Taufik Hidayat in this exclusive interview. (its interesting!! just read it) :)

Indonesia will face Denmark in the semi finals of the Sudirman Cup tomorrow, held in Beijing. THe winner will face China in the finals on Sunday. Cheers ;)


Hidayat Taufi is earger to challege Super Dan
2005-05-13 19:19:38 来源: 网易体育专稿　作者:旺旺 发表评论



　　Reported by Netease Sports Channel, May 13, 2005 Beijing time,

　　Indonesian top Hidayat Taufi is famous for his frankness and as a result, he is called“gunnery”. He didn’t join the match held between China and Indonesia on May 12th. On the exclusive interview, he keeps his direct style when talking about Chinese best three men’s single players.

　　REPORTERS:”Would you mind telling us why your eyes kept following Lin Dan when he was on the match yesterday?”

　　Taufi:”Well, I have to admit that I care about his match very much and I’m ill-affected at his title of‘Super Dan’. Lin has just simply got several more champions in tournaments and he lacks Championships for Asian Games and Olympic Games. In addition, I won over him in Indonesia and I don’t mind having another match with him. As far as I’m concerned, Lin Dan is powerful and vigorous, but it is not so hard to beat him because I’m more exquisite in technique.”

　　REPORTERS:“When fighting against Bao Chunlai, you’re not in a very good record. But on May 11th, after the match, you said that he was just a boy while you were a man. What does it suppose to mean?”

　　TAUFI:”That is exactly where the disparity lies. As for the match, I was upwind while he was low-speedy. I couldn’t adjust myself to that. Though his kills were not powerful, the accuracy of placement made me so hard to take response. However, technique is only one factor for a momentous match, wisdom and the spirits is more important. And I’m more experienced than him. As you can see, he almost got beaten by Lin Guangyi yesterday. That is why I consider him to be a‘boy’, boys characterize in being fragile in the zero hour.”

　　REPORTERS:”There is a saying that Chinese team will let Chen Hong attend the Men’s Singles in next match. What’s your opinion about that?”

　　TAUFI:”Well, I’ve never been scared of Chen Hong. And I keep an all-victory record in the last 6 matches against him. Maybe Chinese coach holds different opinions according to the results of Japanese Tournament. But I can tell you that I offered him a chance just because I felt so tired in the former match. And I welcome Chen very much to be my challenger again on Sudirman Cup.”

　　REPORTERS:”It seems to me that you’re not in good relationship with Chinese single players mention-above. And you’ve just neglected them when you met them.”

　　TAUFI:”It’s hard for top badminton players to be my friends and maybe I’m more popular with girls. For me, one or two good friend is enough. And Xia Xuanze is my only friend in Chinese line-up. But it is a pity that he doesn’t attend this tournament.”

　　REPORTERS:”What’s your comment on the possibilities of winning Sudirman Cup for Indonesia?”

　　TAUFI:”I hope, we will win. But it is true that we’ve still had some problems in women’s items.”

　　REPORTERS:”Since you’re in top form, then why do your coaches cover you up?”

　　TAUFI:”The coaches have their arrangements. But we have booked our berth in the semifinals and that is the most important. I’m eager to battle against Chinese players, and Lin Dan will be the most suitable one. He must be sure that my victory over him in Indonesian Tournament was owing to my home advantage.““But we have to defeat Denmark or South Korea as long as we want to encounter China in the finals. I hate South Korea the most because they downplayed and ragged us in the last Asian Games. I’m confident in beating them. As to Danish Gade Christensen Peter, I used to be swept by him but I’ve changed and become more confident in defeating him after the Olympic Games.”

　　“However, Chinese Lin Dan and Bao Chunlai are my primary opponents.”TAUFI added in the end of the interview.

Indonesia defeated Denmark and move to final. Other semis are China and Korea playing tonight.

yep! any of you interested to watch the LIVE Streaming from CCTV5?
go to www.coolstream.it . download the program (will only take 15 seconds for broadband) and install it.
Once installed, open the .exe file (a window will popup), and then open Windows Media Player (v9.0 or above) and a range of channels should appear on the window. Double click CCTV5..wait for about 5 minuets and you're there... PERFECT live streaming of the matches.

Matches tonight: China v Korea (7 PM Beijing time)
Tomorrow: FINAL - Indonesia v (China or Korea) - 7 PM Beijing time.

have fun guys!

China v Indonesia finals tonight!! Go INDO!

China set up showdown with Indonesia
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-15 10:25


Badminton giants China are the strong favourites to lift the prestigious Sudirman Cup for the fifth time today when they meet Indonesia in the final of the world mixed team championships.

The host nation booked their spot in the final with a convincing 3-0 win over South Korea yesterday at Beijing’s Capital Gymnasium following Indonesia’s 3-0 sweep of Denmark in the other semi-final.

It was sweet revenge for China after their shock loss to the Koreans in the 2003 final in Eindhoven.

Indonesia won the inaugural edition of the biennial tournament in 1989, but China took home the trophy in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001. Few would bet against them adding 2005 to the list given the way they have played so far this week.

Olympic champions Zhang Jun-Gao Ling opened China’s account against South Korea, with a 15-11, 11-15, 15-8 win over Lee Jae-jin-Lee Hyo-jung.

Lin Dan then demonstrated why he is the world number one men’s singles player with a 15-9, 15-11 victory over Jang Young-soo.

Zhang Ning, the women's world number two, cemented China’s place in the final with an 11-2, 11-1 win over Lee Yun-hwa to spark the celebrations.

Earlier, Indonesia got off to the perfect start in the key mixed doubles rubber with Nova Widianto-Lilyana Natsir handing down a comprehensive 15-4, 15-7 thrashing of Jens Eriksen-Kamilla Juhl.

Olympic gold medallist Taufik Hidayat then outfought former world number one Peter Gade-Christensen 15-10, 15-3.

Camilla Sorensen, who was promoted to the semi-final line-up after Tine Rasmussen raptured her Achilles tendon against South Korea on Thursday, won the opening game of the women’s singles 11-3 against Fransisca Hari.

But despite the vocal support from the crowd she lost the second game 8-11. Fransisca then seized on her momentum to take the final game 11-2 and clinch Indonesia’s spot in the final.

Indonesian head coach Christian Hadinata, surprised at the ease of victory, said it would be a much sterner test today against China.

He insisted, however, that Indonesia had the firepower to cope with whatever was thrown at them.

“As long as all our players play like they did today then we are confident that we can win tomorrow,” Christian said.

The mixed double game was the best game I ever seen in my life, too bad Indonesia didnt make it. It was a great game.

Another best game is now on between super dan vs taufik...very entertaining.

I think China and Indonesia are the best team in the world right now.

cheers

Indonesia lost 0-3 to China, the SUdirman Cup is back to China now after 2 years in Korea.
But the Indonesians put upa really good fight, and I am quite happy anyway eventhough they lost in the end. The Chinese are just too mighty!!
Btw Lindan beat Taufik in straight sets, though it was actually a very close , stunning match!

Sunday May 15, 11:41 PM
China trounces Indonesia to win fifth Sudirman Cup
China lifted the Sudirman Cup for the fifth time on Sunday, crushing Indonesia in a 3-0 championship romp in front of a home crowd.

The final got to a promising start for the Indonesians, with Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir taking the first game 15-12 against double Olympic champions Zhang Jun and Gao Ling.

But the Chinese pair roared back to take the second 15-5 and put their team one up by clinching the third 15-8 to the delight of the crowd.

That put the pressure on Taufik Hidayat when he came on to face left-handed world No. 1 Lin Dan.

Taufik, the Olympic champion, came back from 10-6 down to lead 14-12. Then Lin retaliated to level at 14-14 and force the game into setting.

Lin finished off the opening game 17-15. ADVERTISEMENT



He dictated game two and Taufik couldn't narrow the gap as the agile young star eased his way to victory 15-9 before saluting the crowd and raising a clenched left fist in triumph. Taufik was left downcast.

All that remained was for world and Olympic champion Zhang Ning to crown China's night by taking the women's singles.

Zhang raced through the first game 11-1 against world No. 86 Francisca Ratnasari Haris, making it look one-sided. But Haris was a stubborn opponent and made a fight of it until Zhang clinched the cup on her second match point with a perfect angled backhand drop.

Chinese coach Li Yongbo and his squad jubilantly lifted the trophy _ but not before his team threw him up in the air.

"They all played and performed well," Li said later at a press conference. "The players are now going to chill out for a short while."

Sunday night's win completed the triple sweep Li had been hoping for _ the Sudirman along with the Thomas and Uber cups from last year.

But Li is already making more plans.

"We have new missions," he said. "We will now be attaching importance to the world championships, the Asian Games and the Thomas and Uber Cup."

The 10th Sudirman Cup will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, in June 2007.

demmit...the chinese are simply too powerful.....maybe next time...

TheStar

Rexy to coach for Malaysia.........

PETALING JAYA: It will be a big boost to the development of Malaysian mixed doubles badminton if Indonesia's former doubles ace Rexy Mainaky takes up employment with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).

Rexy, an Olympic and world champion, is tipped to become the second foreign coach after China's Li Mao to take up a coaching post in Malaysia this year.

He is expected to assist national chief coach Yap Kim Hock in taking charge of the doubles players in the national team.

Although the BAM were tight-lipped over the matter, it is believed that Rexy agreed in principle two day's ago to take up an appointment with them.

The BAM are expected to have more discussion on the terms of a contract when both parties meet up during the Sudirman Cup world mixed team competition in Beijing next week.

A final recommendation would still have to be made to the BAM council, who are expected to meet in the middle of the month.

Kim Hock did not divulge any details but said that they certainly need an extra hand, especially with the World Championships coming up in three months' time.

“All I can say is that we are short-handed and I need another coach to assist me. He has verbally agreed to come here to help with preparing the doubles players ahead of the World Championships in August,” said Kim Hock.

The BAM secretary, Gangga Rao, did not discount that Rexy is on top of their list.

Other coaches whom the BAM are looking at if things do not turn out their way are Chinese coaches Chen Changjie and Chen Kang, who have had stints in Malaysia before, and Thailand's Sompol Kukasemkij.

But having Rexy in the fold will definitely be a big boost to the doubles department, especially after the exit of Kim Hock's assistant Tan Kim Her, who left in January to coach in South Korea.

Kim Hock is currently assisted by former internationals Pang Cheh Chang and Chang Kim Wai in the training of the doubles players.

Rexy has a contract with the BA of England, which will expire at the end of next month.

With the English team, he has taken the mixed doubles pair of Nathan Robertson-Gail Emms to the silver medal in the Athens Olympic last August.

The pair also won the All-England title in March and they are the current world number one.

As a player, Rexy's biggest achievement was partnering Ricky Subagja to the Olympic title in Atlanta in 1996, beating Kim Hock-Cheah Soon Kit in the final.

The previous year, they emerged as the winners in the World Championships in Lausanne.

Candra/Sigit - Winner of BOTH Singapore and Malaysia Open 2005 (Men's Doubles), despite their age..(29)

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and Taufik Hidayat, winner of Singapore Open 2005 (Men's Singles).

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uuhhhh cuties..LOL..(sigit)

Let's post news/pictures/anything related to Indonesian athletes making names around the world!!!

Asia dominates World Group II Play-offs
Japan, Thailand, China PR and Indondesia have all secured places in the 2006 Fed Cup World Group II after victories in the World Group II Play-offs on Sunday. China PR has qualified for the Fed Cup World Group for the first time in its history, while Japan, Thailand and Indonesia have retained their World Group II status.

All four nations scored identical 4-1 victories, having started the day level at 1-1. The most surprising scoreline came in Tokyo, where an under strength Japan team upset their higher ranked opponents from Bulgaria. Akiko Morigami extended her unbeaten 2005 Fed Cup singles record to four matches with a 76(3) 63 victory over Bulgarian No. 1 Magdalena Maleeva 76 63. Aiko Nakamura then sealed a winning 3-1 lead with a 64 76(2) victory over fast-rising 15-year-old Sesil Karatancheva.

Suchanun Viratprasert was Thailand's heroine in their 4-1 victory over the Slovak Republic in Bangkok. After Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Slovak substitute Magdalena Rybarikova 61 62, the Thai No. 2 scored her second victory of the weekend, 64 62 over Lubomira Kurhajcova, to seal the home triumph.

There were no problems for China PR, who dropped only nine games in Sunday's three rubbers against Slovenia in Beijing. Na Li defeated Katarina Srebotnik 61 62 in the battle of the number ones, before Jie Zheng completed China's victory with a 63 61 triumph over Andreja Klepac. Olympic champions Ting Li and Tian-Tian Sun extended the winning margin with a 62 60 success over Tina Krizan and Sandra Volk.

Indonesia was the one team to win away from home against Puerto Rico in Salinas. Wynne Praskuya defeated Kristina Brandi 64 62 to record her second singles victory of the weekend, before Romana Tedjakusuma overcame Vilmarie Castellvi 62 62 to clinch Indonesia's place in the 2006 World Group II.

Bulgaria, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Puerto Rico will all now compete in their respective Zone Group I event in 2006.

Excellent efforts by Indo team despites missing the #1 player, Angelique Widjaja, who is out with a knee injury

Our FIFA ranking as of this month (June 2005):

Men: 91st (went down 1 ranking from July)
Women: 65th (went down 3 ranking from July)

Indonesia just won silver medal in SEABA basketball championship and will go to the asian basketball cup representing ASEAN together with Malaysia.

Indonesia runner up SEABA 2005

KUALA LUMPUR – Timnas SEAG 2005 Indonesia memetik kemenangan 110-50 (55-22) atas Vietnam pada hari terakhir kejuaraan SEABA, Sabtu (9/7) di MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Inilah kemenangan ketiga Indonesia dari empat pertandingan yang dimainkan. Kemenangan didapat atas Singapura, Thailand, dan Vietnam, sementara kekalahan diderita dari tuan rumah Malaysia.
Menghadapi tim Vietnam yang merupakan regu terlemah pada turnamen ini, timnas Indonesia terlambat start. Vietnam sempat memberikan perlawanan sehingga skor tidak berbeda jauh. Field goal timnas buruk pada kuarter pertama ini. Timnas menang 17-12 di kuarter pertama.

Memasuki kuarter kedua, pelatih Rastafari Horongbala mengganti formasi pemain. Dua guard dimasukkan sekaligus yakni Mario Wuysang dan Faisal J. Achmad. Permainan pun berkembang cepat dan menarik

Tembakan-tembakan 3-angka Faisal dan Amin Prihantono membombardir jaring Vietnam. Field goal timnas di atas 40% pada kuarter kedua ini. Dengan cepat timnas memimpin 48-19 selama 8 menit permainan. Skor akhir 55-22 di akhir kuarter kedua.

Memasuki kuarter ketiga, pelatih Rastafari mengganti kembali komposisi pemain. Ia memasukkan Mario Wuysang, Wendha Wijaya, Riko Hantono, Wellyanson Situmorang, dan Hari Suharsono. Permainan cepat ternyata juga dikembangkan komposisi ini. Para pemain Vietnam kesulitan membendung tembakan-tembakan 3-angka Indonesia. Indonesia unggul 93-43 di akhir kuarter ketiga.

Pada kuarter keempat, timnas menurunkan mayoritas big man seperti I Made Sudiadnyana, Ronny Gunawan, Andre Tiara, Youbel Sondakh, dan Wendha Wijaya. Perolehan angka Indonesia tidak secepat kuarter kedua dan ketiga, namun Indonesia menang rebound, baik offense maupun defense. Perolehan angka Indonesia banyak diperoleh dari paint area. Skor di akhir kuarter keempat 110-50 untuk kemenangan Indonesia.

“Secara teknis, lawan memang jauh di bawah kita. Maka saya menurunkan berbagai macam komposisi pemain,” ungkap Rastafari, head coach timnas, usai pertandingan.

“Pada kuarter pertama memang skor kecil dan anak-anak terlihat lebih santai. Namun mulai kuarter kedua mereka tancap gas. Yang pasti, dibandingkan saat kalah dari Malaysia semalam, anak-anak tampil lebih lepas pada pertandingan ini,” tambah Rastafari.
Field goal Indonesia 59,21% sementara Vietnam 28,77%. Indonesia membuat 12 tembakan 3-pt dari 26 usaha. Indonesia pun hanya membuat 14 turnover sementara Vietnam 20.

Empat pemain Indonesia mencetak dobel digit yakni Amin Prihantono 18 angka, Wellyanson Situmorang 15, Faisal J. Achmad 13, dan Mario Wuysang 12. Sementara skor terbanyak Vietnam dibuat Tiep Ri Da Ni dengan 14 angka.

Sementara itu hasil pertandingan terakhir Thailand vs Malaysia, dimenangkan oleh Malaysia dengan skor akhir 74 - 58 (33-33). Dengan demikian, Indonesia menjadi runner up SEABA ke-6 tahun 2005.

Pictures of our national team in action

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Here is the next wayne rooney, hes still 18th year old but already Indonesia golden boy. Many foreign clubs are now interested at him.

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Indonesia national team

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Pic courtesy of tigercup website

Cheers

that guy doesn't even look 18..he looks so OLD.!..but hey..more power to him

I saw this match live on the net...it was an amazing game. The US won its first ever medal in the badminton world championships thanks to home support and Indonesia's own Gunawan , beating Candra/Sigit. I hope their victory can promote badminton in the US. ANyway, Indonesai took two titles, men's singles (Taufik Hidayat) and mixed Doubles. China took women's singles and doubles.
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Gunawan, Bach win U.S.'s first world badminton title
Posted: Monday August 22, 2005 2:21AM; Updated: Monday August 22, 2005 2:21AM

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Tony Gunawan and teammate Howard Bach, seeded 13th, beat No. 2 Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto 15-11, 10-15, 15-11.
AP


ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach won the United States' first world title in badminton Sunday night at the World Badminton Championships.

The pair, seeded 13th in men's doubles, rallied in the final game for a 15-11, 10-15, 15-11 victory over No. 2 Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto of Indonesia, who were seeking their first world title since 1997.

Also winning world championships were Olympic gold medalist Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in men's singles, China's Xie Xingfang in women's singles and Indonesia's mixed-doubles pair of Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir.

Gunawan and Bach held a 5-1 lead in the third game of their final before Wijaya and Budiarto moved ahead 11-9.

But after the Americans regained service, Gunawan -- who won the 2000 Olympic gold medal with Wijaya for Indonesia -- tied the score with an overhead line drive.

Gunawan scored three points with overhead shots during the rally, which ended when Budiarto hit Bach's overhead smash behind his own back and into the net.

Gunawan earned his second world championship. He teamed with Halim Haryanto to win the 2001 title for Indonesia.

Hidayat, seeded sixth, routed top-seeded Lin Dan of China, 15-3, 15-7. Hidayat built a 13-0 lead in the first game before overcoming a 7-3 deficit in the second game.

In women's singles, second-seeded Xie defeated the defending Olympic and world champion, top-seeded teammate Zhang Ning, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3.

"I congratulate her," Zhang said through a translator. "She's very smart and she never hesitated."

Xie said through a translator that she based her aggressive style on the air conditioning that affected the shuttlecock's flight.

"In the first game, the wind was behind me and I attacked very hard," Xie said. "In the second game, we changed courts and the wind was against me, so Ning had better control. In the third game, I controlled the bird very well."

China has won five of the past six women's singles titles since 1995. The World Badminton Championships have been held every two years.

Widianto and Natsir, seeded fourth, gave Indonesia its first mixed-doubles world championship since 1980 by rallying for a 13-15, 15-8, 15-2 victory over No. 11 Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen from China.

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Taufik Hidayat, Olympic champion, beat world #1 Lin Dan easily 15-3 15-7. the FIRST EVER player in history to win BOTH Olympics and the world championships consecutively.
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Indonesia's Hidayat routs Lin to capture badminton world title 1 hour, 28 minutes ago



ANAHEIM, United States (AFP) - Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia blitzed world No 1 Lin Dan in straight games to win the world badminton championship men's singles title here.

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The 24-year-old Indonesian becomes the first man to hold the Olympic and World titles at the same time.

World No 6 Hidayat set the tone early by winning the first 13 straight points of the match en route to a 15-3, 15-7 victory in 36 minutes at the Arrowhead Pond arena.

"I am very fortunate and grateful," Hidayat said. "All of my targets of winning the prestige tournaments have been achieved.

