pelbagai kenangan bersama arena. Walaupun kini menjalani hukuman gantung empat tahun gara-gara mengguna bahan terlarang, Sazali tetap wira di mata masyarakat. Untuk peminat selebriti pula, bekas penyampai Astro Arena, Azura Zainal, ditemu bual di gim miliknya bersama suami tercinta berasal dari Brazil, Ibrahim Cristiano Genuino da Silva. Zumba, capoeira dan yoga serta senaman bergelar Fit Combat adalah antara rutin harian Azura dalam mengekalkan susuk tubuh yang cergas. Azura dan suami melayan penggambaran krew Arena di Caboco, yang terletak di Zenith Corporate Park, SS7/26 di Kelana Jaya.<br />
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Edisi 7
Muka depan: Dollah Salleh (bola sepak)<br />
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Berikutan pelantikannya sebagai jurulatih skuad kebangsaan menggantikan Datuk K. Rajagobal, Dollah dipilih menjadi subjek utama edisi ketujuh bagi membincangkan hala tuju pasukan negara, dua bulan sebelum anak didiknya dibawa menyeberangi Tambak Johor untuk Piala AFF. Turut dirakam foto khas ialah tiga penolong Dollah - Reduan Abdullah, Omar Salim dan Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail, dengan pengarah seni arena, Jason Kang, memikirkan konsep di Wima FAM. Turut ditonjolkan pendapat pakar dari Astro Arena mengenai prospek pasukan negara di Piala AFF. Malangnya tidak sampai setahun Dollah meletak jawatan setelah pasukan negara dibelasah 10-0 oleh Emiriyah Arab Bersatu (UAE) di Abu Dhabi dalam pra-Piala Dunia dan digantikan oleh Datuk Ong Kim Swee.<br />
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Edisi 8
Muka depan: Pahang (bola sepak)<br />
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Pahang muncul juara Piala Malaysia selepas menewaskan Johor Darul Ta’azim (JDT) dalam final yang ditentukan sepakan penalti di Stadium Nasional di Bukit Jalil. Sebagai satu penghormatan, arena memilih untuk menceritakan Pahang selaku pasukan aristokrat pertama di pentas tempatan, bermula selepas Sultan Ahmad Shah mengambil alih teraju Persatuan Bola Sepak Negeri Pahang (PBNP) daripada ayahandanya selaku presiden dengan memindahkan beberapa pemain yang bertugas di Penjara Taiping ke Kuantan dengan bantuan Ketua Pengarah Penjara waktu itu, Tan Sri Murad Ahmad.. Digandingkan dengan Jamal Nasir Ismail, Redzuan Shamsuddin, Hamidon Abdullah dan Rosmaini Mohd Shah, barisan Pahang antara yang disegani dalam saingan domestik, dengan kemaraan ke separuh akhir Piala Malaysia sebanyak tujuh kali - pada 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 dan 1982. “Asas kejayaan Pahang hari ini sebenarnya berpunca daripada visi Sultan Ahmad Shah dan diteruskan oleh anakanda-anakanda Tuanku,” kata Ramli Mahmud. Skuad aristokrat ditandai pasukan 1983 yang menjulang Piala Malaysia pada 1983, Pasukan Impian 1992 sehingga kejayaan 2014. Artikel muka depan itu membawa kenangan manis kepada Rizal yang diisytihar pemenang keseluruhan Anugerah Penulis-penulis Sukan Malaysia (SAM) 2014. Edisi ini turut memuatkan kisah atlet seni bela diri campuran, Peter Davis dan Anugerah Bola Sepak Kebangsaan 2014.<br />
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Edisi 9
Muka depan: Shalin Zulkifli dan Sin Li Jane (bowling)<br />
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Sejak tampil di pentas tempatan pada usia 14 tahun pada 1992, Shalin Zulkifli telah banyak meninggalkan jasa untuk negara. Jadi siapa pengganti multak mahkota milik Shalin? arena memilih Sin Li Jane berasaskan keputusan yang dicatat di antara 2010 dan 2014. Dalam tempoh empat tahun, Li Jane melonjakkan permainannya dan terpilih menyarung jersi negara di peringkat senior di Sukan Asia Guangzhou pada 2010, dengan kenangan mengutip gangsa berpasukan.
Di Sukan SEA di Palembang, Li Jane mengutip pingat perak individu dan gangsa berpasukan
Seterusnya Li Jane mencipta sejarah, berganding bahu dengan Syafiq Ridhwan untuk merangkul Trofi Bent Peterson berdasarkan jatuhan pin terkumpul kategori lelaki dan wanita di Wroclaw, Poland pada 2012. Lebih manis buat Li Jane, trofi disampaikan oleh bekas presiden Poland, Lech Walesa.Sepanjang 2014, Li Jane mencatat keputusan cemerlang. Dia memenangi Kejohanan Kebangsaan pada April, disusuli Euro Med Masters (Mei), dan Terbuka Singapura, selain perak di Sukan Asia di Incheon dan tangga kedua di Piala Dunia QubicaAMF, sekali lagi di Wroclaw, Poland, November lalu. Rencana arena menyimpulkan kesediaan Shalin menyerah mahkotanya kepada Li Jane. Edisi ini turut memuatkan kisah bagaimana skuad bola sepak negara mengutip pingat gangsa Sukan Asia di Teheran pada 1974 sekalipun dilingkari isu penerbangan lewat, pemulauan terhadap jurulatih yang disudahi dengan setiap pemain diberi hadiah jam.<br />
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Edisi 10
Muka depan: Shukor Adan (bola sepak)<br />
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Arena memberi penghormatan kepada kapten dan sumber inspirasi, Shukor Adan, yang membimbing pasukan negara muncul naib juara Piala AFF. Pada usia 35 tahun, Shukor mengawal benteng pertahanan dengan kental sekalipun tidak terdaya menghalang Chanathip Songkrasin dan rakan-rakan daripada menjulang gelaran. Hampir sebulan peminat tempatan dibuai keseronokan, dilanda kegelisahan, dihimpit kerisauan dan melompat kegembiraan dalam merasai debar dan getar untuk tujuh perlawanan membabitkan anak buah Dollah Salleh. Media arus perdana memilih sudut positif. Pejuang-pejuang papan kekunci membakar semangat, sambil membuat momokan terhadap sesetengah watak utama. Bermula dengan kontroversi pelantikan penolong jurulatih yang dipertikai banyak pihak, prestasi tidak menentu dalam perlawanan persahabatan, insiden kad merah, penyenaraian pemain senior yang mengundang cemuhan, insiden merokok di restoran mamak, hinggalah detik Safiq Rahim melencongkan sepakan percuma yang menggegar jaring - gol dari situasi sedemikian yang pertama untuknya sejak menentang Laos pada edisi 2012 - Harimau Malaya melakar skrip yang sukar dilupakan.
Ia bukan skrip cerita dongeng. Ia catatan perjalanan pasukan negara sepanjang kempen Piala AFF Suzuki 2014. Kesudahan yang diimpikan, malangnya, tidak seindah ceritera yang berakhir dengan nota kemenangan. Sekalipun merakam kemenangan 3-2 ke atas barisan Thailand pada malam final kedua di Stadium Nasional, Bukit Jalil, tanggal 20 Disember 2014, Piala AFF yang menjadi kebanggaan bola sepak Asia Tenggara terlepas ke Bangkok. Untuk sebahagian besar permainan, barisan Harimau Malaysia memberi gambaran seolah-olah bola sepak Malaysia dalam keadaan yang sihat wal afiat. Tujuh pertembungan sehingga ke final turut dipaparkan.<br />
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Edisi 11
Muka depan: Previu Liga Super (bola sepak)<br />
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Dengan purata perbelanjaan pasukan untuk semusim meningkat sehingga RM20 juta setahun, apakah pemain tempatan bersedia bersaing? Apakah pemain asing terus mendominasi tajuk berita? Apakah gaji tinggi pemain berbaloi dengan sumbangan di atas padang? Di sebalik kemeriahan liga yang dinanti-nantikan, di manakah hala tuju pasukan negara yang berdepan pelbagai cabaran - kelayakan Piala Asia Bawah 23 tahun, Sukan SEA di Singapura, pra-Piala Dunia untuk skuad senior dan saingan pra-Olimpik? FAM dalam situasi kalah-kalah sebenarnya. Kemeriahan Liga Super tidak akan menebus duka ini. Tujuh pasukan negeri, sebuah wakil negara jiran, dua agensi kerajaan dan dua firma gergasi berkaitan kerajaan (GLC) mewarnai Liga Super musim 2015 manakala Liga Perdana disertai enam pasukan negeri, satu institusi pendidikan tinggi, sebuah agensi kerajaan, dua agensi sukan negeri, satu pasukan daerah dan sebuah syarikat swasta. Jumlah pasukan yang mewarnai kedua-dua liga ini harus menambah kehangatan saingan. Namun kesudahannya, apakah kualiti permainan yang ditagih agar Dollah Salleh, Datuk Ong Kim Swee dan Razip Ismail mempunyai kelompok pemain yang boleh diketengahkan. Begitulah previu Liga M arena edisi 11.<br />
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Edisi 12
Muka depan: Razip Ismail, Farhan Abu Bakar, Nazirul Naim Che Hashim dan Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim (bola sepak)<br />
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Untuk edis ke-12, kami memilih menonjolkan skuad Bawah 22 tahun yang bersiap menghadapi Kelayakan Piala Asia Bawah 23 tahun. Gambar dirakam sehari sebelum mereka berlepas ke Dhaka, sudahnya mereka muncul juara Piala Bangabandhu. Profil Farhan Abu Bakar, Nazirul Naim Che Hashim dan Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim turut diterbitkan sambil membincangkan tiga isi besar untuk sekelompok anak muda yang dipikul sepanjang 2015 menjadi penanda aras sama ada mereka wajar atau tidak diangkat selaku peneraju nama negara untuk lima tahun akan datang. Liga Singapura, kelayakan Piala Asia Bawah 23 tahun dan Sukan SEA di Singapura mencabar kewibawaan program Harimau Muda yang dijangka dimansuhkan sesudah ini, keputusan yang dipersetujui jawatankuasa teknikal FAM dan pengarah teknikal, Fritz Schmid.
Menerusi prrogram Harimau Muda di Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ) dan Sekolah Sukan Tengku Mahkota Ismail (SSTMI), lahirlah nama-nama seperti Irfan Fazail, Fadhli Shas, Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor dan Izham Tarmizi Roslan yang lahir pada 1991. Bagi mengenang pemergian pengulas tersohor, Datuk Hasbullah Awang, arena memuatkan belasungkawa nukilan Hafizal Hamad.<br />
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Edisi 13
Muka depan: Loh Zhiayi (terjun)<br />
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Umpama terbitnya sinar matahari di celah-celah kabus pagi, Loh Zhiayi tampil sebagai produk terbaharu dari kilang yang melahirkan pakar terjun negara. Gadis cilik yang berasal dari Taiping itu meraih dua pingat di Sukan Olimpik Remaja pada Ogos 2014, perak dalam acara 10 meter platform disusuli gangsa 3m papan anjal dua hari kemudian. Sepuluh hari selepas ulang tahun kelahirannya yang ke-17, Zhiayi mengutip 450.65 mata untuk menduduki tangga kedua acara 10m platform, ketinggalan kepada Wu Shenping dari China yang menggondol emas dengan mengumpul 526.20 mata. Tangga ketiga milik Alejandra Orozco dari Mexico. Dua hari kemudian, dalam acara papan anjal yang menuntut lonjakan daripada kekuatan betis bagi membuka ruang untuk menyempurnakan rutin, Zhiayi meraih gangsa. Mengumpul 446.70 mata, Zhiayi menduduki tangga ketiga di belakang Shengping (492.05) dan Ganna Krasnoshlyk dari Ukraine (459.10). Dua pingat Zhiayi itu penting dalam menceritakan potensinya yang dikongsi arena sebagai penghias muka depan edisi ke-13.<br />
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Edisi 14
Muka depan: S. Balachandran, Hadi Fayyadh Abdul Razak dan Adam Zairi Fitri Zaini<br />
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Atas sebidang tanah yang dahulunya berstatus pertanian, satu impian besar disemai. Sekelompok anak muda dihimpun di satu kawasan di Janda Baik untuk diberi biasiswa latihan dan pendidikan formal dalam membentuk mereka menjadi pemain bola sepak berkaliber. Benih yang disemai harus tumbuh menjadi pohon membekalkan hasilnya. Krew Arena yang diketuai pengarang, Rizal Hashim, ditemani jurufoto Ahmad Johanif Azman dan juruvideo Shahzuan Al Hadi, dibawa meninjau kemudahan Akademi Frenz United di Janda Baik dan pulang membawa kisah jurulatih S. Balanchandran, penyerang Hadi Fayyadh Abdul Razak dan penjaga gol, Adam Zairi Fitri Zaini.<br />
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Edisi 15
Muka depan: Irfan Shamshuddin (olahraga)<br />
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Bertubuh sasa tetapi atletik, Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin adalah produk ekosistem yang mengutamakan sukan. Hampir dua dekad jantungnya berdegup dalam mengharungi rentak kehidupan, anak muda ini menjalani satu metamorfosis - bermula dengan golf, renang dan ragbi sebelum namanya dikenali menerusi acara lempar cakera. Krew arena mengambil masa hampir tiga jam mendapatkan sudut dan konsep terbaik, dengan meminta Irfan memakai jersi ragbi dan baju olahraga untuk disesuaikan sebagai muka depan. Daya kreativiti Jason selaku pengarah kreatif arena memungkinkan Irfan dilihat menjalani proses metamorfosis daripada ragbi kepada olahraga. Lokasi di padang Majlis Sukan Negara yang menjadi gelanggang latihan pemanah negara.<br />
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Edisi 16
Muka depan: Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah (bola sepak)<br />
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Hampir setahun selepas mengambil alih kemudi Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) daripada ayahandanya, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah memenangi kerusi sebagai ahli jawatankuasa eksekutif FIFA dalam pemilihan yang diadakan Kongres AFC di Bahrain. Namun penghormatan memasuki kelab elit itu tidak menjamin kejayaan buat Tengku Abdullah di pentas tempatan. Sebab itu arena menemu bual secara eksklusif tokoh yang mengisi kerusi empuk paling panas dalam sukan negara menerusi rencana soal jawab. Malangnya tidak lama selepas itu pasukan negara diaibkan 10-0 oleh UAE mengakibatkan Tengku Abdullah hilang semangat untuk meneruskan tugas.<br />
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Edisi 17
Muka depan: Dineshvaran Krishnan dan Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli (ragbi)<br />
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Dunia ragbi jauh lebih kecil dan kelompok pemainnya juga tidak semasyhur bintang-bintang bola sepak yang menikmati hidup mewah dalam satu industri yang dijana siaran televisyen dan hak komersial. Namun ragbi di Malaysia sedang menuju ke arah pengkomersialan. Jadi arena memutuskan menampilkan dua pemain yang harus diangkat menjadi ikon untuk ragbi negara berbeza dari segi penampilan, susuk tubuh dan latar belakang. Dineshvaran Krishnan kini berkelana ke Jepun, membawa nama Malaysia dengan menyarung jersi juara liga Jepun, Yamaha Jubilo, manakala Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli adalah kapten negara yang melalui sistem sukan tempatan untuk muncul sebagai pemain disegani. Kemunculan dua ikon generasi baharu ini seiring dengan ledakan teknologi maklumat, tanpa perlu bergantung kepada cara konvensional dalam melonjakkan nama ragbi.<br />
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Edisi 18
Muka depan: Grafik previu Piala Malaysia<br />
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DI tengah-tengah jerebu yang melanda bola sepak negara, edisi ke-89 Piala Malaysia tampil sesudah aib besar terpalit. Malaysia dibelasah 10-0 oleh UAE dan Piala Malaysia dianggap medan menebus kecewa. Dengan kejayaan mempertahankan gelaran Liga Super, JDT dianggap pasukan pilihan untuk mara ke final sekali lagi tetapi tiga serangkai Pantai Timur - Pahang, Terengganu dan Kelantan - menampakkan kesungguhan menyentuh puncak prestasi pada penghujung musim. Soalnya jika Piala Malaysia diraikan, mengapa aib 10-0 boleh berlaku? Antara persoalan yang dibentangkan oleh arena dalam menyorot 16 pasukan yang memburu kegemilangan Piala Malaysia.<br />
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Edisi 19
Muka depan: Faizal Ramli (muay thai)<br />
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Tidak ramai yang mengingati Faizal Ramli sebagai antara penyumbang 43 pingat emas untuk kontinjen negara di Sukan SEA di Nay Pi Taw pada 2013. Bahkan kemenangannya dalam kategori 75kg menjamin pingat emas terakhir buat Malaysia tanggal 22 Disember 2013. Hanya seketika namanya berada dalam radar sukan negara, apabila aksinya melenyapkan laungan sokongan 5,000 penonton yang menyemarakkan semangat Aung Myint Win. Dua tahun sebelum sejarah dicipta di stadium tertutup Wunna Theikdi itu, Faizal antara watak dalam musim kedua program realiti di saluran televisyen AXN, Contender Asia, yang dipancarkan ke 50 negara. Faizal yang menewaskan lawannya, Abdul Alif Mohd Zulkifli, pada proses pemilihan di Kelantan, bersama juara Ultimate Warrior 2007, Bernard Radin, 37, dari Sarawak mewakili Malaysia dalam acara itu yang membabitkan 16 peserta seluruh dunia. Rancangan itui bukan saja memaparkan unsur seni mempertahankan diri, malah menyediakan cabaran, emosi, inspirasi dan motivasi.
