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April 22, 2018 (11.23am): A press conference was held in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, announcing the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Lucas Matthysse will be held at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur on July 15.  The press conference was organised by MP (Manny Pacquiao) Production. I t is learnt Manila-based MP Production is still looking for a local organiser for the fight.  For the record, Section 36 of the Sports Development Act 1997 states: -- ORIGINAL POST Professional boxer Manny Pacquiao (pic) had on March 7 confirmed his next fight will be on June 24, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Filipino Senator believed his opponent would be World Boxing Association (WBA) (regular) welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse. Manny was quoted by the Manila Times saying:  "It's already final I'm going to fight in Malaysia on June 24.  It is against Matthysse. I'll be ready for the preparation and it's going to be 11 weeks." Sports Commissioner D...

MAF officials met Sports Commissioner Zaiton Othman on December 18 and it was decided that the Sports Commissioner's Office will notify the authorities, including police and local councils, to only approve runs that are supported by either the state associations or the national federation and the Sports Commissioner's Office. This was from my article following the Klang marathon episode, which appeared on the landing page of  Channel NewsAsia's sports section  today. Following the Klang incident, several good initiatives were introduced. But .... Why: 1. No one has asked the police why did they approve a run that is 'illegal' based on the Sports Development Act 1997? 2. Many other runs which have not been approved or listed by the Sports Commissioner's Office, as seen on the Youth and Sports Ministry's website , continue to take place? They include:   i. Bentong Half Marathon which was launched by Transport Minister and Bentong MP Liow Tio...

UPDATE (Dec 11; 11.58am): Sporting events approved by Sports Commissioner's Office will be posted on the Youth and Sports Ministry's website starting Dec 14, as revealed by the Sports Commissioner in her statement today. I'm glad the last point of my observation (as per posting right below) has been addressed. --- UPDATE (10.57pm): A Twitter user had sent me a link by the organiser of the Klang Heritage Marathon 2017.  It states that the marathon has been "postponed to Oct 14, 2018" and that they have been victims of fake news and will lodge reports with the authorities against materials with elements of defamation or fake news. Read the full statement, posted on Dec 2,  here . --- ORIGINAL POST Screenshot of FMT's report. A Klang City International Marathon 2017  pacer suffered serious injuries after she and two others were hit by a car .  Turns out that the organiser of this morning's event, Earth Runners International Group Sdn ...