"Not everybody gets an Olympic as well as a World Championship. This proves I am one of the best in men's singles."

This is the third career victory for Hidayat over Lin and comes just seven weeks after Hidayat beat Lin in the semi-finals of the Singapore Open.

Lin was trying to end the top-seed jinx at the Worlds as only two top seeds have won the men's title since the first Worlds in 1977.

"I had a bad start and nothing more," Lin said. "I will be back next year to win the title again."

Hidayat clinched the title with an arching overhead smash that froze Lin in his tracks.

Hidayat, who said it was his dream to become the first in history to hold both major titles, then dropped to his knees and cupped his face in his hands. He is also the reigning Asian Games champion.

The five-time Indonesian Open winner Hidayat beat Lin at his own game, overpowering the 21 year old from Fujian, China, with an overpowering smash and a selective net attack.

Hidayat defeated South Korea's Shon Seung-Mo 15-8, 15-7 to win the gold medal at the Athens.

He broke through here in his third Worlds. His best previous finish was a semi-final berth in 2001.

The last Worlds were Birmingham in 2003 where Hidayat was eliminated in the round of 16 by China's Bao Chunlai.

Hidayat is considered the bad boy of men's badminton and has been compared to tennis great John McEnroe because of his outbursts on the court. He received one yellow card in Anaheim for throwing his racket but he kept his cool in the final.

It was another surprise loss for Lin, who has held the world number one ranking since March 2004.

He suffered a shock first round-exit in the Athens Olympics to Singapore's Ronald Susilo.

Lin was seeking a double win with his girlfriend Xie Xingfang who captured her first world championship title earlier in the day by beating defending champion Zhang Ning 11-8, 9-11, 11-3.

"I already congratulated my girlfriend Xie when she won the title. I am happy for her," Lin said.

gph05bb

That is very good for them...
congratzzz

:cheers: :cheers:

Congratulations!!! You have made us proud... :cheers:

damn!! what game on men's double final..

'anyway congrats for taufik and Nova/lyliana

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^^^
hahaha look at luluk face,

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'thanks to taufik, the only player who win olympic and WC Golds on the same season

damn!! what game on men's double final..

'anyway congrats for taufik and Nova/lyliana

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hahaha look at luluk face,


hey that;s not Luluk...that's Gunawan! and his partner, Howard Bach. They beat Indonesia's Candra/Sigit in the final.

I'm proud of Gunawan...he went to the US in 2002 and is raising the profile of the sport (and indirectly Indonesia's profile) in the US sporting world...
btw the pair is trained by Halim, also a legendary Indo doubles player.

hey that;s not Luluk...that's Gunawan! and his partner, Howard Bach. They beat Indonesia's Candra/Sigit in the final.

Look at the right side alvin..

Bravo Taufik!

Look at the right side alvin..
hahaha sorry, its the position of your ^^ :D

Tony Gunawan is still an Indonesian though, the US team hired him to play for the USA...LOL

The surprise is our mixed double, last time we got our medal was in 1980...now..we got it again...:cheers2:



cheers

Tony Gunawan is still an Indonesian though, the US team hired him to play for the USA...LOL

The surprise is our mixed double, last time we got our medal was in 1980...now..we got it again...:cheers2:



cheers


yes I heard...apparently he's only a 'resident' of the US. But then again, these events aren't supposed to represent countries...its not like Thomas Cup or Sudirman Cup...
anyway, good on them. Gunawan did acknoledge Chandra and Christian Hadinata in his victory speech, which was great. And it was nice to Tony Gunawan and Sigit hugging each other right after the match...these things are the closest thing to an Indonesian display of "mateship" and great sportsmanship that I've seen in a while...

I hope Badminton gained more popularity after this,

After this i heard Halim will be playing alongside with Tony, If that happens, what a cracker for the US team.

Alvin, you're in badmintoncentral too? i saw apontoh there, is that you?

cheers

haha yes I am. Who are you??
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Indonesia Raih Dua Gelar, Ukir Tiga Sejarah


jakarta, kompas - Indonesia kembali memiliki juara dunia bulu tangkis setelah tunggal putra Taufik Hidayat dan ganda campuran Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir menggulung lawan masing-masing dalam final Kejuaraan Dunia di Anaheim, California, Amerika Serikat, Minggu (21/8) waktu setempat.

Tak seperti yang diharapkan, partai impian antara Taufik dan rival utamanya, Lin Dan, dari China, tidak berlangsung seru. Tampil buruk, flat footed, paling tidak Lin Dan 15 kali gagal memainkan netting (10 di antaranya berbuah angka bagi Taufik) dan kalah 3-15, 7-15.

Sebelumnya, Nova/Lilyana menjadi juara dengan mengalahkan pasangan China, Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen, 13-15, 15-8, 15-2. Kemenangan tersebut juga membuat ketiga pemain Pelatnas Cipayung itu mengukir sejarah.

Nova/Lilyana memecahkan kebuntuan selama 25 tahun. Sejak Christian Hadinata/Imelda Wiguna pada tahun 1980, Indonesia belum pernah lagi memiliki juara dunia ganda campuran.

Kami bangga dan senang setelah menunggu 25 tahun. Terima kasih kepada masyarakat Indonesia atas doa dan dukungannya, ujar Nova yang dihubungi seusai bertanding.

Seperti halnya Nova/Lilyana, Taufik juga menorehkan sejarah menjadi pemain yang berhasil menyandang dua predikat tertinggi sekaligus, juara Olimpiade dan juara dunia. Taufik menjadi pemain Indonesia kelima yang bisa menorehkan prestasi itu setelah Susy Susanti (1993), Ricky Subagdja/Rexy Mainaky (1996), dan Tony Gunawan (2001).

Tidak semua orang bisa memperoleh emas Olimpiade sekaligus juara dunia. Ini membuktikan saya adalah salah satu yang terbaik di tunggal putra dunia. Saya sangat bersyukur, kata Taufik. Dengan dua gelar, Indonesia setidaknya kembali memiliki kebanggaan sebagai salah satu kekuatan tradisional bulu tangkis setelah tak lagi memiliki Piala Thomas, Uber, dan Sudirman. Dalam Kejuaraan Dunia di Birmingham 2003, Indonesia gagal meraup gelar juara.

Apabila Taufik meraih gelarnya dengan meyakinkan, aksi Nova/Lilyana di game ketiga saat mereka meluncur 10-0 dengan cepat justru merupakan bagian paling mendebarkan. Di semifinal keduanya juga melaju 12-0 cuma dalam 4,5 menit. Namun, begitu lawannya, Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam, mendapatkan servis pertama, Nova/Lilyana seperti bertemu tembok besar. Pasangan Thailand mendapat 10 poin dan Nova/Lilyana harus berjuang 20 menit untuk mengejar tiga angka sisa.

Hanya saja, kejadian itu tak lagi terulang di final. Permainan keras dan cepat Nova/Lilyana yang bergelombang cuma membuat Zhongbo dan Yawen mencuri dua angka, itu pun lewat dua kali perpindahan servis. Sayang, prestasi sempurna Taufik dan Nova/Lilyana tak berhasil diraih ganda putra Candra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto yang tampil di partai terakhir. Keduanya harus menyerahkan mahkota juara kepada AS dengan skor 11-15, 15-10, 11-15.

Sejarah ketiga

Meski Candra/Sigit takluk, Indonesia tetap menorehkan sejarah ketiga dalam Kejuaraan Dunia kali ini. Adalah Tony Gunawan, mantan pemain utama Indonesia, yang mengukirnya.

Tony tercatat menjadi legiun asing pertama yang bisa mengantarkan sebuah negara (di luar negaranya sendiri) memiliki gelar juara dunia bulu tangkis. Dengan aksi Tony itu, yang juga didukung dua pelatih asal Indonesia, Ignatius Rusli dan Halim Haryanto, AS untuk pertama kalinya memiliki juara dunia.

Setelah mundur dari Pelatnas Cipayung akhir 2001, Tony hijrah ke AS awal 2002 untuk studi di bidang komputer sambil bekerja melatih bulu tangkis di klub Orange County yang menjadi klub terkuat AS. Tak lama, Asosiasi Bulu Tangkis AS pun meminta Tony bermain untuk AS dalam rangka membangun badminton di AS. Niat itu direstui PB PBSI. Kini AS juga menjadi negara kedelapan yang bisa memiliki juara dunia setelah China, Indonesia, Korea Selatan, Denmark, Inggris, Swedia, dan Jepang. Bahkan, kekuatan tradisional bulu tangkis Malaysia belum pernah bisa menempatkan satu pun pemainnya menjadi juara dunia.

Melawan mantan tandemnya, Candra dan Sigit, serta disaksikan Pelatih Christian Hadinata yang membesarkannya, Tony tampil galak. Sejak awal ia terus berganti peran, sebagai pengatur serangan atau pencegat di depan, juga jadi tukang gebuk dari garis belakang. Berulang kali terjadi duel tak imbang saat Tony meladeni keroyokan Candra dan Sigit.

Di penghujung permainan, dalam posisi kritis 11-11, dua kali Tony memenangi duel tak imbang itu, AS memimpin 13-11. Aksi Tony kerap membuat Bach, warga AS keturunan Vietnam, memperoleh bola empuk untuk dihajar seperti yang dua kali dia peroleh guna mengakhiri pertarungan.

Seusai laga, Candra, Sigit, dan Tony berpelukan.

Saya tidak tahu apakah saya yang terbaik, tetapi saya berterima kasih kepada Christian, pelatih saya seumur hidup, Ko Herry (Herry Iman Pierngadi, pelatih ganda Cipayung), Candra yang membuat saya seperti ini, dan Halim, kata Tony.


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geez.... you guys are everwhere on the internet ;)

^^haha not really, I'm only on skyscrapers and badminton forums. :D
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Badminton: A source of pride but for how long?


Primastuti Handayani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

An SMS from a friend on Monday morning reminded me that there was a major event going on in Anaheim, California. The SMS was indeed good news: the Indonesian mixed doubles pair of Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir had won the World Badminton Championship crown, the first for Indonesia in 25 years.

At many offices around the country, meetings had to be delayed and files were left piling up as badminton fans stared at their TV sets to watch the live broadcast.

People shouted "Oohhh.." when men's singles finalist Taufik Hidayat failed to return a smash from China's Lin Dan. But the crowds erupted in joy after the Indonesian won the final in straight sets, people forgetting they were at their workplaces.

Suddenly, everyone turned into commentators, giving their opinions on what men's doubles Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto should do in their encounter with America's Indonesian-born and Indonesian 2001 men's doubles world champion Tony Gunawan (who won in 2001 with Halim Heryanto) and Howard Bach.

The Indonesian pair, unfortunately, ended up bowing out to the Americans.

People's enthusiasm for the games, however, showed that badminton remains among the most popular sports for Indonesians, despite our sportspeople's sliding achievements in international events recently.

While it was great, it was also somewhat surprising to see Indonesians getting three berths in the championships finals; the last time this happened was a decade ago in Lausanne, Switzerland. At that time, Heryanto Arbi won the men's singles crown, Ricky Subagdja and Rexy Mainaky took the men's doubles title and women's doubles Finarsih and Lili Tampi came in as runners-up.

This time around, Taufik becomes the world's first men's singles shuttler to be both an Olympic gold medalist (won last year in Athens) and the world champion. He was the sixth Indonesian shuttler to win the world champion men's singles crown.

The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) should be proud of its shuttlers' achievements, particularly after coming under fire for its decision to send only 10 of the 20 players who qualified for the event.

Secretary-general MF Siregar argued at the time: "We are only sending those players with a strong certainty of making the semifinals."

PBSI chairman Sutiyoso said the association needed to be target-oriented, saying that ".. if a player is already certain on paper of being thrashed in the first round, why send them?"

Looking at the list of winners, these Indonesian players should be considered "old hands". Taufik and Nova have been on the team's lists for such major events since 1999 and Candra and Sigit first won the 1997 title. Lilyana, meanwhile, was the only newcomer.

But these victories from veterans, however sweet, mean the PBSI leadership needs some time for introspection. After all, these high caliber players may well not be around in two years' time for the next world championships, or for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

For our winners, their achievements show that they are of a world-class standard and should not be "downgraded" to compete at lower levels, such as in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Manila later this year.

They should concentrate solely on four- and five-star tournaments as well as major international events like the Thomas Cup and Asian Games next year.

Sports organizations, particularly the National Sports Council (KONI), should instead prepare the second-best players for the SEA Games and other regional events.

Such a scheme would push those still at the provincial or national level to work harder so they could compete at national or international tournaments.

Rejuvenation is a key word here -- sports organizations must keep their top athletes' dominant, while improving their up-and-comers' performance in international events.

Coaches also have to improve their knowledge of training and game psychology to help boost their athletes' performance. The PBSI's idea to have a standardized coaching method -- just like the Chinese already have -- should be supported and followed up by other sporting organizations.

Domestic competitions, meanwhile, should be conducted regularly, while talent scouting and recruitment should be an independent process without high-ranking sports officials' interference in a bid to avoid favoritism.

Only with that we will see more young players emerge, more competitions staged and more events broadcast. When this happens, make sure that you switch the TV to "mute" when watching badminton matches and keep your voice low to make your boss happy. Unless, of course, your boss is already watching.

To be honest, Indonesian athlete does not have a bright future. Nationality is important, but I am not blaming an athleete that 'hengkang' overseas, everyone deserve a future.

On a visit to PBSI I can see the government provide many facilities. Onsite teachers. Housing. Cars etc. However, once they leave PBSI, those facilities are gone. What they have left is trophy. How you suppose to make money with trophy? sell it?

Indo athelete is really habis manis sepah dibuang. Remember the first Badminton gold medalist? The last news I heard from my sister, they are selling Bakso at Kelapa gading. Elyas Pical, he become a nightclub bouncer. Come on. They deserve better. I think only a handful are end up become businessman like Icuk.

Our national sport is based too much on corruption and too much nationalism. Let those athletee be free. Let them do commercial. Let them make money. Let them become a nationalist based on honestly and what they truly feels.

omg..i wanted to go to that badminton game !!! awww... can't believe i miseed it...can somebody please list the winners for each category?? pleaseeeee

howard bach ? what's his nationality? ..damn it ..im so mad i missed it...what channel was it in?? ....

LOL, it was held in your place. Anaheim, California

The single winner is taufik hidayat

The mixed double is lilyana/nova

The men's double is tony gunawa/howard bach from the USA.

cheers

and the women's events were won by the Chinese. Xie Xingfang for women's singles, and I don't know about the women's doubles.
so that's 2 titles for Indonesia, 2 for China and 1 for USA.

Howard Bach is American, but he is actually Vietnamese origin, born in Saigon and migrated to US when he was young.

taufik hidayat is very cocky. This is exactly what Badminton needs.

Good news again from Badminton: Sony Dwi Kuncoro won Asian title...
Here's news from www.TempoInterAktif.com (http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/olahraga/2005/09/11/brk,20050911-66448,id.html)


Sony Dwi Kuncoro Juara Bulutangkis Asia
Minggu, 11 September 2005 | 20:05 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta: Pebulutangkis tunggal putra Indonesia, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, berjaya di Kejuaraan Bulu Tangkis Asia. Pada partai final di Hyderabad, India, Minggu (11/9), unggulan ketujuh ini mengungguli pemain Malaysia, Kuan Beng Hong, 15-10, 15-5.

Bagi Sony, ini adalah gelar ketiganya setelah pada 2002 dan 2003 lalu. Tahun kemarin dia gagal mempertahankan juara setelah kalah oleh rekan senegaranya, Taufik Hidayat. Taufik kali ini absen di kejuaraan tersebut.

Sony melaju ke final setelah mengalahkan unggulan utama asal hong Kong di semifinal, Ng Wei, dengan 15-3, 15-11. Adapun Kuan maju ke final dengan menghempaskan pemain Korea Selatan, Lee Hyun-Il, 15-11, 15-4.

"Saya sudah memperkirakan pasti akan menang sejak awal," kata Sony, yang bermain di final untuk keempat kalinya secara berturut-turut. "Saya fokus pada pukulan dan smes-smes keras dalam setiap kesempatan."

Di partai tunggal putri, pemain Hong Kong unggulan utama, Chen Wang, meraih juara setelah mengandaskan pemain Jepang unggulan ketiga, Kaori Mori, Jepang, 11-8, 11-4.

Di nomor ganda campuran, juara diraih pasangan Thailand unggulan kedua, Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam yang mengalahkan unggulan utama asal Korea Selatan, Lee Jae-jin/Lee Hyo-jung, 15-11, 14-17, 15-10.

Related news in English:

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=115443&n_date=20050911&cat=Sports
http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/sep/11bad.htm

Indonesia rewards badminton champions

www.chinaview.cn 2005-09-15 14:19:19


JAKARTA, Sept. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The Indonesian Association of Badminton (PBSI) rewarded over 900 million rupiah (some 90,000 US dollars) to the champions of the world and the Asian tournaments.

In the middle of August, Indonesian Badminton men's single Taupik Hidayat and mix-double Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir gottwo title of world champions in Anatheim, in California, in the United States. While in the Asian championship in Hyderabad, India, last week, men's single Sony Dwi Kuncoro and men's double Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan championed the tournament.

For their achievement, Hidayat got 28,000 US dollars, Nova/Lilyana 21,350 US dollars, Sony as well as Kidao and Hendra obtained 10,000 US dollars to 11,000 US dollars respectively.

The coaches also got 30 percent of the fund received by the athlete whom they trained.

The fund was directly handed Wednesday by chairman of the Indonesian Association of Badminton (PBSI), who is also Jakarta governor Sutiyoso Wednesday.

"The Badminton is the main sport in Indonesia," he said.

Regarding to the next Thomas Cup tournament in May 2006 in Japan, he was optimistic that Indonesia could bring the cup to the country, leading Kompas daily reported. Enditem

looks like Indonesian footballers have a good level of salary, especially the ones play in Malaysia League.
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Gaji Selangit Pesepak Bola Nasional

''Siapa bilang menjadi pemain bola zaman sekarang miskin,'' ujar Iswadi Idris, mantan pemain gelandang nasional di era 1970-an, suatu waktu. Jika dibandingkan dengan zamannya, Iswadi berkata, ''Pemain sekarang sudah jauh lebih makmur.''

Ia pun mengaku saat merintis karier profesional sebagai pemain bola, Pardedetek --klub asal Sumatra Utara yang dibelanya-- hanya membayar dia sekitar Rp 100 ribu pada 1979. ''Nilai sebesar itu memang sudah cukup untuk biaya hidup,'' kata Iswadi. ''Tapi, nilai tersebut saya dapatkan untuk pekerjaan sebagai pemain dan pelatih.''

Pengakuan Iswadi ini memang cukup berdasar. Bayaran striker nasional, Bambang Pamungkas, adalah contoh yang bisa mendasari pengakuan itu. Saat memilih hengkang dari Persija Jakarta ke klub Liga Perdana Malaysia, FC Selangor, musim lalu, pemain asal Salatiga ini dikontrak senilai Rp 1,5 miliar untuk setahun. Dalam nilai kontrak itu tercakup gaji bulanan sebesar Rp 135 juta.

Demi kenyamanan selama berada di Selangor, Bambang juga mendapat fasilitas tambahan. Di Malaysia Bambang mendapat mobil nasional Malaysia, Proton, seharga di atas 15 ribu ringgit (Rp 37,5 juta dengan kurs 1 ringgit = Rp 2.500). Dia juga mendapat penginapan ekslusif di Apartemen Shah Alam.

Jika dibanding saat merumput di Persija, nilai yang didapat Bambang sungguh jauh berbeda. Menurut penuturan Manajer Persija, IGK Manila, kontrak setahun yang didapat Bambang Pamungkas pada musim kompetisi 2003/2004 sekitar Rp 600 juta.

Tumpukan rupiah yang diperoleh dari Malaysia itu ternyata tidak hanya didapat Bambang seorang. Ellie Aiboy, mantan gelandang serang Persija, turut menemani Bambang di Selangor. Namun, nilai kontrak yang didapat Aiboy hanya Rp 1 miliar per tahun, di dalamnya termasuk gaji sekitar Rp 100 juta per bulan.