Senjata utamanya dalam bertarung ialah menyiku lawan, maka tercetuslah gelaran Golden Elbow atau siku emas untuk anak jati Kampung Gong Kua, Pasir Puteh, Kelantan itu. “Tapi untuk bertarung, saya biasa buka langkah dengan mengukir senyuman,” katanya. Begitulah kesimpulan muka depan edisi ke-19 arena.<br />
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Edisi 20
Muka depan: Lakaran Generasi 2020 (bola sepak)<br />
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Dalam bola sepak, ramalan tidak semestinya menjadi realiti. Namun berasaskan prestasi semasa, latar belakang dan susur galur kerjaya mereka, beberapa remaja sudah mencipta nama sebagai bintang dalam pembikinan. Andainya bakat mereka digilap dan diurus dengan profesional sambil mengambil kira perkembangan fizikal masing-masing, kelompok pemain berusia 15 hingga 19 tahun ini harus mewarnai saingan tempatan dalam dekad akan datang. Arena menampilkan tonggak kepada generasi 2020 dengan menyentuh potensi pemain dari Pelan Pembangunan Bola Sepak Negara (PPBN) atau NFDP yang dijana Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS), program elit di peringkat sekolah sukan di Gambang, Bukit Jalil dan Bandar Penawar selain sekolah sukan negeri seluruh negara yang menyalakan sebuah fantasi - bahawa kecemerlangan melangkaui rantau Asia Tenggara bukan sekadar impian pada masa akan datang.<br />
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Edisi 21
Muka depan: Syaidatul Afifah Badrul Hamidi (bowling)<br />
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“Karakter saya gila-gila,” kata gadis manis ini membuka bicara. Ramah menjawab pelbagai soalan, khususnya mengenai perwatakannya, Syaidatul Afifah Badrul Hamidi rileks dan bersahaja melayan kerenah krew Arena. Sudah lama nama Afifah dicadangkan oleh pengarang urusan, Datuk Hishamuddin Aun, untuk menjadi penghias muka depan Arena tetapi hanya sekitar Oktober tahun lalu kesempatan itu terhidang. Menghadirkan diri ke studio Astro Digital Publications di Sri Kembangan, tidak jauh dari Institut Sukan Negara (ISN) yang Afifah singgah untuk proses rehabilitasi, gadis berusia 24 tahun ini rupa-rupanya lebih tinggi daripada pengarang arena, Rizal Hashim. Afifah menjadi tumpuan bukan saja kerana kemahirannya melontarkan bola di lorong-lorong bowling. Dia juga dianggap antara jelitawan dalam kalangan atlet. Akhirnya Afifah menjadi penghias wajah penutup tirai arena yang bertahan hampir dua tahun.<br />
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Nota kaki: arena merakamkan setinggi-tinggi terima kasih untuk semua atlet, jurulatih, penggiat sukan dan kakitangan Astro Arena dan Astro Digital Publications yang memberi kerjasama dalam menjayakan majalah ini.
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-69802768676393549062017-08-29T10:39:00.001+08:002017-08-29T10:39:46.490+08:00"ITU KEEPER TAK PAYAH KASI PINGAT"IT is time to bury the ghosts of 2001. With N. Thanabalan on a hot streak, it is likely to happen! As a journalist with the Malay Mail the last time Kuala Lumpur hosted the SEA Games 16 years ago, I could recall moments before and after the final at Shah Alam Stadium on September 15.<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">My preview for The Malay Mail - Saturday, Sept 15, 2001</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">A DECADE full of heartaches, disappointments and bitter memories could well be cast aside at the end of tonight's SEA Games soccer final between Malaysia and Thailand.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">For Malaysian soccer has gone through a roller-coaster ride, and mostly on a downward curve, over the years. The road to redemption is only 90 minutes away and it begins at Shah Alam Stadium.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">For the first time ever, the Games is restricted to the Under-23, a decision which appears to have favoured the home team who have shown potential beyond their average age of 20.7.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Despite being one of the youngest teams in the Games, the Malaysian team led by fisherman Hairuddin Omar, have done enough to attract the fans back, as evident in the semifinals when the stadium was packed to the brim, something not seen for a long time.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">One such scene was the final in 1989, held at the Merdeka Stadium on Merdeka Day. A crowd of over 40,000 spectators witnessed a thrilling match.
Borhan Abu Samah scored an own goal before Lim Teong Kim and Dollah Salleh added salt into the Lions' wounds to ensure Malaysia's fourth soccer gold in the SEA Games series.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Ten years earlier in Jakarta, newly-wed Mokhtar Dahari struck in the 16th minute for the solitary goal, two years after Bakri Ibni and Mokhtar delivered the killer blows against Thailand in Kuala Lumpur.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Forty years ago in Rangoon, Burma succumbed in their own backyard to goals from Mahat Ambu and Abdul Ghani Minhat, now Datuk Abdul Ghani.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">A fifth gold medal would extinguish all the bitter memories of recent times and consign the defeats to the Philippines (0-1) in 1991 and Laos, also by the same margin in 1997 in addition to the 6-0 debacle against Indonesia in Brunei'99, into the scrapheap.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Tonight's clash could be an evenly contested one. Both sets of players have a well-balanced squad, with emphasis on a strong offensive line-up.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">While Malaysia have Kedah-born and former sprinter Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli, Hairuddin and Nizaruddin Yusof firing the ammunition, Thailand look towards the fleet-footed Manit Noyvach and London-based Teerathep Vinothai.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Allan Harris' charges have the tendency to fumble in front of goal after a promising build-up, mostly bypassing midfield as opposed to Thailand's ability to attack in numbers through the middle.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Malaysia last came close to a title in 1996 in the Tiger Cup, losing 1-0 to Thailand to a Kiatisuk Senamuang's strike.
For that, we are fond of harping on the 1989 squad whose coach was an Englishman, Trevor John Hartley. Englishman Harris' middle name, mind you, is also John.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The similarity might not end there by the end of the night.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Previous final wins 1961 (Rangoon) Malaysia 2 Berma (then Burma) 0</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">1977 (Kuala Lumpur) Malaysia 2 Thailand 0</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">1979 (Jakarta) Malaysia 1 Indonesia 0</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: red;">1989 (Kuala Lumpur) Malaysia 3 Singapore 1</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Malaysia's likely line-up</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">KAMARULZAMAN HASSAN
The Penang keeper and current No 1 in the country has been outstanding throughout the tourney and is likely to be kept busy by the Thai forwards, especially Manit Noyvach.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">REZUAN RADZY
The former Under-19 skipper has made the slot his property at the expense of the more experienced S. Jayaprakash. One of three Jitra boys in the team, Rezuan or Demang to his friends, hits penetrative passes from the flanks.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">IRWAN FADZLI IDRUS
One of several free-kick specialists in the side, Jitra-born Irwan combines grit and skill on the left flank.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">KAIRONNISAM SAHABUDIN HUSSAIN
The Perlis forward-turned-defender came in the second half against Indonesia in the preliminary rounds and his composure has allowed Allan Harris to push Norhafiz Zamani Misbah further upfield. Doubtful due to an ankle injury but likely to start.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">NIZAM JAMIL
Younger brother of the late Zaid Jamil, Nizam lacks technique but compensates for that with his man-marking ability and well-timed tackles. The Selangor defender scored against Vietnam.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">MUHAMMAD SHUKOR ADAN
The Malaccan-born midfielder is a bit temperamental but the 22-year-old provides a steadying influence in the engine room.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">NORHAFIZ ZAMANI MISBAH
The first-choice central defender who made his international debut at rightback in March, is equally adept in midfield and has shown maturity beyond his years. Will have his work cut out against his Thai counterparts.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">HAIRUDDIN OMAR
Team captain who has been utilised on the right flank to accommodate Nizaruddin Yusof as the target man. Noted for his gutsy displays and aerial prowess.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">INDRA PUTRA MAHAYUDDIN
An intelligent player with a languid style, Perak player Indra loves to attack the flank. Scored Malaysia's first goal in the current campaign in the 5-0 win over Brunei.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">MOHD NIZARUDDIN YUSOF
Nizaruddin is built like a boxer but possesses a delicate touch. A key figure in attack with his constant running and killer passes, the Selangor striker would love to add to his two-goal tally in his own backyard.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">AKMAL RIZAL AHMAD RAKHLI
The former district-level sprinter who is eyeing a trial in France or Switzerland, has five goals to his name despite nursing an ankle injury. Much hinges on the Jitra boy's ability to strike. </span></i><br />
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My report for The Malay Mail - Monday, Sept 17, 2001<br />
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<b>PENANG goalkeeper Kamarulzaman Hassan (right) was desperate to cap the year with a fine SEA Games performance.
It was not to be.</b><br />
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<b>Make no mistake, the Negri Sembilan-born custodian, widely acknowledged as the current No 1 in the country, was THE keeper throughout the Games.</b><br />
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<b>Performing acrobatics and showing a pair of steady hands, Kamarulzaman or Ayoi to his friends, was instrumental in the Under-23 team's march to the final.
Until that single moment of catastrophic blunder on a wet Saturday night.</b><br />
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<b>For that blunder, the only blot in his almost flawless displays from Day 1 in the 5-0 victory over Brunei, Malaysia lost the much sought after gold medal the whole nation had waited since 1989.</b><br />
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<b>It was Malaysia's fifth silver medal in football, and the nation's third defeat to Thailand after the 1975 and 1981 losses.
The 22-year-old, was, of course, speechless after the match on Saturday. Up to that point, he had conceded only one goal, to Maman's header during the crucial group clash with Indonesia last week.</b><br />
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<b>His decision to somehow dive and spread his legs to deal with Thai right wingback Sarawut Treephan's harmless cross when the opposing strikers were nowhere near him, was poor judgement.
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<b>A goalkeeper of his experience, having tasted international action since he was handpicked by Hatem Souissi and Mandiaty Fall to man the net during the Asian Under-19 qualifiers in 1998, should have known better.</b><br />
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<b>You simply do not do that, especially when extra-time beckoned.
Some section of the crowd made their feelings known as gloom descended upon Shah Alam.</b><br />
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<b>Itu keeper tak payah kasi pingat ... was heard during the medal giving ceremony graced by the Sports Minister, Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein.
Teary-eyed while walking towards the team bus to ferry them back to the hotel in Subang, Kamarulzaman was a broken man. He did not utter a single word, dragging his feet to take the bus.</b><br />
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<b>Deep inside, Kamarulzaman must have realised his name would go into the record books for the wrong reasons. </b><br />
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<b>Because of him, Malaysia ended up with silver.
But let us forgive Kamarulzaman in the same manner coach Allan Harris decided to give him a second chance after he was dropped for breaking curfew prior to the pre-World Cup campaign in March.</b><br />
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<b>Kamarulzaman's services are badly required, with the Tiger Cup and the Asian Games next year in mind.
Like quartermiler Zaiful Zainal Abidin who lost the men's 400m race despite being ranked No 1 with his 46.41sec, Kamarulzaman must pick himself up.</b><br />
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<b>He is after all earmarked for a stint in Germany soon.
Success is getting up just one more time than you fall down. Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.
