Foul!

Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin insists the soon-to-be-launched book on his father-in-law, former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, will neither help nor frustrate his cause as he seeks to defend his post during the Umno elections in October. Meanwhile, the Rembau MP spends some time speaking about his 100 days in office - as he spoke about claims that he is too eager for changes, presumption he is spending more time on sports than youth, on making popular statements and his aspirations. Read ' Awakening not a problem ' and ' It's more than fun and games' in The Malay Mail today.

"I would like a shot at leading FAM, properly. I would even press 'pause' on my political career for that. Give it one proper shot." Former FA of Malaysia (FAM) deputy president Khairy Jamaluddin certainly raised eyebrows with his tweets yesterday. Khairy has seen his fair share of ups and downs in the domestic football scene. The Umno Youth chief was once involved with the now defunct MyTeam before securing a position within the national body. The Rembau MP was rather vocal during his stay in FAM and that did not go down too well with some of the elders.  I've interviewed Khairy or better known as KJ, on many occasions - from the launch of UPB-MyTeam at Bukit Kiara, meeting him while he was deputy president of FAM and even sought a clarification after he was quoted as saying that the "Malaysian League was crap ". But he was willing to take the rap for his actions - a trait hardly seen by the current set of officials - as seen here and here . ...