17 hurt in Million Youths Rally drag race

Seventeen spectators at a drag race held in conjunction with the Million Youths Rally 2012 at midnight last night were injured when one of the competing cars skidded during a trial run.

In the incident at the Wadi Ehsan Highway at Precinct 19 here, the car struck the victims who were watching from outside the permitted perimeters.

Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said four of the victims who sustained serious injuries were being warded at Putrajaya Hospital, while the driver of the car escaped unhurt.

He said the race was discontinued and that he would request the organisers to conduct an investigation including lodging a police report.

"I don't want a repeat of the tragedy. We regret what happened. We will see what assistance we can provide to the victims and their families," he told reporters after visitng the scene of the incident.

Ahmad Shabery said the race was arranged by experienced organisers but he had been made to understand that there was no sanctioning body to monitor and supervise competitions of such nature.

When asked to comment on claims that the organisers had been negligent on the aspects of safety, he said it was premature to say this and that he was waiting for a full report on the case.

He said he had also been informed by the organisers that they had cautioned spectators not to go beyond the permitted area but when the session started, the warning went unheeded as the arena became crowded with about 10,000 spectators.

Meanwhile, Putrajaya police chief ACP Abdul Razak Abdul Majid when contacted, confirmed the incident and said an investigation was ongoing. – Bernama

source: http://www.thesundaily.my/news

MOTOR RACING: Accident ends Nabil-Afiq duel

Nabil Jan Al Jeffri v Afiq Ikhwan Yazid show came to a dramatic end when both drivers clashed at the very last turn as they duelled for victory in Race Two in the opening round of the JK Racing Asia Series at the Sepang Circuit yesterday.

Nabil of the Eurointernational team had earlier taken his first victory from pole in Race One and then saw Meritus GP's Afiq take a comfortable lead off the blocks from pole in Race Two, as youngster Akash Neil Nandy threatened to take second spot from Nabil early in the race.
It seemed settled midway through the 10-lap race when Afiq was leading with Nabil a good distance away and South African Eurointernational driver Aston Hare in third, battling with his teammate Irfan Ilyas and Meritus GP's Akash for the final spot on the podium.
But from the sixth lap onwards, Nabil began to post fastest lap times, while Afiq's lap times deteriorated. Though something seemed to be wrong with 21-year old Afiq's car, it seemed good enough for the Kajang-born to take it to the finish. That is until the unthinkable happened at the final turn with the chequered flag awaiting.
Nabil made a last ditch attempt to steal victory from Afiq and both cars clashed then stalled in the middle of the track, allowing rookie Hare to take his unexpected first victory and the championship lead, while 16-year-old Akash fended off a charging Irfan to take second spot.
It was Akash's fourth ever podium finish and his best ever result, as his previous three podiums last year were for third place finishes.

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Burials for 66 Muslims killed during Bosnian war

The bodies of 66 Bosnian Muslims, murdered and dumped in the Drina river 20 years ago, have finally been buried in eastern Bosnia.
Several thousand people gathered to mourn the victims of a wave of ethnic cleansing by Bosnian Serb forces during the three year war in the early 1990s.
Their remains were recovered from a nearby lake two years ago.

RIVER OF BLOOD
It is being called the ‘River of Blood’. The 11,541 red chairs symbolise every person killed during the siege of Sarajevo 20 years ago.
The row of chairs stretches 800 metres through the centre of the city. Hundreds of the seats are small to signify the many children that also lost their lives – more than 600.
During a 43-month siege by Serbian forces which began on April 6 1992, innocent civilians were killed in random shelling and by snipers. It marked the start of a three and a half year war, during which 100,000 people died – many of them through ethnic cleansing carried out by the Serbs. More than two million people fled from their homes.
Years of bloodshed were finally ended when NATO bombed the Serbs and the United States brokered a peace deal that split the territory along ethnic lines.

source:  http://www.euronews.com/2012

Syria massacre: International condemnation

The United Nations has condemned the massacre of 92 civilians including 32 children in Syria.

While Syrian state TV blamed “armed terrorist gangs”, a spokesman for UN chief Ban Ki-moon and international envoy Kofi Annan accused the Syrian government of carrying out a “brutal” breach of international law.

