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As published in Malay Mail today By Haresh Deol 
 haresh@mmail.com.my KUALA LUMPUR — Striker Safee Sali has been gunned down by a gun and live bullets find in his pickup truck.   He told Johor Baru police he had sent his vehicle to a workshop to fix some accessories. A man driving his green Ford Ranger has been arrested.   Fresh from winning the FA Cup final, the Johor Darul Ta’zim footballer and his teammates were on their way to Johor Baru yesterday when he received a phone call that police had found a gun in his pickup truck.   Police had stopped the vehicle, driven by a 4x4 accessories workshop owner, at a roadblock near the Kempas exit at the North-South Expressway at noon yesterday.   They found a Smith & Wesson pistol and 30 live bullets in a yellow bag on the back seat of the vehicle.  “I was in the bus with my teammates in a joyous mood after beating PKNS 2-1 in the final,” Safee said.    “As we left Segam...

FA of Malaysia (FAM) general secretary Hamidin Amin is seeking for capable deputy after Ahmad Fuad Daud ( pic ) tendered his resignation last month. Currently serving his one month notice which ends on Aug 30, Ahmad Fuad is set to join Felda. "I will need to interview some candidates for the post first. Hopefully I'll be able to make an announcement by September," said Hamidin. Meanwhile, Total Sports Asia confirmed Liverpool are "highly unlikely" to play PKNS FC next year in conjunction with PKNS' 50th anniversary. Liverpool will most likely head to US for their pre-season tour. However, PKNS will still play a "big team" and together with Total Sports Asia are in the midst of compiling a list of teams that could fly to Kuala Lumpur, despite the World Cup in Brazil. One team that could head here is Real Madrid as PKNS and the Spanish club established ties after signing an MoU earlier this year. Read all this and more in The Malay Ma...

“Some players from Terengganu are going to enjoy stints in Europe...either England, Portugal or Holland.” Those were the words of T-Team coach Peter Butler ( pic ). This came about after the author contacted Butler just before appearing on Nadi Arena on Saturday regarding former SC Beira-Mar player Nazmi Faiz Mansor. SC Beira-Mar had, in an email, revealed that “ In the next season we will bring one or two players from Malaysia, who will be chosen by Peter Butler.” “Who told you?” was Butler’s first response when asked over the contents of the email by the Portugal club. “Look, clubs from England, Portugal...they call me all the time asking about talents in the country. “Honestly, the Malaysian players are a talented lot but talent alone is not enough to survive in Europe. They are still not strong enough and it will take some time before Malaysian players make it abroad,” he added. Nazmi Faiz Mansor courted controversy on and off the field with his su...

So what will youngster Nazmi Faiz Mansor do between now and April? Not being able to play competitively will certainly affect the performance of a professional player - and it remains to be seen if Nazmi will be at his best when he will be able to play for PKNS during the second transfer window. That aside, there now seems to be some form of 'sympathy' for the former Harimau Muda A player. Having left Portugal outfit SC Beira-Mar, Nazmi's reasoning of walking off and flying across the Indian Ocean back to Kuala Lumpur was simply due to the fact that the club "is facing financial woes". Really? If so, why didn't the agent try and pitch Nazmi to play for another Portugal side? Is it a situation where they were not impressed with Nazmi? Or Nazmi was itching to return? Also if indeed the club was facing "financial woes", why didn't Nazmi - or through his agent - file a complaint with UEFA (if they were not paid their wages that is) and re...

Jawatankuasa Bertindak Padang Rakyat Kelana Jaya hari ini mempersoal percanggahan dalam dokumen Rancangan Tempatan Petaling Jaya 2 (RTPJ2) yang diwartakan dan dokumen RPTJ2 dicetak Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ). Setiausahanya Ir Esham Salam berkata pihaknya mendapati status kawasan padang Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS) itu adalah pada dokumen RTPJ2 dicetak MBPJ yang dicetak dan diedar Februari lepas berbeza dengan RTPJ2 diwartakan Kerajaan Selangor pada 13 Jan tahun lepas. "Kesilapan pada pencetakan itu sengaja dilakukan untuk mengelirukan rakyat," dakwanya ketika ditemui Bernama di Kelana Jaya dekat sini. Turut hadir pengerusi jawatankuasa itu Datuk Zul Mukshar Md Shaari. Beliau mengulas laporan media Rabu lepas bahawa dokumen RTPJ2 di MBPJ menunjukkan padang itu diwartakan sebagai tapak perniagaan dan perkhidmatan manakala dokumen sama di Jabatan Pembangunan Bandar dan Desa Selangor menunjukkan kawasan itu diwartakan sebagai tanah lapang dan rek...