Tingginya bandrol yang disandang kedua pemain nasional itu ternyata cukup sepadan dengan prestasi yang diberikannya kepada Selangor FC. Bambang dan Aiboy menjadi pemain inti yang mengantarkan Selangor FC untuk pertama kalinya merebut tiga gelar dalam semusim --Piala FA, Piala Malaysia, dan Juara Liga Utama Malaysia.

Eddy Syahputra, salah satu agen pemain asing dari CV Ligina Sportindo, mengungkapkan animo klub-klub Malaysia pada pemain Indonesia memang begitu besar, menyusul sukses yang diraih Bambang dan Aiboy bersama Selangor FC. ''Rata-rata mereka tidak banyak yang menolak jika pemain nasional kita mematok harga Rp 1 miliar untuk kontrak selama setahun,'' ujarnya.

Eddy menambahkan, saat ini dia sudah mengantongi sejumlah nama yang tengah 'dijualnya' ke klub Malaysia. Di antaranya paket Solossa bersaudara (Ortizan dan Boaz) yang dipasang bandrol Rp 3 miliar untuk satu paket. Keduanya, kata Eddy, pernah ditawar Perak FC. ''Tetapi, sampai saat ini dari merekanya (Solossa bersaudara) belum memberi jawaban,'' ujarnya.

Sedangkan pemain nasional lain yang nyaris saja merumput di Malaysia musim mendatang bersama Melaka FC adalah Irsyad Arasy. Eddy mengaku saat itu kesebelasan Telekom Melaka sudah menyanggupi untuk mengontrak pemain gelandang milik PSM Makassar tersebut dengan bayaran sekitar Rp 1 miliar. ''Tetapi, belakangan proses itu batal karena Irsyad belum siap meninggalkan keluarganya di Makassar,'' jelas Eddy.

Eddy mengakui ada sejumlah pemain nasional saat ini mulai tergiur untuk mengadu nasib di Malaysia. Pada musim mendatang, sekurangnya sudah ada 15 nama pemain nasional yang masuk dalam bursa transfer pemain di klub-klub Malaysia.

Dua di antaranya --Ilham Jaya Kesuma dan Ponaryo Astaman-- dikabarkan sudah mengikat kontrak dengan klub Liga Super (Divisi Utama) Malaysia. Sumber Republika menyebutkan Ilham diikat dengan nilai Rp 1,7 miliar oleh MPPJ Selangor. Ilham tak menepis ketika Republika menyebutkan angka nilai kontrak yang ia terima dari MPPJ itu. Sementara Ponaryo Astaman bersedia meninggalkan PSM Makassar dengan menggondol uang sekitar Rp 1,2 miliar-Rp 1,4 miliar.

Nilai kontrak yang didapat keduanya belum termasuk fasilitas dan bonus. Sumber Republika menyebutkan, Ilham dijanjikan bonus sekitar 2.000 ringgit untuk setiap kali tampil dan 1.500 ringgit jika membuat gol. Mengenai fasilitas, Ilham mendapatkan pula penginapan di apartemen di Petaling dan mobil. ''Alhamdulillah,'' kata Ilham perihal bayaran yang ia dapatkan dengan klub Malaysia. ''Menurut saya itu bayaran yang wajar karena mereka memang menghargai prestasi saya,'' tambahnya.

Selama merumput di Persita Tangerang sejak 1996, Ilham memang mampu menunjukkan kemampuan terbaiknya. Puncaknya, pada musim kompetisi 2004/2005 pemain kelahiran Palembang ini berhasil menyandang status sebagai pemain termahal dengan nilai kontrak Rp 800 juta. Nilai tersebut ternyata masih di luar kontrak yang Ilham dapatkan sebagai ikon dari salah satu perusahaan sepatu terkemuka di dunia. Selama tiga tahun, ia masih memperoleh lagi dana Rp 150 juta setahun.

Bandrol harga tinggi itu ternyata tidak hanya dinikmati oleh para pemain senior. Atep, pemain gelandang milik Persija, juga ikut menikmatinya meski angkanya tidak sefantastik harga para seniornya. Dengan bekal pengalaman membela tim nasional U-20, Atep dihargai Persija dengan nilai Rp 200 juta setahun. Nilai tersebut di dalamnya termasuk gaji bulanan sekitar Rp 10 juta.

Sedangkan Ledi Utomo, pemain timnas U-23, memang belum mendapat harga selangit dari Persibom Boloang Mongondow, salah satu klub Divisi Utama dari Sulawesi Utara. Klub yang dibelanya sejak Divisi II pada 2003 itu hanya memberikan bayaran pada pemain kelahiran Juli 1983 itu Rp 7 juta per bulan atau diikat dengan kontrak Rp 70 juta setahun.

Saat masih membela Persibom di Divisi II, bayaran yang diterima Ledi ternyata hanya berkisar Rp 300-500 ribu setiap bulan. ''Sewaktu kami meminta dia untuk tanda tangan kontrak pada musim lalu, ia malu dan kaget,'' kata Sekretaris Tim Persibom, Hun Mokoagow. Saat itu dia tidak banyak bicara karena tidak menyangka akan dihargai sebesar itu.

(akb )

Finally, someones want to talk Indonesian football. As i like to write something about them.

Bambang Pamungkas and Elie Aboy actually the stars in Malaysian football, their performance just superbs. Now with Charis (ex persija) Ponaryo (ex PSM) and most probably Boas cs also hired by Malaysian clubs, this mean a step forward and milestone to the development of Indonesian football. As the indonesian footballers are being recognised and luckily, respected with a lot with money.

I personally, want them to play in other professional leagues overseas, because Liga Indonesia is just too corrupt and harsh for them. Many of the players getting red cards on international level because they used to play reckless football. While in Indonesia, that kind of football will only get you a yellow card if not just a warning.

Lets talk more later. LOL

cheers

david, funny thing is when I posted this article it reminded me of you :D
so you have 3 titles now: moderator, aviation guru and Indonesia's football lover ;)

looks like Indonesian footballers have a good level of salary, especially the ones play in Malaysia League.
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Gaji Selangit Pesepak Bola Nasional
Excellent! More power to them. The allure of playing in foreign leagues might indirectly improves the quality of our national team.

yeah I agree with u david..
Bambang and Elie are performing magic in malaysia..
they've got the trebels for Selangor FC.. and Bambang scored like 48 goals in 52 games or something crazy like that...
I hope they can move even further to like Europe and join an European team so they can be better...
btw.. Boaz Salossa is amazing.. have u seen him play? His got the talent, the natural flair, the ability, he just needs to be polished..

In here (Malaysia) I'm often saw Malaysian football in television
And I can say that Bambang and Elie is somekind of new spirit for Selangor FC

Bambang create hatrick in one of Selangor final match and become man of the match for that final while Elie become man of the match in another Selangor final match

The funny thing is, we can easily heard supporter yelling INDONESIA!! INDONESIA!! more often than SELANGOR!! SELANGOR!!

:D:D

^^ hahahh funny thhingi

that makes me want to watch Malaysia League

I personally, want them to play in other professional leagues overseas, because Liga Indonesia is just too corrupt and harsh for them.
That's very true. You know something is wrong when the football administrator is more famous then the player.

Boas is amazing but hes now battling with his old injury, I hope he gets a well treatment in Perth hospital, as our U23 national team is already in Perth for training centre.

Some news.

Perth Glory (A-league member) held draw by The Indonesian U23 (0-0)
Sorrento FC (Last year WA champion) also held draw by the young indonesian (0-0)

While Perth Azzuri (italian footballers who live in perth) lose by a goal from the U23 Indonesia (0-1)

This afternoon, they will be another match, i am not sure which australian team that they will face. I hope they can win.

Btw, Barcelona FC is seeing their interest to get Saktiawan sinaga, other promising indonesian footballer (who is also in the U23 team for seagames). After his perfomance when Indonesia met Barcelona FC Reserve team, last june in Vietnam

About Liga Indonesia itself, the most expensive player right now in LI is Emmanuel de Porras from Argentina (1 billion rupiah) not including facility. He hired by PSIS semarang, which they got third place in Liga Indonesia 2005.


cheers

Excellent! More power to them. The allure of playing in foreign leagues might indirectly improves the quality of our national team.

And next time, our kid can say "I wanna be a footballer" not classical "Mau jadi insinyur" :D

last year ive got a training in jakarta soccer team...

there is much of talents...but the most of them havent got discipline like the talents in europe..

What the hell! why PSSI gave the sanction just today! it was happened 2 months ago for christ sake!

KOMDIS PSSI SKORS TIGA PEMAIN PERSIPURA SELAMA SETAHUN


Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Komisi Disiplin (Komdis) PSSI menskorsing tiga pemain Persipura, yakni Jack Komboy, Nasir Warobai, dan Boas Sallosa selama satu tahun dilarang ikut kompetisi PSSI dan bergabung Timnas, karena melakukan pemukulan terhadap wasit yang memimpin pertandingan partai 16 Besar Piala Indonesia antara Persebaya melawan Persipura di Stadion Gelora Tambaksari, Surabaya, 12 September lalu.

Sementara Marwal Iskandar dikenakan hukuman denda senilai Rp10 juta, sedangkan Mauly Lessy dinyatakan bebas karena tidak terbukti melakukan tindakan pemukulan terhadap wasit Jaka Mulyana.

"Hukuman ini mulai berlaku sejak diputuskan Rabu ini (26/10)," kata Ketua Komdis PSSI Togar Manahan Nero di Jakarta Rabu.

Menurut dia, tindakan tidak terpuji yang dilakukan beberapa pemain Persipura itu terbukti setelah Komdis melihat rekaman televisi menyangkut kasus ini.

Ia mengatakan, pemukulan terhadap wasit merupakan tindakan tidak sportif dan seharusnya tidak lakukan oleh pemain sepakbola profesional.

Dari rekaman tersebut, menurutnya, Jack Komboy melakukan pemukulan sebanyak dua kali, Boas melakukan tendangan sebanyak tiga kali, dan Nasir Warobay melakukan pemukulan, sementara Marwal Iskandar melakukan tindakan tidak terpuji dengan memegang wasit.

Disinggung soal lamanya keputusan ini diambil, Togar menyatakan bahwa Komdis tidak menerima laporan mengenai kasus ini, termasuk dari Badan Liga Indonesia (BLI). "Pihaknya meneliti kasus ini setelah mendapat masukan dari pers" katanya

Selanjutnya, Komdis melakukan sidang pada tanggal 20 September dengan mendengar keterangan wasit dan pengawas pertandingan. "Namun ketika itu, Komdis tidak menemukan bukti-bukti terjadinya pemukulan," katanya.

Kemudian, pihak Komdis mencari bukti rekaman pertandingan itu. "Setelah mendapat rekaman tersebut pekan lalu, Komdis segera melaksanakan sidang pada Rabu sore ini," katanya.

Ia membantah adanya unsur suap dalam melaksanakan sidang kali ini antara Komdis dengan Persipura . "Kami tidak pernah melakukan komunikasi dalam soal ini, apalagi ketemu dengan pihak Persipura," kata Togar, (*)

This mean, Boas and Jack komboy will lose their place in seagames and olympic qualification...Silly PSSI...they fined those players but other players who are also making mistake by kicking referees head and even throw a bottle of water to the referees are not giving any harsh sanction.

Poor boas and jack komboy.

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a news about Bambang Pamungkas' performance in Malaysian League: http://www.aseanfootball.com/show.cgi?cat=mainstory&id=8W9eNgR4xV

Quoted from http://www.swiss-badminton.ch/

An Indonesian athlete Yohanes Hogianto who played for city Adliswil won Shuttle Cup tournament in Uster, Switzerland.

Le joueur d'Adliswil indonésien Yohanes Hogianto remporte la 19ème édition du Shuttle Cup à Uster. La joueuse russe Maria Uvarova, pour sa part, remporte sa quatrième victoire de suite.

The news also mentioned that he, in final matched, was playing against another Indonesian Agung Ruhanda (played for City/Canton Basel).

Note: Agung Ruhanda is Swiss' #1 and Yohanes Hogianto is #19

Are the two famous in Indonesia?

Geneve-born-Swiss-Indonesian Badminton player Santi Wibowo (http://www.santiwibowo.com/)

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Alvin, do you mind if i merge this thread with Indonesia in sports thread?

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Alvin, do you mind if i merge this thread with Indonesia in sports thread?

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No , I don't mind at all, go ahead.

from www.TheJakartaPost.com

Malaysia, Indonesia consider exchange program for soccer players

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia and Indonesia may launch an exchange program for their soccer players to compete in each other's domestic leagues to boost performance, the Football Association of Malaysia said Tuesday.

Sports officials from both sides have discussed placing several Malaysians on teams playing in Indonesia's home league, and vice versa, for at least one season, said Raja Ahmad Zainuddin, vice president of Malaysia's soccer governing body.

Malaysia might try to expand the program to include Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam if it shows success in helping players broaden their skills and experience, Raja Ahmad was quoted as saying by the national news agency, Bernama.

"We want players who are determined to play at a higher level, such as in the European leagues and in the World Cup," Raja Ahmad said.

Some Indonesian players have performed well in Malaysia, Raja Ahmad said, noting the example of export striker Bambang Pamungkas, who scored 39 goals in his first year with Malaysia's Selangor state team, helping it win this year's Malaysia Cup. (**)

The problem is, will any Indonesian clubs take malaysian players for their squads? Indonesian club is very picky regarding foreign players, the only asian players who played in Indonesia league are from thailand (five thais national team players) and japanese player. If Indonesian players are being imported by malaysian clubs, that means our level of football is a notch higher than Malaysia. So its useless to take any malaysian players (who mostly asking for higher salaries but sorry to say, not really a skillfull and professional player).

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RI bridge team into Senior Bowl final in Portugal

JAKARTA (JP): The national contract bridge team mounted a comeback in Thursday's semifinal against Denmark to reach the final of the Senior Bowl in Estoril, Portugal.

The team trailed in the first three sessions and for part of the fourth before recovering for a 168.5-156 international match points victory, Bert Toar Polii from the Indonesian Contract Bridge Association said.

They now meet two-time defending champion USA 1, which thrashed the Netherlands 223-117, in the World Championship event for players aged 57 and over.

"It was a truly amazing performance ... I told the players (by SMS), 'if you stay calm, you can still beat your opponents'," Bert said in an e-mail.

The foursome of Henky Lasut, Eddy Manoppo, Denny Sacul and Munawar Sawiruddin were outstanding in the final two sessions, winning 57-9 and 30-27.

On Monday, Indonesia defeated the host team 320-201 in the last eight.

The final, to be played on Friday, is between the two strongest teams from the qualifying. They drew 15-15 in their qualifying match, before the U.S. team was able to win on a countback of points.

The Indonesian team was runner up at the 1996 BridgeOlympiade, champion in the 2000 IOC Grand Prix and runner-up in the Rosenblum Cup in 2002. The team was fourth in the 2003 Senior Bowl in Monte Carlo.

The USA 1 team consists of Alan Sontag, Peter Weischel, Rose Meltzer and Garey Hayden. Meltzer is the only woman to have won the Bermuda Bowl (2001), bridge's oldest and most important event which is organized concurrently with the Senior Bowl.

"If our team play like they did in the final two sessions against the Danes, they have a very strong chance of taking gold," Bert said. (brc)

F3 Asia
NANDA DAN MORENO JUARA UMUM
Senin, 7 November 2005 pukul 13:27:0 WIB
Manila, BOLASportsLine/f3 Ananda Mikola menuntaskan ambisinya merebut gelar juara umum F-3 Asia di Sirkuit Batangas, Filipina, Minggu (6/11). Sukses Ananda diikuti sang adik, Moreno Soeprapto, yang juga merebut juara umum kelas Promotion.

Walaupun gagal mengumandangkan lagu Indonesia Raya, namun, Ananda dan Moreno tetap mengharumkan nama tanah kelahirannya di ajang kompetisi balap mobil tingkat Asia. Ananda berhasil memperlebar jarak menjadi 35 dengan saingannya John O'Hara yang menang di kedua race pada seri penutup lomba F3 Asia tahun ini.

Begitu pula dengan Moreno. Walaupun, hanya finis kedua di kedua race. Poinnya tak terkejar oleh Greg Murphy yang bercokol di peringkat dua klasemen. Balapan kelas promotion sendiri dimenangi oleh pembalap asal Irlandia, Emmet Queenan.

HASIL LOMBA
Kelas Overall
Race 1
1. John O’Hara (Irlandia) 15:49,124
2. Rodolvo Avila (Makau) +15,894
3. Ananda Mikola (Indonesia) +16,504
Race 2
1. John O’Hara (Irlandia) 15:33,954
2. Ananda Mikola (Indonesia) +10,009
3. Rodolvo Avila (Makau) +15,957

Kelas Promotion
Race 1
1. Emmet Queenan (Irlandia) 17:26,231
2. Moreno Soeprapto (Indonesia) +14,333
3. Lee Farrell (Irlandia) +25,198
Race 2
1. Emmet Queenan (Irlandia) 16:07,773
2. Moreno Soeprapto (Indonesia) +6,453
3. Jonathan Legris (Inggris) +6,550

Klasemen Akhir
Kelas Overall
1. Ananda Mikola 154
2. John O’Hara 119
3. James Winslow 110
Kelas Promotion
1. Moreno Soeprapto 180
2. Greg Murphy 131
3. Lee Farrell 110


Source: www.bolanews.com

Wow
thats what i called a great news

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from www.suarapembaruan.com today

Indonesia Kembali Jadi Tuan Rumah Reli Asia Pasifik 2006

JAKARTA - Indonesia kembali dipercayakan untuk menjadi tuan rumah penyelenggara seri Kejuaraan Reli Asia Pasifik 2006. Pemilihan ini berdasarkan hasil rapat World Motorsport Coucil (WMC) yang berlangsung di Jenewa, Swiss, belum lama ini.

Demikian Direktur PT Bloedus Management Indonesia (BMI), selaku promotor reli Indonesia, Jeffrey JP kepada Pembaruan di Jakarta, Senin (14/11). Menurut Jeffrey, dari tujuh putaran yang digelar di tahun 2006, Indonesia menjadi penyelenggara untuk putaran keenam 15-17 September.

Dari tujuh putaran itu, peserta boleh memilih putaran yang mereka inginkan karena yang dinilai hanya enam putaran saja. Thailand juga menjadi salah satu calon tuan rumah, hanya sebagai cadangan, kalau salah satu dari keenam negara itu mengundurkan diri karena berbagai alasan.

Selain putaran keenam Reli Asia Pasifik, untuk tahun 2006 mendatang, BMI juga akan menambah kualitas event relinya dengan menggelar dua event berkategori international event yang dimasukkan dalam empat event Kejurnas Reli 2006.

Untuk Kejurnas Reli putaran I digelar di Palembang, 7-9 April. Kejuaraan ini hanya khususnya untuk tingkat nasional saja. Setelah itu, Medan akan menjadi tuan rumah Kejurnas Reli putaran II sekaligus juga merupakan international event/kandidat Kejuaraan Dunia Reli yang digelar tanggal 23-25 Juni.

Kejurnas Reli putaran III digelar di Makassar, 15-17 September yang dibarengi dengan putaran VI Reli Asia Pasifik. Sementara Kejurnas Reli putaran IV atau putaran pamungkas digelar di Pecatu, Bali, 15-17 Desember. (F-4)

SEAGAMES manila is about to begin, Our men football team just finished two exhibition matches, they won 6:0 with persib and was held draw by PSIS 1:1

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^^
I heard Persib only play with their under 23 team
It just iritating since our national team want to have a real sparing partner

Yeah, they played with their U21 team because their senior team is not ready to play. But when they played PSIS (3rd position this year on liga indonesia) 50% of PSIS squads were senior players + five foreign players from nigeria and cameroon.

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Big step for our football development, After three of our young players currently played in AJAX amsterdam in a league for juniors players. Now, our national player Hamka hamzah, gets an offer to play in Inter Milan as a reserve player playing in Team-B(reserves)

HAMKA MAGANG DI INTER

Menteng- Klub raksasa asal Italia Inter Milan diam-diam tertarik dengan penampilan stopper Persija Jakarta, Hamka Hamzah. Klub yang bermarkas di kota Milan ini menawari Hamka untuk magang di sana.