UN observers have visited the town of Houla in Homs province to see for themselves the bodies of the dead from Friday’s violence.

Head of the UN monitoring mission to Syria Major General Robert Mood said: “The death of 32 innocent children, lots of women and men but in particular the children, is an unacceptable attack on the future and on the aspirations of the Syrian people. Whomever started, whomever responded, whomever contributed to it.”

The rebel Free Syrian Army has warned that the shaky ceasefire which began last month is as good as over, while the Syrian National Council has called for international air strikes on government forces.

source:  http://www.euronews.com/2012

Josh Hayes - The Tough

2011 - Won his second consecutive AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike Championship with seven poles, three victories and nine additional podium finishes, only finishing off the podium just twice.  Rode for Team Graves Yamaha. 
2010 - Won the AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike Championship, turning in seven victories along the way.
2009 - Finished second in American SuperBike, scoring seven wins. His first career win came at Infineon and was followed by weekend sweeps of the Mid-Ohio, VIR and NJMP rounds. Led the Daytona 200 only to crash out in the final portion of the race. Raced with Factory Yamaha.
2008 - Finished second in Formula Xtreme and scored three-straight wins at Mid-Ohio, Virginia and Road Atlanta late in the season.  Also crossed the finish line first in the Daytona 200 only to be disqualified for a technical infraction.  Also had four second-place finishes.  Competed in AMA Pro SuperSport as well and finished third in that championship with wins at Virginia and Road Atlanta on the same weekends he won the Xtreme races.  Raced with Erion Honda.
2007 - Won a second consecutive Formula Xtreme title with seven wins, one additional podium finish and seven poles.  Also raced in AMA Pro SuperSport, earning four wins, one additional podium finish and three pole positions.  Raced with Erion Honda team.

2006 - Won the Formula Xtreme title with three wins and seven additional podium finishes, missing the top-three just once with a fourth-place at Infineon Raceway.  Raced in Superstock, earning six top-five finishes.  Raced with Erion Honda team.

2005 - Raced in AMA Pro American Superbike, earning a podium finish at Road America and two additional top-five finishes in the series. Raced with the Attack Performance Kawasaki team.

2004 - Hayes raced in the AMA Pro American Superbike Championship, earning fifth-place finishes at Barber Motorsports Park, Mid-Ohio and Road Atlanta.  Raced in Superstock, earning second-place finishes at Road America and Brainerd.  Raced with the Kawasaki Motors team.

2003 - Won the Superstock title with wins at Laguna Seca and Mid-Ohio, and five additional series podium finishes.  Raced in Formula Xtreme, earning a second-place at Road America.  Raced with the Attack Suzuki team.

2002 - Competed in AMA Pro SuperSport, earning a second-place finish at Virginia.  Raced in Formula Xtreme with a best result of fifth-place at Mid-Ohio.  Raced with the Valvoline Emgo Suzuki team.

2001 - Raced in the AMA Pro SuperSport Championship with a best result of fourth-place at Sears Point Raceway... Raced in 750 Superstock, taking third-place at the New Hampshire round.  Also raced in Formula Xtreme, earning four podium finishes.  Raced with Bruce Transportation Honda team.

2000 - Endured lingering injuries all season, but still managed four, second-place finishes in Formula Xtreme.  Took seven top-10 finishes in 600 SuperSport... Raced with Erion Honda team.

1999 - Started his season right with a victory in the 750 SuperSport race at Daytona.  Took six podium finishes in the Formula Xtreme series and finished the season ranked third.  Also raced in 600 SuperSport with a best result of fourth at Brainerd.  Rode for Team Valvoline Emgo Suzuki.

1998 - Participated in two Formula Xtreme events, finishing fifth in both.  Won six non-AMA national titles, including Formula USA 103 HP, Suzuki Cup 600 and 1100 and WERA National 600 Superstock.

1997 - Co-rode with Team Suzuki Endurance to the WERA National Endurance Championship and was the 1100 Suzuki Cup Champion.

