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Barnama
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Barnama
2025 Asia Cup: Player Mistakes Led To Failure To Win Doubles Gold
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's failure to win the doubles gold at the 2025 Asia Cup Sepak Takraw Championship yesterday has boiled down to players making mistakes at critical moments. Beyond according blame, Malaysian Sepak Takraw Association (PSM) president Datuk Mohd Sumali Reduan, who in analysis was of that opinion, declared that his team would fix the delicate problem before the King's Cup in July. "If you ask me, the teams in this doubles event are very evenly balanced and whoever makes a mistake will pay a high price. We have seen how small mistakes can change the direction of the entire match. bootstrap slideshow "However, we admit that there is still a lot of room for improvement. Some mistakes should not have happened during key moments," he told Bernama yesterday. Malaysia's desire to win the doubles title following its first success in the quadrant event played earlier at the 2025 Asia Cup was dashed when they lost 1-2 to traditional takraw arch-rivals Thailand in the final yesterday. Asked to comment on the triumphant national quadrant squad, Sumali had effusive praise for the players who successfully delivered the country's first gold medal at the competition. "I am happy with the players' delivery in the men's quadrant. Since the beginning, I have focused on that and it seems that it has paid off. "The quadrant is an event we have never seriously participated in before and I am glad that we managed to emerge as champions," he said. Yesterday, the national quadrant squad made history by becoming champions after defeating Japan 2-0 for the country's first gold at the 2025 Asia Cup at the packed Titiwangsa Stadium.
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.
