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Barnama
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Barnama
Sepaktakraw Asian Cup: Hannah Yeoh Hopes For More Glory After Quadrant Win
PUTRAJAYA, May 13 (Bernama) -- Following the national quadrant team's historic win at the 2025 Sepaktakraw Asian Cup yesterday, Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has expressed high hopes for the team and regu events in the tournament being held at Stadium Titiwangsa. Hannah said all national athletes must bounce back from the disappointment of not winning the doubles event and stay motivated to continue bringing glory to the nation as hosts. 'We won the quadrant event but couldn't achieve a double triumph. Of course, we wanted to win everything, but we didn't manage to. bootstrap slideshow 'Still, I remain hopeful that our athletes will stay strong in spirit and continue doing their best,' she said after officiating the Roundtable Convention of the 2025 Sports Coaching Programme (RCSC25): ASEAN Centre of Excellence for Sports Coaching here today. Yesterday, the national quadrant squad made history by defeating Japan to clinch the title. The national team, comprising Muhammad Afifuddin Mohd Razali, Amirul Zazwan Amir, Norfaizzul Abd Razak and Muhammad Shahril Aiman Halim, had no trouble overcoming the Japanese team in straight sets, 15-8, 15-11. However, Malaysia's hopes for a double crown were dashed after a 1-2 defeat to archrivals Thailand in the final of the doubles event. Earlier, the National Coaching Academy under the National Sports Institute, in collaboration with the ASEAN Coaching Science Centre, officially launched the RCSC25 today at the Zenith Hotel Putrajaya. Hannah said the convention aimed to strengthen Malaysia's leadership in advancing regional coaching development across ASEAN.
The Sun
04-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
2025 Asian Cup: Over 80 % of players from world cup winning squad retained
OVER 80 per cent of the national players who made history by winning the 2024 Sepaktakraw World Cup have been retained for the 2025 Sepaktakraw Asian Cup, which begins on Saturday (May 10). Sepaktakraw Association of Malaysia (PSM) president Datuk Sumali Reduan said the decision was taken to ensure that the national team can continue to excel as well as to strengthen the existing combinations ahead of the prestigious regional tournament. 'There are not many changes to the lineup. For example, we keep the existing lineup in the regu event but have added a young player, Khairul Aman Mohd Rosdi, to strengthen the mix of senior and new players. 'For the doubles event, we are keeping the same pairing but adding another young player, Muhammad Ridzwan Hakim Muhammad,' he said, adding that they have formed scratch pairs for the quadrant event. He said this at a press conference following the launch of the national sepaktakraw team's jersey and squad for the 2025 Asian Cup here today and also present was Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) president Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria, who is also the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) vice-president. Sumali said they would pay special attention to ending the nation's 33-year title drought in the team regu event. At today's event, the PSM unveiled the national squad's new jersey, sponsored by international sports brand Puma. Sumali said the new jersey, featuring the official colours of yellow and black, is expected to boost the players' morale and inspire them to perform excellently at the championship. He also thanked Puma and Telekom Malaysia (TM) for their partnerships with PSM in this tournament and the upcoming sepaktakraw development programmes nationwide. The 2025 Asian Cup will have four events: regu, doubles, quadrant and team regu. Malaysia have been drawn in Group D for the regu event alongside the Philippines, Nepal and Singapore. In the team regu event, Malaysia are in Group B with South Korea, Brunei and Japan. For the quadrant event, Malaysia are grouped in Group B with the Philippines, Japan and China, while in the doubles event, Malaysia have Thailand, Taiwan and Nepal for company in Group B.
