Safee Sali & Pengharaman FIFA terhadap ISL

Liga Super Indonesia (ISL).

Penyerang sensai negara Safee Sali yang bermain dengan kelab Pelita Jaya dari Indonesia, mungkin tidak boleh mewakili skuad Harimau Malaya selepas badan induk bola sepak dunia (FIFA) mengharamkan kejohanan Liga Super Indonesia (ISL).

Menurut portal berita akhbar Republika, surat pengharaman ISL oleh FIFA itu ditujukan kepada Ketua Umum Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia (PSSI), Djohar Arifin Husin yang menyatakan ISL adalah liga yang tidak diakui oleh badan dunia itu.

Menurut kandungan surat tersebut, FIFA menerusi surat yang ditandatangani oleh Setiausaha Agungnya Jarome Valcke dan Setiausaha Agung Konfederasi Bolasepak Asia (AFC), Datuk Alex Soosay menetapkan status haram kepada semua pemain, pegawai dan pengadil yang terlibat dengan ISL.

"Pemain yang bermain di ISL juga akan dikenakan pembekuan status perpindahan. Ini bermakna pemain tidak boleh bermain di liga atau kejohanan di negara yang merupakan anggota FIFA.
"Pemain seperti Safee juga terancam, tidak boleh bermain di luar ISL," menurut portal tersebut.
Safee sebelum ini berkata sekiranya kelab Pelita Jaya yang diwakilinya terlibat dengan penggantungan FIFA, beliau akan cuba mencari peluang bermain di negara lain dan dalam masa yang sama mahu bermain untuk pasukan kebangsaan Malaysia.

FIFA bagaimanapun memberikan tarikh akhir 20 Mac tahun depan kepada Indonesia untuk menyelesaikan segala polemik yang berkaitan dengan arena bola sepak di republik itu atau berdepan tindakan penggantungan atau pengharaman.
ISL merupakan kejohanan kelab-kelab bolasepak profesional di Indonesia tetapi tidak bernaung di bawah badan induk bola sepak Republik tersebut, PSSI.

Thierry Henry statue

Icon: Arsenal's tribute to former striker Henry

Thierry Henry paid an emotional tribute to Arsenal and his former team-mates after seeing himself immortalised in a bronze statue outside Emirates Stadium

The Gunners record goalscorer was one of three club legends to be honoured as part of their 125th anniversary celebrations

Henry left Arsenal for Barcelona in June 2007, where the Frenchman would go on to lift the Champions League before moving to the Major Soccer League in the United States with New York Red Bulls.

'I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have a statue like this in front of the stadium of the team I love and support,' said Henry, who netted 226 goals as the Gunners won two Premier League titles and the FA Cup twice.
'The way the statue is gives the perfect example of the love I have for the club - me kneeling facing the Emirates Stadium and Highbury behind is amazing.

Emotional: It's all a bit much for Thierry Henry as his statue is unveiled

How it should look: Henry celebrating his goal

Gunners boss Wenger had worked with Henry during their time at Monaco, and was instrumental in helping mould the French winger into one of the world's best players following his £11million move from Juventus in the summer of 1999.
Wenger hailed his former captain as the model professional.
'Thierry deserves the honour he gets today, and I am very proud to witness it,' the Gunners boss said.

Malaysia vs Arab Saudi : 20 Februari 2012

Harimau Malaya terus menerima pelawaan untuk mengadakan beberapa perlawanan persahabatan dan yang terkini adalah menentang pasukan Arab Saudi di Melbourne, Australia pada 20 Februari 2012.

Pengurus pasukan Harimau Malaya, Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal sebagai berkata bahawa pelawaan itu adalah satu pengiktirafan kepada pasukan bola sepak negara yang semakin mendapat perhatian daripada pasukan berkualiti lain.

"Pasukan Arab Saudi telah membuat pelawaan ini dan mereka bersedia untuk membiayai perbelanjaan ke Melbourne," kata beliau.

Beliau turut mendedahkan bahawa Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) sedang dalam perbincangan untuk mengadakan perlawanan persahabatan antara Kongo, Iran dan Paraguay dengan Harimau Malaya.

Perlawanan persahabatan berkenaan merupakan sebahagian persiapan pasukan bola sepak Malaysia bagi mempertahankan Piala AFF Suzuki yang dimenangi Harimau Malaya pada kejohanan 2010.

Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan Arab Saudi (dikenali sebagai al-Sogour yang bermaksud "Helang" atau al-Akhdar yang bermaksud "Hijau")

 info:

• Pasukan ini juga turut layak ke Piala Dunia FIFA sebanyak empat kali berturut-turut sejak 1994.
• Ranking FIFA ke 55
• Juara Piala Arab pada 1998 dan 2002
• Memenangi tiga Piala Asia pada 1984, 1988, dan 1996
• Mohamed Al-Deayea, bekas penjaga gol Arab Saudi, merupakan pemegang rekod dunia selaku pemain bola sepak lelaki yang memiliki penampilan terbanyak dalam pentas bola sepak antarabangsa.