Tawaran itu datang dari mantan manajer Persija yang juga pemilik sekolah sepak bola (SSB) Makassar Football School (MMS) Diza Rasyid Ali seusai final Liga Indonesia beberapa hari yang lalu. "Saya ditawari Bu Diza untuk magang di Inter Milan. Bu Diza yang memiliki akses ke beberapa klub di Eropa rupanya tertarik dengan penampilan saya selama memperkuat Persija," ujar Hamka Hamzah kepada SINDO, kemarin.

Selain dia, lanjut Hamka, sebenarnya telah ada tiga pemain yunior asal SSB MMS yang terlebih dahulu melakukan magang di klub raksasa asal Belanda, Ajax Amsterdam. "Ketiga pemain tersebut yang mema-sukkan juga Bu Diza," lanjut Hamka.

Soal tawaran tersebut; Hamka belum memberikan kepastian. Alasannya, dirinya harus bertanya terlebih dahulu dengan beberapa seniornya yang juga pernah bermain di klub Eropa.

"Saya akan tanya ke beberapa senior saya yang pernah main di sana seperti Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto mengenai berbagai hal. Mulai dari kehidupan, cuaca dan makanan," imbuh Hamka. Menurut Kurniawan, lanjut Hamka, kehidupan di Italia sangat bagus. "Mungkin hanya masalah masakan dan cuaca saja yang memerlukan adaptasi," katanya.

Kendati demikian, pemain bernomor punggung 23 ini tidak serta merta menerima tawaran tersebut. Menurutnya, dirinya masih menunggu kepastian bersama Persija. Soalnya, jika Persija masih berkeinginan menggunakan tenaganya di musim kompetisi 2006 mendatang, Hamka meminta bayaran dua kali lipat dari yang didapatnya di musim 2005.

Hanya saja, jika Persija tak memperpanjang kontraknya sesuai permintaannya, Hamka memastikan menerima tawaran Diza Rasyid Ali tersebut. "Jika Bu Diza serius, maka saya akan terima ajakan itu. Jika benar, setelah tahun baru saya benar-benar akan ke Italia," kata Hamka lagi.


Hamka menambahkan, walaupun hanya berstatus magang atau berada tim B, namun masih memiliki peluang untuk bermain di tim inti Inter jika selama menjalani magang prestasinya meningkat. Untuk soal nilai kontrak. Hamka mengaku hingga saat ini belum tahu nilai kontrak yang ditawarkan Inter Milan. Menurutnya, soal kontrak tersebut semuanya menjadi urusan Diza Syarif Ali. "Karena Bu Diza sebagai manajer sekaligus agen," katanya.

Menurut pengakuan Hamka, Diza pada tahun 2000 sebenarnya juga telah menawarinya untuk bermain di Inter Milan. Hariya saja waktu itu dia belum berminat. Karena merasa belum matang.

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Good luck Hamka!

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Hamka Hamzah? gw belon pernah denger man.. sapa tuh? pemaen muda ya?
and who are the 3 indo guys in AJax? setau gw dulu ada Rigan Agachi di PSV B... masih disana ga sih dia?
SEA games kapan mulai ya? next week ya vid?

Any pic of this player??
Looks very promising

I keep mistaking this name with Hamzah Haz.

His photo below. I found his red hair looks funny. Red Hair, red shirt, red pants. Enuf said.
http://id.chinabroadcast.cn/mmsource/images/2004/07/20/hamkahamzah.jpg

Menurut pengakuan Hamka, Diza pada tahun 2000 sebenarnya juga telah menawarinya untuk bermain di Inter Milan. Hariya saja waktu itu dia belum berminat. Karena merasa belum matang.

This statement is doubtfull
Reject play in Serie A with Inter Milan??
Or he just big talk about Inter Milan??

is he a soccer player? hehe

Hamka is known as a controversial and emotionally unstable player, he used to reject so many offers from overseas clubs these past 2-3 years. I hope hes really considering this offer, because this will make him a lot better and mature as a back field player.

maha, sea games mulai senen depan, Indonesia lawan myanmar hari selasa.

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I hope he reject those big clubs not because he is a drugs user

I still remmember Kurniawan case
Rumor nya seh dulu dia nolak main di SS Lazio karena takut ketahuan klo dia suka pake shabu2. Dia akhirnya ketangkep disalah satu hotel bintang 5 di Surabaya tapi dilepaskan

Mantan pemain timnas Ery Irianto juga kabarnya meninggal karena overdosis shabu2 tapi ini juga masi mistery

For sure that I know, Hamka is a heavy clubber and a playboy himself, I still remember the reason why persija lose in The Indonesian league final was because Hamka was going for clubbing before the final and so he forgot to manage his fitness ability.

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wah kalo kaya gini sih... mendingan jangan kasih dia pergi ke intermilan
entar malah malu2in aja.. walaupun dia jago.. kalo attitudenya kayak gitu mah..
payah neh..
senen depan yaa.. sip
gw nonton dimana ya di aussie.. musti ke rumah temen yang ada rcti.. ahhaha

^^ Gimana cara dapetin RCTI di oz maha?

Hmm ngga cuman di Hamzah aja deh..... atlit2 indo yg kampungan gitu semua koq.

^^ Gimana cara dapetin RCTI di oz maha?

Hmm ngga cuman di Hamzah aja deh..... atlit2 indo yg kampungan gitu semua koq.


heheheh
pake parabola... di rumah temen gw..
gw kaga ada.. adanya foxtel... and I dont think they will show anything.. ahhaha
iya nih.. malu2in Indo aja..

Wah RCTI gak nyiarin SEA games, yang nyiarin itu Antv doang..hehe..too bad. ntar gua rekamin deh.

Btw, strong result for Laos, they beat myanmar 3:2 and vietnam beat singapore 2:1

next match in group b

Indonesia vs myanmar
vietnam vs Laos

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Vietnam beat Singapore??
This is not a good news for Indonesia :sleepy:

what sport is this?

i believe it's soccer

Vietnam beat Singapore??
This is not a good news for Indonesia

Indonesia held draw Vietnam Sea games last july 1:1 in Vietnam and the senior team also trashed vietnam 3:0 in Vietnam too. Theoritically, that news is a moral boost for the Indonesian seagames team.

You know why the reason Indonesia lose to singapore at tigercup? the players were exhausted after 265 days long of Indonesian league! In this case, the national players were still in the local competition during the tiger cup. So it was a big achievement for Peter withe when he took Indonesia to the final for 3rd consecutive years considering the players were not in the top condition.

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I have a visit from some vietnamese scientist few years ago. They supposed to come for a linguistic conference in Melbourne uni. Do you know what they discuss with me everyday? SOCCER! Indonesia VS Vietnam. And they werent talking about recent matches, they talk about matches from years and ages a go. They even remember Indonesian players name. I dont even know those names. But those scientist very excited about the subject and talk about it for DAYS.

thread nya pindah sini aja yah :-)

Too many mac, ntar malah pada bikin double thread. Gue merge aja.

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wekekeke kasian si MAc :D:D

I have a visit from some vietnamese scientist few years ago. They supposed to come for a linguistic conference in Melbourne uni. Do you know what they discuss with me everyday? SOCCER! Indonesia VS Vietnam. And they werent talking about recent matches, they talk about matches from years and ages a go. They even remember Indonesian players name. I dont even know those names. But those scientist very excited about the subject and talk about it for DAYS.

Indonesia and Thailand are Vietnam's worst enemy in soccer. LOL

Btw, We will have a brazilian player to be naturalized as Indonesian, his name is Antonio claudio, hes the wing back of Persib Bandung. He is married to a padang wife and have two kids. He was the best wing back in Indonesia during this past 4 years. Good addition for the senior national team if he join the team.

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wahh.. gile.. si antonio claudio mau maen buat indo? dah tua kan dia.. tapi emang skillnya masih yahud seh.. ehehhe
hope Indo wins against myanmar and singapore
so I can pay out my housemates from singapore.. auhauha

Found out that the u-19 South African football team will be in the same flight as I'm (thursday).

I have a visit from some vietnamese scientist few years ago. They supposed to come for a linguistic conference in Melbourne uni. Do you know what they discuss with me everyday? SOCCER! Indonesia VS Vietnam. And they werent talking about recent matches, they talk about matches from years and ages a go. They even remember Indonesian players name. I dont even know those names. But those scientist very excited about the subject and talk about it for DAYS.

Because we're defeated them 3-0 at their home on tiger cup!!! Nobody would forget that memorable match esp the vietnamese...haha I remember that Indonesia wasn't a favorite on that match, so people guessed that Vietnam would won the match easily.. Kenyataannya..GAGAL...kesian deh mereka! :D

I want to watch! too bad, I can't

Official Website :
http://www.cebuseagames.com/

Indo is one of the country who participate in this SEA Games

NOV 27- DEC 5

2 more Days to go :D

]UPDATE!

Men's Football Opening Matches
*Laos Upset Myanmar, 3-2
*Vietnam Beat Singapore, 2-1

source (http://www.2005seagames.com.ph/news/latestnews1.html)[/

Indonesia 0-0 Myanmar

Damn...
:bash: :bash:

Peter withe is determined to play with 4-4-2 formation, while our boys are not fully understand with the 4-4-2 formation. We should go back to the 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 Formation. Also something to note, our midfielders are not in their top form. Agus Indra and Samsul should play at their level because they were the two top players in the team. I am really dissapointed! Hope we can beat Singapore tomorrow.

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TODAY !!

Indonesia vs Singapore


FOOTBALL!!

oooo owww..!! dun dun dun???

TODAY !!

Indonesia vs Singapore


FOOTBALL!!

Encon maybe you can do us a favor.

Is there any live broadcast there ? TV or Radio ?
Then Install ShoutCast Server so that we can hear live using the internet :-)

I will keep u all update ;)

0-0 again

really Indo and Singapore ??

Yes 0-0 again :sleepy:

why again ??

why again ??

first match was with Myanmar few days ago also 0-0....gimana nihhhhh

mandul mandul
hasilnya kacamata mulu

Match report

We done well at 1st Half but in 2nd half, we had a poor game. I am not sure why but 30 minutes before finished, Peter decided to change the defenders rather than put more strikers at front. No boas and other productive strikers, means we have no goals. This goaless draw were happened too before. when the team on trial in Australia...so no surprise for me.

We need to win Vietnam on saturday, if we win that game, we got 5 points, on monday we just need to win Laos so we can go to semis....tough job..but impossible is nothing :D


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win to Laos is rather easy I think but Vietnam is really a strong team. I hope White can find the right strategy for next match

blon pecah juga nih telor :D

Indonesia beats Vietnam 1:0

WOHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Indonesia beats Vietnam 1:0

WOHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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HOreee
Horee horee horeee
Horeee ... horeee


Sea Games 2005
Saktiawan Menangkan Indonesia
Mohammad Yanuar Firdaus - detikSport

Jakarta - Kemenangan akhirnya mampir di kubu Indonesia. Menghadapi pemuncak klasemen grup B Vietnam, tim Merah Putih unggul 1-0 lewat gol tunggal striker Saktiawan Sinaga.

Hasil ini merupakan target yang terwujud karena kemenangan merupakan harga mati di laga ini agar peluang Indonesia lolos ke babak selanjutnya tetap terbuka. Dengan demikian Indonesia mengkoleksi lima poin, hasil dari dua kali seri di pertandingan sebelumnya dan kemenangan ini.

Sementara kubu Vietnam, meskipun meraih kekalahan, posisinya di puncak klasemen tidak tergusur. Koleksi sembilan angka yang membuat mereka aman di puncak, satu strip diatas Indonesia yang nangkring di posisi runner up.

Pertandingan ketiga Indonesia dan keempat bagi Vietnam ini berlangsung menarik. Kedua kubu silih berganti melakukan serangan ke barisan pertahanan lawannya.

Meski demikian peluang lebih banyak diciptakan oleh tim asuhan Peter Withe. Duet Johan Prasetyo dan Korinus Fingkreuw sering merepotkan barisan pertahanan Vietnam. Sayangnya keduanya selalu gagal melakukan penyelesaian akhir.

Peluang Fingkreuw di menit ke-18 misalnya. Striker Persipura Jayapura ini seperti ragu melakukan tendangan ke gawang Vietnam, padahal Fingkreuw tinggal berhadapan dengan kiper Vietnam saja.

Dua menit kemudian, giliran Johan yang memiliki kesempatan mencetak gol. Umpan crossing dari Mahyadi Panggabean gagal dikontrolnya dengan baik. Padahal saat itu Johan berdiri bebas di depan gawang Vietnam.

Peluang paling terbuka bagi Indonesia tercipta di menit ke-40. Kali ini dewi keberuntungan belum berpihak pada kubu Indonesia. Pasalnya sundulan Johan, hasil perebutan bola dengan kiper Vietnam Tran Duo Cuong, gagal masuk ke gawang setelah bola hanya mampir di mistar Vietnam saja. Skor 0-0 pun bertahan hingga babak pertama usai.

Memasuki babak kedua, giliran Vietnam melakukan tekanan. Dua peluang matang langsung tercipta lewat Quoc Anh ketika pertandingan baru berjalan 10 menit. Namun kiper Syamsidar berhasil mengantisipasi sundulan dan tendangan gelandang serang Vietnam tersebut.

Meskipun mengalami tekanan, Indonesia juga tetap melakukan serangan balasan. Kali ini peluang diperoleh Saktiawan Sinaga lewat umpan terobosan Mahyadi. Sayangnya sontekan pemain PSMS Medan ini hanya menyamping ke gawang Vietnam.

Tapi peluang berikutnya bisa diselesaikan dengan baik oleh Saktiawan. Berawal dari tusukan Mahyadi ke barisan pertahanan Vietnam dari sisi kiri, winger kiri Indonesia ini langsung melepaskan tendangan keras dengan kaki kirinya. Namun kiper berhasil menghalaunya.

Sayangnya bola halauan tersebut mengenai kaki pemain belakang Vietnam yang mengarah ke gawang mereka sendiri. Saktiawan yang berada di posisi menguntungkan pun langsung mengejar bola yang bergulir pelan dan menyontek bola untuk memastikan satu gol buat Indonesia di menit 65.

Vietnam pun langsung bangkit dan berusaha mengejar ketertinggalan. Quoc Anh pun lagi-lagi melakukan ancaman melalui tendangan jarak jauh dan sundulannya. Namun Syamsidar lagi-lagi menjadi penghalang bagi Vietnam untuk menyamakan kedudukan.

Hingga lima menit masa injury time diberikan wasit, Vietnam tetap gagal mengejar ketertinggalan satu gol tersebut. Indonesia pun mengantongi tiga poin pertamanya di cabang olahraga Sea Games ini. (ian)

Indonesia should win by two goal, tapi sayang nya.....bola nya keluar lagi dari Gawang. hahahaha..aneh banget tuh gawang....

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Wah dave looks very happy today :D:D
Glad our team finally reach 3 full point
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yeaaaaa! did you guys see the match on tv? tell me guys! this morning I was a bit unsure since many times when the team is under high presure like this they tend to lose. good they won though.

last match will be against Laos, right? what's the chance?

go Indo!! woop-woop!

yeaaaaa! did you guys see the match on tv? tell me guys! this morning I was a bit unsure since many times when the team is under high presure like this they tend to lose. good they won though.

last match will be against Laos, right? what's the chance?

Tata .. elu bisa nonton dari mana coy ?

Tata .. elu bisa nonton dari mana coy ?

gw? gak nonton kok gw....

Indonesia 2 : South Africa 2

Pretty good game, the Indonesia national team played very well, I guess, that was the best match I ever seen. Despite the 3 days preparation but the Indo team still can have a draw with SA national team, which mainly are players for the world cup 2010 in South Africa.

Tata, yes tomorrow is Laos for the seagames, I wish the Indo U23 can show good football like their senior.

The chance? last time i check asian sports betting, Indo 75% laos 25%, so we will(should) have to win that game.

I am predicting tomorrow, the coach will go for 4-3-3 all out attack formation.

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Hey, I missed all the good fun here. Anyway, just heard on the TV here that Indonesia vs Laos is 4-0 as of the moment. Hope our team will do well this time. :cheers:

Hey, I missed all the good fun here. Anyway, just heard on the TV here that Indonesia vs Laos is 4-0 as of the moment. Hope our team will do well this time. :cheers:

HAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Indonesia 4 Laos 0

Match report


We should had been scoring 8 goals at that match, there were 15 shoots and 5 headers that hit the bar, I was really enjoying the game. Anyway, we are qualified for the semis and will meet thailand.

cheers

Indonesia 4 Laos 0

Match report


We should had been scoring 8 goals at that match, there were 15 shoots and 5 headers that hit the bar, I was really enjoying the game. Anyway, we are qualified for the semis and will meet thailand.

cheers

Oh no ... Thailand ...?
Again ?
Kiyatisuk ?
Again ?
Oh no ..
Hope it is not 6 - 0 ... he he he :D Again

Dont worry, Peter withe is thai former coach and he surely know how to beat thailand. We did well than thailand in last 2 years, they dont even qualified for the tiger cup semifinal. But, I agree, South East asia powerhouse in soccer are Indonesia and Thailand.

Kiatisuk is long gone, this is new team, Thailand is not as strong as before, but they still have the power and ability.

cheers

Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are in semifinal, who's the 4th team? Malaysia?

I more affraid of Vietnam compare with Thailand

Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are in semifinal, who's the 4th team? Malaysia?

It still not clear, I think Malaysia will take the last place to the semifinal. But they need to at least draw with the philippines.

cheers

philippines is not a soccer country like Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia
I think Malaysia will beat philippines and go through to semifinal
we'll see the result soon ;)

Tally

COUNTRY
G
S
B TOTAL
PHILIPPINES 12 8 12 32
VIETNAM 10 5 10 25
MALAYSIA 7 9 5 21
THAILAND 5 8 14 27
INDONESIA 5 5 9 19
SINGAPORE 1 2 4 7
MYANMAR 0 2 2 4
BRUNEI 0 1 1 2
CAMBODIA 0 0 0 0
TIMOR LESTE 0 0 0 0
LAOS 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 40 40 57 137

source : official website http://www.2005seagames.com.ph/

Thailand pass us already :ohno:

Indonesia 4 Laos 0

Match report


We should had been scoring 8 goals at that match, there were 15 shoots and 5 headers that hit the bar, I was really enjoying the game. Anyway, we are qualified for the semis and will meet thailand.

cheers

Wow...i wish i could watch that match. The Singapore tv channel doesnt show the Indonesian match, cos they have their own Singapore vs Myanmar match. When's the Indonesia-Thailand match btw?

philippines is not a soccer country like Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia
I think Malaysia will beat philippines and go through to semifinal
we'll see the result soon ;)


asian people lovess soccer..except for the philippines i guess..wel maybe not as much

Yeah, Filipinos generally do not have passion for football. But there are many Filipinos (esp. ones abroad) that are into it. Like me, i enjoy watching UEFA Champions League, EPL, etc...

Philippines lost to Malaysia 4:2 yesterday, despite they lead 2:1 at first half. These Philippines team have a lot of fil-foreign players playing (i think the younghusbands brothers are from Chelsea reserve).

I think Indonesia should naturalize brazilian and chilean players that have Indonesian wife and calling all Indo-foreign mix players that playing overseas to play in the national team too...:P

Semifinal Indonesia vs Thailand
Vietnam vs Malaysia

the big four are the best team nowadays in South East Asia.

cheers

Imagine having all of those Dutch players playing for the Indonesian national team. We might qualify for the World Cup in South Africa!!!

Semifinal Indonesia vs Thailand
Vietnam vs Malaysia

the big four are the best team nowadays in South East Asia.



yeap this is the real soccer power in ASEAN. Must be a good match to see and only the best deserves the gold medal.

Imagine having all of those Dutch players playing for the Indonesian national team. We might qualify for the World Cup in South Africa!!!
that would be awesome :)

Malaysia Dethrone Indonesia




MANILA, Nov 30 (Bernama) -- Wong Choong Hann gave Malaysia the winning point in their 3-2 defeat of defending champions Indonesia in the men's team badminton competition of the 23rd Sea Games held at the Philsports Sports Complex in Pasig City near here.

Choong Hann gave a stunning performance to brush aside Indonesian youngster Simon Santoso in straight sets 15-9, 15-7 for a hard fought Malaysian victory.

Credit must also be given to Muhammad Hafiz Hashim for keeping Malaysia in the fight after first singles player, Lee Chong Wei and the crack doubles pair of Chan Chong Meng-Koo Kien Keat lost to their opponents.

