OCM Targeting One Medal For Badminton At Junior Olympics

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) is targeting at least one medal for the national junior badminton squad at the Junior Olympics in Singapore from Aug 14 to 26.

OCM honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said the target was made based on the potentials shown by the junior squad in several championships at the national level previously.

"However, it is too early for us to name the shuttler who has the potential to win the medal as the selection for the badminton events has yet to be made by the main body for the sport," he said when contacted by Bernama, here Friday.

Sieh said so far the OCM had only received confirmation for the yachting team. However, for other events such as badminton, swimming, shooting, diving, the confirmation will be received soon.

He said that host Singapore had specified that each country could only send 70 athletes because the Junior Olympics was being held for the first time.

"As such, although Singapore is near, we cannot send as many athletes as we like," he said.

The Junior Olympics will offer 26 events including aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, fencing, football, equestrian, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, shooting, weightlifting and cycling.

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Chance to be part of Commonwealth Games

KUALA LUMPUR: Here’s a chance for Malaysian sports officials to kill two birds with one stone – gain em­­ploy­ment and be part of the New Del­hi Commonwealth Games in October.

The organisers are looking for experienced officials to serve in the various committees. And two top officials from the organising committee will be here on Thursday and Friday to conduct interviews.

The Delhi 2010 Organising Com­mit­tee want to hire experienced personnel in the areas of venue operations, sports, sports presentation, transportation and logistics.

They also need people with experience in aquatics, badminton, cycling, lawn bowls, netball, rugby Sevens and table tennis.

Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary general Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said this was a chance for Malaysian officials to be part of the Games.

“People with special skills in other sports may be considered as well. Successful persons will be offered employment starting from March till the completion of the Games,” he said.

He urged those interested in the offer to submit their letters of intent, together with their resume, to the OCM by today.

Kukuh reputasi hadapi Sukan Komanwel, Asia

KEGAGALAN Kuala Lumpur menjadi tuan rumah Persidangan Jawatankuasa Olimpik Antarabangsa (IOC) 2013, perlu segera dialihkan kepada tumpuan mengukuhkan reputasi negara menerusi kecemerlangan di Sukan Komanwel New Delhi dan Sukan Asia Guangzhou penghujung tahun ini.

Setiausaha Kehormat Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Datuk Sieh Kok Chi berkata meskipun Kuala Lumpur gagal dalam bidaan berkenaan, ia tidak bermakna semuanya sudah berakhir. “Inilah masanya untuk atlit negara mempamerkan penguasaan di Sukan Komanwel dan Sukan Asia,” katanya yang berharap semua atlit yang menyertai kedua-dua temasya sukan itu memberi sepenuh tumpuan mengharumkan nama negara.

Jelasnya, bukan prestasi atlit menjadi ukuran dalam pemilihan terbabit tapi selepas Nanjing, China dipilih sebagai tuan rumah Sukan Olimpik Remaja 2014, sudah tentu mereka mahukan negara dari rantau lain menjadi tuan rumah kongres berkenaan.

Sheikh Ahmad 'buka peluang' Malaysia

IMPIAN menyaksikan Kuala Lumpur menjadi tuan rumah Sukan Asia 2019 tampak terbuka andai cadangan daripada Presiden Majlis Olimpik Asia (OCA), Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah diterima ahli gabungan badan induk itu.

Hujah oleh beliau adalah menganjurkan Sukan Asia selang dua tahun iaitu pada 2017 dan 2019 dengan temasya 2017 akan diberi kepada Dubai - bandaraya yang difahamkan turut berminat menganjurkan Sukan Asia 2019. Ia bererti dua tahun kemudian giliran Kuala Lumpur pula untuk mengelolakan temasya berkenaan.

Apapun, selepas itu Sukan Asia akan kembali dianjurkan empat tahun sekali dengan edisi berikut pada 2023.

Difahamkan cadangan ini adalah antara perkara dibincangkan ketika pertemuan antara Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad dengan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek ketika kedua-dua pemimpin itu bertemu di Vancouver, Kanada, minggu lalu.

Vietnam Joins UAE And Malaysia To Bid For 2019 Asiad

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia faces stiff competition to host the 2019 Asian Games as the region's emerging economic powerhouse Vietnam is set to bid for the Asiad as well.

News of the challenge came on the day Malaysia lost its bid to host the 2013 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Congress to Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

The Vietnam News Agency reported that the Vietnam Olympic Committee had proposed that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism get the government's permission to host the 2019 Asian Games.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Danh Thai was quoted as saying that the sports sector should invest in selected sports, especially sports that featured in the Olympic Games.