Early Career - Turned Pro in 1996 and won the WERA National Endurance Series Heavyweight Superstock Championship with Airport Racing.  First year racing was 1994 aboard a self-tuned Honda CBR600F2. Won three National Novice Championships.

Source: http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/

British Superbike:Jon Kirkham set to comeback

Jon Kirkham is vowing to come back stronger at Snetterton next weekend (25/26/27 May) as he bids to make amends for missing out at the previous round at Oulton Park after suffering a huge 150mph crash in the opening race that left him sidelined for the remainder of the event.
Kirkham had been running fourth and challenging for a podium position when he crashed at Water Tower causing the race to be red flagged, but escaped with just concussion which meant he was unable to take any further part in the two remaining races of the weekend. However, having recovered in the break between rounds he is keen to reclaim a top six position in the standings at Snetterton after three non-point scores at Oulton Park.
Kirkham said: "It has been a good start to the season for us and at Oulton Park we were making good progress, well apart from lap nine of race one! We were pushing hard and to be honest we were not doing bad; it looked like it would be a good race for us. That came to an abrupt end and it was gutting for me to have missed the three races as that has dropped us down the order in the standings.
"The boys have been working flat out back at the team HQ in Louth ready for the Snetterton round and looking at what we can improve so we are all set for the weekend. I am on the road to recovery, it did take me a few days to feel like myself again but I was just lucky to get away with what I did and I am looking forward to getting back out and riding again.
"Snetterton should be good for us and I went well there last year; I qualified third and got a sixth place. This year with Samsung Honda hopefully we can get a good set up and claw some points back to get inside the top six in the standings."

The Hopper returns to action at Miller

FIXI Crescent Suzuki racer John Hopkins will return to the team for the next round at Miller Motorsports Park in America after being forced to miss last weekend's races through injury. Hopkins suffered a broken bone in his right foot and damage to his left hip following a high-side at Monza in Italy earlier this month. It was initially hoped that he would be fit for the Donington Park round last weekend, but the hip injury restricted his movement too much and tests proved inconclusive.

On his return to California, Hopkins visited specialists to have further scans and to diagnose the severity of the injury. After an entire day of tests it was revealed that no significant long term damage had occurred in the hip joint and he will be able to return to race action at Miller. Hopkins will still need to undergo a series of painkilling injections to combat the discomfort in both his hip and his foot, but he is fully committed to racing and determined to get back on the FIXI Crescent Suzuki GSX-R and do everything in his power to get a good result on home-soil.

John Hopkins: "I was so disappointed to miss Donington Park, where I'm sure I could have been in that crazy fight for the win! It's been a really rough ride physically over recent times, and there were some real worries over the hip condition, but I know I have a lot more to give and that my luck has to change for the better. The team, my family and close friends have been really supportive and I just want to get back into what I know I can do best.

"I am fully committed to racing at Miller and I will be doing everything possible from now and up to the race weekend, to ensure that I do whatever I can to get the best result possible for FIXI Crescent Suzuki, me and everyone involved. It won't be easy, so I plan to take it step-by-step, enjoy the riding and build back into it."

Chance for two teens to train with Bayern Munich

PETALING JAYA: Two aspiring young talents from Malaysia will get a chance of a life time to spend five days at the Allianz Junior Football Camp in Bayern Munich in August.
This golden opportunity is open to all Malaysians between the ages of 14 and 16. All they have to do is to showcase their talents at a two-day trials scheduled to be held at the SUK Field in Shah Alam on July 14-15.
Former internationals K. Gunalan, Shahrin Majid and Lim Chuan Chin will be present to pick the two players.
Jens Reisch, the CEO of Allianz Malaysia Berhad, said it would be a treat money can’t buy as the two successful candidates will get an insight on the professional world of football.
“It will be truly an inspiring journey for them to meet the FC Bayern Munich stars and also to join in the practice sessions with club’s coaches,” he said at the launch the Malaysian edition of the “Allianz Junior Football Camp” yesterday.
A total of 22 countries will be involved in the 4th “Allianz Junior Football Camp” in Munich.
To register, just log on to www.football-for-life.com and submit all the required personal data for selection to attend the trials. Registration closes on July 6.