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<b>My personal take, an individual analysis on the squad members. Report appeared in The Malay Mail Sept 19, 2001.</b><br />
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<b>KAMARULZAMAN HASSAN (Age: 22, Penang)
The Negri Sembilan-born keeper hardly put a foot wrong until that moment when he decided to spread his right leg to deal with Sarawut Treephan's harmless-looking waist-high cross, inadvertently guiding the ball into his own net to hand the gold medal to the Thais.</b><br />
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<b>SYAMSURI MUSTAFA (20, Terengganu)
A first-choice in the national Under-19 team last year, Syamsuri made his international debut by stopping a penalty against Palestine in the pre-World Cup in March but Kamarulzaman's form forced him to merely warm the bench throughout the Games.</b><br />
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<b>REZUAN RADZY (20, Kedah JKR)
Nicknamed Demang, the former Under-19 skipper made the rightback slot his own after replacing the temperamental Aziz Ismail against Brunei. Appeared shaky at first but grew confident with each match.</b><br />
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<b>AZIZ ISMAIL (20, Penang)
A defender who impressed observers in the Merdeka Tournament, his only notable contribution for the team was the flare-up near the touchline which resulted in Shukor Adan's sending off against Brunei. He never saw another minute of action.</b><br />
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<b>IRWAN FADZLI IDRUS (20, Kedah)
Leftback Irwan curled in a memorable winning goal off a trademark free- kick against Indonesia in the crucial group clash. A similar effort struck the bar in the final against Thailand. Steady and reliable left foot.</b><br />
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<b>S. JAYAPRAKASH (22, Selangor)
Despite being the most experienced defender in the team, Jayaprakash was only utilised as a second half substitute to Kaironnisam Sahabudin Hussain in the semifinal clash against Myanmar.</b><br />
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<b>MARZUKI YUSOF (20, Terengganu)
A first-choice defender for the Under-19 last year but a midfielder in Terengganu's good start to the season, Marzuki seemed to have lost the coaches' trust, possibly due to his tendency to leave his position.</b><br />
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<b>NIZAM JAMIL (22, Selangor)
Younger brother of the late Zaid Jamil, Nizam makes up for his poor technique on the floor with well-timed tackles and tight-marking ability. Scored the first goal against Vietnam in the last group match.</b><br />
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<b>KAIRONNISAM SAHABUDIN HUSSAIN (22, Perlis)
The forward-turned-defender was perhaps the find of the team, comfortably filling in the void in the centre of defence left by Norhafiz Zamani Misbah who was pushed upfield in the match against Indonesia. There was no turning back for the only player in the team who has settled down.</b><br />
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<b>NORHAFIZ ZAMANI MISBAH (20, Negri Sembilan)
The Malaccan-born proved to be equally adept in defence and in midfield, but the young international showed the tendency of overdoing things when passing was the better option.</b><br />
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<b>SYAIFUL SABTU (20, Negri Sembilan)
Syaiful was reduced to the role of a substitute as his game is similar to Juzaili's. Good shot, tireless worker but lacks the ability to impose his authority.</b><br />
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<b>JUZAILI SAMION (20, Pahang)
The former France-based midfielder is admired for his high work rate but needs to polish his finishing and distribution apart from his tendency to pass back rather than look for an opening upfront.</b><br />
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<b>SHUKOR ADAN (22, Negri Sembilan)
The temperamental Malaccan-born midfielder who was looked upon as the brains of the team, played below par throughout the Games, probably affected by the sending-off against Brunei.</b><br />
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<b>K. RAJAN (20, Negri Sembilan)
The right flanker shocked Thailand with a well-taken free-kick in the Merdeka Tournament but there was not to be another magical piece of finishing in the Games. Known for his direct running, Rajan sadly froze when he came in for Nizaruddin in the final.</b><br />
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<b>SUBRI SULONG (22, Terengganu)
A midfelder who shone during the Merdeka Tournament, Subri lost his place prior to the Games. Twice made appearances as a substitute, coming in for the ineffective Rajan in the final immediately after the blunder by Kamarulzaman in a futile bid to equalise.</b><br />
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<b>INDRA PUTRA MAHAYUDDIN (20, Perak)
A player with a languid style, Indra proved to be an intelligent left flanker who supported the front two quite well but sometimes a bit too casual in his approach. Scored the opening goal in the campaign against Brunei.</b><br />
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<b>AKMAL RIZAL AHMAD RAKHLI (20, Kedah)
Akmal's emerged as the team's top-scorer with five goals, blasting in a hattrick against Brunei, a penalty against Indonesia and the second against Vietnam. The former Strasbourg trainee now has topped the team's scoring charts in three major assignments, following his seven goals in the pre-Olympics (1999) and four in the pre-World Cup (March 2001).</b><br />
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<b>NIZARUDDIN YUSOF (22, Selangor)
Nizaruddin is the workhorse in the strikeforce, working overtime as the target man with his bustling style and non-stop running. Scored two goals - one against Brunei and the solitary strike against Myanmar which led Malaysia to the final.</b><br />
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<b>RUDIE RAMLI (19, Selangor)
The former Germany-based player is the youngest member of the team but he did not see any action.</b><br />
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<b>HAIRUDDIN OMAR (22, Terengganu)
Team captain and part-time fisherman who somehow was not his usual commanding self playing on the right flank. More was expected of Hairuddin but perhaps he is better off as the target man.
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<b>So where are they now?</b><br />
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Read Four-Four-Two <a href="https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/malaysias-2001-sea-games-silver-medallists-where-are-they-now">2001 silver medallists - where are they now</a><br />
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Pada zaman semi-pro atau separa profesional, Kelantan menjadi negeri pertama menswastakan pengurusan pasukannya kepada pihak ketiga.<br />
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Pelantikan Ringgit Kreatif Sdn Bhd yang dipengerusikan oleh Timbalan Presiden Persatuan Bola Sepak Kelantan (KAFA), Zaid Ibrahim, membawa angin perubahan.
Pada awalnya, gaji pemain untuk Februari 1993 dibayar pada Januari.<br />
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M. Karathu (kini Datuk) dilantik melatih pasukan yang akhirnya mara ke separuh akhir Piala Malaysia -- pencapaian terbaik negeri Cik Siti Wan Kembang sejak era semi-pro diperkenalkan pada 1989.<br />
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Dalam perjanjian asalnya, KAFA memberi hak kepada Ringgit Kreatif untuk mengurus pasukan semi-pronya selama lima tahun.<br />
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Ringgit Kreatif turut melantik dua penyiasat untuk memantau kegiatan mengatur keputusan perlawanan.<br />
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Apa yang berlaku?
Selepas setahun, KAFA dan Ringgit Kreatif berselisih faham dan bertegang urat, sehingga kes saman yang memaksa persatuan membayar hutang kepada syarikat itu berjumlah lebih RM200,000.<br />
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Pada DIsember 1993, ikatan itu terlerai, maka Kota Darulnaim Sdn Bhd (KDSB), anak syarikat Perbadanan Kemajuan Iktisad Negeri Kelantan pula menggantikan Ringgit Kreatif.
KDSB bertahan dua musim sebelum Koperasi Kafa atau Ko-Kafa menguruskan pasukan pada 1996.<br />
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Kemudian pada 1997 dan 1998, Nusa Wangsa yang dipengerusikan pengurus pasukan, Suhaidi Yusoff, membiayai pasukan Kelantan.<br />
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Kemerosotan Kelantan sehingga jatuh ke Liga FAM pada 2005 mengecewakan peminat negeri itu sebelum Tan Sri Annuar Musa menerajui KAFA pada 2007, serentak dengan kemunculan Mamadou Mustapha sebagai calon Pemain Import Terbaik 2008.<br />
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Di bawah kepimpinan Annuar yang turut menswastakan pengurusan pasukan kepada TRW.com Sdn Bhd, Kelantan dan panglima-panglima merahnya menakluki Malaysia dengan menjulang Piala Malaysia dua kali, Piala FA dua kali dan gelaran Liga Super dua kali dari 2010 hingga 2012.<br />
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Kini Kelantan di ambang menarik diri daripada saingan Liga Super.<br />
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Rentetan peristiwa ini sekadar menampakkan bahawa di sebalik wawasan kepimpinan KAFA sepanjang dua dekad yang lampau, bola sepak tempatan berdepan masalah kelestarian dari sudut ekonomi.<br />
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Pendapatan dan model perniagaan jangka masa panjang sukar dijana disebabkan keengganan pihak swasta, korporat dan gergasi-gergasi multinasional melabur dalam bola sepak tempatan, diiringi sikap acuh tak acuh persatuan yang kurang bijak mengurus kehendak penaja, serta politik dalaman.<br />
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Quo vadis, Malaysia? (Ke mana mahu pergi, Malaysia?)<br />
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-63881389095690179392017-07-09T12:24:00.001+08:002017-07-09T12:24:22.933+08:00Pertembungan budaya<br />
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ADA cetusan rasa tidak puas hati kenapa pengumuman pelantikan Frank Bernhardt selaku ketua jurulatih skuad Sukan SEA 2017 sekadar di buat di tepi Wisma FAM tanpa sidang akhbar khas, namun lebih wajar dibincang ialah rasional di sebalik pemilihan individu itu dan bukan dua calon lain dalam senarai pendek.<br />
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Dalam sejarah Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM), proses pemilihan Bernhardt adalah yang paling komprehensif.<br />
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Pada era peminat hanya tahu Pestabola Merdeka selaku kejohanan berprestij di Asia, jurulatih negara dipilih secara ad-hoc, atau mengikut tugasan.<br />
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Maka hadirlah nama-nama seperti Neoh Boon Hean, Otto Westphal, Clement Da Silva, Dettmar Cramer, Jalil Che Din dan Dave McLaren.<br />
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Hanya Choo Seng Quee, sifu bola sepak merentasi seberang tambak, menjadi jurulatih sepenuh masa dari 1958 hingga 1964, dengan gaji permulaan RM700 waktu itu.<br />
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Jalil, Datuk M. Kuppan, Datuk M. Chandran dan Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Minhat antara jurulatih yang bersilih ganti mengisi kerusi panas itu sehingga Karl-Heinz Weigang dipinjamkan dari Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) menerajui pasukan Sukan SEA 1977.<br />
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Memikirkan bahawa pasukan kebangsaan wajar dikendalikan jurulatih sepenuh masa yang profesional, maka FAM melantik beberapa pakar asing, termasuk Dr Josef Venglos, Ken Worden dan Claude Le Roy.<br />
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Mereka disyorkan oleh FIFA atau dilantik berasaskan pencapaian di peringkat tempatan.
Bertalan Bicskei pula disenarai pendek bersama Dragoslav Stepanovic dan Bob Houghton sebelum ditemu ramah oleh Weigang selaku pengarah teknikal dan Setiausaha Agung, Datuk Dell Akbar Khan, di Frankfurt. Bisckei memulakan tugas pada 1 Julai 2004, menggantikan Allan Harris yang menghabiskan lima tahun bersama skuad nasional dan Bawah 20 serta Bawah 23 tahun.<br />
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Pelantikan Bernhardt menyusul selepas satu proses yang dikendalikan bersama oleh Pengarah Teknikal FAM, Fritz Schmid dan panel pemilihan sebelum dikemukakan kepada jawatankuasa petugas khas yang dipengerusikan oleh Timbalan Presiden FAM, Datuk Abdul Mokhtar Ahmad.<br />
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Dalam proses ini, Schmid menyediakan penilaian profesional dalam mengenal pasti calon, bermula dengan iklan menerusi media massa dan platform FIFA, AFC, UEFA dan negara tertentu, interviu menerusi Skype dengan calon tertentu, temu duga yang dihadiri panel pemilihan serta tugasan analisis perlawanan menerusi rakaman video.<br />
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Panel pemilihan dianggotai Datuk Junid Mohd Noor, Schmid dan B. Sathianathan selaku presiden Persatuan Jurulatih Bola Sepak Malaysia, selain tiga wakil Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) iaitu pengarah prestasi tinggi, Keith Power, pemangku Pengarah Bahagian Atlet, Jefri Ngadirin dan Ketua Cawangan sukan berpasukan, Shukri Harun.<br />
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Dalam temu duga terakhir, selain menjawab persoalan ahli panel, Bernhardt, Michael Weiss dan Datuk Ong Kim Swee diberi ruang menjawab dan menganalisis perlawanan menerusi rakaman video.<br />
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Pembabitan MSN disebabkan kesediaan agensi kerajaan itu membiayai sebahagian daripada perbelanjaan dalam menyiapkan pasukan menghadapi temasya dwitahunan itu pada Ogos 2017.<br />
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Proses sebegini tidak pernah dilakukan dalam FAM.<br />
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Namun pelantikan Bernhardt tidak menjamin apa-apa.
Dalam bola sepak apa saja boleh berlaku.<br />
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Lagipun sesetengah jurulatih tempatan berpendapat Bernhardt mungkin berdepan kesukaran bekerja dalam suasana budaya tempatan.<br />
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Sesetengah media pula menganggap Bernhardt tiada pasukan untuk dikendalikan selepas program Harimau Muda dimansuhkan.<br />
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Walaupun secara teori seorang pemain yang mencecah usia 16 tahun sudah tidak boleh diajar dari segi kemahiran asas dan teknikal, Bernhardt harus mampu menyemai budaya kerja, etika sepasukan dan disiplin untuk pemain yang rata-rata tahun ini berusia 17, 18 dan 19 tahun.<br />
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Jika saingan Sukan SEA 2017 dihadkan kepada Bawah 22 tahun, Bernhardt harus mengenal pasti pemain yang lahir pada atau selepas 1995, tentunya dalam kalangan bekas anggota skuad Harimau Muda A, B dan C, termasuk Ariff Farhan Md Isa, S. Kumaahran, Adam Nor Azlin, Jafri Firdaus Chew, Shahrul Akmal Adnan, Najmuddin Samad dan R. Kogileswaran.<br />
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Generasi ini masih ada ruang dibentuk dalam menyemai budaya pemikiran dan pendekatan profesional sebelum mereka dibebaskan ke dalam sistem senior yang ada.<br />
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Satu ketika dahulu jurulatih asing ada dua aspek yang mereka kerap pertikai – tiadanya profesionalisme dalam kalangan pemain dan kurang kecergasan fizikal.<br />
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Misalnya sambil jurulatih sudah menunggu jam 4.30 petang untuk sesi latihan, beberapa pemain masih memakai stokin dan membuat taping pergelangan kaki.<br />
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Sesetengah pemain pula tidak mahu memakai pelapik tulang kering atau shin pad sewaktu latihan, manakala Datuk Ong Kim Swee – yang sudah membawa pasukan negara di tiga edisi Sukan SEA – merungut mengenai jumlah perlawanan yang tidak mencukupi untuk pemain muda dalam liga.<br />
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Warga Jerman, Bernhardt pula sudah tentu berfikir seperti Lim Teong Kim. Sikap dan pendekatan Bernhardt disuburkan menerusi sistem kehidupan dan budaya negara yang melahirkan kereta berjenama bertaraf dunia, ahli sukan bergelar juara dunia dan pasukan bola sepak yang menakluki dunia.<br />
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Pertembungan budaya harus berlaku. Sama ada kita mahu menerima bibit perubahan atau kita kekal dengan budaya berkompromi dari segi kualiti, pendekatan dan sikap, tunggu dan lihat.<br />
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Dalam analisis akhir, apakah Bernhardt akan “diMalaysiakan” atau dia mengubah budaya bola sepak Malaysia?<br />
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UNTUK kita keluar daripada kepompong keselesaan kita, apakah kita perlukan sentuhan pakar asing atau tempatan?<br />
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Persoalan ini bukan berkisar kepada bola sepak sahaja. Sukan lain turut berdepan dilema yang sama.<br />
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Politik jurulatih tempatan dalam menyingkir pakar asing juga bukanlah baharu.
Menyentuh bola sepak, ramai beranggapan tidak perlu jurulatih asing jika kualiti pemain yang ada berada di takuk yang sama.<br />
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Jurulatih tempatan pula tidak gemar ditegur, bahkan menganggap mereka lebih berpengetahuan daripada pakar asing yang mungkin lebih terdedah kepada ilmu sukan moden, terbuka dan jauh lebih profesional.<br />
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Kelemahan utama jurulatih asing pula mungkin ada dalam kalangan mereka tidak memahami budaya dan sikap orang kita.
Sudahnya, wal hasil balik asal.<br />
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Pokoknya, masalah negara kita ialah kita pantang ditegur, tidak kira dalam bidang apa sekalipun.<br />
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Kita kurang memahami konsep muhasabah diri.
Sebaliknya kebanyakan penggiat sukan Malaysia berkelulusan peringkat paling tinggi PHD, iaitu perasaan hasad dengki.<br />
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Apabila seorang profesional menegur rakan sejawatannya secara terbuka, tidak semestinya dia mahu membunuh kerjaya rakan senegara.
Khususnya dalam bola sepak, bukankah dalam satu perlawanan itu ada lebih 50,000 jurulatih yang ada idea tersendiri?
Itulah indahnya bola sepak, tidak kira sama ada yang mengeluarkan kritikan dan teguran itu bertauliah atau tidak.<br />
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Tiada formula tepat dalam merangka sesuatu kejayaan, sebaliknya ia banyak bergantung kepada pelbagai faktor dalaman dan luaran.<br />
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Namun rata-rata atlet negara, sebagaimana masyarakat kita amnya, berada dalam zon selesa.