Hafiz, the former All England champion, kept the nation's hopes alive after beating Sony Dwi Kuncoro 15-11, 15-4 to reduce the deficit to 1-2.

The Malaysian's had been under intense pressure after Chong Wei lost to Taufik Hidayat 13-15, 7-15 and Chong Meng-Kien Keat failed to dislodge Indonesia's lead doubles pair of Luluk Hadiyanto-Alvent Yulianto Chandran, going down 4-15, 9-15.

Muhammad Hafiz'victory spurred the team on and were richly rewarded when the second doubles pair of Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah evened the score, beating Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan 15-12, 15-8.

The veteran Choong Hann settled the cliffhanger set to give Malaysia the team gold which was last won at the 2001 Sea Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Nationla chief coach, Yap Kim Hock said the boys showed the stuff they were made off by not giving up when it mattered most.

"This is a good sign for Malaysian badminton and for our preparations to re-capture the Thomas Cup next year. I am very proud of them," he said.

Thailand and Vietnam shared the bronze after losing in the semifinals yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Malaysian and Indonesian women's teams also had to share the bronze after losing in the semifinals. Thailand took home the women's team gold after edging out Singapore 3-2 in the final also held in the same venue tonight.

-- BERNAMA

Yes and I'm not satisfied with that result
:(

What do you guys think of Taufik Hidayat? hes performance is like rollercoaster. Sometimes he played well but sometimes he played like an amateur! its just frustated me. Why cant he be like Susi susanti for instance? for the consistency.

cheers

Taufik always play bad if individual but play great when it comes with Indonesia team

From what i heard that most rival is more affraid play with Indonesian team rather than Individual Indonesian player. They feel that Indonesian player will have extra energy when it comes with nation pride

Wah GreyX closed SEA Games thread in Skybazaar
Now I must back to newspaper to see the medal tally count

Update

Indonesia 1-3 Thailand

Jakarta - Pupus sudah peluang Indonesia untuk meraih medali emas di cabang sepak bola. Bertanding di babak semifinal SEA Games XXIII Indonesia dipaksa mengakui keunggulan Thailand.

Bertanding di stadion Panaad, Jumat (2/12/2005), pasukan Peter Withe harus mengakui keunggulan Thailand dengan skor mencolok 1-3.

Hasil ini semakin mengukuhkan superioritas Thailand atas Indonesia. Dalam 11 pertemuan terakhir kedua negara diajang yang sama, Indonesia baru meraih dua kali kemenangan (tahun 1991 dan 1989), sementara sisanya dimenangkan Thailand.

Indonesia juga gagal mengulang sejarah manis di Filipina 14 tahun silam. Saat itu medali emas cabang sepakbola berhasil dibawa pulang ke tanah air setelah menundukkan Thailand.

Sejak peluit dibunyikan wasit, Thailand memang lebih banyak berinisiatif menyerang. Lewat aksi Syamsidar gawang Indonesia terhindar dari kebobolan di menit enam. Aksi Datsakorn Thonglao yang lolos dari kawalan pemain belakang berhasil dihentikan kiper PSM Makasar itu.

Indonesia sebenarnya sempat bangkit menyerang selepas menit 10 lewat kerjasama Johan Prasetyo dan Saktiawan Sinaga. Namun setelah itu dominasi pasukan Chanvit Phalajivin semakin kuat.

Untuk pertama kalinya sepanjang SEA Games Syamsidar dipaksa memungut bola dari gawangnya sendiri. Diawali pelanggaran keras terhadap pemain Thailand di kotak terlarang, wasit pun menunjuk titik putih. Eksekusi Teeratep Winothai di menit 17 gagal dihalau Samsidar.

Unggul satu gol ternyata tidak membuat Thailand mengendurkan serangan. Beberapa kali aksi Winothai mampu mengancam gawang Samsidar. Sementara serangan yang dibangun Mahyadi Pangabean cs mampu dibaca pemain bertahan Thailand.

Di akhir babak kedua Thailand mampu menggandakan keunggulan. Ekephan Inthasen merobek gawang Indonesia dengan tandukan kepalanya memanfaatkan umpan lambung dari Suchao Nutnum.

Di babak kedua duet Mahyadi dan Saktiawan Sinaga masih kesulitan menembus lini belakang Thailand. Gol ketiga justru datang ke gawang Indonesia. Memasuki menit 56 Lagi-lagi Winothai memberi Indonesia mimpi buruk. Untuk kedua kali aksinya gagal dihadang pemain bertahan Indonesia.

Di pertengahan babak kedua Indonesia akhirnya bisa memperkecil kedudukan. Tandukan Johan Prasetyo memanfaatkan kemelut di depan gawang Thailand bersarang di jala Kosin.

Indonesia sebenarnya berusaha bermain ngotot untuk mengejar ketinggalan dua gol. Namun hingga pertandingan berakhir tak satupun gol tambahan tercipta.

Satu medali tersisa di cabang sepakbola masih bisa diraih Indonesia. Di perebutan medali perunggu hari Minggu (4/12/2005) lusa Indonesia akan menghadapi Malaysia atau Vietnam. Kedua negara tersebut kini masih bertanding memperebutkan satu tiket ke final.
(din)

Jakarta - Dua petenis putri andalan Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma dan Wynne Prakusya sama-sama ngotot ingin medali emas. Duel ketat dipastikan disuguhkan keduanya di partai final pada Sabtu (3/12/2005) besok.

Indonesia dipastikan meraih medali emas nomor tunggal putri cabang tenis SEA Games XXIII Filipina. All Indonesian final terjadi setelah Wynne dan Romana sukses menundukkan lawan-lawanya di semifinal yang digelar di Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Manila, Jumat (2/12/2005).

Romana menekuk petenis Thailand Suchanan Viratprasert dengan pertarungan tiga set, 6-3 3-6 6-1, sedangkan Wynne menang atas Napaporn Tongsalee 6-2 2-6 6-2.

Langkah Prima Terhenti

Sementara di kelompomputra, satu-satunya tunggal putra Indonesia Prima Simpatiaji harus menelan kekalahan di semifinal ditundukkan Cecil Mamiit asal Filipina dengan skor. 6-7 (7-2) 6-7 (7-4).

Dari cabang tenis, Indonesia mendapat sumbangan medali emas dari nomor beregu putri dan medali perak dari beregu putra. (erk)

nooo we lost!!

we just got 4 golds from The badminton, I think Indonesia is still the King of Badminton in South East Asia.

We Also have All Indonesia final in women tennis.

cheers

^^ We used to be the King of Badminton of the world (about a decade ago), now it's China.

Meanwhile...


Indonesian leader urges overhaul after poor SEA Games showing

JAKARTA (AFP): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the country's sports committee to look into why the once regional sporting powerhouse did so poorly in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, his spokesman said Tuesday.

The 23rd SEA Games hosted by the Philippines ended Monday with Indonesia finishing a lowly fifth out of the 11 competing nations with 48 gold, 77 silver and 89 bronze medals.

It was the worst showing for Indonesia, the nine-time overall champion of the Games, since the world's fourth most populous country began contesting the biennial sporting event in 1977.

President Susilo was unhappy with the country's performance in Manila, his spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said.

"The President asked the sports ministry and the national sports committee to carry out an evaluation, restructuring and revitalization and explain to the public why this thing has happened," Mallarangeng told AFP.

"Being in fifth position ... is very disappointing," he said, adding that it was particularly devastating that Indonesia fared poorly in pencak silat, a martial art which originated in thearchipelago. (**)

Yeah true.

Btw, I am going to updates you guys with the result from Gudang Garam Bang Yos Gold Cup Tournament.

Today match

Persija Jakarta [5 - 1] Osotsapa FC (Thailand league runner up)

Strong results for Persija Jakarta, they have Ronald Fagundez and Javier rocha (this year copa top scorer) although their two key players are now Playing in Malaysia, but they hires a lot more indo national players to their team.

I love how Diego moreno and Hamka hamzah scores the goals by heading, its really superb goal

tomorrow matches

PSMS medan vs Persik Kediri
PSIS semarang vs Cambodia national team

cheers

Wohoo!!!1

ndonesian rugby flag flies the flag in international debut
Geoffrey Atkinson, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

Indonesia is set to be awarded full membership in the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) following a historic silver-medal performance in the exhibition games played in conjunction with the 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Manila last weekend.

It was the first time a full national team has represented Indonesia, and also the first full international to be played on Philippine soil.

"This is a great honor and a giant step forward for Indonesian rugby," said Indonesian Development Rugby (IDR) president Andrew Nugroho on his return from the seven-a-side tournament in Manila. "It reflects the hard work of the committee and the dedication of our Indonesian players whose efforts on the field have made all this possible. We are extremely proud of them."

Indonesia's ARFU status will be ratified at the All-Asian body's annual meeting in Lahore, Pakistan, next week and comes less than two years after Indonesian Development Rugby (IDR) was formed in Jakarta. The Lahore meeting will be attended by IDR secretary Bill Ryan.

The Philippine exhibition tournament -- which brought together 12 teams from around the region -- is expected to see rugby football receive official SEA Games status before 2007 in Thailand.

"We are hopeful as a full national team that we will be in the medal running," Andrew said.

Only Indonesia and the Philippines managed to field full national sides last weekend. Both Singapore and Macau had entered national teams, but where made up predominantly by expatriate players. The tournament was won by Borneo who fielded six, full-time rugby professionals from Fiji in the finals. They beat the Singapore Barbarians 50-5.

In the national final the Philippines beat Indonesia 27-5. The 16-man Indonesian squad had players from West Irian, Jakarta, Kalimantan and North Maluku. All players received field time in the five matches played on the weekend.

"Bringing together players from all over Indonesia is our major challenge," said Andrew. "We are trying to establish regional competitions in as many provinces as possible and concentrate on rugby at school and junior levels."

All of this will take funding and manpower.

"Indonesia has a mighty rugby nursery -- the trick for us will be establishing teams, providing coaching and facilities all over the nation and then gathering them together under one umbrella for national matches," Andrew said.

"The vast distances and costs of air travel and accommodation mean we have a lot to work on." Indonesian rugby is an amateur organization run by a committee that donates its time for free.

They are sponsored by multinational construction company Thiess and the Kabelvision cable network.

With acceptance to the ARFU, Indonesia is expected to form the Indonesia Rugby Football Union (IRFU) now operating under the IDR banner. The IDR will continue to assist with development of national players and juniors, but the IRFU will take over full responsibility for the running of the game in Indonesia.

"We are now in a league of nations where rugby is largely administered and coached by full-time professionals from around the globe," Andrew said. "We are hoping businesses and individuals in Indonesia will be part of our growing support base. It'ss a big challenge but it's a challenge we are looking forward to."

Indonesia's next major international is expected to be at the 2006 Asia Rugby Championships in Sri Lanka

Indo? RUGBY? Ha? Sejak Kapan?

hmphh that's something new to know..

Good news from NATURAL OLYMPIA VIII Las Vegas, Nevada 2005 (http://www.naturalbodybuilding.com/olympia/). An Indonesian won gold medal in bodybuilding competition:

Professional Men
1st: Komang Arnawa, Bali/Ind
2nd: Ron Williams, USA
3rd: Rico Browning, USA
4th: Moses Ajala, USA
5th: Alan Bailey, USA
6th: Chad Martin, USA
7th: Bob Moore, USA
8th: Kevin Culpepper, USA
9th: Tim Swanson, USA
10th: Stanislav Bobin, USA
11th: Ron Page, USA

... see that he's the only one from what province he's coming from. I guess the other athletes from US must be mentioned from what state they're from. Just to make it equal.

wow... he's the only indonesian

new ade rai?

ade rai.. he's stayin in the same apartment as my sis back in sunter@jakarta. he is *big*.

Gak Jd deh!

Refunds, exchange offered for A1 tickets

Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Organizers of the A1 Grand Prix have promised that ticketholders will be fully accommodated after the race, originally scheduled for Jan. 15, was postponed on Thursday.

A1 Indonesia vice president Basuki Widjadja Kusuma said on Thursday ticketholders could obtain refunds from their ticket agent, or exchange them for new ones valid for the rescheduled race on Feb. 12 at Sentul Circuit in West Java.

"We, through the ticket agents, will refund the tickets of those who might not have the time to watch the A1 GP in February," Basuki told The Jakarta Post. "But we will provide new tickets to those who still wish to watch the race."

Designated ticket agents are Aquarius Mahakam, Aquarius Pondok Indah (South Jakarta), Ibu Dibyo Ticket Box in Cikini (Central Jakarta),www.detik.com and www.rajakarcis.com.

Separately, Basuki told Antara news service that about 40 percent of the 50,000 grandstand tickets -- priced at Rp 200,000 (US$20) each -- had been sold.

The race, the seventh of the new motor racing series, was postponed due to the death on Wednesday of Dubai ruler Sheik Maktoum bin Rashed al-Maktoum, who was the uncle of the series' founder, Sheik Maktoum bin Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum.

"While difficult logistically, we felt it important to observe a respectable period of mourning for this beloved family member of our founder, president and chairman, Sheikh Maktoum," A1 CEO Tony Texeira said in a statement on the series' official website.

Basuki said the postponement would allow for better preparation for the event, including attracting more sponsors. The rescheduled dates were originally set for the Brazilian race, which was canceled after the circuit was deemed unsuitable.

Race drivers who have already arrived in Jakarta are expected to leave for South Africa, where the next race is scheduled in Durban on Jan. 29.

A1 Grand Prix, founded in September 2005 and also known as the World Cup of Motorsport, is unique in the field of motorsport in that drivers complete for their nation instead of a private team or constructor.

SUARA PEMBARUAN DAILY
FIA: Sentul Layak Gelar A1, Belum F-1

Pembaruan/Surya Lesmana - Roland Bruynseraede

JAKARTA - Inspeksi Federasi Otomotif Internasional (FIA) Roland Bruynseraede mengakui Sirkuit Sentul sudah layak untuk menggelar ajang A1 Grand Prix (GP), namun belum untuk Formula Satu (F-1). Karena untuk dapat menggelar ajang F-1, masih perlu banyak peningkatan di sirkuit tersebut.

FIA meningkatkan grade Sirkuit Sentul dari tingkat empat menjadi tingkat dua, pada Kamis (5/1). "Lisensi grade dua ini berlaku untuk tiga tahun ke depan. Asalkan selama itu, Sentul tidak lagi melakukan perubahan," ujar Roland.

Lisensi tingkat dua merupakan yang tertinggi dikeluarkan oleh FIA. Dengan lisensi tersebut, Sentul dinyatakan siap untuk menggelar F-3000 dan A1.Sementara jika ingin meningkatkan grade lagi hingga menjadi satu, inspeksi dilakukan oleh pengelola F-1, tim-tim konstruktor serta perusahaan asuransi yang menangani kegiatan. "Anda tidak dapat menggelar F-1, karena perlu banyak membangun area run-off dan peningkatan faktor keamanan," ungkap Roland yang pernah menjabat sebagai pimpinan lomba (race director) hingga tahun 1995 itu.

Roland mengaku terkesan karena samapi saat ini, Sentul tetap dirawat. Dia mengatakan kondisi trek dan garis pit dari sirkuit sepanjang 3,965 km itu sudah sangat baik, demikian juga areal batu kerikil (gravel) dan kerbs (pembatas). Hanya dia menambahkan perlunya garis pit untuk keluar kendaraan di cat dengan warna putih sepanjang 25 meter. "Penundaan ini memberi kesempatan kepada Anda untuk melakakukan persiapan seperti pengecatan dengan warna putih dan biru," kata Roland kepada pengelola Sentul, Tinton Soeprapto.

Dengan kondisi Sentul pada saat ini, Roland menganalisa kecepatan kendaran A1 saat memacu lintasan Sentul dapat mencapai maksimal 260 km/jam. Waktu rata-rata pembalap untuk satu putaran dapat mencapai satu menit, 20 detik. Sedangkan untuk waktu tercepat satu putaran diyakininya dapat mencapai satu menit 17 atau 16 detik.

Mengenai penundaan digelarnya A1 Grand Prix (GP) di Sentul, Roland tidak mau berkomentar. Menurutnya, semua itu sangat bergantung pada aturan yang berlaku di Dubai. Seperti diketahui, meninggalnya Emir Dubai, membuat pelaksanaan A1 GP seri ketujuh di tiadakan. Sebagai gantinya, Sentul akan menjadi tuan rumah seri ke sembilan pada 12 Februari.

"Seri ketujuh dianggap tidak ada, sehingga setelah ini semua peserta tim A1 akan fokus menuju ke seri delapan di Durban, Afrika Selatan. Indonesia bakal menjadi seri kesembilan menggantikan Brasil yang menyatakan sirkuitnya tidak siap untuk gelar A1," jelas pimpinan tim A1 Indonesia, Basuki Wijayakusuma.

Basuki memperkirakan kerugian atas batal digelarnya A1 GP Sentul pada 15 Januari mencapai US$ 3 juta. Kerugian terbesar adalah untuk mengangkut seluruh kendaraan dan peralatan A1 dari Dubai menuju Jakarta, serta membawanya lagi menuju ke Afsel. Saat ini, tiket untuk menyaksikan A1 GP seharga Rp 200.000, sudah 40 persen terjual. Tiket sementara diganti dengan voucher untuk dapat menyaksikan A1 GP pada 12 Februari mendatang. Karena tiket untuk menyaksikan A1 GP dibuat di Inggris.

Pada Kamis siang hingga petang, Sentul dikunjungi oleh Deputi Pengembangan Olahraga dari Kantor Kementerian Pemuda dan Olahraga (Mennegpora) Djohar Arifin Husin. "Pemerintah akan mendukung kegiatan A1 ini. Karena tidak mudah mendapatkan peluang menjadi tuan rumah A1. Jadi kesempatan ini mesti dimanfaatkan. Penundaan A1 di Sentul terjadi karena force majeur bukan karena masalah dana," tegas Djohar. (L-9)

Tim Davis Cup Indonesia Tiba di Balikpapan

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/134/07022006tenis22wy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

BALIKPAPAN – Perhelatan Davis Cup di Balikpapan mulai panas. Kemarin, Tim Indonesia yang baru datang dari Jakarta langsung pasang target menggilas Malaysia, lawan yang akan dihadapi di lapangan tenis Family Club Bukit Damai Indah, 10-12 Februari nanti.

“Untuk mengamankan langkah selanjutnya, setidaknya kita berharap bisa unggul langsung 3-0,” cetus Diko Murdono, manajer tim yang didampingi pelatih asal Amerika Serikat Bill Tym. Tanpa bermaksud jumawa, Diko bahkan menyebutkan target sapu bersih alias menang 5-0.

“Alasannya, secara fakta pemain-pemain kita memiliki peringkat lebih baik daripada para pemain Malaysia. Ada Prima Simpatiadji (ATP 633), Suwandi (ATP 635), Elbert, dan Faisal Aidil yang kini ia peringkat 40 di nomor junior tunggal pria ITF. Lalu para pemain kita juga memiliki pengalaman bertanding lebih banyak,” panjang lebar Diko. Ditambah lagi ada captain team Tintus Arianto Wibowo yang kenyang pengalaman tanding internasional.

Faisal sendiri bukan kebetulan adalah petenis asli Balikpapan. Petenis berusia 16 tahun dikirim Pelti Balikpapan sejak 2 tahun yang lalu untuk berguru di Ragunan Tennis Camp yang dikelola Martina Widjaja, Ketua Umum PB Pelti. Di camp itu, yang ditangani para pelatih profesional dan berpengalaman, karir Faisal langsung melesat.

Sementara itu, Indonesia memang benar-benar memerlukan kemenangan atas Malaysia sebagai salah satu dari tiga pijakan kembali ke Grup I Zona Asia/Oceania. Menurut Diko, sepanjang 2006 ini nanti, Indonesia kemungkinan akan berhadapan dengan Hongkong dan Selandia Baru setelah melawan Malaysia, dan ketiga-tiganya harus dimenangi.

Piala Davis sendiri adalah turnamen yang tua sudah dimulakan sejak 1900 di Amerika Serikat.(via)

http://www.kompas.com/

Presiden akan saksikan GP A1

Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengatakan akan menyaksikan secara langsung kejuaraan balap mobil Grand Prix A1 yang diikuti 23 negara di Sirkuit Internasional Sentul, Jawa Barat pada Minggu (12/2).