Anelka Sarung Jersi Shanghai Shenhua 2012

Nicolas Anelka akan memperkuat Shanghai Shenhua.

SHANGHAI Shenhua akhirnya bersetuju dengan syarat ditetapkan Chelsea untuk mendapatkan khidmat penyerang berbisanya, Nicolas Anelka selama dua tahun.
Anelka, 32, akan menyarung jersi Shenhua pada awal tahun depan, kata Chelsea dalam laman web kelab itu.
Shenhua yang menduduki tangga ke-11 dalam saingan liganya musim lalu turut berminat membawa masuk rakan sepasukan Anelka, Didier Drogba.

Beberapa kelab dari China juga dikaitkan dengan spekulasi perpindahan Drogba.
Bulan lalu, Drogba enggan menandatangani kontrak lanjutan selama setahun bersama Chelsea memandangkan perjanjiannya akan tamat tahun depan.

Walaupun kehadiran Anelka berupaya menaikkan mutu bola sepak di negara itu, bola sepak China turut dihujani pelbagai krisis sama ada di dalam mahupun luar padang.
Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan China mara ke final Piala Dunia buat pertama kalinya pada 2002 tetapi tewas pada saingan peringkat kumpulan.

Bekas pemain antarabangsa Jerman & Bayern Munich iaitu Carsten Jancker pernah menyertai kelab ini pada 2006

Shanghai Shenhua (Meaning “Flower of Shanghai” in Chinese)

Shanghai Shenhua  is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League. The club is currently owned by Zhu Jun (75%), Shanghai SVA Group, SMEG (Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group) and Huangpu Investment Ltd. (SMEG + Huangpu Investment 25%). The team’s home stadium is called the Hongkou Football Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 33,060 and their current head coach is Dražen Besek.

Kelayakan Piala Suzuki AFF 2012 : Myanmar Jadi Tuan Rumah

Pusingan kelayakan Piala Suzuki AFF 2012 diadakan pada 11 Julai 2012

Pusingan kelayakan Piala Suzuki AFF 2012 bagi menentukan dua pasukan yang bakal menyertai enam pasukan pilihan termasuk juara bertahan Malaysia, akan diadakan di Myanmar dari 5 hinga 13 Oktober 2012.


Menurut World Sports Group, rakan pemasaran eksklusif Persekutuan Bola Sepak ASEAN (AFF), undian bagi pusingan kelayakan membabitkan Myanmar, Brunei, Kemboja, Laos dan Timor Leste akan diadakan pada 11 Julai 2012.

"Dua pasukan teratas dari pusingan kelayakan akan menyertai enam pasukanpilihan ASEAN iaitu Indonesia, Malaysia, Filipina, Singapura, Thailand danVietnam untuk pusingan akhir," kata syarikat itu


Piala Suzuki AFF 2012 akan diadakan dari 24 November hingga 22 Disember 2012.
Pada puisngan akhir, Malaysia dan Thailand dipilih sebagai tuan rumah bersama bagi perlawanan kumpulan manakala perlawanan separuh akhir dan final akan diadakan secara timbal balik.

Malaysia akan menjadi tuan rumah kejohanan itu buat kali kedua selepas edisi 2004 manakala Thailand menjadi tuan rumah pada 2000 dan menjadi tuan rumahbersama pada 2006 dan 2008.
Sementara itu, Suzuki Motor Corporation, sebuah syarikat automatif dari Jepun, telah memperbaharui tajaan utama bagi edisi 2012 iaitu untuk tiga edisi berturut-turut.

World Sports Group, rakan pemasaran eksklusif Persekutuan Bola Sepak ASEAN (AFF)

Suzuki Motor Corp

Lee Chong Wei & Liliyana Natsir Pilihan Peminat Badminton Dunia 2011

Pemain nombor satu dunia itu mengatasi musuh ketatnya dari China, Lin Dan, sebanyak 12 peratus

Pemain badminton negara, Datuk Lee Chong Wei menerima undi tertinggi daripada peminat sukan berkenaan dalam tinjauan 'siapa yang mereka inginkan sebagai Pemain Lelaki Terbaik Persekutuan Badminton Dunia (BWF) 2011.'


Pemain nombor satu dunia itu mengatasi musuh ketatnya dari China, Lin Dan, sebanyak 12 peratus dalam undian secara online yang dianjurkan oleh BWF menerusi laman web rasminya www.bwfbadminton.org dan platform media sosial Twitter, Weibo dan Facebook.

Menurut BWF menerusi laman webnya hari ini, Chong Wei meraih 34 peratus undi, Lin Dan (22 peratus), pasangan beregu Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng dari China (16 peratus) dan beregu dari Korea Selatan Lee Yong-dae/Jung Jae-sung (14 peratus).