Untuk mengajak mereka keluar daripada kepompong ini, kadangkala kita perlu perspektif dan sentuhan orang luar.<br />
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Tetapi tidak semestinya semua orang luar lebih baik.<br />
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Ketua jurulatih olahraga negara, Zainal Abas, misalnya memperkenalkan syarat untuk semua jurulatih tempatan dan asing mengemukakan laporan dan perancangan setiap dua minggu untuk dipantau.<br />
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“Jadi kita boleh pantau apakah benar mereka melaksanakan apa yang dirancang, jumlah kehadiran atlet naungan mereka, kaedah dan kadar latihan mencukupi atau tidak. Saya juga meminta pakar daripada ISN mengadakan ujian otot teras terhadap semua atlet olahraga untuk mengetahui tahap kekuatan tubuh mereka. Dari situ kita boleh rangka usaha ke arah penambah baikan aspek tertentu,” katanya.<br />
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Bagi Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) pula, tiga calon untuk memikul tugas ketua jurulatih Sukan SEA 2017 disenarai pendek iaitu Frank Bernhardt, Michael Weiss dan Datuk Ong Kim Swee.<br />
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Sesiapa saja dilantik menggalas tugas itu dijangka bekerja dengan teras skuad Harimau Muda C atau Bawah 19 tahun, antaranya Jafri Firdaus Chew, Shahrul Akmal Adnan, R. Kogileswaran, Dominic Tan dan Hafiy Haikal Hamzah selain S. Kumaahran – iaitu satu kelompok generasi baharu yang harus didedahkan dengan etika kerja berlainan daripada budaya sedia ada.<br />
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Dari segi kemahiran teknikal, tidak banyak yang boleh dilakukan, namun pemahaman taktikal, disiplin diri dan transisi mereka daripada junior kepada senior ini harus digilap dan diberi keutamaan agar generasi ini bukan sekadar hebat di Asia Tenggara.<br />
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Sasarannya tidak harus terhad kepada emas Sukan SEA 2017. Sasarannya harus saujana mata memandang.<br />
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-58157873155327960242017-07-09T11:47:00.003+08:002017-07-09T11:47:46.848+08:00Kereta rosak, hantar bengkel, bola rosak, buat bengkel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bila bola sepak menjadi topik bicara, pelbagai idea dicanai dan dibukukan. Isunya adalah sistem penyampaian atau pelaksanaannya.<br />
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Tidak lama selepas skuad kebangsaan kendalian Abdul Rahman Ibrahim tersungkur 6-0 di kaki Indonesia pada Sukan SEA di Brunei pada 1999, satu negara kecoh dengan menuding jari kepada Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM).<br />
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Kecaman, krtikan, kejian dan makian dihambur ke arah FAM. Barangkali FAM harus menjadi persatuan paling banyak menanggung hina gara-gara persembahan turun naik pasukan kebangsaan selain pengurusan Liga M yang jauh daripada sempurna.<br />
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Akhirnya Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) mengadakan seminar hala tuju bola sepak negara pada 1999. Semua pemegang kepentingan dipelawa mencurahkan idea.<br />
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Antara resolusi yang dipersetujui pada akhir seminar ialah pentingnya seorang supremo dilantik bagi mengurus pasukan kebangsaan selain pelesenan untuk pemain diberi kelayakan bermain dalam Liga M.<br />
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Malangnya, dasar ini tidak dilaksanakan – kalaupun ada tidak secara konsisten.
Sejak seminar itu, Pengarah Teknikal di FAM ada tiga – Robert Alberts, Lim Kim Chon dan Fritz Schmid. Ron Smith pula buat seketika menjadi Pengarah Kejurulatihan. Namun apakah mereka supremo dalam erti kata sebenar?<br />
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Isunya sudah tentu apakah semua idea yang disampaikan sama ada dalam bentuk dokumen, ketetapan dan rumusan dalam seminar, woksyop, bengkel dan persidangan diterima pakai dan dilaksanakan?<br />
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Syabas penulis ucapkan kepada pusat sukan UiTM Shah Alam yang menganjurkan Bengkel Penyediaan Pelan Pembangunan Bola Sepak Negara sempena Rancangan Malaysia ke-11 2016-2020.<br />
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Aspek pengurusan persatuan, mutu dan tahap kejurulatihan, pembangunan akar umbi, pengurusan liga peringkat negeri dan kebangsaan, fasiliti dan peranan sains serta teknologi sukan akan dibincang secara khusus.<br />
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Antara yang disenaraikan memberi input dan pandangan personaliti Astro Arena, Hafizal Hamad, bekas kapten pasukan kebangsaan, Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian dan penyerang negara, Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli.<br />
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Berbeza dengan Pelan Pembangunan Bola Sepak Negara (PPBN) kendalian Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) dihadkan kepada pemain berusia sehingga 17 tahun, pelan inisiatif Akademi Bola Sepak Negara di UiTM Shah Alam menyentuh semua sudut termasuk sama ada struktur dan eko-sistem yang ada menyokong pembangunan semua peringkat atau tidak.<br />
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Disebabkan ia inisiatif UiTM, penulis mengharapkan banyak kertas kerja dan penyelidikan serta kajian ilmiah dibentangkan bagi memberi nilai tambah kepada struktur yang ada.
Antara perkara yang harus dibuat kajian:<br />
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1) Peraturan 10,000 minit untuk setiap pemain (menyentuh dan bermain bola sehingga dewasa) boleh dilaksanakan di peringkat akar umbi?<br />
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2) Mengapa S. Kunanlan sebagaimana K. Sanbagamaran seolah-olah boleh berlari sepanjang masa? Apakah disebabkan mereka cergas disebabkan saiz paru-paru besar atau dilatih sejak kecil dengan menunggang basikal?<br />
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3) Statistik pemain remaja yang terpinggir dan terus tenggelam sekalipun menyertai program elit di Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ) dan Sekolah Sukan Tengku Mahkota Ismail di Bandar Penawar.<br />
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4) Formula kejayaan Johor Darul Ta’azim dan Kelantan berbanding penguasaan Selangor pada 1970-an, 1980-an dan 1990-an.<br />
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5) Bilangan pemain berbangsa Cina yang semakin merosot dari tahun ke tahun.<br />
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6) Berapa jumlah pemain yang mengalami kecederaan lutut yang memerlukan pembedahan dan rehat panjang.<br />
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7) Kebanyakan ibu bapa yang menghantar anak mereka menyertai PPBN adalah dari latar belakang pertengahan ke bawah.<br />
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Pelaksana impian kepada semua idea yang dikemukakan adalah pembuat dasar yang ikhlas dan berwawasan di FAM dan persatuan negeri serta semua agensi kerajaan di bawah KBS dan Kementerian Pelajaran, kelompok jurulatih terlatih, pengurus program pembangunan di setiap lapisan serta ibu bapa yang mengajar anak mereka kaedah pemakanan dalam menguatkan otot dan minda.<br />
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Di pihak FAM pula, Schmid mencadangkan seorang pengurus teknikal atau prestasi bagi mewujudkan satu budaya prestasi kerja cemerlang bagi memudahkan semua jurulatih kebangsaan setiap lapisan bukan sekadar pentadbir pasukan yang menempah tiket dan mengurus jadual latihan.<br />
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Satu saja harapan penulis – tiada kertas kerja yang dibakul sampahkan, sebagaimana apa yang berlaku kepada Road Map nukilan Alberts pada 2006. Jika tidak wal hasil balik asal.
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-35067393886173085152017-07-09T11:34:00.002+08:002017-07-09T11:39:18.573+08:00Esok bangun jadi jutawan!PADA Ogos 1999, penulis membuat temu janji dengan beberapa pelajar sekolah berusia 13 dan 14 tahun. Mereka kelompok perintis Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ) untuk program bola sepak elit Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM).<br />
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Interviu itu dilakukan tidak lama selepas program berkenaan dilancarkan, tiga tahun sesudah SSBJ diwujudkan.
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Zul Yusri Che Harun, Zahiruddin Syobri, Shaik Mohammad Firdaus Shaik Annuar, Norshahrul Idlan Talaha, Faridz Ahmad, Fazuan Abdullah dan Azfar Nasri Burhan antara nama-nama yang disyorkan kepada penulis untuk ditemu ramah.<br />
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Penulis mengimbau detik itu selepas siaran Kafe Sukan Isnin lalu yang membawakan tajuk Transisi daripada remaja kepada senior dalam bola sepak, menampilkan dua bekas jurulatih pembangunan remaja di FAM, Aminuddin Hussin dan Ahmad Fairuz Yunus.<br />
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Aminuddin dan Fairuz antara watak penting yang membentuk beberapa generasi pemain di SSBJ yang akhirnya menyarung jersi pasukan negara.<br />
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Selain mereka, Richard Scully, Ismail Ibrahim dan Razip Ismail antara tenaga pengajar dalam program itu bersama guru seperti Zulkifli Shamsuddin dan Haris Lajid.<br />
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Aminuddin yang menghabiskan lebih sedekad di FAM dengan tugasan terakhir selaku Ketua Pembangunan Belia mengingatkan penonton bahawa program itu dilancarkan pada 1999 dengan menampilkan generasi sulung yang antara lain dianggotai Afif Amiruddin dan Razman Roslan yang lahir pada 1984.<br />
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Generasi seterusnya termasuk Stanley Bernard Samuel, Riduan Othman, Nurul Azwan Roya, Amirulhadi Zainal, Norshahrul dan Shakir Shaari yang dibimbing Zainal Abidin Hassan selaku ketua jurulatih Bawah 17 tahun pada 2001 dan 2002.<br />
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Safiq Rahim, Aidil Zafuan dan Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak dan Nashriq Baharom pula dari generasi yang lahir pada 1987.<br />
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“Proses pembangunan program ini mengambil masa 10 tahun dan kemuncaknya apabila pasukan Bawah 23 tahun mengutip pingat emas di Sukan SEA di Laos pada 2009. Lebih separuh daripada kesebelasan permulaan Datuk K. Rajagobal adalah hasil tangan SSBJ. Beberapa tonggak yang sama seterusnya menjulang Piala AFF pada tahun berikut,” kata Aminuddin.<br />
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“Ia proses ujian dan kesilapan. Kami belajar daripada kesilapan ketika mengurus generasi pertama dan seterusnya.”<br />
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Fairuz yang kini bersama akademi Frenz United, menganggap banyak faktor yang diambil kira apabila seorang pemain remaja memasuki dunia senior.<br />
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Namun Aminuddin dan Fairuz bersetuju struktur pertandingan untuk lepasan sekolah harus diperkasakan.<br />
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Berkongsi pengalaman bekerja dengan syarikat korporat seperti Frenz United, Fairuz berkata:<br />
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“Dunia korporat menitikberatkan keputusan, maka tindak-tanduk yang dilakukan semata-mata untuk pembangunan. Setiap perlawanan Frenz United dalam semua pertandingan dirakam, jadi kekuatan dan kelemahan lawan kelab seperti Chonburi, PVF dan lawan lain sama ada di peringkat serantau atau Asia sudah diketahui.<br />
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Data dan analisis ini harus dikongsi dengan jurulatih kebangsaan kerana kebanyakan pemain yang menjadi bintang di peringkat remaja akan menjadi pemain senior negara masing-masing,” katanya.<br />
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Aminuddin turut menekankan betapa penting seorang pemain itu diberi ilmu mengurus kerjaya.<br />
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Sejauh ini rata-rata pemain yang tiba-tiba mendapat gaji tinggi selepas dilamar pasukan negeri mendapati sukar menyesuaikan diri dengan kemewahaan.<br />
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“Malam ini tidur, esok bangun jadi jutawan!” kata Aminuddin.<br />
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“Mereka memerlukan ilmu untuk belajar mengurus kerjaya sambil dipantau majikan,” kata Aminuddin.<br />
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Ringkasnya, sama ada anda pemain, jurulatih atau pegawai, ilmu pengurusan diri dan kerjaya harus ditanam seawal mungkin.
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-89910844118986461272017-07-09T11:28:00.000+08:002017-07-09T11:28:17.659+08:00#throwback artikel Oktober 2015 - Pelantikan Zainal AbasBAGI penonton setia pelbagai program terbitan Astro, Zainal Abas bukan nama dan wajah yang
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Dia antara penyampai perintis program bola sepak Astro SuperSport, 14 tahun sebelum Astro Arena diwujudkan.<br />
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Ramai juga maklum tugasnya di televisyen bukanlah kerja hakiki dan sepenuh masa anak kelahiran Muar, Johor ini.<br />
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Zainal, 48, adalah guru Bahasa Inggeris dan jurulatih olahraga bertauliah yang memulakan kerjayanya di SM Tun Perak, Muar, sebelum menjadi guru perintis apabila Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ) ditubuhkan pada tahun yang sama Astro dilancarkan untuk langganan pada 1996.<br />
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Kepakarannya adalah acara lompatan melintang, iaitu lompat jauh dan lompat kijang, sejak kali pertama lulus kursus kejurulatihan peringkat pertama Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (kini KOM) dengan rakan sekursus, termasuk Nordin Jadi, Sajaratultudur Hamzah dan Kamarulzaman Tahir pada 1993.<br />
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"Saya lebih cenderung kepada hoki dan ragbi di bangku sekolah. Minat saya terhadap olahraga hanya timbul pada bulan-bulan terakhir di sekolah menengah,” kata Zainal, bekas pelajar Sekolah Menengah Sains Kluang.<br />
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Zainal antara jurulatih muda pada era milenium baharu yang diberi ruang yang luas untuk mengembangkan bakat selain Manshahar Abdul Jalil, Ithnin Mahadi dan S. Entheran.<br />
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Kesemuanya diserapkan ke dalam program pembangunan dan pelapis Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN).
Antara atlet yang menerima tunjuk ajar Zainal termasuk Ngew Sin Mei, Siti Zubaidah Adabi, Muhammad Hakimi Ismail, Noor Amira Mohd Nafiah dan Noor Shahidatun Nadia Md Zuki.<br />
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Sin Mei juara berganda Sukan SEA di Manila 2005 manakala Hakimi dan Noor Amira simbol lompatan melintang hari ini dengan reputasi selaku pemegang rekod kebangsaan.<br />
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Nadia pula masih bergelut mengembalikan prestasi yang membolehkannya memenangi pingat emas lompat jauh dan lompat kijang di Kejohanan Olahraga Sekolah-sekolah Asean selama lima tahun berturut-turut.<br />
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Sekalipun ada rekod cemerlang dalam melahirkan atlet ke pentas antarabangsa, Zainal tidak menonjolkan diri sebaliknya dia lebih gemar kekal di bawah radar sebagai tenaga pengajar kumpulan atlet pelapis.<br />
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Kini Zainal tidak dapat mengelak daripada menjadi tumpuan. Pelantikannya selaku ketua jurulatih dipersetujui MSN dalam mengurus selia 11 jurulatih dan 48 atlet ke arah mempersiapkan diri ke Sukan SEA 2017.<br />
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Namanya berada pada tangga teratas dalam senarai tiga individu yang dicalonkan oleh KOM, tanda pengiktirafan ke atas sumbangannya sepanjang dua dekad yang lampau.<br />
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Jarang-jarang KOM memberi ruang kepada individu yang berada di luar kelompok pemegang jawatan badan induk.
