Face dismissal over love of football

Some private companies are not giving cooperation in releasing their employees to play football at a competitive level.

This was disclosed by a realiable source to The Kuching Sports News.

According to the source, those who want to play competitive football have to take a leave without pay or utilise their own annual leave.

Hukuman untuk FAS diketahui awal Oktober

Hukuman yang bakal diterima Persatuan Bola Sepak Sarawak (FAS) ekoran tindakan merusuh peminat selepas tamat perlawanan Sarawak dan Perak di Kuching pada 30 Ogos lalu akan dapat diketahui awal Oktober depan.

SCA need cricket ground badly

The state cricket team posing before playing their match against Negeri Sembilan on Wednesday. They won by 104 runs.

KUCHING (Sept 06): Sarawak Cricket Association (SCA) president Awang Mahyan Awang Mohammed hopes that a cricket ground will be built soon now that the state is playing in the national league’s top division.

ATM FA and PDRM FA to vanquish Kuching FA to win Sarawak Cup

KUCHING: Sarawak Cup defending champions Kuching FA have to come on strong in their group matches in order to gain respect from aspiring title contenders.

Nowadays, a down-to-earth attitude is usually seen as having lack of confidence.

Alas, how things have changed in sports!

Money is the name of the game in football, says Fergie

Sir Alex Ferguson says the huge sums spent on football transfers are jaw-dropping but were part and parcel of the sport. — AFP picture

NYON (Switzerland), Sept 4, 2014: Money is the name of the game but the huge sums spent on football transfers are jaw-dropping, coaching icon Sir Alex Ferguson said on Thursday.

Piala Sarawak: Skuad SUKMA 2016 diyakini mampu mencabar

KUCHING (Sept 04): Pengendali skuad SUKMA 2016, Johnny Dominicus menaruh keyakinan tinggi terhadap kudrat pemain mudanya untuk melakar kejutan pada kempen Piala Sarawak 2014 yang akan berlangsung dari 20 hingga 27 September depan.

Menurut Johnny, persediaan skuad yang dibarisi semua pemain bawah 19 tahun itu berjalan dengan baik dan bersedia untuk memberikan cabaran pada temasya dwitahunan itu.

“Semua pemain dalam skuad ini mewakili Sarawak pada kejohanan Piala Belia di Melaka lalu. Setakat ini, persiapan kita berjalan dengan baik dan saya percaya dengan kemampuan mereka untuk mencipta kejutan pada kejohanan itu nanti,” katanya di sini semalam.

Daud as FAS Executive Secretary effective from Sept 01

Daud Dato Aba, a strongman of the Samarahan FA, has been appointed as the Executive Secretary of FAS, effective from September 01, 2014.

Silat Hailam Laut emerge champions

Perguruan Seni Silat Hailam Laut beat two perguruans to emerge as the champion in a silat tournament held at the Kuching Waterfront in conjunction with the Satok Fest recently.

The other two perguruans were Perguruan Seni Silat Kibau and Perguruan Seni Silat Hidayah Melayu.

The prizes were given away by the Tourism Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg.

Rioters are urged to come forward and surrender themselves

KUCHING (Sept 03): Police have launched a manhunt to track down individual believed to have been involved in the riot at the state Stadium in Kuching during a Malaysia Cup match between Sarawak and Perak, last Saturday.

Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Muhammad Sabtu Osman said the suspected individuals should come forward and surrender themselves as their photographs would be published in the local media.

Following the riot which left a trail of damage to police and public property, the police carried out a post-mortem to identify weaknesses and list down recommendations to improve security in the future.

We’ve nothing to do with the riot — GB13 spokesman

KUCHING (Sept 02): The most vocal supporters of Sarawak FA, GB13, yesterday said their members were not involved in the post-match riot at the State Stadium last Saturday.

Policemen look on as one of their cars was set on fire at the State Stadium on Saturday.

Young Croc Rahim is top scorer in U-19 Youth Cup

OFF BALANCE: Rahim in action in a group match against Perlis

MALACCA: A young Croc Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak was the top scorer in the just concluded U-19 Youth Cup.

He scored 9 goals in the tournament - hat tricks in 3 matches in a row.

He only failed to find the net in two matches against Kedah and Sekolah Sukan Tengku Mahkota Ismail.