"Saya bersama istri akan menghadiri A1 pada hari Minggu. Sayang panitia tidak membolehkan saya membawa mobil golf ke Sentul," kata Presiden sambil bergurau pada acara gala dinner yang diselenggarakan panitia penyelenggara A1 di Balai Sidang Senayan Jakarta pada Jumat (10/2) malam.

Presiden mengharapkan usai bertanding membela negara masing-masing peserta kejuaraan menyempatkan diri untuk menikmati aneka ragam budaya dan obyek wisata di tanah air.

Pada acara yang juga dihadiri oleh Menteri Luar Negeri Hassan Wirajuda, Menpora Adhiyaksa Dault, Gubernur DKI Jakarta Sutiyoso, Ketua KONI Agum Gumelar, Calon Panglima TNI Djoko Suyanto dan pencetus A1 Sheikh Maktoum Aasher Maktoum Al Maktoum itu sambil bercanda Presiden juga mengatakan acara tersebut dilaksanakan pada musim hujan sehingga harapannya diberkahi Tuhan karena menurut dia sebenarnya musim hujan itu berarti berkah dari Tuhan.

Ketika Presiden menyampaikan sambutannya dalam bahasa Inggris dan Syaikh Maktoum kebetulan belum tiba di tempat karena terjebak kemacetan lalu lintas Presiden juga kembali bercanda dengan mengatakan bahwa kemacetan lalu lintas menujukkan bahwa ekonomi Indonesia sudah bangkit.

"Saya dengar Al Maktoum masih terjebak kemacetan sehingga belum sampai di sini. Hal ini menandakan bahwa ekonomi Indonesia tumbuh dengan baik," kata Presiden yang kemudian disambut tawa sekitar 1.000 undangan yang hadir dalam acara tersebut.

Lebih lanjut Presiden mengatakan, perlombaan A1 tersebut cukup unik karena para peserta tidak mewakili produsen mobil seperti biasanya namun mereka berlomba mewakili negara mereka masing-masing.

A1 yang diselenggarakan di Sentul merupakan kejuaraan putaran yang kedelapan dari total 12 putaran yang dilaksanakan selama lebih dari tujuh bulan.

Putaran pertama diawali September 2005 lalu di Inggris dan selanjutnya dilangsungkan di Jerman, Portugal, Australia, Malaysia, Uni Emirat Arab, Afrika Selatan, dan Indonesia. Putaran terakhir akan digelar di Shanghai pada April tahun ini. "Ternyata Grand Prix A1 lebih kompleks dibandingkan konperensi PBB," kata Presiden kembali bercanda.

Guna memudahkan masyarakat datang ke Sirkuit Sentul panitia telah menyediakan "Shuttle Bus" untuk calon penonton yang telah memiliki tiket, mereka dapat menikmati fasilitas tersebut yang rutenya tersebar di lima wilayah di Ibukota yakni PRJ Kemayoran (Jakarta Pusat), sebelah UKI (Jakarta Timur), Taman Anggrek (Jakarta Barat), Lebak Bulus (Jakarta Selatan) dan di depan Kantor Garuda di Jalan Merdeka Selatan (Jakarta Pusat). Bus tersebut berangkat pada pukul 07.00 WIB.

Tim Piala Davis Indonesia unggul 2-0

Tim piala Davis Indonesia pada hari pertama pertandingan di Balikpapan, Jumat (10/2) untuk sementara unggul 2-0 atas tim Piala Davis Malaysia.

Pada hari pertama pemain tunggal Indonesia, Suwandi melawan pemain Malaysia Abdul Hazli Zainuddin unggul dengan kedudukan 6-1, 6-2 dan 6-2.

Pada pertandingan itu, Abdul Hazli beberapa kali tidak dapat mengembalikan servis yang dilakukan oleh pemain nomor satu Indonesia ini.

Kemudian pemain kedua Indonesia Prima Simpatiaji melawan Razlan Rawi, disini tim piala Davis Indonesia juga unggul dengan meraih poin kemenangan skor 6-1, 6-0 dan 6-0.

Kapten tim piala Davis Indonesia, Tintus Arianto Wibowo bahwa kemenangan ini sesuai dengan target yang diharapkan adalah kemenangan dengan skor 2-0.

Pertandingan yang dilakasanakan lapangan Family Club, Bukit Damai Indah Balikpapan sempat mengalami penundaan dari jadwal yang ditentukan pada jadwal pukul 10.00 Wita, tetapi karena cuaca hujan maka ditunda hingga pukul 13:00 Wita.

Go Indonesia
Even though now I live in Malaysia :tongue2:

Malaysia Tennis team aint that good...we should win by 5-0 straight. Indonesia and Thailand are still the best in southeast asia when it comes to Tennis.

cheers

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20060211184628&irec=0

Britain's Robbie Kerr ahead at Sunday A1 Grand Prix

JAKARTA (AP): Britain's Robbie Kerr took pole position for Sunday's sprint race of the 8th round of the A1 Grand Prix of nation's.

Kerr finished with an aggregate time of two minutes, 34.257 seconds Saturday to edge out Nicolas Lapierre of France with 2.34.477 at the four-kilometer (2.5-miles) Sentul race track on the outskirts of Jakarta. Mexico's Salvador Duran was third with 2:34.554 after the four races.

"I started on old tyros to learn a bit more about the circuit, and then we had two new sets of tyros for the rest of qualifying which was fantastic," Kerr said. "We made a slight change for the third session which was fantastic and again for the fourth session, even though it was damp."

Lapierre, who won the German, Australian and United Arab Emirates GPs, made a rare mistake in his first qualifying session spinning off into the gravel.

"It was not my best lap ever," he said. "I could have easily have hit the wall but some days are good and today I managed to miss it. So from then I needed to put in a few safe laps. "A total of 23 countries are taking part in the A1 GP.

The A1 GP qualifying format includes four 15-minute sessions, divided by 10-minute breaks. Drivers are limited to three laps per session. The driver's aggregate time determines their starting position on the grid.

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono welcomed the A1 participants on Friday night and, according to the A1 web site, performed "Imagine" a song by John Lennon. (**)

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anyone watched this race? in Sentul directly or on TV?

Irvin Museng
Merajut Impian ke Ajax

Makassar Football School (MFS) 2000, klub binaan Diza Ali, bikin kejutan lagi. Setelah sebelumnya masuk 10 besar Piala Dunia Danone U-12 di Prancis tahun lalu, kini seorang pemainnya, Irvin Museng, dipanggil ikut seleksi Akademi Sepakbola Ajax Amsterdam Belanda.

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Irvin, membuka jalan buat pemain lain.

Irvin, yang menjadi top scorer saat Piala Dunia Danone dengan mencetak 12 gol, kini sedang berkemas memenuhi undangan Ajax.

“Seperti mimpi. Saya bangga bisa dipanggil akademi sepakbola yang banyak melahirkan bintang-bintang dunia,” kata Irvin, didampingi kedua orang tuanya, Hengky dan Yenni Museng.

“Kesempatan ini hanya datang sekali. Keberangkatan Irvin hanya langkah awal, membuka jalan bagi pemain lain menyusul,” kata Diza Ali, sang manajer.

Irvin merupakan pemain ketiga Indonesia yang pernah mengecap pengalaman di kompetisi Negeri Kincir Angin. Sebelumnya beberapa tahun silam bintang timnas, Bambang Pamungkas, bermain di klub FC Norad serta pemain muda berbakat Rigan Agaci merasakan pembinaan akademi PSV Eindhoven.

Sayang, kedua pemain tersebut kurang sukses. Rigan bahkan harus angkat koper karena terjerat kasus pencurian umur.

Jika sesuai rencana, Irvin bertolak ke Belanda pada 28 Februari, dengan catatan pengurusan visa di Kedubes Belanda bisa dikebut. “Tanggal 5 Maret ia sudah harus bertemu dengan Johan Van Geijn, petinggi akademi sepakbola Ajax,” ujar Ruud J. Voll, penghubung MFS dengan pihak Ajax.

Irvin, yang berangkat dengan Ruud dan Berry Bertels, konsultan hukum asal Belanda yang menangani masalah kontrak pemain, akan mengikuti seleksi selama empat minggu. Jika sesuai standar, ia bisa bergabung.

Selain meminta Irvin ikut seleksi, April tahun ini pihak Akademi Sepakbola Ajax juga berencana mengirim dua utusan untuk melihat langsung kondisi MFS. “Kami juga berencana mengikuti Holland Cup bulan Agustus di Belanda dan bertemu dengan tim-tim macam AC Milan Junior, Inter Milan Junior, dan beberapa klub lain. Saat ini saya tengah mencari dana untuk mewujudkan impian itu,” lanjut Diza. (jam)

Irvin Museng
Lahir: Makassar, 13 Juni 1993
Orangtua: Hengky Museng/Yenni Museng
Anak Ke-: 2 dari 3 bersaudara
Hobi: main bola, dengar musik
Sepatu: Umbro no. 40
Prestasi:
- Timnas U-13 di Kamboja (10 gol) 2005
- Juara III Piala Bogasari Bandung 2005
- Top Scorer Piala Dunia Danone U-12 2005

The people of Lyon were able to watch this international display of extremely high level football for the first time this year. Invited by the Olympique Lyonnais, the Danone Nations Cup final kicked-off in the number 1 French clubs’ legendary grounds. It was a brilliant final which upheld the spirit of sportsmanship, dedication and team-work.

The Danone Nations Cup is the top event in the world of international football for the 10-12 age group. The final is endorsed by FIFA and the Fédération Française de Foot (French Football Federation) and sponsored by Zinedine Zidane.

Although unable to join the players in Lyon, kept busy preparing for France’s important match against Ireland in a few days, Zidane sent a message to the young players. He underlined the sport, pleasure and fair-play that must always be kept at the very heart of football.

However, another sponsor Bixente Lizarazou ; Franck Riboud, the CEO Groupe Danone ; Jean Michel Aulas, the President of Olympique Lyonnais ; Mr Collomb, Mayor of Lyon ; Bernard Barbet, President of the league representing Mr Escalettes, President of the FFF; Gérard Houiller and his new recruits Fred et Tiago were all watching. They were all especially impressed by the quality of football produced by the two passionate finalists: South Africa and Russia.

The football that the French military parachute squad delivered from above brought the Russians luck. They clinched the final in the penalty shoot-outs as the crowd held their breath. One of the Russian team said “it was luck that tipped the balance” in their favour! During the whole half hour of play, we saw an amazing level of involvement and strength from both sides. The Russians were able to counteract the South African team’s extremely strong tactical game by applying relentless pressure when their opponents had posession, and keeping powerful control of their own shots.

Overall, this year we saw even higher quality football, and much more closely fought matches with spectacular goals and extremely complex tactical play, considering the players’ ages.

2005’s great discovery was without doubt Indonesia- earning the « Best Attack » of the competition with 24 goals (a new record for the Danone Nations Cup), and the number 10 team player were also awarded the trophy for the « Best Goal Scorer ».

Hungary deserve a special mention for, depite their ranking, keeping smiling throughout the whole competition and who were in fact the youngest team this year. All the hungarian players were 10 years old although the players had to be aged between 10 and 12.

this is an awesome feat for Indonesia generally and Indonesian football especially..
awesome... more and more of our players are gaining recognition and opportunity to play in Europe.. hopefully in 10 years time, we will be one of the best in Asia.. haahha

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Irvin after scoring a goal..

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dunno who.. but young bright star of Indonesia

wow!! i always wanted to play Football!!

wow!! i always wanted to play Football!!

really? Since you live in the US, their woman team is very well known. I think they're the world champion.

buat irvin, sukses ja.

Not only Irvin that will go to Ajax, The Indonesia U23 team will go to Ajax for two years training to prepare for the Asian cup 2007. The head coach will be Ajax and assistant coach is Bambang Nurdiansyah.

Actually, Makassar already sent three young players to Ajax previously.

So we have a lot of young players on training in Ajax.

cheers

Tim Nasional
Didampingi Asisten Pelatih

Timnas U-23 Berlatih di Ajax Amsterdam

( Rabu, 15/02/2006 19:37 )


Sebagai persiapan untuk menghadapi Asian Games 2006 di Doha, Qatar mendatang, tim nasional U-23 akan menjalani program latihan jangka panjang di negara Belanda. Berdasarkan keterangan dari manajer timnas U-23, Rahim Soekasah, latihan jangka panjang tersebut akan dijalani selama satu - dua tahun. Pihaknya hingga saat ini masih melakukan negosiasi dengan klub Ajax Amsterdam dan KNVB (PSSI-nya Belanda).

Mengenai pilihannya menempatkan latihan timnas U-23 di klub Ajax tersebut dikarenakan pembinaan sepakbola untuk usia muda sangat bagus di klub tersebut. Ajax Amsterdam terkenal sebagai klub yang membina pemain-pemain muda berkualitas di Belanda, contohnya adalah Marco Van Basten yang telah menjadi legenda timnas Belanda.

Ia mengatakan, untuk persiapan dan seleksi pemain akan dilaksanakan jelang keberangkatan timnas yang dijadwalkan pada April mendatang. Seleksi pemain akan dilaksanakan oleh asisten pelatih Bambang Nurdiansyah dengan membawa sebanyak 24 pemain termasuk empat pemain senior.

Saat ditanya adakah kesamaan proyek timnas U-23 ini dengan program PSSI Primavera pada dekade 90-an yang lalu Rahim mengatakan, boleh dikatakan demikian. Namun menurutnya, program jangka panjang kali ini adalah lebih fokus pada pemantapan pemain muda untuk dapat berlaga di kancah internasional.

Ia mengatakan, para pemain yang akan dipilih sesuai standar timnas sehingga pihaknya akan fokus pada mental dan disiplin pemain untuk laga internasional. Dalam menyusun program jangka panjang ini, menurut dia, tim juga akan melakukan ujicoba pertandingan dengan tim di negara tersebut.

that's a good idea.. awesome...
we will have a superb team of the future then.. hahaha hopefully
we should at least be the king of south east asia..

Thats not impossible, we have the capabilites, skills and determination but we are lacking of experiences. Players needs to be send overseas, so they can play with high-standard of football with a superb pitch. We shouldnt send our players in ASEAN region but into Europe, remember when Kurniawan played in Sampdoria, he could run fast and furious like a ferrari modena ! :runaway: :lol:

cheers

Oh man..Why PSSI is so stupid! i blame PSSI for this fiasco...i feel sorry for Arema and Persipura :bash:


RI's Arema, Persipura booted from AFC Champions League

SINGAPORE (AFP): The AFC Champions League was thrown into disarray Friday with two clubs from Indonesia and two from Thailand barred from the competition for failing to submit their paperwork on time.

The severe punishment was dished out to Indonesia's Arema Malang and Persipura Jayapura and Thai clubs -- Provincial Electricity Authority and Thailand Tobacco Monopoly.

Two clubs -- Al Hilal from Yemen and Dhofar from Oman -- were also turned out of the AFC Cup, a tournament for teams from Asias "emerging" football associations, for the same reason.

They will have no right of appeal after failing to fill in their player registration forms by the February 12 deadline.

"It is essential that clubs comply with the regulations that govern AFC competitions, and failing to meet a registration deadline represents a serious breach of these regulations," AFC president Mohammed bin Hammam said in a statement.

"The AFC Champions League is Asias premier club competition and we simply cannot have clubs in this flagship event who show such disregard for the regulations.

"Clubs who pay little attention to such basic administrative matters have no place in the continents premier club competition."

The tournament for the league and cup champions of the top 14 national associations in the AFC gets underway on March 8 and will retain its format despite the disqualification of the clubs.

It means two groups will contain just two teams each, with the top one going through to the quarter-finals.

Now only Tokyo Verdy of Japan and Ulsan Horang-I of South Korea are left in Group F, while Shanghai Shenhua of China and Dong Tam Long An of Vietnam will be fighting for the group honors in Group G.

Saudi giants Al Ittihad are the defending champions.

An AFC spokeswoman said the regulations made clear that there could be no right of appeal, and said a less severe punishment was not considered as the clubs had already been granted an extension to complete the forms.

"We showed some flexibility, and we had no choice but to disqualify them. We need to enforce the credibility of the competition," she said.

Bin Hammam is on a drive to improve professionalism in Asian football and warned clubs and leagues this week that they must improve, or football in the region would be going nowhere.

In his statement, he said the decision to disqualify the clubs should serve as a lesson that amateurism would not be tolerated.

"Clubs throughout Asia have made great strides to improve their administrative practices and we can only hope that this decision serves as a lesson to show that the AFC will not tolerate such lapses in the future," he said.

The AFC also announced that it is setting up a committee charged with making recommendations on how best to improve club football in Asia and to propose a revised structure of the Champions League. (**)

I never liked PSSI, they are a bunch of morons... I dont like PBSI too etc.. etc.. a bunch of power thristy and attention seekers brats. What have becomes to our atheles? They all poor. After they give so much to the country, they still poor.

Basically most of our sports official organisation are a bunch of morons, they used the organisation as a tool for popularity rather than making them success. Just take a look at our SEA games Manila result..its really a f*cked up result.


cheers

Wow! Chris Jon just defended his WBA world champion today!, what a great match by Chris, he showed Marquez that his uppercut is really a nightmare.

The judges gave him all three absolute wins! Bravo Chris, youre the best!

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~ Referee: Guillermo Pérez Pineda | Judge: Oscar Perez | Judge: Takeshi Shimakawa | Judge: Pinij Prayadsub ~
~ WBA Featherweight Title ~
Scores: 116-110, 117-111, 116-112 all for John.

cheers

awesome... he's always a great boxer from my opinion.. he just needs more recognition from the public.. he's soo underrated...

I agree with you Maha, hes so underrated because he came from South east asia and now the whole world started to notice him.

So whats next for Chris? I want to see him versus "Pac Man" Manny Paquino.


Chris John retains WBA title


Indonesia's Chris John retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion belt in a 12-round mandatory title bout against Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico in Tenggarong, East Kalimantan, late Saturday.

Chris won by unanimous decision, spoiling Marquez's bid to claim the title.

Judge Oscar Perez of the United States awarded 116-110 points in favor of Chris, Takeshi Shimakawa of Japan gave 117-111, and Piniij Prayadsub of Thailand gave 116-112.

"It was a tough match. I thank God that I was able to win," the 26-year-old champ said. "I thank for the public's support for me."

With a combination of jabs and uppercuts, Marquez dominated the last four rounds as Chris's stamina started to drop visibly.

"I kept listening to what my coach Bob (Vidanovski) said... I had to maintain distance to avoid Marquez's combination of punches," said Chris, who received US$90,000 for the fight.

Referee Guillermo Perez Pineda of Panama deducted two points from Marquez in the ninth and 11th rounds for low hits.

The victory extended the Indonesian's undefeated winning streak of 37 wins, 20 of them KOs, and one draw.

Last April, Chris retained his featherweight title by unanimous decision over American Derrick Gainer. He also defeated little-known Tommy Brown in Sydney in August 2005. -- JP

European Tour heading to Bali for first time

SINGAPORE (AFP): Bali will play host to a European Tour golf event for the first time when the Indonesian Open moves to the resort island in 2008, organisers announced.

The tournament will be held at the newly built New Kuta Golf complex, which is part of the island's drive to rejuvenate a tourism industry hit by a series of bombings.

"When we started to build this facility, it was our ambition to host a world-class tournament," said GolfLink Resorts president Suprapto Pegeng.

"And you can't get much better than an event co-sanctioned by both the European and Asian Tours."

This year's Indonesian Open was held last week at Emeralda Golf Club in Jakarta with England's Simon Dyson lifting the trophy. (**)

I agree with you Maha, hes so underrated because he came from South east asia and now the whole world started to notice him.

So whats next for Chris? I want to see him versus "Pac Man" Manny Paquino.


Chris John retains WBA title


Indonesia's Chris John retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion belt in a 12-round mandatory title bout against Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico in Tenggarong, East Kalimantan, late Saturday.

Chris won by unanimous decision, spoiling Marquez's bid to claim the title.

Judge Oscar Perez of the United States awarded 116-110 points in favor of Chris, Takeshi Shimakawa of Japan gave 117-111, and Piniij Prayadsub of Thailand gave 116-112.

"It was a tough match. I thank God that I was able to win," the 26-year-old champ said. "I thank for the public's support for me."

With a combination of jabs and uppercuts, Marquez dominated the last four rounds as Chris's stamina started to drop visibly.