Source: http://football.thestar.com.my/2012

Chelsea-Juara Eropah, Kelantan-Juara Piala FA 2012

Perlawanan tumpuan pertama aku malam ini antara Kelantan menentang Sime Darby yang berkesudahan dengan sepakan penalti Ghaddar di minit ke-57 telah menenggelamkan impian Sime Darby untuk mencipta sejarah kelab. Kelantan menjuarai buat kali pertama Piala FA selepas dua kali dikecewakan oleh Selangor dan Terengganu. Peluang untuk gol banyak cuma nasib tidak menyebelahi sime darby untuk mencipta jaringan begitu juga Kelantan.

Perlawanan tumpuan kedua pulak bagi aku adalah sepatutnya dan semestinya Final Champions league diantara Bayern Munich vs Chelsea. Separuh masa pertama berkesudahan dengan 0-0. Bersambung separuh masa kedua dengan kemasukkan Thomas Mueller yang berjaya memecah kebuntuan menjaringkan gol pada minit ke-83, namun dengan semangat yang tidak kenal menyerah kalah bagi pemain Chelsea, Drogba menanduk bole sepakan penjuru lantas mendiamkan sejenak penyokong-penyokong Bayern Munich. Berterusan di babak masa tambahan dengan Bayern Munich dihadiahkan sepakan penalti tapi dengan mudah Petr Cech menggagalkan tendangan Arjen Robben. Bersambung chapter ketiga pertarungan-Penalti Shoot Out!. Chelsea tertekan dengan kegagalan Juan Mata menyempurnakan tendangan dapat dibaca oleh Manuel Nuer. Namun Petr Cech berjaya mengahalang dua tendangan pemain Bayern Munich dan Drogba akhirnya berjaya menewaskan penjaga gol Bayern Munich untuk menjulang trofi Liga Juara-Juara Eropah 2012 musim ini selepas menjuarai Piala FA 2012 menewaskan Liverpool. Malang berterusan menimpa Bayern Munich yang kalah dalam perebutan liga dan Piala Jerman kepada Borussia Dortmund kini kalah pula kepada Chelsea di Final UCL di Munich.KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING HIGH!!!!

Rasuah: Tamak atau Pemurah?

KUALA LUMPUR: Sikap tamak haloba sesetengah pemain untuk memperoleh pendapatan lumayan dalam masa singkat menjadi punca mengapa gejala rasuah boleh sepak masih berlaku dalam liga tempatan, demikian luahan pengkritik sukan tanah air, Profesor Emeritus Tan Sri Khoo Kay Kim.
Beliau berkata gejala sedemikian pernah berlaku pada era 1970-an namun kelemahan tindakan undang-undang daripada pihak berkuasa menjadi punca ia tidak begitu mendapat perhatian serius ketika itu.
“Sebab itu rasuah tidak nampak dengan jelas pada masa itu tetapi (sekarang) saya mendapati para penonton mula jemu dengan pertandingan (bola sepak) antara negeri.
“Jadi bilangan penonton yang hadir semakin merosot disebabkan ketidaksungguhan pemain di atas padang untuk mempamerkan permainan yang berkualiti,” katanya kepada Bernama, baru-baru ini.
Kay Kim yang juga seorang pensyarah di salah sebuah Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA) berkata selain sikap tamak haloba, kegagalan pihak berkuasa untuk memantau kegiatan bookie dalam sukan tersebut menjadi penyebab mengapa bola sepak negara masih dibelenggu dengan gejala tidak sihat itu.
“Misalnya kalau kita jumpa seorang pemain bola sepak dan dia diberikan arahan (oleh bookie) untuk memberi kemenangan kepada pasukan lawan dan sebagai habuannya dia ditawarkan dengan sejumlah yang besar, saya rasa dia tidak akan menolak.
“Selagi bookie itu masih aktif dan gagal ditangani dengan berkesan oleh pihak berkuasa, saya rasa (gejala rasuah bola sepak) susah nak dikawal,” katanya

Source : http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/02/21/tamak-punca-rasuah-bola-sepak-khoo/#ixzz1uBZGIODs