KL Loses Bid To Host 2013 IOC Meeting

VANCOUVER (CANADA), Feb 11 (Bernama) - Kuala Lumpur has lost to Buenos Aires in its bid to host the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in 2013 which will pick the host of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Kuala Lumpur received only 31 votes compared to 58 garnered by the Argentine capital city. Ninety-two of the 115 members of the IOC attended the 122nd IOC meeting here on Wednesday. Two members abstained while one vote was spoilt.

Besides selecting the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2013 meeting will also appoint a new IOC president to succeed Jacques Rogge whose term of office ends in 2013.

Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Jaafar described the voting as fair, considering that after having selected Nanjing in China as the host of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, the IOC wanted another region in the world to host its 2013 meeting.

"Of course, I am disappointed (with the decision) but I feel Malaysia had made a good bid. Our presentation was the best we could have delivered," he said.

Sokongan PM kuatkan bidaan kita untuk anjur Sukan Asia 2019

KUALA LUMPUR - Klip video sokongan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak merupakan antara 'senjata" yang dibawa oleh rombongan Malaysia pada Kongres Jawatankuasa Olimpik Antarabangsa (IOC) di Vancouver, Kanada dalam usaha Kuala Lumpur untuk memenangi penganjuran Kongres IOC 2013 dan Sukan Asia 2019.

Ketua Pengarah Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) Datuk Zolkples Embong, berkata rombongan Malaysia, yang diketuai oleh Menteri Belia dan Sukan Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, akan membentangkan bidaan semasa Sesi IOC ke-122 esok, sebelum 115 anggota badan dunia itu mengundi.

"Malaysia diberikan masa selama 20 minit untuk membuat bidaan bagi menganjurkan Kongres IOC di Kuala Lumpur pada 2013.

''Saingan Malaysia, turut membuat bidaan ialah bandar raya Buenos Aires (Argentina)," katanya di sini, semalam.

PM's Support Strengthens Malaysia's Bid For 2013 IOC Congress

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- A video clip containing a message from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be among Malaysia's "secret" weapons in its bid to host the 2013 International Olympic Council (IOC) Congress.

National Sports Council (NSC) Director-General Datuk Zolkples Embong said Malaysia's delegation, headed by Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, would make a representation at the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday prior to the voting by IOC's 115 members

"Malaysia is given 20 minutes to make the representation on its bid to host the 2013 IOC Congress in Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur's competitor is Buenos Aires city (Argentina)," he told Bernama here Monday.

Apart from Zolkples and Ahmad Shabery, others in the Malaysian delegation are Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Jaafar, OCM vice-president Low Beng Choo and OCM honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi.

Zolkples said Malaysia's representation would start with Tunku Imran introducing Malaysia's bid, including on the venue and the country's capabilities in hosting the event, followed by Ahmad Shabery who would touch on on the issue of budget, security and the government's support to the bid.

"The minister is making the presentation on behalf of the government in which the prime minister's video clip will be shown. The government's support is crucial in convincing IOC members on the strength of KL's bid," he said.

Zolkples said the 2013 IOC Congress would decide the host for the 2020 Olympic Games as well as appoint a new president replacing Jacques Rogge whose term would expire by then.

"If Malaysia succeed in the bid to host the congress, all eyes will be on Kuala Lumpur," he said, addding that it would also strengthen the country's bid for the 2019 Asian Games.

He also said that the bid for the IOC event as well as the 2019 Asian Games received full support from the cabinet.

Malaysia lost to Qatar in its bid to host the 2006 Asian Games and did not bid for the 2010 Asian Games, citing the high cost in hosting the event.

China will host the 2010 Asian Games in Gaungzhou while South Korea will host the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.

Malaysia pamerkan peningkatan

ATLET negara mendapat faedah daripada program pembangunan Sukan Komanwel 1998.

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MALAYSIA berjaya memperoleh purata 10 peratus daripada jumlah keseluruhan pingat emas yang ditawarkan dalam lima edisi Sukan SEA sejak tahun 2000.
Bilangan peratusan pungutan pingat emas itu adalah dua peratus lebih tinggi berbanding lapan peratus daripada tahun 1977 hingga 1997.

Demikian menurut laporan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) semalam.
Laporan itu menyebut pencapaian terbaik Malaysia selepas tahun 2000 ialah ketika menjadi tuan rumah temasya dwitahunan itu pada 2001 dengan memperoleh 28.3 peratus atau 111 daripada 392 emas yang dipertandingkan.