"I kept listening to what my coach Bob (Vidanovski) said... I had to maintain distance to avoid Marquez's combination of punches," said Chris, who received US$90,000 for the fight.

Referee Guillermo Perez Pineda of Panama deducted two points from Marquez in the ninth and 11th rounds for low hits.

The victory extended the Indonesian's undefeated winning streak of 37 wins, 20 of them KOs, and one draw.

Last April, Chris retained his featherweight title by unanimous decision over American Derrick Gainer. He also defeated little-known Tommy Brown in Sydney in August 2005. -- JP

Yah klo UU pornografi n pornoaksi disahkan
Chris John harus siap2 cari pekerjaan baru

:bash:

a positive gesture shown by president SBY to Indonesian athlete. Chris John will be invited to the Palace soon following his achievement in defending WBA title.

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Presiden Yudhoyono akan terima Chris John

JAKARTA (Antara): Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono berencana akan memberikan penghormatan secara khusus kepada Chris John yang berhasil mempertahankan gelar juara dunia tinju kelas bulu versi WBA setelah mengalahkan penantangnya Juan Manuel Marquez dari Meksiko di Tenggarong pada 4 Maret dengan angka mutlak.

Deputi Pemberdayaan Keolahragaan Kantor Menpora, Djohar Arifin Husin, mengemukakan penghargaan dari Presiden untuk Chris John itu dalam bentuk diterima di Istana Negara dalam waktu dekat ini.

"Pak Menpora telah dipanggil Presiden dan meminta dijadwalkan pertemuan dengan Chrisjon sebagai penghormatan", katanya.

Djohar belum memastikan tentang waktu pertemuan itu karena masih menunggu konfirmasi dari protokol kepresidenan.

Penghormatan yang akan diterima petinju kelahiran Banjarnegara, 14 September 1979 itu merupakan yang kedua kalinya bagi Chris John setelah peringatan Hari Olahraga Nasional (Haornas) tahun 2005.

Menurut Djohar, diberikannya penghormatan kepada seorang warga negara Indonesia oleh Presiden pada tahun 2006 ini adalah yang pertama kali atas keberhasilan Chris John membawa nama bangsa dan negara secara mendunia.

Indons find it tough courting the young

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INDONESIA is facing a new dilemma in finding top class singles shuttlers as the younger generation are more interested in becoming movie stars.

This may sound unusual, especially when it is a badminton-crazy nation, but Indonesia's Thomas Cup squad assistant team manager Lius Pongoh said this is indeed true and quite a predicament.

Lius, a top class shuttler in the 1980s, said they have only four quality singles players in Taufik Hidayat, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Simon Santoso and Markus Wijanu and nothing to choose from the back-up team if any of the seniors is injured.

"The youth in Indonesia just want to be movie stars and become 'Indonesian Idol' winners. We are losing out on talent," said Lius at the Johor Baru City Stadium yesterday.

"The singles department is the hardest hit as our back-up is very weak.

It is so hard to search for talent as our youngsters are crazy about being actors and are more interested in going into the entertainment field.

"There is good depth in the men's doubles but our women's team is also in bad shape.

"If any of our men singles players are injured, our target of reaching the Thomas Cup final in Japan will be badly hit." Taufik, the Olympic and world champion, suffered a back injury several days ago but Lius hopes he will recover to lead Indonesia to the (Thomas Cup) finals. Indonesia were eliminated in the quarter-finals in Jakarta two years ago.

Indonesia's doubles line-up is almost confirmed with World No 2 Candra Wijaya-Sigit Budiarto, Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto and Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan. Indonesia will meet Malaysia in the quarter-finals if they finish second to South Korea in the group stage and will cross swords with China in the semi-finals if they top the preliminary round. Taufik has been the sole flag-bearer for Indonesia the past few years but injuries could force him to retire well before the 2008 Beijing Olympics and this leaves Sony as the only genuine contender for titles.

And with the entertainment industry proving to be a major lure, Indonesia could find itself in the backwaters if the situation isn't arrested.

lol.. its money thing of course.. - as i have said many times - its not worth it to become top sport player in indonesia. no future. your talent will be sucked dry and at the end you will sell bakso like alan and susi susanti.

lol.. its money thing of course.. - as i have said many times - its not worth it to become top sport player in indonesia. no future. your talent will be sucked dry and at the end you will sell bakso like alan and susi susanti.


are they really having that sort of business ?

poor couple ...
Indonesia is a mean country
look what it did to its heros...

i've never seen it with my eyes. that is what my sister said. alan budikusuma and susi susanti selling bakso @ kelapa gading food stalls. however i know some sportsman become rich, like icuk sugiarto (is it icuk????), but not from his sports skill, but from business skill, he is doing those top1 oil or something.

i think it should be rudi hartono not icuk ...

A1: Ananda's out. Ditabrak sama pembalap Irlandia. :(

Indonesia claimed 1 title in the Asian Badminton Championships, Nova/Lilyana in Mixed Doubles.
ALl the others crashed out :(
Sony and Simon in the QF, Alvin/Luluk in the SF...

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Indonesia's Ananda Mikola drives his car during a practice session on qualification day for Sunday's A1 race in Shanghai April 1, 2006. REUTERS/Nir Elias

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Seri I A1 GP 2006-07 di Zandvoort

[SHANGHAI] Sirkuit Taman Zandvoort di Belanda, bakal menjadi tuan rumah seri pertama penyelenggaraan Kejuaraan Dunia Otomotif, A1 Grand Prix (GP) musim lomba 2006/07 pada 29 September hingga 1 Oktober mendatang. Sirkuit yang lokasinya 30 km dari Kota Amsterdam ini, memiliki reputasi sebagai lintasannya pembalap.

Pada seri terakhir A1 GP 2005/06 yang berakhir di Shanghai, pembalap tim Indonesia, Ananda Mikola akhirnya mampu meraih poin. Nanda berhasil finis kelima di ajang Sprint Race dan mendapat tambahan enam poin.

Tanda-tanda keberhasilan pembalap yang biasa dipanggil Nanda itu, sudah terlihat di sesi kualifikasi. Sayangnya, pada ajang Feature Race, Nanda tidak dapat menyelesaikan balapan. Pacuannya tertabrak di bagian roda oleh kendaraan tim Irlandia di tikungan ketujuh, pada putaran pertama.

Pada ajang Sprint Race, pembalap tim Malaysia, Alex Yoong tampil sebagai juara. Ini merupakan kemenangan pertama Yoong di ajang A1 GP. [A1GP.Com/L-9]

Klasemen Tim

1 Prancis 172

2 Swiss 121

3 Inggris 97

4 Selandia Baru 77

5 Malaysia 74

6 Brasil 71

7 Belanda 69

8 Irlandia 68

9 Portugal 66

10 Kanada 59

11 Meksiko 59

12 Cheska 56

13 Australia 51

14 Italia 46

15 Jerman 38

16 AS 23

17 Afrika Selatan 20

18 Indonesia 16

19 Austria 14

20 Pakistan 10

21 Jepang 8

22 China 6

23 Lebanon 0

24 India 0

25 Russia 0

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mann... ananda crashed again.. sucks.. with the irish car.. damnnn...
kenapa tabrakan melulu ya dia..
gotta tell him to come back to jakarta for a while.. and drive around the streets and roads of jakarta for practice.. hhaha

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kejebak macet dong..... hehehe

mann... ananda crashed again.. sucks.. with the irish car.. damnnn...
kenapa tabrakan melulu ya dia..
gotta tell him to come back to jakarta for a while.. and drive around the streets and roads of jakarta for practice.. hhaha

i saw the race on tv, i was soooo disappointed. it was only the 1st round. since the start it was really hot, everyone tried to take the lead. the Irish car hit the front tire of ananda's. the result was Irish car was like 'flying' in the air before rolling over several times on the ground. *sigh*

yeah I know.. i was devastated..
stupid irish.. ahhhaha must've been drinkin couple of pints of beer before he raced.. :P

Tampil Lagi di GP Malaysia

Doni Tata [Pembaruan/Surya Lesmana]

[JAKARTA] "From zero to Hero" Dari bukan siapa-siapa menjadi pahlawan. Itulah tantangan yang diajukan oleh pabrikan motor Yamaha kepada pembalap muda belia Indonesia, Doni Tata Pradipta. Pembalap asal Yogyakarta yang baru berusia 15 tahun itu mendapat dukungan dari Yamaha untuk berprestasi, dan tampil di ajang motograndprix (MotoGP) yang dicanangkan bakal dicapai Doni pada tahun 2008 mendatang.

Tidak tanggung-tanggung, pabrikan motor asal Jepang itu siap mendukung Doni Tata selama lima tahun. Pada tahun 2006 ini saja, pemuda yang baru duduk di kelas tiga SMP itu bakal tampil kembali pada ajang balapan dunia (world GP) kelas 125cc, di Grand Prix Malaysia, Sirkuit Sepang, pada 10 September mendatang. Pada musim lalu, Doni sudah tampil di kelas yang sama, mendapat wild card. Dia berhasil finis, tanpa tertinggal satu putaran (overlap) oleh pembalap terdepan. Tahun ini, kembali dia mendapat wild card untuk tampil.

Menurut Yutakashi Terada dari PT Yamaha Motor Kencana Indonesia, sebelum tampil di GP Malaysia, Doni Tata dijadwalkan mengikuti ajang kejuaraan balap motor di Jepang (Japan Championship) pada 12-14 Mei di Tsukuba. Untuk adaptasi pacuan dan sirkuit, Jumat (14/4) kemarin, Doni yang didampingi manajer tim Edmond Cho, dan sang ayah, Kiswadi yang bertindak sebagai mekanik, berangkat ke Jepang. Di sana, Doni akan mendapat penangangan dari mantan pembalap 125 cc, Kato.

"Tahun depan (2007), Doni Tata bakal naik ke kelas 250 cc. Pada tahun itu, dia juga akan mengikuti seluruh balapan di Jepang yang banyaknya enam seri. Kami rasa memang perlu Doni Tata naik kelas," jelas Bambang Asmarabudi dari Yamaha.

Taufik, Wynne picked best athletes of the year


Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

World men's singles badminton champion Taufik Hidayat and comeback tennis queen Wynne Prakusya swept the major honors Friday in the glittering inaugural national sports award presentation.

Taufik, 24, accepted the evening's final award of best male athlete with a message for Indonesia's campaign in the Thomas Cup men's team competition, to be held in Japan from April 29 to May 7.

"I ask for the support of the Indonesian people as the national team will head to Tokyo on April 28 for the Thomas Cup. We are all hoping that we can win back the Thomas Cup," Taufik said of the competition, last won by Indonesia in 2002.

The 2004 Olympic and 2005 world champion was chosen over fellow nominees Bambang Pamungkas (soccer), Husein Abdullah (table tennis), Sutrisno (powerlifting) and Umar Syarief (karate).

"Thank God for this award. I had not expected to win the award, which has been organized for the first time by KONI (National Sports Council)," said the 24 year old, who recently married Ami Gumelar, the daughter of KONI chairman Agum Gumelar.

"I'm proud about this appreciation of me. It shows that people still support me. I thank PBSI (the National Badminton Association) which has pushed me to the top. I thank my family and the people of Indonesia."

Wynne, who returned from a long injury layoff to win three golds at last December's Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines, beat out markswoman Bary Agustini Said, runner Olivia Sadi, archer Rina Dewi Puspitasari, cyclist Santia Tri Kusuma and rower Sarce Aronggear for best female athletes.

Wynne, who will miss next week's Fed Cup tie against China due to a recurrence of injury, and Taufik each received Rp 25 million (US$2,781.6).

"These days have been great for me. Hopefully, this will inspire me further to creating good achievement in the future," said the 24-year-old from Surakarta, who received the best female athlete award from Bola sports tabloid last week.

The seven-member jury was journalists Ian Situmorang, Atal S. Depari, university practitioner Imam Suyudi, Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry staff Hari Setiono, as well as former athletes Zoraya Perucha and Loekman Niode from swimming, and tennis great Yayuk Basuki.

World boxing champion Chris John was chosen favorite athlete, based on SMS polling. It was his second award in a week after receiving Bola's top male athlete honor.

"This shows that people still support me. This will motivate me to do ever better," the 26-year-old said. -----------------------Other awards

Best Young Athlete: Irene Kharisma (chess) Best Coach: Richard Mainaky (badminton) Best Team or Pair: Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir (badminton) Best Patron: Luhut Panjaitan (Indonesian Karate-do Association)

Badminton-Hidayat sparks Indonesia rout of Kiwis
Saturday April 29, 10:38 PM



TOKYO, April 29 (Reuters) - Olympic and world badminton champion Taufik Hidayat sparked Indonesia to a 5-0 victory over New Zealand in their Thomas Cup opener on Saturday.
Hidayat, who has been struggling with a back injury, gave 13-times champions Indonesia a winning start with a 21-19 21-15 victory over John Moody in Sendai.

Soni Dwi Kuncoro and Simon Santoso both won their singles as Indonesia predictably got off to a winning start in Group B. ADVERTISEMENT



Injury-hit England dug deep for a 3-2 win over the United States with David Lindley and Chris Langridge beating Kahn Bob Malaythong and Raju Rai 21-17 21-16 in the decisive doubles.

The U.S. were drubbed 5-0 in their opening Group D match against Malaysia on Friday. England face 1992 champions Malaysia on Sunday.

India battled to a 3-2 victory over Germany in Group A to give themselves a fighting chance of advancing to the quarter-finals in Tokyo.

Hosts Japan began their campaign with a 5-0 whitewash of South Africa in Group C before their clash with European power Denmark on Sunday.

In the women's Uber Cup, Hong Kong edged out England 3-2 in Group X. Germany beat Singapore by the same score in Group Y.

Taiwan overpowered the U.S. 5-0 in Group W while New Zealand also blanked South Africa in Group Z.

Both China's men's and women's teams -- winners of both competitions two years ago -- had a day off on the second day.

We're pretty much into the semis against China on Wednesday. Go Team Indonesia!!
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Simon does the job Youngster clinches winner for Indonesia

SIMON Santoso rose to the occasion to deliver the winning point for Indonesia in the decisive third singles match of their final Group B Thomas Cup Finals tie against South Korea at the Sendai Gymnasium yesterday.

The young Simon, who is ranked 28th in the world, punched his fists after scoring a 21-18, 21-16 victory over the higher ranked Park Sung-hyun.

The 3-2 victory for Indonesia gave them the top spot in the group and they will go into the same half of the draw as defending champions and top seeds China.

South Korea will have to earn a quarter-final meeting with Malaysia in a playoff against Germany today.

“I have made amends for the failure in Jakarta two years ago,” said the 20-year-old Simon, who failed to win the decisive third singles match in the semi-finals against Denmark in 2004.

“I have proved my worth. From now, I want to keep on winning for Indonesia.”

Yesterday, Indonesia recovered from the brink of defeat after their number one singles players Taufik Hidayat and the top ranked pair of Candra Wijaya-Sigit Budiarto lost the first two matches.

Taufik was beaten 21-16, 10-21, 8-21 by Lee Hyun-il and Candra-Sigit fell to a 16-21, 14-21 defeat by the scratch combination of Jung Jae-sung-Lee Yong-dae.

Sony Dwi Kuncoro rescued the tie for Indonesia, beating 2004 Athens Olympics silver medallist and world number 13 Shon Seung-mo 21-9, 21-15.

“I did not feel the burden at all. I told myself to believe in my ability and that lifted my spirits to go hard against Seung-mo. Today, I was more aggressive and reacted faster,” said Sony, who is ranked 20th in the world.

The second-ranked Indonesia pair of Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto levelled the tie, beating Hwang Ji-man-Han Sang Hoon 22-24, 21-17, 21-14.

Both pairs produced a nail-biting first game before the Koreans edged Luluk-Alven. But the Indonesians came back strongly to win the next two games.

“We were too eager to win the first game and lost control of the proceedings.

“We managed to read the placing shots at the front court by the Koreans in the second and third games,” said Alven.

It was left to Simon to seal the tie for Indonesia and he duly delivered.

Indonesia are expected to have a stroll into the semi-finals. In Wednesday’s quarter-finals, they will face the winners of today's playoff tie between Japan and the United States.

Badminton: Japan ousted by powerhouse Indonesia in Thomas Cup

(Kyodo) _ Japan saw its hopes of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in 27 years dashed Wednesday after a 3-1 defeat at the hands of 13-time winner Indonesia in the Thomas Cup men's team championship.

Japan got off to a bright start when Shoji Sato upset reigning Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat 20-22, 21-16, 24-22 in a thrilling singles match that lasted one hour, nine minutes in front of a sellout crowd of about 10,000 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

But Japan's battle ended there as the host lost the following three matches -- all in straight sets.

Indonesia drew even after Luluk Hadiyanto and Yulianto Alven beat Keita Masuda and Tadashi Otsuka 21-13, 21-16 and went ahead 2-1 with Soni Dwi Kuncoro's 22-20, 21-7 win over Sho Sasaki.

Markis Kidho and Hendra Setiawan then sealed victory for the Indonesians by defeating Shintaro Ikeda and Shuichi Sakamoto 21-15, 21-18.

^^ Yup :) The big test is vs China...the games will start in 1-2 horus from now. Indonesia's the underdog...but it might still b able to pull a miracle!

Indonesia got demolished by China 3-0. I saw the match live online...all the matches were quite close, except for Taufik HIdayat who's totally out of it (just recovered from back injury).

China blanks Indonesia in semi-finals of Thomas Cup badminton

www.chinaview.cn 2006-05-05 16:16:35

TOKYO, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Five-time title holder and defending champion China overwhelmed 13-time champion Indonesia 3-0 here Friday, sailing into the grand finale of the 2006 Thomas Cup badminton championship.

"I am quite satisfied with my players' performance today," said delighted Chinese head coach Li Yongbo, "If they continue such form in the finals like today, I am sure we can defend the title."

In-form Lin Dan, now ranked first in the world, unexpectedly eased past Olympic and world champion Taufik Hidayat with a score of 21-16 and 21-8 in 42 minutes. Lin's win leveled the record at 3-3 all between the world top two shuttlers.

This point was seen as the key to the whole match and it turned out to be the truth.

"I am very happy to take the important point for my team," said Lin Dan, adding that he would do his best in the following finals on Sunday against the winner between Denmark and Malaysia in the evening.

In the following thrilling first doubles, China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, world number three pair, ousted Luluk Hadiyanto and Yulianto Alven 24-22 and 21-17 after they changed leading position time from time.

The third point of China was from Bao Chunlai. When 16-16 in the first game, the tall Chinese took four points in a row mainly on his cross-smashes and finished the game at 21-17 over Soni Dwi Kuncoro, world number 20.

But in the second, Soni led all the way to 16-9 and 20-19. At the crucial time, the Chinese saved three game points before he won the game and match at 24-22.

The victory added Bao's winning streak against Soni 5-0 in their past meetings.

"Lin Dan was in top form while Taufik not. That's why we lost the match against China," said Lius Pongoh, team manager of Indonesia.

It takes 12 years for China to win back the Thomas Cup trophy two years ago in Jakarta, beating Denmark 3-1 in the finals. Enditem

when badminton's down boxing is up

Rachman KOs Mexican, stays world champion

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesia's M. Rachman had boasted that he would KO challenger Omar Sato of Mexico in Saturday's mandatory bout. He did.

Fighting before the home crowd at the Bung Karno Indoor Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta, Rachman knocked out Soto with a combination of straights to Soto's right jaw in the sixth round.

With the victory, he retains his world champion title in the International Boxing Federation mini flyweight division (47.6 kilograms).

"My strategy was to make him launch attacks in the early rounds," said the 33-year-old fighter. "In the fifth round, I knew I had to attack more to win.

"I felt his punches were powerless."

Rachman admitted that the 26-year-old Mexican's uppercut hit his face in the fourth round.

"I knew I got hit but didn't feel anything," said Rachman, who was coached by Terry Joe.

The minute Soto bowed down on the ring, Rachman supporters stormed and lifted him while guests -- including State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Adhyaksa Dault and the National Sports Council former chairman Wismoyo Arismunandar -- gave their applause to welcome the win.

Rachman, dubbed the Rock Breaker, becomes the second Indonesian world champion in the division after Nico Thomas in 1989. He won the belt after defeating Daniel Reyes in Jakarta on Sept. 14, 2004.