Tugas ketua jurulatih yang menyelaras dan memantau perancangan setiap atlet bersama jurulatih masing-masing lazimnya dipikul pengerusi jawatankuasa kejurulatihan KOM, misalnya Datuk Nashatar Singh dan J.V. Jayan atau bekas atlet seperti Hanapiah Nasir dan jurulatih asing seperti Edwin Ozolin.<br />
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Pelantikan Zainal harus disambut baik sekalipun dianggap melanggar tradisi.<br />
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Sebagai guru, Zainal yang memiliki Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pendidikan dalam Pengajaran Bahasa Inggeris sebagai Bahasa Kedua (TESL) (major Bahasa Inggeris, minor dalam Radio, Filem dan Televisyen) dari Universiti Canterbury di Kent, England, menerima pelbagai anugerah, termasuk Guru Cemerlang Sukan dan Anugerah Ikon Guru 2014.<br />
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Dari segi kelayakan dalam olahraga, Zainal bukan sekadar layak menjadi instruktur atau pensyarah IAAF, bahkan sudah ada rekod melahirkan atlet, selain diberi kesempatan menjadi ketua jurulatih ke Kejohanan Remaja Dunia IAAF di Donetsk 2013 dan Sukan Olimpik Remaja di Nanjing 2014 dan Kejohanan Olahraga Remaja Dunia IAAF di Oregon 2014.<br />
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Namun dalam analisis terakhir, menjadi penyampai di kaca televisyen jauh lebih mudah daripada membentuk generasi atlet yang berupaya mengukir nama di pentas antarabangsa serta mengurus modal insan untuk sebuah badan induk yang kerap diulit kontroversi!<br />
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Selamat maju jaya, Zainal!rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-66904889819859037052017-07-09T11:16:00.001+08:002017-07-09T11:28:50.099+08:00#throwback - artikelku Oktober 2015 - Dilema FAMArtikel ini disiarkan dalam stadiumastro.com pada Oktober 2015.<br />
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APABILA isyarat jelas terpancar bahawa Allan Harris menghitung hari selaku jurulatih kebangsaan
pada awal 2004, Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) menugaskan dua individu – pengarah
teknikalnya dan setiausaha agungnya – melaksanakan proses temu duga bagi melantik supremo
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Maka Karl Weigang dan Datuk Dell Akbar Khan menemu bual Bob Houghton di Kuala Lumpur manakala Dragoslav Stepanovic dan Bertalan Bicskei ditemu duga di Frankfurt, Jerman.<br />
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Laporan temu duga itu kemudiannya dikemukakan kepada majlis FAM yang dipengerusikan presidennya, Sultan Ahmad Shah.<br />
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Bicskei hadir dengan rekod membimbing pasukan Hungary menjuarai Kejohanan Eropah Bawah 18 tahun pada 1984 dan pasukan Bawah 21 tahun negara itu dua tahun berikutnya.<br />
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Stepanovic pula menerajui kemenangan Piala Jerman buat Eintracht Frankfurt pada 1993 manakala Houghton dikenali sebagai jurulatih di Sweden, Greece, Arab Saudi dan Amerika Syarikat.<br />
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Kesudahannya Bicskei dipilih menggantikan Harris.
Harris yang pernah membantu Terry Venables di Barcelona, menghabiskan tempoh dari awal 2001 hingga pertengahan 2004 mendidik generasi yang berteraskan pemain kelahiran 1979, 1980 dan 1981, membabitkan tugasan kelayakan Kejohanan Asia Bawah 20 tahun pada 2000, pra-Piala Dunia 2001, Sukan SEA 2001 dan 2003, Piala AFF 2002, pra-Piala Asia 2003 dan pra-Olimpik 2003.<br />
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Dalam tempoh empat tahun itu, Harris diberi ruang menyemai benih dalam membentuk acuannya tersendiri, dibantu kelompok pertama yang muncul daripada program akademi FAM, termasuk Syamsuri Mustaffa, Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Irwan Fadzli Idrus, Zairo Anuar Zalani, Akmal Rizal Rakhli dan Juzaili Samion.<br />
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Antara jurulatih yang menjadi penolong Harris pula termasuk B. Sathianathan, Norizan Bakar dan Zainal Abidin Hassan.<br />
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Dua daripadanya menjadi jurulatih pasukan senior.<br />
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Bicskei pula hanya bertahan dari Julai 2004 hingga hujung 2005, satu tempoh yang diwarnai latihan keras, pelbagai isu dan kontroversi serta pengunduran Weigang dan Dell.<br />
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Akhirnya tanpa sokongan dua individu yang mengesyorkan namanya, jurulatih Hungary itu ditunjuk jalan keluar.<br />
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Sejak Bicskei menjadi jurulatih import terakhir menduduki kerusi panas itu, Norizan, Sathianathan, Datuk K. Rajagobal dan Dollah Salleh bersilih ganti ditugaskan memikul maruah pasukan negara manakala Datuk Ong Kim Swee sudah dua kali melaksanakan tanggungjawab secara sementara.<br />
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Persoalan yang berlegar dalam minda pembuat keputusan dalam FAM ketika ini ialah sama ada jurulatih asing atau anak tempatan diberi tugas itu selepas Dollah mengumumkan peletakan jawatan selepas diaibkan 10-0 oleh Emiriah Arab Bersatu September lalu.<br />
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Daripada empat jurulatih itu hanya Rajagobal diberi tempoh sepanjang Harris – bermula dengan tanggungjawab sebagai jurulatih pasukan Bawah 21 tahun disusuli Bawah 20 tahun pada 2004, projek Harimau Muda dari 2006 hingga 2009 sehinggalah dia dilantik menggantikan Sathianathan.
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Dari 2009 hingga 2013, Rajagobal berdepan pelbagai misi termasuk Sukan SEA 2009, Piala AFF 2010 dan 2012, Sukan Asia Guangzhou 2010, pra-Piala Dunia 2011 dan pra-Piala Asia 2012/13.<br />
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Ringkasnya Rajagobal yang pernah menjadi penolong Ken Worden pada awal 90-an, bukan sekadar memiliki kelayakan yang mencukupi, bahkan bertuah memiliki masa yang panjang bagi menerapkan falsafahnya menerusi generasi baharu.<br />
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Perancangan Rajagobal berteraskan generasi pemain yang lahir pada dan selepas 1986, termasuk Norshahrul Idlan Talaha, Amirulhadi Zainal, Safiq Rahim, Zaquan Adha dan Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak – semuanya pernah menimba ilmu menerusi projek bersama FAM dan Kementerian Pelajaran di Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ).<br />
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Rata-rata hari ini peminat berhujah dari tiga aspek:<br />
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1. Jurulatih tempatan – Kim Swee dilihat paling layak tetapi sejak memenangi emas Sukan SEA 2011, rekodnya kurang memberangsangkan. Apakah sasaran paling sesuai untuk anak tempatan? Apakah separuh akhir Piala AFF edisi ini dan final pada edisi seterusnya, seperti yang termaktub untuk Dollah?<br />
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2. Jurulatih import – jika ini pilihannya, jurulatih baharu harus ada akses kepada bantuan dan sokongan dari negara asalnya dari aspek pembangunan, program tindik (attachment) dan pendidikan jurulatih. Namun soalnya berapa lama tempoh yang diberikan untuk memulihkan imej pasukan negara?<br />
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3. Jurulatih import yang mengenali bola sepak tempatan - contoh ketara Bojan Hodak, Robert Alberts dan George Boateng. Namun kejayaan mereka didokong pemain import. Apakah dengan tenaga anak tempatan jurulatih yang disebut mampu mengangkat martabat pasukan negara?<br />
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Jawatankuasa Bertindak FAM yang dipengerusikan Timbalan Presiden, Datuk Mokhtar Ahmad, sedang mempertimbangkan pelbagai opsyen, termasuk membuka pintu kepada calon luar menerusi proses pengiklanan dan temu duga untuk kedua-dua jawatan – pasukan Bawah 23 tahun dan skuad senior.<br />
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Dengan idea-idea baharu yang dicadangkan oleh Pengarah Teknikal, Fritz Schmid dan dibantu Sathianathan yang juga menganggotai jawatankuasa itu, input daripada dua individu yang ada latar belakang teknikal penting dalam merencanakan masa depan bola sepak negara di saat FAM dilihat seolah-olah seperti anak ayam kehilangan ibu.<br />
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Jika jurulatih import yang dipilih, dia harus memastikan ada perpindahan pengetahuan kepada anak tempatan.
Jika jurulatih tempatan yang dilantik, dia tidak harus dipaksa mengemukakan senarai skuadnya kepada tokoh-tokoh tertentu di luar FAM.<br />
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-546429572893618762017-01-02T17:23:00.002+08:002017-01-02T18:18:07.865+08:00Serang, tembak atas, anam...Bila umur dah nak separuh abad ni, aku tak sambut tahun baharu kalendar gregorian, tapi aku mengenang 2016 dengan perasaan bercampur baur.<br />
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Sebagai penyampai di Astro Arena, kami dikehendaki menyumbang kolum seminggu sekali di stadiumastro.com. Selain itu pendapat aku juga kadang kala diminta, klik <a href="http://www.stadiumastro.com/ms/article/2016/08/01/rizal-hashim-tidak-yakin-malaysia-boleh-raih-emas-di-rio" style="text-align: center;">di sini</a> dan d<a href="http://www.stadiumastro.com/ms/article/2016/08/14/mungkin-tiada-perubahan-drastik-dalam-fam---hasnizam" style="text-align: center;">i sini</a></div>
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2016 juga aku bekerja keras untuk menyempurnakan misi Dengan Izin musim keenam yang berakhir dengan episod satu jam bersama ketua jurulatih bola sepak kebangsaan, Datuk Ong Kim Swee.<br />
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Episod penutup bersama Kim Swee, selama satu jam. Terima kasih Datuk, kerana sudi menerima pelawaan kami, sedangkan dua jurulatih terdahulu Datuk K. Rajagobal dan Dollah Salleh menolak. Episod bersama Kim Swee, yang ke-13 dalam musim keenam, dirakam pada Rabu 21 Disember Sekalung penghargaan buat penerbit Slamet, Solleh dan Faiz serta semua krew terlibat.</div>
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Untuk 12 episod, aku habiskan sebelum pengacara Astro Arena dibawa ke Janda Baik untuk sesi wacana harmoni atau retreat pada 16, 17 dan 18 Disember. Terima kasih atas layanan istimewa, kelas pagi-pagi selepas bersenam dan aktiviti serta ilmu yang dikongsi oleh Datuk Hishamuddin Aun mengenai lapan rukun menulis kolum, Suhaimi Sulaiman dan Wawa Idris. Terima kasih kepada pengurusan Astro Arena diketuai John Nienaber, Ahmad Khawari Isa dan Slamet Sazly Yakub kerana memberi kami ruang untuk menimba ilmu. Sejambak tahniah buat Zulkifli Ahmad (Ajoy) sebagai penghulu kem dan penolongnya, Azman Azmi yang merakam kerenah dan keletah kami. Tetapi entah kenapa aku sering menjadi bahan rakan-rakan sekelas di Janda Baik...<br />
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Khawari cakap kitaorang ibarat penyerang dalam pasukan. Best salespersons untuk Astro Arena! Tapi ada ke patut kitaorang dipaksa mula-mula cakap pasal orang sebelah, bukan pasal diri sendiri, lepas tu kena pulak cakap kelemahan mereka! Aduh...ice-breaker ke tension-maker!</div>
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Aduh, Suhaimi tanya "how many books have you written?" Suhaimi jugak cakap "entah I pun tak tahu dua lelaki bercakap dalam bilik gelap" merujuk kepada program Dengan Izin, disambut gelak ketawa satu kelas!</div>
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Wacana harmoni itu sebenarnya penutup paling menggembirakan untuk kami yang jarang-jarang dapat berhimpun dalam suasana santai tetapi penuh pengisian. Aku bersyukur dapat peluang bekerja dengan sekelompok manusia yang benar-benar berbakat semula jadi, seperti Akbar Sahari yang dramatik dan boleh berlakon, Intan Nor Saina yang membaca puisi sebagai tanda perpisahan, Hj Shaukei Kahar yang dapat pen pasal diundi penulis yang menjadi sumber inspirasi kelas, Hj Zainal Abidin Rawop dan Burn yang terror poco-poco serta istilah SERANG, TEMBAK ATAS dan ANAM yang menjadi cogan kata kumpulan!<br />
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Bagi tahun baharu 2017 pula, aku menukilkan pandangan di stadiumastro.com. Baca <a href="http://www.stadiumastro.com/ms/blog/blog/2017/01/02/arena-57">di sini</a><br />
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Semoga 2017 menghadirkan sukses untuk sukan negara dan juga kami di Astro Arena!<br />
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-70929513792205307642016-12-30T09:42:00.001+08:002016-12-30T09:42:35.542+08:00Thirteen years ago, when the Super League was launched...<br />
I wrote this for the Malay Mail shortly after the Malaysian Super League (MSL) was launched. Thirteen LONG years have passed since then...and most of the questions I posed in 2004 remain unanswered due to a variety of factors.<br />
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The logo changes whenever there is a new title sponsor enters the scene...but nothing much has changed in terms of managing the stakeholders. With little effort to make football a sustainable industry, the issue of Kelantan wanting to withdraw and Selangor's internal bickering will be symptomatic of our woes, with no real solution in sight.</div>
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>THIS ARTICLE APPEARED ON THE MALAY MAIL ON JANUARY 2004</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>THE launch of the Malaysian Super League (MSL) has opened a new chapter in the history of football in the country, 15 years after the semi-pro league was launched and nine years after the league turned fully pro in 1995.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>In reality though, Malaysian football was professional only in name.
That is typically Malaysian, given that style is always preferred over substance.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>On the global front, the great game appeals to Kings and Queens down to the simple man in the street.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>For the average Malaysian fan, it lost its luster long ago.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>The MSL, nonetheless, deserves a chance.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>It could be the league's first step towards taking a truly professional character.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>Although cynics may claim that FAM have only conjured up a new name under the same old regime and administration, the fact remains the national body were bold enough to restrict the top league to a deserving few. </b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor Public Bank, Penang, Sarawak, Kedah and Sabah have earned the privilege of becoming the interpreter of FAM's league ambitions, which ultimately is to produce a quality national side.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>This formula was first introduced by the Korean FA who kicked off their pro league in 1983.
They began with only two professional clubs - Yukong Elephants and Hallelujah FC - and three amateur teams, POSCO Atoms, Daewoo Royals and Citizens National Bank.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>Still K-League was an example of quality rather than quantity.
From such a small number of clubs, the league succeeded in producing the players to help the Koreans qualify for five successive World Cups, the last one in 2002 by virtue of being co-hosts with Japan.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>But then again they have a large pool of talent to choose from. Furthermore they have laid a strong foundation, in terms of finance, technical support and fan-base.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>They confined the top league to eight teams, whereas we have the Super League as well as the Premier League which has been divided into two groups.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>In our case, is the MSL the answer to our woes?</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>Part of FAM's renaming of the league is to plan ahead in three phases in the evolution of the MSL - Phase 1 (2004-2007), Phase 2 (2008-2011) and Phase 3 (2012-2015).</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>By the year 2015, FAM hope to have 10 teams for MSL, all helmed by coaches who hold a UEFA Professional Diploma, supported by a panel of qualified personnels comprising two assistant coaches, fitness trainer, goalkeeper coach, a doctor, physiotherapist, trained masseur and a football development centre to call home.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>Not to mention a complete youth programme incorporating the First Touch programme.
