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PERSATUAN BOLASEPAK MALAYSIA SIARAN AKHBAR FAM 24 JUN 2013 SEKALUNG PENGHARGAAN Saya, Lt Jen Dato’ Azzuddin Ahmad (Bersara), Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM), ingin memaklumkan bahawa saya telah menerima surat perlantikkan s ebagai Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Bolasepak ASEAN (AFF) dari KDYMM Sultan Ahmad Shah, Presiden AFF, pada hari Ahad 23 Jun 2013, untuk mengisi jawatan Setiausaha Agung AFF mulai 1 Julai 2013. Di kesempatan ini, saya ingin merakamkan setinggi-tinggi pengharg aan dan ucapan ribuan terima kasih kepada semua Editor, Penerbit dan wartawan sukan media cetak dan elektronik, yang telah memberi kerjasama dan bantuan dari segi terutamanya liputan sukan bolasepak Negara sejak saya menjawat jawatan Setiausaha Agung FAM pada 17 September 2007 sehingga sekarang. Saya mengambil iktibar dari semua kitikan yang membina dan menerima semua kritikan negatif dengan hakikat di dalam apa jua isu wujudnya pendapat dan fahaman yang berlainan. ...

Skuad bola sepak kebangsaan melengkapkan Jelajah Australia dengan episod duka selepas kalah 2-0 kepada juara National Premier Leagues-New South Wales (NSW), Marconi Stallions FC, 2-0 di Stadium Marconi, Bossley Park, Sydney, semalam.     Skuad Harimau Malaya bimbingan Datuk K. Rajagobal sebelum ini kalah 3-2 kepada Canberra FC pada aksi sulung, Khamis lepas sebelum bangkit mencatat kemenangan dengan membelasah Sydney Olympic FC, 4-0, lima hari kemudian. Sementara itu, Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) Azzuddin Ahmad ( gambar ) berkata beliau tidak akan berundur daripada jawatan yang disandangnya ketika ini walaupun ada segelintir pihak yang mahu beliau mengosongkan kerusi berkenaan secepat mungkin.    Azzuddin yang memegang jawatan berkenaan sejak Sept 2007 berkata hanya Presiden FAM Sultan Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah sahaja yang mempunyai kuasa untuk mengeluarkan arahan supaya beliau berundur dan bukannya pihak luar.    "Say...

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) members will cast votes at a leading hotel in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow in a bid to elect a new president. The race is between four candidates — United Arab Emirates’ Yousuf Al Serkal, Saudi Hafez Al Medlej, Bahrain’s Sheikh Salman Ebrahim Al-Khalifa and Worawi Makudi of Thailand. While AFC brace for a new president, how will this impact Malaysian football? Many claim the FA of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian football in general have not really benefited from AFC’s presence in Kuala Lumpur. The relationship between both bodies was only strengthened during Zhang Jilong tenure as the acting president. Zhang assumed the role after former president Qatari Mohammad Hammam was banned for life by Fifa for bribery in 2011. FAM general-secretary Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad ( pic ) acknowledged the ties between AFC and FAM during Zhang’s time in office. “FAM did not benefit much from AFC in the past especially during the tenure of former president (Ham...

The FA of Malaysia (FAM) exco meeting held yesterday was an anti-climax of sorts. Many, including several officials, were anticipating the announcement of the new general-secretary who will replace Azzuddin Ahmad next month. However, FAM president Sultan Ahmad Shah told the Media he was in "no rush" and wanted to find a "physically fit" individual who will occupy the hot seat. Without doubt Azzuddin is one fit former army general. Having played football with him, Azzuddin can put most of us to shame on the field. It remains to be clear if Selangor FA general-secretary Hamidin Amin will sit in the secretariat as highly speculated. In fact, Hamidin's name made its rounds when former deputy minitster Ibrahim Saad left Wisma FAM but was replaced by Azzuddin instead. For the record, Hamidin is also FAM vice president and the competition committe chairman. Wth the nation bracing for the 13th General Election, this will give Sultan Ahmad and his advisors ti...

Two interesting developments transpired during the FA of Malaysia (FAM) exco meeting on Wednesday. 1. After much pressure and criticism, FAM's legal committee will now look into Article 88 of FAM's Statute and propose recommendations to "clarify" the infamous article before it is presented to the Congress in August. 2. FAM president who is also AFF president Sultan Ahmad Shah has appointed FAM general-secretary Azzuddin Ahmad ( pic ) as AFF general-secretary. Azzuddin is "honoured" with the appointment and is set to leave FAM by May 1. Well and good that there are now attempts to look into Article 88 but it remains to be seen how will the draft amendments look like. Will the article envelope alternative Media (including websites, social Media)? Will it impose a further gag upon more people? Or will they decide to remove the Article altogether? As for Azzuddin's departure from FAM, would this mean that Sultan Ahmad will also give up his presidency...

It was certainly an interesting day in the world of Twitter. Comments and statements made had tickled some, infuriated many and left others wondering if people actually knew what they were talking about. There are those who strongly believe that national coach K.Rajagobal could be staring at a pre-mature exit based on the current turn of events. As he will be hauled up by the Disciplinary Board for allegedly violating Article 88 of the FA of Malaysia's (FAM) Statute, it has been seen as the easy way for the national body to cut ties with the former international. FAM general secretary Azzuddin Ahmad was quoted as saying; “There may be a plot to remove Rajagopal and the media might have been used as a tool towards this end . Which media organisation 'might' have been used as a tool? A tool for who? Who are those involved in "a plot to remove Rajagobal"? Any person who strongly believe that removing Rajagobal through Article 88 would do the trick is cert...

Kelantan digelar juara Liga Super 2012. Tahniah kepada jurulatih pasukan Bojan Hodak dan anak buahnya. Nampak gaya Kelantan lah yang menyelamatkan martabat Liga Super musim ini. Bayangkan kalau pasukan Singapura LionsXII yang menang. Hmm... Sudah pasti ramai juga akan tertanya-tanya apa yang melintas fikiran Annuar Musa yang bertikam lidah dengan Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) disebabkan artikel 88 - artikel kuno yang kuat diperdebatkan sebelum ini. Bercakap mengenai FAM, Kongres yang ke-48 telah berlangsung semalam tetapi malang sekali Artikel 88 tidak diperbincangkan. Ini kerana hanya usul-usul yang "menetapi syarat-syarat" dibawa ke Kongres kali ini. Semasa Kongres, presiden persatuan bola sepak Perlis Shahidan Kassim mengaju soalan kepada presiden FAM Sultan Ahmad Shah mengenai tafsiran perkataan 'Media' dalam Statut FAM dan adakah perkataan tersebut merangkumi Media arus perdana, social dan alternatif. Shahidan juga bertanya mengapa setiausaha ag...