AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 - 1st Leg To Glory After 14 Years.

Malaysia Beat Indonesia 3-0

I am proud to become a Malaysian, I felt really happy when Malaysia beat Indonesia 3-0 yesterday night in the first leg finals of Suzuki Cup. Before this Suzuki Cup was call as a Tiger Cup and the famous country always win it is Singapore and Thailand. Malaysia is waiting 14 years to get and win another international cup and hofully we will win this Suzuki Cup. I thinks that the Malaysian football is improving just like our golden days where Malaysia is qualified for the olympic games in Moskow USSR but Malaysia boycott the game because USSR attack afganistan. We as a Tamparulian must support Malaysia National Team and we will beat Indonesia to lift up the Suzuki Cup. Below is the full report of the games adapted from Bernama.

BERNAMA

Dec 27, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will go to Jakarta well cushioned after beating Indonesia 3-0 in the first leg of the 2010 AFF-SUZUKI Cup final at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil here Sunday night.Mohd Safee Mohd Sali was the Malaysian hero, scoring two goals, in the 59th and 71 minutes. Mohamad Ashari Samsudin's contribution came in the 67th minute.The return match will be played at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta this Wednesday to decide who will lift the cup.Playing before a crowd of 85,000, Malaysia started aggressively, launching a series of attacks. The Indonesians were no pushoevers, and had a fair share of the ball as they pushed foward.About ten minutes after the break, with the match goaless, the atmosphere became tense when Indonesian coach Alfred Riedl complained to referee Toma Masaaki of Japan that a laser beam had been directed at his goalkeeper.

The game was stopped for five minutes to allow the situation to cool. Indonesian fans threw mineral water bottles into the field while Malaysian supporters hurled fire crackers.The two sides became involved in a close tussle, but the charges of K.Rajagobal prevailed when Safee Sali scored Malaysia's first goal.Eight minutes later, Mohamad Ashari Samsudin, who replaced Amirulhadi Zainal, made it 2-0 with a close range shot off a pass from Norshahrul who eluded three defenders.

Mohd Safee nodded in the third goal from a pass that Mahalli Jasuli delivered from outside the penalty box.Rajagobal said at the post-match press conference that he was very satisfied with the performance of his team."In the first half, the players were more defensive. During the break I told them this was the time for us to obtain a good advantage to take to Indonesia," he said. Riedl noted that the final first-leg was a difficult task for his team because of the scoreline."The Malaysian first goal was the turning point for the Indonesian team as they lost focus on their game. I think there is a little chance to win it in Jakarta but we need to take risks," he said.

Story By: Harry George

Sources: Bernama

Picture: Google Images

Tamparuli set for tourist inflow

Tourist Attraction at Tamparuli Sabah.

10 October 2009, " Links - Click Here "

TAMPARULI: Located some 36km from Kota Kinabalu, Tampa­ruli is set to soar into international tourism following the launch of a paragliding adventure. State Youth and Sports Assistant Minister Datuk Jahid Jahim said: “Once the sport takes off, it will benefit the local community in job and business opportunities, besides boosting Sabah’s tourism industry.”

Jahid, who is also Tamparuli assemblyman, said the area had high potential for paragliding activities.“This is good for Tamparuli as the sport will benefit locals,” he said after launching the event here recently.Also present was Korean Paragliding Association president Kim Dong Sul, had been here several times to conduct trial runs for the paragliding activities.

The activities are operated by Borneo Air Sport Ozone Adventures, with the takeoff on the 1,000m Bukit Ruhiang, while the flat land beside Tamparuli Cultural House near the town has been marked out as the landing site.“I was informed that there are about 250,000 paragliders in South Korea and about six million worldwide.“If we can get just 10,000 of them to come to Sabah, it will be a shot in the arm for tourism here,” Jahid noted.

He said there were plans to promote activities such as white-water rafting to tap the sub-district’s potential as a tourism site.To a question on infrastructural development, Jahid said that paragliding required minimal costs while providing maximum impact in terms of tourism to the local economy.He expressed confidence in the sport as youths craved for challenges and an adrenalin rush.Meanwhile, Kim said that Sabah had suitable hills and mountains like Bukit Ruhiang for paragliding.Borneo Air Sport Ozone Adventures chief operations manager Bruce Patrick Soimil, who has known Kim for three years, hoped to bring international paragliding competitions to Tamparuli next year.

Meanwhile, Sungai Kiulu in the district is gaining attention as a tourism destination because of its crystal clear water and rapids, making it suitable for extreme sports. The Kiulu 4M Challenge is held here every year with participants from all over Malaysia converging to watch or participate in activities like running, bamboo-rafting, swimming with bamboo and walking on bamboo stilts.

Due to the encouraging response, the Sabah government has listed the event in the state tourism calendar and put Kiulu on the world tourism map. — Bernama

Story Adpted from: The Star, Bernama

Picture: Bernama

Sources: The Star Online