These are all noble intentions but have FAM rectified the weaknesses at various levels?</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>The large presence of foreign players will surely create a negative impact on the emergence of young local players. The likes of Hairuddin Omar, Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli and Indra Putra Mahayuddin came to the fore in the absence of foreign signings.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>And are FAM's vetting committee scrutinising the credentials of every foreign applicant?</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>K-League and the J-League, when launched in 1993, attracted a host of ex-internationals and ex-World Cuppers.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>Can we do the same?
FAM deputy president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah however, defended the idea of having the MSL.</b></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><b>"Something had to be done about the sinking fortunes of the national team. Our aim is to provide a platform for every team to improve in all aspects," said Tengku Abdullah.</b></i><br />
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Usually I send my column to Lee Seng Foo, the managing editor of Four-Four-Two Malaysia, way beyond deadline! For the latest issue (December), it was written in early November. It has been overtaken by events, so here goes...<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">A day after the heart-breaking defeat on penalties to Kedah in the Malaysia Cup final in October, it was revealed that FA of Selangor (FAS) – rocked by internal dispute and allegations of mismanagement – would no longer enjoy State funding.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Unlike previous years, there was no mention of football in Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali’s budget proposal for his State for the year 2017 at the Selangor State Legislative Assembly. Azmin, to the uninitiated, happens to also be the president of FAS.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">This was possibly Azmin’s way of retaliating to what was a real acid test of his leadership in August.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The majority of FAS exco members staged a walk out when Azmin, chairing the meeting, was planning to announce the new head coach to replace Zainal Abidn Hassan and privatisation plans for the Super League next season.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The walk out was designed to undermine Azmin’s position after he had earlier forced the resignation of two of FAS’ senior officials, namely treasurer Datuk S. Sivasundaram and secretary general Rosman Ibrahim, who were perceived as being the stumbling blocks to FAS’ privatisation efforts.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">A newbie in football, by now Azmin must have realised the cut-throat world of football management and running the State can be equally demanding.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Selangor is a case in point where calls for reforms in football governance that have been made for many years have fallen on deaf ears.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">But largely due to today’s borderless world, the move has gathered momentum in recent times. With a new generation of fans who are enlightened enough on the happenings around the world, their desire to effect changes knows no bounds.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">In the present eco-system, though, effecting changes may mean a head-on collision with the powers-that-be.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">A cursory glance on the 12 teams in the Super League, three teams are State-based who enjoy the patronage of the chief executive of the State.
The two Malaysia Cup finalists – Kedah and Selangor – are helmed by Menteris Besar while Terengganu FA has the Menteri Besar as acting president.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">In juggling between political and State official duties, the norm is to leave footballing matters into the trusted hands of a proxy.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">While everyone understands football no longer holds amateurish or part-time status, in reality our game remains amateur.
Professionals and salaried staff are required to run the game at all levels in every State FA yet how many associations can name a chief executive, a marketing manager, a technical director, a media officer and a medical doctor on their payroll? </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">This is the point being made by observers and fans alike.
Without fulfilling these criteria, Malaysian football cannot meet the demands of the modern game. It is indeed unfortunate that despite the Super League being launched amidst fanfare in January 2004, there is nothing super about the standard being dished out, both in terms of governance and performance.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">When Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, the then deputy president of FAM, launched the Super League in January 2004, he delivered a 15-page speech touching on the future of Malaysian football.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">He had envisaged for a Super League team to have a complete set-up, with an academy, a team bus, a pool of administrators and a training facility by 2016.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">When Khairy Jamaluddin was elected as the deputy president of FAM-cum-chairman of MSL Sdn Bhd, FAM’s investment arm, he pushed for a commercial agenda involving the private sector, which included stadia as marketing tools, State micro-leagues sponsored by selected corporate giants and a reality TV show.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Clearly the top down approach does not work.
We need to change, and change now.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">As a football aficionado, I am desperate to see the fruition of the JDT Foundation which offers the fans to co-own the team, much like the way Barcelona and Real Madrid are registered as member-owned non-profit sports organisations.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Not only will it ensure a high level of fan involvement and engagement, the fans will be able to elect the team chief.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">There will be no issue of a leader overstaying his welcome.
The fans will get to control the fate of the team and maybe pay an average of RM600 to enjoy member privileges and those who aspire to be the president must provide a bank guarantee.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">This means the candidates are successful businessmen who do not need football to earn a living nor garner political mileage.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">It’s time to return football back to its real owners - the masses.
</span></i>rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-52961999111557904912016-12-09T21:21:00.002+08:002016-12-09T21:21:38.995+08:00FAM, the league and community-based clubsThe idea of a league independent of the FA of Malaysia, on top of community-based clubs, was first discussed in 1999.<br />
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This article appeared on The Malay Mail February 20, 2005, following FAM's decision to appoint PwC in proposing a restructure. The outcome?<br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">SIX years ago, a group of officials from the FA of Malaysia (FAM) descended on the land of the Rising Sun to conduct a study on the progress made by Japan.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The six-man group were led by the then FAM assistant secretary, Datuk Yap Nyim Keong.
Forming the team were the then head of academies, Datuk Paduka Ahmad Basri Mohd Akil, the ex-director-general of education, Datuk Shukor Abdullah, former FAM director of coaching Ronald Smith, the then FAM council member Datuk Dell Akbar Khan and former national Under-19 coach B. Sathianathan.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">This writer was among the privileged few to be given an insight into how the Japanese had made the quantum leap, when in fact they had kicked off their development programme based on the Malaysian model following a visit to Kuala Lumpur in 1980.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Today, none of the individuals who formed the study group remain in FAM.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Unfortunately, the report they submitted to the FAM top brass was never put into practice.
The conclusion from the tour was a change in the FAM set-up and how things were conducted were imperative if we were to move with the times.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">One of them was that FAM must be independent of the State FAs. But it requires the FAM constitution to be amended to enable the body to shift their focus towards developing the sport.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">This will also allow FAM to be run by technical people and corporate figures with the principal office-bearers as figureheads.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The idea of a new league structure run by a separate entity was also mooted along the lines of the J-League which is the body that administers the league in Japan.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The J-League, introduced in 1993, requires each club to set down deep roots throughout their home community, with corporate sponsors providing crucial back-up with their administrative skills.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The J-League's board of directors and auditors are elected by the general meeting.
The executive committee consists of the chairman, directors with specific responsibilities and one representative selected from each club.
The board of directors are the J-League's highest authority in deciding the aims and policies of the league.
The executive committee puts those aims and policies into effect as well as deliberating and deciding on matters entrusted to it by the board of directors.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">This is where good corporate governance comes in. It provides a system of checks and balances, so that directors are always looking over the shoulders of management.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The national body, which is the Japanese FA (JFA), are thus solely responsible for developing the game at grassroots level through a pyramid structure without being bogged down by affairs of the league.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The idea was not to adopt the Japanese model in totality but some of the proposals put forward were worth a try.
Unfortunately, what concerns FAM at this moment is the administrative set-up, when in fact it should be last of the agenda.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Granted there are some weaknesses in the daily administration and maybe a revamp is timely.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">So let us see what globally-renowned consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) may have in store for FAM.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">According to their website, PwC serve their clients primarily in four areas corporate accountability, risk management, structuring and mergers and acquisitions and performance and process improvement.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Also, their extensive studies into the future of the workplace are designed to help their clients create value for their business through people.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">So basically, they will look into the human resource aspects of the body, with health, welfare and retirement benefits for the staff, and the possible addition of a few departments to help FAM establish a more professional outlook.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">It's no rocket science really because what FAM need are a team of professionals, who will be held accountable with a set of objectives to be fulfilled within the stipulated period.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">For instance if a marketing man were to be employed to market the Super League, he would be given a target to strive for, let us say RM1 million in two years.
If he fails, he will be given the boot.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">Because of the occupational hazard, he or she will enjoy a lucrative salary.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">An association like FAM, who continue to rely on council members to decide on the policies will struggle to meet the demands of today's game.
Can PwC help FAM on that score?</span></i><br />
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We hope Shah Alam Antlers and Petaling Jaya Rangers be the agents of change in an environment which, unfortunately, encourages mediocrity and protects self-serving decision-makers.<br />
<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-7248982579760524042016-12-03T08:30:00.001+08:002016-12-03T08:30:30.007+08:00FOUR-FOUR-TWO COLUMN - July 2016<b><span style="color: red;">FMLLP IS SUBSERVIENT TO FAM</span></b><br />
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In March last year, I wrote about the M-League being operated by an entity independent of FA of Malaysia (FAM).<br />
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Like many others, the patriot in me was seduced by the idea of a hybrid model league structure designed to elevate both the commercial appeal of the league and the standard of the national team.<br />
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"We studied various models in coming up with a structure. Eventually it was decided that FMLLP remain under the auspices of FAM because of national interests. Everything is done with the interests of the national team in mind.<br />
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"A totally independent body running the league will drive through its plans without taking into consideration the requirements of the national team," so said Kevin Ramalingam, CEO of FMLLP, or Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership.<br />
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Kevin and Co oversee five properties owned by FAM – the Super League, the Premier League, the FA Cup, the Sultan Ahmad Shah Cup or Charity Shield and the Malaysia Cup – in terms of enforcing the rules and regulations of the league, match fixtures, as well as the commercial and broadcasting rights for the M-League, with FAM affiliates having a stake in the structure.<br />
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That would be a boost for FAM, who has been running the game with a budget deficit for the past few years. FMLLP was to handle a guaranteed minimum amount of RM70 million a year in a deal with leading international media rights company, MP & Silva, beginning 2016, with a total revenue of RM1.26 billion spread over 15 years.<br />
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FMLLP’s baby steps thus far elicit a mixed review.<br />
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On the plus side, some of the properties have been given a fresh commercial brand – the Premier League is now known as the 100 Plus Premier League, Malaysia Cup is TM Malaysia Cup and the Superbest Power is the title sponsors of the FA Cup.<br />
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MP & Silva and FMLLP have managed to source an estimated RM40 million in sponsorship value, short however of RM30 million as promised.
On the downside, there have been murmurs of discontent.<br />
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The FA Cup and Malaysia Cup draws were shown live on TV, breaking convention and good for sponsors but offer little for other stakeholders, including the print media. It could be a case of pleasing the sponsors and paying scant regard for the true supporters.<br />
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As the face of Malaysian football, the homepage footballmalaysia.com offers a mixture of English and Bahasa Malaysia, similar to that of the FAM, while news, articles and profile features on the landing page are not accompanied with the latest statistics.<br />
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Kevin’s threat of issuing action against salary defaulters like the Kelantan FA has fallen on deaf ears. In fact FAM affiliates are gung-ho enough to ignore, question and undermine FMLLP’s authority.<br />
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The sad truth is that FAM has its noose on FMLLP’s neck. Kevin is not exactly a new kid on the block, having run the commercial arm of Kelantan FA previously but intelligent enough to hire two veterans of the game – former FIFA referees Nik Ahmad Yakub and Amir Sharifuddin Wong to put FMLLP on an even keel.<br />
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Nik Ahmad who previously served in FAM, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Indonesia is the technical audit and training manager, while Amir Sharifuddin is special projects manager.<br />
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But Kevin and Co understand the scenario. They remain subservient to the FMLLP Exective Board, currently comprising FAM representatives – president, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, two deputy presidents – Afandi and Datuk Mokhtar Ahmad, general secretary Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin and treasurer, Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria.<br />
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Under the pretext of protecting national interests, disciplinary matters relating to the league fall under FAM’s auspices, rendering FMLLP toothless in taking action against affiliates laden with unpaid salaries.<br />
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FMLLP has no financial department that is independent of FAM.<br />
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The red tape is not helping FMLLP’s reputation.
The dynamics is such that local football is run by warlords linked to the ruling government.<br />
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And imagine the conflicting interests when a member of the FMLLP executive board and the No 2 of the national governing body happens to the deputy president of an affiliate in debt and yet to settle unpaid wages.<br />
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The idea is for FMLLP to hasten Malaysian football into the professional world.<br />
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The league congress which will consist representatives of the 24 teams in the top two-tier competitions – 12 from the Super League and another 12 from the Premier League – plus five from FAM,
FMLLP will then be navigated by the decisions made by the teams themselves.<br />
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Before that to happen, Kevin and Co must learn not to promise the stars. Given the present scenario, we are not ready for it a fully professional and privatised football league. Unfortunately.
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-13758057838049853262016-12-03T08:22:00.004+08:002016-12-03T08:22:52.692+08:00FOUR-FOUR-TWO COLUMN - June 2016<b><span style="color: red;">ASIA IS EUROPE’S CASH COW</span></b><br />
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I WAS in my teens when Italian Soccer was shown in the mid-80s over TV3, Malaysia’s first private television station.<br />
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On the heels of Italy’s World Cup victory in 1982, Serie A enjoyed a new lease of life as it made a turnaround of fortunes after suffering the ignominy of a match-fixing scandal in 1980.<br />
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The league attracted football’s crème de la crème.<br />
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Michel Platini’s telepathic understanding with Zbigniew Boniek symbolised Juventus’ attacking prowess, while Diego Maradona’s mazy dribbling skills illuminated Napoli.<br />
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Fans danced to the samba beat as Socrates, Falcao, Zico, Cerezo and Junior brought the Brazilian flavour to Italy.<br />
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The Italians were no slouch either – Paolo Rossi, Giancarlo Antognoni, Gaetano Scirea and Marco Tardelli were classy footballers in their own right.<br />
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Sampdoria rose to prominence with the able assistance of Brits like Trevor Francis and Graeme Souness, who provided guidance to youngsters Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Mancini.<br />
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Italy was the place to be, even for the technically-challenged Englishman like Luther Blissett.
And due to the weekly exposure to Serie A, I vividly remember Bari featured two Englishmen - Paul Rideout and Gordon Cowans during that timeframe.<br />
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Cowans who was a vital cog behind Aston Villa’s European Cup victory in 1982, was a cultured left-footed playmaker, not exactly in the mould of the typical English hard-running and hard-tackling midfield terrier.<br />
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By the time Bari announced David Platt’s transfer from Aston Villa in 1995, Serie A no longer attracted the greatest talents.<br />
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They prefer La Liga or the English top-flight, rebranded as the Premiership in 1992.