Malaysia's Medal Haul In Past Five SEA Games Has Improved - OCM

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's percentage of gold medals won in the last five SEA Games has seen a marked improvement, averaging 10 to 15 per cent of the medals at stake, compared with just 8 per cent before 2000.

A report released by the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) said Malaysia's best haul was in the 2001 SEA Games, when Malaysia was the host and the percentage of gold medals won was 28.3 per cent or 111 of the 392 gold medals offered.

In the 2003 Vietnam SEA Games, Malaysia collected 9.7 per cent of the gold medals or 43 of the 444 offered but that increased to 13.7 per cent at the 2005 Manila SEA Games with 61 gold from 444 offered.

The Malaysian contingent, further improved on the achievement during the 2007 Korat SEA Games with 14.2 per cent or 68 of the 477 offered by host Thailand.

The recent SEA Games hosted by Laos in December, saw Malaysia achieve 10.8 per cent or 40 gold medals from the 372 total offered.

According to OCM Honorary Secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, Malaysia's performance in the SEA Games has improved over the last decade.

Sukan Perpaduan Islam batal

HASRAT atlit negara beraksi di Sukan Perpaduan Islam di Teheran, April depan berkecai apabila Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) mengesahkan temasya sukan membabitkan negara Islam itu, dibatalkan.
HASRAT atlit negara beraksi di Sukan Perpaduan Islam di Teheran, April depan berkecai apabila Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) mengesahkan temasya sukan membabitkan negara Islam itu, dibatalkan.

Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi berkata, kegagalan tuan rumah Iran menunjukkan kesungguhan dalam penganjuran yang dijadualkan berlangsung pada 9 hingga 25 April ini di tiga bandar raya iaitu Teheran, Esfahan dan Mashhad mendorong Persekutuan Sukan Perpaduan Islam (ISSF) membatalkannya.

“Saya mendapat surat daripada ISSF minggu lalu memaklumkan Sukan Perpaduan Islam dibatalkan. Perkara ini sudah dijangka kerana Iran tidak mengambil langkah persediaan walaupun waktu kejohanan semakin hampir.

Malaysia bida tuan rumah Sukan Asia 2019

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia telah mengemukakan bidaan menganjurkan Kongres Jawatankuasa Olimpik Antarabangsa (IOC) 2013 dan Sukan Asia 2019 kepada Majlis Olimpik Asia (OCA), November lalu, kata Setiausaha Kehormat Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (OCM), Datuk Sieh Kok Chi.

Kok Chi berkata, dokumen-dokumen yang dikenali sebagai Surat Hasrat, telah dikemukakan dengan kelulusan kerajaan.

"Keputusan mengadakan kongres itu hanya akan diketahui tidak lama lagi. Tapi keputusan bagi hos Sukan Asia 2019 hanya akan diketahui menjelang 2012. Ia merupakan proses yang panjang dan memenatkan terutama dalam membida Sukan Asia," katanya di sini, semalam.

Malaysia Submit Bids To Host 2013 IOC Congress And 2019 ASIAD

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has submitted bids to host the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) congress in 2013 and the 2019 Asian Games for the first time.

Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said the bids were submitted with the approval of the government.

"The outcome of the IOC congress will be known soon but the results for the 2019 Asian Games host job would only be known by 2012. It's a long and tedious process, especially bidding for the Asian Games," he told Bernama here Wednesday.

Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek will lead a delegation to the IOC session in Vancouver, Canada, during the Winter Olympics on Feb 10, to make a final presentation (next month) before the 115 IOC members cast their votes for the 2013 congress.

Guna Akta Sukan - TPM

KUALA LUMPUR - Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkata, ketempangan yang wujud dalam persatuan sukan akibat pengurusan yang tidak cekap boleh diatasi jika Akta Pembangunan Sukan 1997 digunapakai secara serius.

Walaupun mengakui, banyak kekurangan yang perlu diperbaiki untuk membolehkan akta tersebut berfungsi dengan lebih efisien, namun ia masih mampu membantu melancarkan pengurusan persatuan sukan negara yang tempang kerana kegagalan pemimpinnya.

Muhyiddin mahu MOM lebih tegas

Dalam menangani masalah ahli gabungan

TIMBALAN Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mahu Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) bertindak lebih tegas serta memainkan peranan aktif dalam menangani masalah yang membelenggu ahli gabungannya.

Muhyiddin berkata, MOM sebagai organisasi yang memayungi hampir semua persatuan sukan kebangsaan di negara ini, perlu mengembalikan kedudukannya untuk memainkan peranan supaya setiap ahli gabungannya dapat diurus tadbir sebaik mungkin.