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From football stadia to the city streets

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Smoke bombs and flares lit, in broad daylight, in the heart of the city ... NOTE: This is not linking, directly or indirectly, to any football fans or those involved in football.

PJ Stadium thrashed!

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Dirty walls, broken facilities, muddy fields and loads of rubbish. That best described the Petaling Jaya Stadium in Kelana Jaya right after it hosted the Black 505 rally on Wednesday. The Malay Mail visited the stadium yesterday after receiving numerous phone calls regarding the poor conditions there as the stadium is scheduled to host the Super League match between Felda United and Armed Forces tomorrow (4.45pm). Read the full report in The Malay Mail . While there are some pictures posted on Facebook of people cleaning up after the Black 505 participants - such pictures, just like the many comments that is going viral on social media, cannot be verified at this point of time.  Sadly, the same is also seen at other stadiums after a major football match or a carnival. Political affiliation aside, it looks like Malaysians are united when it comes to throwing rubbish all over the place! HD says: These same people will then post pictures of their trip to Old Traff...

It doesn't pay to be good

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It was a long day for Karamjit Singh. The former world champion rally driver was involved in a television commercial for a Japanese car maker throughout yesterday but we managed to catch up later at night. "I'm still finding it tough finding sponsors bro," were his first words. "It's frustrating as I'm still racing and producing results." At the age of 50, Karamjit is still negotiating obstacles and corners like no other. He currently leads the 2012 FIA APRC Rally Cup - Drivers 2wd with the final leg set in China later next month. However, it is indeed baffling that the first Asian driver to ever win the FIA Production Car World Champinship for Drivers is still struggling to make ends meet. Better known as the Flying Sikh, Karamjit was forced to even close his workshop last year as he had no time to attend to the shop due to his tight racing schedule. It is amazing that Karamjit has been suffering financial woes since 2005. I had, together...

Karamjit wins NZ race

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The heavy rain and low temperatures did not stop Karamjit Singh from winning the 2WD category of the International Rally of Whangerai, New Zealand on 15-17 July. He emerged fourth overall in the 4th Round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. "Tyre choice and driving tactics were important in these conditions which were mostly fast flowing winding stages. It would have been easy to have an incident and be off," Karamjit said. It was even a proud moment for local car manufacturers Proton as Karamjit was powered by a Satria Neo. The next race is the Rally Hokkaido in Japan which starts on September 30. HD says: Way to go Karamjit.