Serie A does not have the audience share in terms of TV, as the bulk goes to England and the fans no longer fill the stadia.<br />
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It is therefore a surprise when Serie B side, Bari, announced that 50 percent of the club’s share are now owned by a Malaysian, Datuk Noordin Ahmad.<br />
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Although he has been in business for more than two decades, Noordin is an unknown entity as opposed to AirAsia tycoon and branding guru, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.<br />
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It was not hard to understand the rationale behind Fernandes’ takeover of Queens Park Rangers (QPR).<br />
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He realises the Premiership offered a huge audience from Asia, estimated by a research by the Premier League to be 470 million followers, more than any other region in the world.<br />
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It was the best platform to promote his brand all at one go across all market segments in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and India.<br />
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AirAsia did their part for the national federation too. The FA of Malaysia (FAM) was a beneficiary of a paltry sum of RM1 million per annum from AirAsia when Khairy Jamaluddin was the deputy president of the body.<br />
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About the same time, Mohamed bin Hammam who presided over the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) from 2002 to 2011, claimed 61 percent of all football revenue generated in Asia went to the Premier League!<br />
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For the 2013-2016 time frame, the Premiership broadcasting deal in Asia was worth an estimated US$1,270 million, with Astro Holdings Berhad paying a reportedly US$200 million to bring the matches to the comforts of our homes.<br />
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From the purist’s point of view, Hammam was probably right in saying Europe was taking vast sums of money out of Asia without leaving a lasting legacy.<br />
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But football being a huge global broadcasting product that is subject to market forces, investors, marketeers and the moneymen think otherwise.<br />
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This begs the question – why not invest big-time in the local game?
Ideally a consortium of companies owned by Fernandes, Tan Sri Vincent Tan who owns Cardiff City, Belgian outfit KV Kotrijk and Bosnian club FK Sarajevo and Noordin could have given something back to Malaysian football and its audience.<br />
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TV statistics suggest it has a huge following as well.<br />
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But one of the biggest stumbling blocks for Malaysian football is the lack of professionalism at all levels.<br />
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The only individual who owns a team is Tengku Mahkota Johor, who has done wonders in marketing JDT as a brand and a winning outfit.<br />
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Despite promising to invest much as RM16 million for two season into the Kelantan side, Datuk Seri Dr Hasmiza Othman, known as Dr Vida, will testify that she has little authority in determining the course of the elite team, the back-up squad or the academy unless she owns the team, very much like the way JDT is run by Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim.<br />
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In short, Malaysian football is not business friendly enough to create a sustainable industry for potential investors. The group of individuals and politicians running Malaysian football are not professionals.<br />
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That is why Europe is cashing in!
rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-66651116060686820782016-12-03T08:14:00.000+08:002016-12-03T08:14:02.263+08:00FOUR-FOUR-TWO COLUMN - May 2016Heading:<b><span style="color: red;"> Forget about becoming world-beaters, focus on the regional goals first </span></b><br />
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<quote>Sub head: <i><b><span style="color: red;">When Malaysia’s hope of boarding the plane to Brazil went up in smokes, the public made a mockery of the FAM’s 1999 aspirations</span></b></i></quote><br />
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<quote>Personally I do not blame the public for throwing brickbats at the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) for an announcement they made way back in 1999 that, unfortunately for the fat cats at the Wisma FAM, has come back to haunt them.</quote><br />
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<quote>There were several key decisions made by the FAM technical committee on July 29 that year to be exact.</quote><br />
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<quote>As a representative of the Malay Mail in charge of covering the FAM beat, I was there along with my colleagues from the mainstream media, rubbing our hands with glee about the prospect of the governing body hitting the headlines – either for the right or wrong reasons – yet again.</quote><br />
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<quote>Just to jog your memory, among the key decisions made were:</quote><br />
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<quote># two referees were to officiate in that year’s Malaysia Cup</quote><br />
<quote># Ronald Smith, the Australian coach who made his name at Sabah, was to handle the national back-up team for the Bangabandhu Independence Cup in Bangladesh the following year</quote><br />
<quote># a fitness licence was to be introduced in 2001 to ensure only players certified fit after a battery of tests were allowed to play in the league;</quote><br />
<quote># and, of course, the most outlandish one had to be the announcement of Malaysia wanting to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 2014.</quote><br />
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<quote>Oh yes, I was there when that dream was shared with the media.
Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, deputy president of FAM in 1999, told the media a blueprint was in the process of being drafted and that the national body would be focusing on the cream of the 12-15 years old to develop them as world-beaters.</quote><br />
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<quote>I recall that it took the media by surprise. Some of us were bemused, others chuckled and scoffed at the idea.</quote><br />
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<quote>The announcement would have gone viral, to borrow today’s tech-lingo, followed by memes mocking the FAM.</quote><br />
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<quote>It naturally elicited a negative response. Various quarters argued on mainstream media that a nation that had – and still has – the perennial issue of questionable high-performance track record at all levels should not be suddenly entertaining the idea of participating in the World Cup.</quote><br />
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<quote>The idea was laughable they said, and they were proven right. Since that fateful day, Malaysia made five attempts at qualifying, to no avail.</quote><br />
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<quote>It crossed my mind that the FAM were perhaps under pressure to seduce the public with an ambitious project similar to that of the Football Association of Singapore, which made their statement of intent with the Goal 2010 project, a year earlier.</quote><br />
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<quote>It spawned the Foreign Talent Scheme, which led to the Singapore government granting citizenship to non-Singaporeans.</quote><br />
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<quote>When Malaysia’s hope of boarding the plane to Brazil in 2014 went up in smokes as early as 2011 with a defeat to, ironically, fierce rivals Singapore, the public made a mockery of the FAM’s 1999 aspirations, with the paper cuttings of the report making their rounds in the Internet.</quote><br />
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<quote>Two foreign coaches, Allan Harris and Bertalan Bicskei, preceded four local tacticians – B. Sathianathan, Datuk K. Rajagobal, Dollah Salleh and Datuk Ong Kim Swee (to be fair, he was in charge of Malaysia’s solitary win in the latest campaign) – in overseeing Malaysia’s fruitless efforts from 2001 to 2016.</quote><br />
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<quote>And the players between 12 and 15 years old mooted by Tengku Abdullah in 1999 only had as many as 11 players who eventually lifted the AFF Suzuki Cup in 2010 – Safee Sali, Razman Roslan, Ashaari Shamsuddin, Norshahrul Idlan Talaha, Amirulhadi Zainal, Sharbinee Alawee, Sabre Mat Abu, Amar Rohidan, Khyril Muhymeen Zambri, Safiq Rahim and S. Kunanlan.</quote><br />
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<quote>Seventeen years down the road, we have gladly shifted the goal posts. Now we are hyping up the potential of hosting the event, with the powers-that-be floating the idea of co-hosting with Southeast Asian neighbours for the 2034 World Cup.</quote><br />
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<quote>It suits us to a tee simply because we have become so accustomed to cutting corners, so why not the painless but perhaps expensive of way of hosting the World Cup?</quote><br />
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<quote>However, instead of doing that, the country should focus on qualifying for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.</quote><br />
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<quote>We stand a chance of qualifying through a process involving minnows in the play-offs and current head coach Ong will have a chance to stamp his own mark with a younger generation. If we cannot qualify for the 2019 showcase on merit, we can forget about becoming world-beaters!
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<quote><br /></quote>rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-67572112317841765962016-12-03T08:05:00.004+08:002016-12-03T08:05:43.115+08:00FOUR-FOUR-TWO COLUMN - April 2016<b><i><span style="color: red;">A BATTLE BETWEEN THE TECHNOCRAT AND THE BUREAUCRAT</span></i></b><br />
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FOR most expatriates who hail from traditionally strong football nations, they will notice that the chief coach in Malaysia does not necessarily enjoy autonomy in charting his team’s fortunes.<br />
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Often he has to co-exist with another individual, who is given the title manager.<br />
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Quickly neutral observers will realise managers here play a different role as oppose to their counterparts in Europe.<br />
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A manager in Malaysia means he manages non-football issues. He could be the money man, logistics administrator, father figure and contact point for the employers all rolled into one.<br />
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The coach, meanwhile, is left to train the team and focus on the football related matters.<br />
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But a manager here can also interfere with the running of the team. The separation of powers between a technocrat and the bureaucrat is, on most occasions, blurred.<br />
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The presence of a manager in the team is entrenched the system. In a society that glorifies officials, it serves the interest of the coach if he can co-exist peacefully with the manager.<br />
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A team manager is much appreciated if he can add value to the way the team is managed.<br />
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Examples of great leaders of men who were managers in their own right are many.<br />
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But no one quite comes close to Datuk Harun Idris.
Held In high esteem by his players, Harun served as president of the Selangor FA president from 1961 to 1982.<br />
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Being the Menteri Besar of course was a big help.
Throughout the period, Harun arguably oversaw Selangor’s greatest era. On top of churning out a steady supply of players who went on to don national colours, Selangor under Harun enjoyed unprecedented success at all levels.<br />
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Under his tenure, Selangor lifted the Malaysia Cup on 15 occasions and qualified for the Asian Club Championship in 1967.<br />
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A master motivator, thanks to his political standing, Harun was manager of the national team on numerous occasions as well, counting the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich as the highlight of his career.
Harun set a new benchmark.<br />
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In the succeeding years, his son Mazlan took over the reins at Selangor with aplomb. Coaches come and go but the team manager, as the supremo, seemed to be the focal point of the team.<br />
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The model seemed suited to the times. So in the 1980s and 90s, Tan Sri Elyas Omar, Datuk Paduka Ahmad Basri Mohd Akil, Datuk Suleiman Mohd Noor, Datuk Seri Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar and Datuk Taha Ariffin garnered a lion’s share of the limelight. Datuk Abu Bakar Daud meanwhile was synonymous with the national team in the 80s.<br />
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Not that Malaysian football had not attempted to go against the current before.<br />
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Alan Vest was given the authority to hire and fire for Sarawak, as he was given full powers by the Sarawak FA in the early 90s, Datuk M. Karathu for Negeri Sembilan, Yunus Aliff for Pahang, Mat Zan Mat Aris for Kuala Lumpur Karl Weigang for Johor and in recent years K. Devan for Selangor,<br />
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B. Sathianathan and Bojan Hodak for Kelantan were tasked to carry the coach-cum-manager duties.
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But as we seek to become more professional, a new culture needs to be cultivated.<br />
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FA of Malaysia technical director Fritz Schmid for one has proposed the appointment of the national team director, or the supremo.<br />
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"I believe there needs to be a professional structure for the management of the national team, with a national team director as a full-time employed member of the Harimau Malaysia environment.<br />
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"His task is to tackle all the stakeholders so that the chief coach is not burdened with additional pressures. The team director is not only in charge of the various teams but also deals with the various committees, namely technical, national team, international affairs, media and marketing, competitions, medical and sports science and the departments of coaching education and elite performance.<br />
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"He works together with the chief coach, players, performance analysis, assistant coaches, and the support team comprising the physiotherapist, psychologist, team doctor, masseurs and nutritionists in planning for the national team."<br />
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This is the model relevant for the teams in the domestic game as well.<br />
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One has to acknowledge the role of a manager like Harun is no longer relevant in today’s game.<br />
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A sporting director or general manager who possesses a technical background will be able to plan for his team on all aspects, provided he has an excellent team behind the actual team, where everyone is an expert in their respective fields. But one thing remains the same, he has to enjoy the coach’s implicit trust.<br />
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-78427772513289895632016-12-03T07:57:00.000+08:002016-12-03T07:57:15.581+08:00FOUR-FOUR-TWO COLUMN - March 2016<b><i><span style="color: red;">FOOTBALLERS ARE MERE COMMODITIES </span></i></b><br />
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IGNORANCE is bliss, so they say. But in footballing terms, ignorance is no excuse.<br />
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It has been more than 20 years after the M-League turned fully professional (in name) but a structured transfer system has yet to be established.<br />
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Transfer refers essentially to the contractual relationship and rules that oblige a player and a club.<br />
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So a transfer is whenever a player moves from one club to another and implies the transferring of a player’s registration from one club to another.<br />
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A transfer fee is involved when a player moves to another club whilst he is still under contract with his present employers.<br />
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In other words it calls for an early termination of his present contract.<br />
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There are two types of financial indemnities related to transfers, transfer fee and training compensation.<br />
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Transfer for early termination of contract can be described as an agreement between a professional player, the club he is leaving and the club he is joining subject to all parties being agreeable to the terms and conditions.<br />
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So a transfer is a tripartite agreement between the player, the transferor club and the transferee club.<br />
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Training compensation or development fee can be defined as an amount agreed by all parties to indicate expenses incurred in developing the player during his formative years.<br />
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In a sport that has a large number of commercial interests - advertising, media industry and sportswear, a transfer can create a media circus.<br />
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In recent times we have been exposed to numerous cases.
FAM handed Gary Steven Robbat a three-month suspension and a fine of RM50,000 for signing with Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) without prior approval in 2014, with the suspension bringing an end to a three-way tussle for the then 22-year-old player, namely his home state Kedah, Johor and Pahang.<br />
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The biggest issue then was that he was tied to FAM by virtue of being a Harimau Muda player.
Now that the Harimau Muda program has been abolished, the issue of players having to return to their original State or birthplace upon reaching a certain age is no longer relevant.<br />
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Selangor right-back Azrif Nasrulhaq Badrul Hisham was still contracted to FA of Selangor when JDT lured him recently with an interesting proposition.<br />
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If there was a transfer system in place, Azrif could have brought his case to FAM and seek an early termination of contract from Selangor and for JDT to pay not only the remaining of his contract but a certain fee agreeable to both parties.<br />
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Pahang meanwhile will need to negotiate with Frenz United to release R. Kogileswaren and R. Dinesh, two of nine players down with a five-year scholarship deal with the private club since 2014.<br />
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Amidst this chaos, the Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia (PFAM) can justify its existence. Having been dormant for a long time, PFAM was revived by a group of players led by Hairuddin Omar, Shukor Adan and Rezal Zambery Yahya.<br />
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A young chap called Izham Ismail was handpicked to head a group of young individuals with legal background to run the office.<br />
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In a forum co-organised by a loose coalition of fans, ex-players and coaches calling themselves Real Friends with the assistance of the National Football Development Plan (NFDP) support unit, Izham revealed the staggering number of unpaid salaries.<br />
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Despite being a new kid on the block, Izham is sceptical for a transfer system to work given the current scenario.<br />
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"The players need to realise being professional is not only about earning a certain sum of money and salary negotiation.<br />
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"In professional football it has become an industry and therefore it has to be managed like a business. The players are the team’s assets and under such circumstances, the players have to see themselves as commodities.<br />
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"A player of a certain stature can be a source of revenue and income for the teams and himself. He is in a position to bargain for the highest bidder and the value is reflected in the amount of the transfer fees.<br />
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"Over here the idea of an established transfer system is still vague. Very seldom we hear Team A paying Team B a sum as a transfer fee. Often we have teams paying compensation fees for buying out the remaining contract.<br />
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In order for a transfer system to be put in place, Izham says the issue of unpaid salaries needs to be addressed.<br />
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"The basic principle of a transfer must be fully understood by everyone connected to the game. We are deeply saddened by the fact many teams are taking the players for a ride.<br />
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"Until today five teams owe their players an accumulative sum of RM4.47 million in unpaid salaries. The FAM Status Committee meanwhile takes a long time to convene and provide a solution to this."<br />
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The ball is in FAM’s court. The merry-go-round circus will surely stop one day.
rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-80147798980628054662016-12-03T07:46:00.001+08:002016-12-03T07:46:51.207+08:00Four-Four-Two column - February 2016<i><b><span style="color: red;">MIXING PROFIT WITH PLEASURE </span></b></i><br />
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Malaysian football was perceived to be in a healthy state in the 50s.<br />
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On the global front, it had a showpiece event to be proud of in the form of the Merdeka Tournament, an event that was known beyond its shores.<br />
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In the domestic game, the HMS Malaya Cup, the precursor to the Malaysia Cup, was the ultimate aim for every footballer worth his salt.<br />
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For up and coming youth, there was the Burnley Cup, introduced in 1962 and which was later rebranded as the Razak Cup for players under the age of 20, to look forward to.<br />
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Life was much simpler then. And believe it or not, despite not having fully embraced commercialism, the competitions were fully sponsored by tobacco money!
