ASEAN– Kim Pan Gon, Malaysia’s national head coach, has characterized himself as a’small’ coach after his team ended a 42-year struggle to qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup on merit last night. Pan Gon said that the Harimau Malaya squad’s historic victory was not due to him alone, but rather to all parties’ support in growing the country’s football. “I’m …

Malaysia – Kelvin Pang Ching Kuen, Malaysia’s national esports manager for the Hanoi SEA Games, has urged the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to announce the four players who qualified for the Fifa Online 4 (FO4) electronic game at the biannual Games in May. He said that the four players recommended by the Malaysia Esports Federation (MESF) had the ability …

Malaysia – Malaysia’s dismal defeats to Laos in the AFF Under-23 tournament in Cambodia have prompted a post-mortem, according to Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu. He added the relevant parties, such as the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), should get to the source of the matter since Laos was once the whipping child of Southeast Asian …

Malaysia – The toss-up between two names for the position of deputy national head coach for the Harimau Malaya side has almost reached its conclusion. FAM president Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin said the list was reduced down by FAM technical director Scott O’Donell after interviewing more than six applicants lately, without divulging the identities of the individuals. He stated that …

Malaysia – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob remarked that Chelsea of the English Premier League and the Vietnamese national team are the best model for football supremacy, and that Malaysia should learn from them and follow suit. Both have a fantastic academy, strong grassroots, and have created a sustainable footballing environment that should be the envy of all footballing …

Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu, Minister of Youth and Sports, apologized to all Malaysians for a remark he made in a viral video yesterday regarding “adding” teams to the Super League next season. He also apologized to Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin, president of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), and Stuart Ramalingam, secretary-general of the FAM, for mentioning their names …