Liliyana Natsir dari Indonesia memperoleh undi sebanyak 78 peratus

Sementara itu, bagi kategori Pemain Wanita Terbaik BWF 2011, pemain beregu campuran Liliyana Natsir dari Indonesia memperoleh undi tertinggi iaitu 78 peratus, diikuti beregu China Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang (enam peratus) dan dua pemain perseorangan dari China Wang Shixian (lima peratus) serta Wang Yihan (empat peratus).

"Sungguhpun keputusan dan pencapaian pada musim 2011 menjadi faktor utama yang diberi pertimbangan, namun tarikan peminat dan kualiti seseorang pemain sebagai contoh ikutan semakin penting sebagai kriteria dalam menentukan pemenang anugerah Pemain Terbaik BWF," kata BWF.

Pemenang dua anugerah berprestij itu akan diumumkan pada perlawanan akhir Kejohanan Super Siri Dunia BWF Li Ning di Liuzhou, China, minggu depan

Socrates dies the age of 57

Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, MD (19 February 1954 – 4 December 2011)

The Brazilian hero had suffered from alcoholism

Soccer maestro: Socrates won 80 caps playing for Brazil

Brazilian football legend Socrates  died today at the age of 57 after falling ill following a meal of beef stroganoff.
He had been in hospital in San Paolo with food poisoning and was on a life support machine with septic shock when he passed away.
It was the third time in four months he had been treated at an intensive care unit since alcohol abuse caused his stomach to hemorrhage in August.
He was nicknamed O Doutor - The Doctor - as he graduated as medical student during the early years of his football career.
Most closely associated with Corinthians, his only stint outside of Brazil was playing for Fiorentina for the 1984-85 season, though he also played 12 minutes for West Yorkshire team Garforth Town in 2004.

Socrates was named in World Soccer's top 100 players of all-time and was put up as one of compatriot Pele's 125 greatest-ever players.

He was named South American Footballer of the Year in 1983

Sócrates was a technical playmaker, known for great through passes and his vision on the field, as well as his physical strength. He was also a two-footed player and a prolific goal scorer. His ability to read the game was highly valued, and his signature move was the blind heel pass.He was considered to be one of the greatest midfielders ever to play the game. Easily recognizable for his beard and headband, he became the "symbol of cool for a whole generation of football supporters".

His brother Rai succeeded where he failed, winning the World Cup with Brazil in 1994.

SEPANYOL JUARA DAVIS CUP 2011

SPAIN 2011 Davis Cup team

Rafael Nadal beat Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in a thrilling match to secure the Davis Cup for Spain.

World number two Nadal lost six games in a row in the first set but came back superbly to win a high-class encounter 1-6 6-4 6-1 7-6 (7-0) in Seville.
The victory was his 16th successive win in Davis Cup singles on clay and gave the hosts an unassailable 3-1 lead.

His success secured Spain's fifth Davis Cup title and their third in four years, while Argentina have yet to win it.

Nadal remains unbeaten on clay in Davis Cup singles

Davis Cup Trophy

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By 2007, 137 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States (winning 32 tournaments and finishing as runners-up 29 times) and Australia (winning 28 times, including four occasions with New Zealand under the name 'Australasia', and finishing as runners-up 19 times). The present champion is Spain who beat Argentina to claim the title.

LAST 10 DAVIS CUP WINNERS:

• 2011: Spain bt Argentina 3-1
• 2010: Serbia bt France 3-2
• 2009: Spain bt Czech Rep 5-0
• 2008: Spain bt Argentina 3-1
• 2007: USA bt Russia 4-1
• 2006: Russia bt Argentina 3-2
• 2005: Croatia bt Slovakia 3-2
• 2004: Spain bt USA 3-2
• 2003: Australia bt Spain 3-1
• 2002: Russia bt France 3-2

Messi, Xavi & Cristiano Ronaldo : Calon akhir Untuk Fifa Ballon d'Or

Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are on the three-player shortlist for the 2011 Fifa Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi have been shortlisted for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or, FIFA and France Football announced.
Messi won the inaugural award last year after FIFA's World Player of the Year crown and France Football's Ballon d'Or  merged.

Argentinian Messi was Barca's top scorer as Pep Guardiola's men retained the La Liga title and re-claimed the Champions League trophy with a comprehensive defeat of Manchester United at Wembley.
Xavi was the architect of many of Messi's goals, the Barca veteran maintaining his position as arguably the premier midfielder in world football.
Ronaldo also scored 53 times for Real Madrid as they finished runners-up in Spain and lost out to Barca in the Champions League semi-finals.

They are the world's best players

Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho and Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson were shortlisted for the 2011 FIFA Coach of the Year award.

* The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Zurich on 9th January  2012.

The Euro 2012 draw

The Euro 2012 draw was held at the National Palace of Arts in Kiev

Peringkat Kumpulan Piala Eropah 2012:

Group A: Poland, Republik Cek, Greece, Rusia

Group B: Belanda, Denmark, Portugal, Jerman

Group C: Sepanyol, Republik Ireland, Krotia, Itali

Group D: Ukraine, Perancis, Sweden, England

UEFA EURO 2012 trophy