The widespread reality in Malaysia then was the strong links between the Malayan Tobacco Company with the no 1 sport in the country.<br />
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Players Gold Leaf for example financed the coaching sojourns of German master coach Dettmar Cramer and Scotsman Dave McLaren, who won the Malaya Cup as a goalkeeper with Penang in 1954 before becoming coach of the 1971 pre-Olympics team.<br />
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The trip to Europe made by the late Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Minhat and Robert Choe in the 1960s was also financed by tobacco money.<br />
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The Burnley Cup – a ready-made platform for talent scouts to scour for unpolished gems – too was brought to the public by cigarette companies.<br />
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The Merdeka Tournament would not have been a great success without the support of various sponsors and partners to FAM, which until 1984, had only three properties to their name – the Merdeka Tournament, the Malaysia Cup and the FAM Cup.<br />
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Then came the semi-pro league in 1989.<br />
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In terms of drawing power, there was nothing wrong with the Malaysia Cup. But apart from the annual ritual to see who would emerge as the winner, it was not helping FAM keep pace with the global game.<br />
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It yearned for a league that offered the competitive edge over a certain period.<br />
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Competitions mushroomed. On top of the existing tournaments, the two-tier Semi-Pro league and the FA Cup as well as the revamped inter-club FAM Cup created a multi-million ringgit industry.<br />
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When Sultan Ahmad Shah took over FAM in 1984, the sponsorship income was RM500,000, inclusive of the Merdeka Tournament, while the bank balance was RM500,000.<br />
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FAM too generated token income from rental of the old Wisma FAM at Jalan Maharajalela.
The figures shot up within seven years, with an income of RM11.5 million annually with an excess cash of RM10 million.<br />
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How did FAM cultivate a relationship with the various stakeholders – the sponsors, the media and the fans especially?<br />
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It was unavoidable for FAM to create a stronger link with commercial enterprise. The conventional means of keeping sponsors happy was to have their logos on jerseys and the naming rights to various competitions and all marketing collaterals, including outdoor advertising such as billboards.<br />
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Before the advent of satellite television, broadcasting rights of local competitions were distributed to either government-run RTM or private stations such as TV3 and ntv7.<br />
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There was no other media rights involved.<br />
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For key events like a Malaysia Cup draw, for instance, was held in a lavish manner as the media mixed business with pleasure on land and sea.<br />
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Fast forward to 2015, football in Malaysia has become a far greater profit-maximising industry.<br />
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Astro’s RM30 million a year sponsorship which ran from 2011 to 2015 raised the profile of the domestic game.<br />
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The commercial aspects of the game grew, with capital accumulation by offering opportunities for enterprises to provide essentials and accessories, retail, sponsorship and advertising.<br />
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Repucom, a leading market research audit company, calculated the total media value of the league amounted to almost RM500 million.<br />
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And when Astro’s sponsorship term ended in early 2015, it created a bidding war that ultimately led to the appointment of MP & Silva as a global adviser for FAM.<br />
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Tasked to bring in at least RM80 million a year for FMLLP, the entity formed to run the M-League, MP & Silva have managed to draw sponsors with naming rights for the FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.<br />
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In return the sponsors demand for greater brand exposure!<br />
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While the action that takes place outside the pitch sometimes overshadow the ongoings on it, football continues to evoke passion of the most extreme.<br />
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Since it is one of the most marketable and influential products, one’s passionate allegiance to the sport is manipulated by marketing gurus and individuals seeking personal gain, whether you are in Malaysia or elsewhere.<br />
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Football is certainly no ordinary business. Traditionally football teams aim to win matches, not to make profit. The ultimate challenge is to strike while the iron is hot. Then only can one mix business with pleasure.
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-34438853313055503252016-12-03T07:40:00.001+08:002016-12-03T07:40:07.278+08:00Four-Four-Two column - January 2016<b><i><span style="color: red;">OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH LATIN MAESTROS</span></i></b><br />
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A sumptuous through ball to Luciano Figueroa ended up with the ball in the back of the Lions XII net.<br />
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Shortly after he sent a trademark free-kick beyond the despairing dive of Izwan Mahbud.<br />
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Those two moments of brilliance, registered into the annals of Malaysian football on January 28, 2014, did not really epitomise Pablo Aimar’s brief fling with Johor Darul Ta’zim.<br />
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Undoubtedly his sheer presence in the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsular was a coup. It was also a marketing strategy to enhance JDT’s growing reputation as a force to be reckoned with in South East Asia.<br />
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A player of Aimar’s reputation quickly raised the league profile.<br />
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Search engines on Aimar and internet hits on JDT grew by leaps and bounds.<br />
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On the pitch however, his eight months in Johor yielded only two goals in eight matches. Still his moments of brilliance, however fleeting, remain unforgettable.<br />
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That match against Lions XII at Tan Sri Hassan Yunos Stadium, widely acknowledged as having the best pitch in the country, was one of them.<br />
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Shakir Shaari set up Aimar who split the Lions XII defence open with a sublime pass using the outside of his foot, paving the way for Figueroa to slot home inside Izwan’s near post.<br />
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Three minutes before the break, another magic was produced by the former Valencia and Benfica maestro.<br />
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Defender Afiq Yunos upended JDT attacker Amri Yahyah and Aimar stepped up to send an exquisite 20-metre free-kick over the wall, again leaving Izwan clutching at thin air.<br />
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For Malaysian fans fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of Aimar’s entry into the world as he helped Argentina to the 1997 FIFA World Youth Cup title, months shy before he turned 18, it was the majestic touch that they had been waiting for.<br />
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Unfortunately it was shortlived. Aimar was axed in April 2014, less than a year into his sojourn in Malaysia.<br />
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His compatriot Figueroa, who was signed together with Aimar, however, remained.
Fondly known as Lucho, Figueroa’s goalscoring instincts and work ethics endeared him to JDT faithful. With 11 goals to his name in 2014 Super League, he was second only to Golden Boot winner Paulo Rangel’s 16 goals.<br />
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With Aimar’s replacement Jorge Pereyra Diaz firing on all cylinders, the Argentine duo helped JDT to the league title in June and eventually to the Malaysia Cup final before losing to Pahang in a heartbreaking penalty shootout.<br />
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Lucho’s cameo role also led JDT to a historic win over Istiklol in the AFC Cup final.<br />
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Another matchwinner from Argentina is Matias Conti, who nodded the ball home for Pahang to win the Malaysia Cup in 2013.<br />
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Long before Aimar, Lucho and Diaz performed the tango on our shores, Malaysia had grown accustomed to Latin flair.<br />
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In 2003, Juan Manuel Arostegui took the Malaysia Cup by storm.<br />
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In Division Two of the old format, Arostegui was in such a free scoring mood that he totalled 50 goals, including a hattrick in the Malaysia Cup final as Selangor MPPJ became the first club side to lift the Cup.<br />
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Arostegui was ably abetted by again another Argentine, Bruno Martelotto, a midfield dynamo known for his tireless running.<br />
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Blazing the trail before them were a long list of Argentines that featured Jose Iriarte, Brian Fuentes, Luis Pablo Pozzuto and Gustavo Fuentes among them.<br />
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For Kedah fans who covet Sandro da Silva’s dead-ball expertise, they appreciate the fact the Northern giants had been dancing to the samba in the 90s, with Andre Luis Nascimento pulling the strings in midfield.<br />
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The tradition was continued by attacker Marcos Tavares and his left foot before Chilean Nelson San Martin became the vital cog in Kedah’s machinery with his silky skills and curling free-kicks as the Canaries (Kedah’s previous nickname) won the Double Treble in 2007 and 2008.<br />
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Most of these Latin maestros were natural crowd-pullers with their technical and tactical abilities surpassing that of their local counterparts.
The flair for finding their team mates with pin-point passes, the final through ball piercing the opponents’ defence, the ability to keep possession with solid shielding skills, the sheer mastery of the ball in slaloming past defenders and above all the knack of scoring goals from dead-ball situations made them cult figures with their respective fans.<br />
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Rangel for example was a goal machine who found the net for Perak, Selangor and Terengganu with consummate ease, putting aside his off-the-pitch antics.<br />
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The overall standard aside, the Latin maestros could not help but fall in love with the Malaysian weather and hospitality. The fans in return showered them with affection and admiration. The feeling was clearly mutual.
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<br />rizal hashimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874582282459625990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4299409138346225287.post-12725309663177483172016-08-28T07:12:00.002+08:002016-08-28T07:29:12.247+08:00Bitah, baju kurung, abah-abah dan K-PopTahun lalu majalah digital Arena menemu ramah Nur Dhabitah Sabri, dengan membawa kelainan. Kami meminta pelajar Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil itu mengenakan baju kurung untuk segmen Sepetang Bersama...<br />
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Tentunya temu bual ini diadakan lama sebelum Bitah mencuri perhatian di Rio de Janeiro...<br />
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Lakaran Jason, foto Johanif.<br />
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PROFIL
NUR DHABITAH SABRI<br />
Tarikh lahir: 12 Julai, 1999<br />
Asal: Kuala Lumpur
Keluarga: Anak bongsu daripada empat beradik<br />
Tinggi: 152sm
Berat: 45kg<br />
Pencapaian: Pingat emas 3m papan anjal seirama dan gangsa 10m platform seirama Kejohanan Grand Prix Dunia FINA di Kuala Lumpur 2014, gangsa 10m platform seirama Sukan Komanwel Glasgow 2014, ketujuh 3m papan anjal seirama Piala Dunia Shanghai 2014, pingat emas 10m platform seirama Sukan SEA Myanmar 2013, dua pingat emas Piala Terjun Asia Singapura 2013, pingat emas 1m dan 3m papan anjal Kejohanan Akuatik Asia Tenggara 2012, pingat emas 3m papan anjal individu dan seirama Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) Kuantan 2012, pingat emas 1m papan anjal individu Kejohanan MSSM 2009, pingat gangsa 3m papan anjal seirama Sukma Terengganu 2008<br />
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Oleh Rizal Hashim<br />
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SENARAI pencapaian Nur Dhabitah Sabri cukup panjang sejak kali pertama menerjunkan dirinya ke dalam bidang yang kini melonjakkan namanya sebagai puteri terjun.<br />
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Pada usia 10 tahun gadis cilik yang lebih mesra dengan gelaran Bitah ini sudah merasa nikmat kemenangan.
Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan di Shah Alam menjadi saksi Nur Dhabitah menjulang nama Putrajaya pada 2009.<br />
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Namanya tercatat selaku pemenang pingat emas pertama untuk Putrajaya di peringkat kejohanan akuatik Majlis Sukan Sekolah-sekolah Malaysia (MSSM) dengan kejayaan merangkul kemenangan acara 1m papan anjal individu.<br />
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Terbukti benar naluri bapanya, Sabri Hashim, seorang guru di Putrajaya, untuk mengalih perhatian anaknya daripada renang kepada acara terjun pada usia lapan tahun selepas mengambil kira susuk tubuhnya.<br />
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Kini dengan reputasi sebagai juara Sukma, pemenang pingat emas di peringkat Asia Tenggara dan penyumbang pingat untuk kontinjen negara di Sukan Komanwel, Nur Dhabitah adalah ratu dalam pembikinan.<br />
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Anugerah Puteri MSSM Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia yang diraih baru-baru ini sekadar mengesahkan kedudukan Nur Dhabitah selaku pewaris mutlak posisi Pandelela Rinong dan Leong Mun Yee sebagai simbol kebanggaan acara terjun negara.<br />
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Namun di luar zon kehebatannya, Nur Dhabitah sama seperti gadis remaja lain yang menggemari muzik K-Pop dan sesekali menari mengikut rentaknya.<br />
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"Banyak masa saya tertumpu kepada latihan. Pelbagai rutin yang dilalui setiap hari sama ada di kolam atau di gimnasium. Untuk meredakan ketegangan, saya suka mendengar lagu,” kata Nur Dhabitah, pelajar Tingkatan Empat Asia di Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil (SSBJ).<br />
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Anak bongsu daripada empat beradik ini mempunyai aura positif dan bersifat periang, sesuai dalam menangani status selaku atlet elit.<br />
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Didedahkan dengan corak latihan keras di bawah pemantauan Qi Xianhua di Kompleks Akuatik di Cheras sejak usia lapan tahun, Nur Dhabitah muncul kali pertama di khalayak kebangsaan pada usia sembilan tahun di Sukma Terengganu pada 2008.<br />
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Hasilnya, pingat gangsa diraih dalam 3m papan anjal seirama di sisi Loh Zhiayi (gadis muka depan Arena edisi ini).<br />
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“Dalam terjun pesertanya kena menguasai kemahiran asas seperti berdiri, melompat dan pendaratan seawal boleh. Jika di gim, kami menghabiskan banyak masa bergantung di abah-abah keselamatan, lompat trampolin dan terjun.<br />
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“Kami berlatih dua kali sehari, pada pagi dan awal petang,” kata Nur Dhabitah.<br />
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Beruntung kerana ditemani abangnya Muhammad Danial yang mewakili negara sebelum mengundur diri gara-gara jangkitan di telinga, Nur Dhabitah menyifatkan keluarganya sebagai pendorong.<br />
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Nur Dhabitah sedar tanpa pengorbanan bapanya Sabri dan ibunya, Fazidah Jaafar, penolong pengarah Bahagian Pendidikan Swasta, Kementerian Pendidikan, yang sentiasa berada di sisinya di saat susah dan senang, tidak mungkin dia mengecap kejayaan sejauh ini.<br />
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Ini ditambah kata-kata perangsang kakaknya, Nur Safura dan abangnya, Muhammad Safuan, kedua-duanya bertugas di sebuah institusi pengajian swasta.<br />
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“Mak dan Ayah tidak putus-putus beri galakan. Adanya abang dalam disiplin yang sama memudahkan saya memberi tumpuan,” katanya.<br />
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Di kala Danial melupakan terus kerjaya sukan, Nur Dhabitah meneruskan perjuangan memburu impian ke Sukan Olimpik.<br />
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“Selain buru tempat ke Rio de Janeiro, saya menghadapi Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) tahun depan. Saya kena fokus,” katanya yang mendapat 2A pada Sistem Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (PT3) tahun lalu.<br />
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Tidak kisah sama ada platform atau papan anjal, Nur Dhabitah menyerap segala teknik dan tunjuk ajar Zhang Yukun dan Yang Zhuliang dalam memajukan dirinya.<br />
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“Selain pelbagai rutin yang dipelajari, kami didedahkan dengan darjah kesukaran untuk meraih mata.”<br />
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Sejauh ini Nur Dhabitah sudah melakar nama selaku peserta paling muda menjuarai acara di peringkat antarabangsa dengan kejayaan di Kejohanan Akuatik Asia Tenggara di Singapura pada 2012 selain mengutip pengalaman bersaing di Grand Prix Dunia FINA, Piala Dunia, Sukan Asia dan Sukan Komanwel.<br />
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Laluan sudah terbentang untuk Nur Dhabitah menyusuri jejak Pandelela, pemenang pingat gangsa Sukan Olimpik 2012.
Semoga sukses, Bitah.
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