He had only defended his title in a choice match on April 5, 2005, against Fahlan Sakkreerin of Thailand in his hometown Merauke, Papua.

Rachman pocketed US$20,000 from the fight while Soto earned $10,000.

The sports tabloid Bola reported Rachman would ink a $75,000 deal to retain his title in the United States. But if an Indonesian promoter could take over the slated bout, he may defend his title at home.

Promoter M. Arsyad, who staged Saturday's mandatory bout free of charge for the public, had said earlier that he would eye WBO mini flyweight champion Ivan Calderon of Puerto Rico as the next contender.

Taufik wins sixth Indonesian Open crown


Indra Harsaputra,The Jakarta Post, Surabaya

National number one men's singles player Taufik Hidayat resumed his charmed run in the US$250,000 Djarum Indonesian Open badminton championships by defeating higher-ranked Bao Chunlai of China in Sunday's final.

It was his sixth title in the event, following victories in 1999, 2000 and 2002-2004, and tied the record for most championships with Ardy B. Wiranata from the 1990s. He won $20,000.

Taufik, now world-ranked 14, was made to fight in a tight 21-16, 21-19 victory against his 6th ranked and 3rd seeded opponent, who also held a 3-1 head-to-head edge over him coming in to the final.

The win at Kertajaya Sports Hall also ended a long title drought for the 25-year-old from Bandung.

"I'm glad I was able to win the tournament here. It's been eight months and I haven't won anything," said the 2004 Olympic champion, whose last victory was the world championship title in Anaheim, the United States, last August.

"I present this win to my coach and my family," he said of coach Mulyo Handoyo, who resigned from the national training center after Indonesia's disappointing showing in last month's Thomas Cup men's team event.

Bao complained that he lost concentration at the crucial 19-19 point in the see-saw second game after he thought Taufik's shot landed out.

"I had a chance to beat him but my focus was disturbed by the umpire's call," he said. "I will beat him next time. I'll be waiting for him in the Singapore Open (next week)."

The scratch pairing of Candra Wijaya and Indonesian-born Tony Gunawan, who now plays for the United States, upset the much younger defending champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan 21-17, 21-16.

"The defense of Kido and Setiawan was awful. We will evaluate this," said the national team's men's doubles coach Christian Hadinata.

Candra, 30, who withdrew from the national training center last month, was surprised by the ease of the win with his partner from the late 1990s, who turned 31 last month.

"We didn't have any special preparation for the tournament. We haven't teamed up for five years. Tony rarely practices now due to his job at an electronics company over there," Candra said.

"This victory is for my daughter's birthday."

The host contingent's hopes of winning another title were dashed when defending mixed doubles champions and top seeded Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir bowed out 19-21, 15-21 to China's Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen.

"It was a tough match. The Chinese were difficult to figure out. They played very well and solidly," said Nova, who won the 2005 world title with Lilyana.

Badminton Association of Indonesia chairman Sutiyoso immediately said that he would evaluate the players' performance.

"The results were below our target of three titles."

Chinese shuttlers collected two more titles in the women's singles and doubles in all-Chinese finals.

Unseeded Zhu Lin defeated Lu Luan 21-11, 21-16 for the singles crown, while Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen subdued Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen 21-13, 21-13.

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Another Ring Death in Indonesia
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By Ronnie Nathanielsz

Another young Indonesian boxer has died after collapsing in the ring during the sixth and final round of a bout at the RW Monginsidi Hall B in Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi, last Monday.

According to the Box Rec website 22 year old flyweight Fadly Kasim was making only his second ring appearance against Jibril Soamole although there was another report that claimed it was his ring debut. Kasim was rushed to the Prof. Kandou Hospital but died soon after. Kasim was the 25th fighter to die in Indonesian boxing history and the eleventh since 2000 .

Boxing writer Jeffrey Pamungkas reported that Kasim’s trainer Andy Koliangan had asked his fighter to quit in round three but he refused and continued to fight. Kasim apparently took a bad beating in the fifth round and collapsed forcing referee Edward Rompas to call a halt.

WBC president Jose Sulaiman imposed a six month ban on Indonesia following a total of five ring deaths in 2000 and 2001 amidst charges that promoters were negligent in following necessary medical guidelines. Sulaiman said that in his opinion Indonesian boxers had died because they had “not been medically examined prior to the bouts and/or the referees let them punch each other to death without stopping fights when a boxer is seriously injured.” Sulaiman also claimed some promoters had programmed one-sided fights with supervision and approval from the Indonesian boxing commission.

The head of the Philippine Games and Amusements Board and concurrent chief of the Boxing Division Dr.. Nasser Cruz had earlier disclosed that the WBC was set to introduce regulations that would require fighters to undergo tests for the level of APOE4, a kind of protein in the brain which hampers recovery from brain surgery and cerebral hemorraghe while also increasing the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease.

A report from Jakarta at that time said medical experts suspected that at least 75 percent of Indonesian boxers have a very high content of Apolipoprotein E-4 . The report said medical experts believe fighters with a high incidence of APOE4 must be forced into retirement.

http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,20019445-23215,00.html

Jakarta to host final of Asian Cup

From correspondnet in Hong Kong
August 04, 2006 JAKARTA today won the right to host the final of next year's Asian Cup, beating off competition from Bangkok, Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur.

Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia are jointly hosting Asia's premier football tournament, with Bangkok selected for the opening ceremony and opening game on July 7.
The two semi-finals will take place in Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur with the final in the Indonesian capital on July 29.

"Our decision reflects the strengths and the wishes of the respective national associations," AFC president Mohamed bin Hammam said.

"This includes infrastructure, the addressing of security measures, the commitment to promote the event, and the protection of commercial rights."

The Asian Cup has never before been hosted by four countries and bin Hammam earlier this year admitted to AFP he was concerned about costs and logisitical problems.

"It is proving very difficult for us. We have to have four organising committees, four media centres and there are also financial considerations," he said in January.

"It was my mistake. If we had a choice we definitely wouldn't do it again."

The AFC had announced in 2003 that the 2007 competition would be held in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region after adopting a rotation policy for hosting the Cup, similar to world football's governing body FIFA.

It will be the first time that ASEAN has held the competition since 1984, when Singapore was host.

Sixteen teams will compete for the Cup with qualification rounds already under way. The teams are divided into six groups of four with the top two from each progressing to the finals.

The next round of qualifying takes place on August 16 but without Lebanon, which pulled out of the competition this week blaming Israel's "barbaric attack" on the country.

Japan, which has won the Asian Cup three times, is defending champion having beaten China 3-1 in a bad-tempered final in Beijing in 2004.

Australia is competing for the first time after its switch from Oceania to the AFC.

Following their second-round heroics at the World Cup in Germany, the Socceroos go into this month's qualifying round as Asia's highest-ranked team in the world at 33.

Japan has slumped to 49 and South Korea to 56.

The Asian Cup was first played in 1956.

Agence France-Presse

Irvin Jadi Satu-satunya dari Asia, Anto Tembus Bundesliga

Dua ABG (anak baru gedhe) ini boleh disebut sebagai masa depannya sepak bola Indonesia. Usia masih belasan tahun, tapi sudah berhasil menembus Eropa, dan bermain di klub-klub terkenal di sana. Mereka adalah Febrianto Wijaya dan Irvin Museng, keduanya sama-sama dari Makassar.

UMURNYA baru 13 tahun. Dia tidak terlalu tinggi, kira-kira 160-an centi meter. Namanya Irvin Museng. Putra kedua pasangan Henky Museng dan Yenny Thaurisan ini selama empat bulan lebih menimba ilmu di tim Ajax Amsterdam, Belanda.

Prestasi Irvin memang membanggakan. Dia terpilih sebagai salah satu anggota tim D1, Ajax Junior, bersama 24 anak lainnya dari seluruh dunia. Irvin adalah satu-satunya anak asal Asia yang sukses direkrut klub raksasa Ajax Amsterdam, menyisihkan lebih dari 3.000 anak lainnya.

"Saya senang bisa tinggal dan belajar sepakbola di Ajax. Banyak ilmu yang saya dapat selama berada di sana,'' cerita Irvin yang ditemui JPNN di rumahnya di Jl Sultan Hasanuddin Sungguminasa Gowa, Kamis lalu.

Ini adalah kepulangan Irvin yang pertama di Makassar sejak keberangkatannya ke Belanda 28 Februari lalu. ”Berbagai pengalaman pelatihan sepakbola saya dapatkan di sana,” kata ABG kelahiran 13 Juni 1993 ini.

Salah satunya adalah teknik bermain, fasilitas dan disiplin berlatih yang cukup ketat. Selama berada di sana, Irvin juga banyak mendapat pelajaran berharga dari para seniornya di Ajax seperti: Wesky Sneider dan John Huitignga.

Meski berlibur di kampung halamannya, Irvin tetap melanjutkan program latihan. ”Harus tetap berlatih sampai balik lagi ke Belanda,” kata Irvin. Dia berencana kembali lagi ke Belanda 25 Agustus ini.

Bagaimana ceritanya, Irvin bisa menembus Ajax? Diceritakan, awal mulanya ketika dia tampil membela MFS Indonesia di ajang Piala Dunia Danone U-12 di Lyon, Prancis, September 2005. Ketika itu Ajax kepincut melihat kepiawaian Irvin menggocek si kulit bundar. Saat itu MFS berhasil membantai Belanda 6-0, Kanada (3-0), dan Irlandia (6-0). Irvin bahkan sukses menjadi top scorer dengan mengemas 10 gol. Bahkan Irvin berhasil menduduki posisi 10 besar dari 32 negara.

Meski demikian, untuk bergabung di Ajax, tak semudah membalik telapak tangan. Setelah kompetisi Liga Danone berakhir, Irvin masih harus menunggu empat bulan lama, hingga Ruud J.C. Voll, warga negara Belanda berdarah Toraja berhasil meyakinkan petinggi Ajax tentang bakat terpendam Irvin.

Ruud kemudian mengantar Direktur Akademi Sepak Bola Ajax, John van Den Bom, ke Makassar. Ditemani seorang notaris asal Belanda, Mr Berry Bertels, John sempat menyaksikan permainan Irvin dan rekan-rekannya di Makassar, Februari lalu.

John langsung meminta Irvin mengikuti seleksi pemain muda berbakat di Ajax, 4 Maret lalu. Hasilnya, Irvin berhasil lolos. Klub yang sukses menelurkan sejumlah bintang sepak bola dunia seperti; Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, dan Dennis Bergkamp ini akan mendidik Irvin selama tiga tahun.

Jauh sebelum Irvin, sejumlah pemain muda Indonesia ada juga yang berhasil menembus Ajax. Irfan Bachdim, misalnya. Dia pernah merasakan didikan tangan-tangan dingin pelatih Ajax Amsterdam pada 1999. Putra pasangan Noval Bachdim dan Hester van Dijic ini bahkan pernah menjadi top scorer kompetisi amatir U-15 Belanda tahun 2002.

Belakangan, setelah perkembangannya dinilai stagnan, Irfan kemudian bergabung dengan klub amatir Argon. Kini, rekan seangkatan pemain Ajax, Ryan Babbel itu membela klub Divisi I Belanda, FC Utrecht.

Selain Irfan, atlet muda Indonesia lainnya yang sukses adalah Muhammad Rigan Agachi. Putra David Pono dan Sri Eliyani ini sempat berlatih di tim B klub PSV Eindhoven. Bahkan laki-laki kelahiran Jakarta, 4 Agustus 1984 itu sempat bermain untuk klub lokal, Victoria Durmond.

Namun belakangan, nasib Rigan jadi tak jelas. Kabarnya, Rigan yang direkrut PSV untuk berlatih selama tiga tahun sempat dipulangkan terkait kasus pencurian umur.

Tak ingin bernasib dengan pendahulunya, Direktur MFS, Diza Rasyid Ali, yang berjasa mendidik Irvin mengatakan, pengakuan terhadap keberadaan anak asuhnya itu perlu diberikan oleh otoritas sepak bola Indonesia. Itu karena, sejumlah pemain yang merumput di Eropa kini tak jelas nasibnya. Meski ''dianggap'' di negeri orang, tapi di negeri sendiri kadang sulit diakui. ”Mereka hanya jadi kebanggaan di media-media, bahkan tak pernah masuk dalam tim nasional,” katanya.

Sebelum ke Belanda, Irvin tercatat sebagai siswa kelas tiga SMP Nusantara Makassar. Orangtua Irvin, bermaksud menyekolahkannya di Belanda, namun hingga kini belum terealisasi. "Kami disuruh mengurus dulu surat keterangan pindah dari Makassar. Kebetulan Irvin pulang, sekarang sedang kami urus," jelas Henky Museng, ayah kandung Irvin.

Jika Irvin bergabung dengan Ajax, Febrianto Wijaya bergabung di Bundesliga, FVB Stuttgart. Proses pemanggilan ABG 17 tahun itu bergabung ke klub Divisi Utama Bundesliga tergolong singkat. Ceritanya berawal dari pertemuan bisnis antara paman Febrianto bernama Pieter Witono dengan seorang pebisnis asal Jerman yang juga pengurus Stuttgart, Kurt Jurgen Walter.

Pieter, iseng-iseng mengajak pemandu bakat Stuttgart itu menyaksikan Febrianto berlatih di Lapangan Karebosi, Makassar. Tak disangka Walter langsung tertarik dengan gaya permainan Febrianto. Dia langsung mengontak rekan-rekannya di Stuttgart setelah beberapa kali melihat aksi Anto (panggilan Febrianto) berlatih dan bertanding. Kurt Jurgen Walter belakangan diketahui adalah mantan pemain Stuttgart era 80-an dan kini masih dipercaya sebagai pemandu bakat untuk klub tersebut.

"Prosesnya sangat cepat. Saya baru percaya setelah ada surat pemanggilan resmi berbahasa Jerman dengan menggunakan kop surat FVB Stuttgart," kata Pieter.

Status Anto di klub Divisi I Bundesliga tersebut bukan sebagai pemain seleksi, tapi langsung terikat kontrak dengan Stuttgart. Hanya saja, Kurt belum bisa memastikan apakah Febrianto langsung memperkuat Stuttgart A, B, atau C.

Prestasi Anto di pentas sepak bola junior memang cukup mengkilap. Mula-mula dia hanya berlatih di SSB MFS 2000, milik Diza Rasyid Ali. Tak begitu lama menjadi murid SSB, anak sulung dari tiga bersaudara itu masuk memperkuat timnas U-14 tahun.

Dari sinilah dia mulai menapaki sepak bola profesional. Tak lama di timnas U-14, dia naik kelas ke U-16 dan berlanjut U-17. Kini, Anto tinggal menghitung hari untuk menjejakkan kakinya di markas klub divisi utama Bundesliga, Stuttgart, yang menyelenggarakan dua pertandingan penyisihan grup Piala Dunia 2006 itu.

Pada 31 Juli lalu, dia berangkat ke Jerman. Sebelum berangkat, putra sulung dari tiga bersaudara pasangan Ilham Wijaya dan Wenny Wijaya itu mengaku keberuntungan dan kesempatan yang diperolehnya masih dirasakannya seperti mimpi.

Maklum, sejak kecil dia tidak pernah membayangkan akan menjadi pemain sepak bola profesional. Di Makassar, gara-gara "gila" bola sekolahnya amburadul. Sudah dua kali dia pindah sekolah dan kini dia masih duduk di kelas 1 SMA. (RASID AL FARIZI, Makassar*)

selain anto ama irvin, ada satu lagi yang kayaknya bakal cerah masa depan nya, si alam syamsir, striker muda, top scorer waktu u-17 di kamboja,

kemaren dia jadi salah satu wakil indonesia untuk piala dunia, dapet training di US sama ikut event world cup germany....hehe mantab tuh si alam...tendangan pisang nya cool bgt....

cheers

China, Indonesia share 5 titles at badminton World Cup


www.chinaview.cn 2006-10-28 20:49:53


BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shuttlers grabbed three out of five titles at the IBF World Cup on Saturday as another powerhouse Indonesia took the remaining two of the 250,000 US dollars tournament.

China has already secured the three titles before Saturday's finals as they were all-Chinese clashes.

World number one Lin Dan took the men's singles after beating Chen Yu 2-1, Wang Yihan upset Xie Xingfang 2-0 for the second time within two weeks to secure the first title in career in the women's singles, and women's doubles crown went to Gao Ling/Huang Sui following a 2-0 victory over Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen.

Two-time world champion and defending champion Xie started strongly at the beginning of the first game for a 5-0 lead. But Wang, a promising maid in China's national youth team, minimized unnecessary errors to level it at 7-7.

18-year-old Wang, who overpowered the world number two Xie at the quarterfinals of the recently concluded China Open, continued to surge up with her emphatic smash and placement shots before securing the game at 21-18.

The second game seemed lopsided at the inception as Wang ran away with a 6-1 lead. However, Xie, 26, rallied to come closer within 10-12 and overtook the lead at 17-14.

The win looked on course for Xie while leading 19-17 but Wang's aggressive attack and rapid reaction played role and helped her out with a 4 points run to clinch the game at 21-19 and the whole match.

In Indonesia's part, former world champions Widianto and Natsir, who ousted Chinese Olympic champions Zhang Jun and Gao Ling in the mixed doubles semifinals, needed only 50 minutes or so to beat another Chinese duo of Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen 2-0.

In men's doubles final, Kido Markis/Setiawan Hendra of Indonesia beat Mohammed Fairuzizuan Tazari/Woon Fui Lin of Malaysia 2-0. It was the second title for them within two weeks after they took China Open last week in Guangzhou.

Indonesia got two medals (one gold, one bronze) from the Asian Games at Doha so far. All from bowling apparently. Hope there'll be more medals coming.

Cheers for our athletes fighting in Doha. :cheers:

Congratulation for Ryan Leonard Lalisang from Bowling:)

I didnt even know Asian games has started. News seem to be pretty flat everywhere.

Congratulation for Ryan Leonard Lalisang from Bowling:)


Wow cool, apparently he beat the asian champion --from Korea if Im not mistaken...

I didnt even know Asian games has started. News seem to be pretty flat everywhere.

Yes, not much publicity about the event on this side of Asia. We're now at 12th place with 3 medals, right below Singapore (10th) and Malaysia (11th).

^^ actually were a tie w/ malaysia :) its temporary ;) http://www.travour.com/asian-games-2006/asian-games-2006-medals-tally.html

Yes, not much publicity about the event on this side of Asia. We're now at 12th place with 3 medals, right below Singapore (10th) and Malaysia (11th).

I knew it's open from Eurosport channel

what about badminton?
i heard the mens team lost to china in semi-finals
and soccer they didnt even qualify for it....

Not from Asian games but from our domestic football scene

Persija Jakarta win their 1st match in Bang Yos Gold cup with 3-2 over Melbourne bullen zebras from Australia.

While Persib Bandung win their friendly match over Selangor FC of Malaysia 3-1.

Glory days for our football clubs.....

cheers

TAUFIK JUST BEAT LIN DAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BAD BOY KILLED THE ARROGANT!

GOLD for Indonesia!!!!!

cheers

yeay!!!! gold medal from badminton!

btw encon n farean
Are u watching AFF CUP in there??

btw INA won from Laos 3-1 in the first match and drawn 1-1 in the second match
Last match will againts the host SIngapore

Rachman Kili Kili Bunuh Diri

Penulis: Yaslan Aspani
PALEMBANG--MIOL: Mantan petinju terbaik amatir dan profesional Indonesia Rachman Kili Kili ditemukan tewas gantung diri di rumah pamannya, Usman Tess di kawasan Lorong Haji Anam, Talangbetutu, Palembang, Sumatra Selatan, Kamis (22/2).

Kapolsek Sukarami, Palembang, Ajun Komisaris Romylus T membenarkan bahwa Rachman yang pernah menjadi juara nasional amatir dan profesional di kelas bantam tewas dengan cara menggantung diri.

"Berdasarkan pemeriksaan di TKP dan keterangan bibinya, Nani, dan kakak korban Syarif, Rachman memang mengalami guncangan jiwa," ujarnya.

Menanggapi tewasnya Rachman, Sekretaris PB Pertina Bambang Asmanu mengatakan pihaknya merasa kehilangan seorang petinju terbaik. "Rachman adalah petinju terbaik di masanya. Kami merasa kehilangan apalagi ia harus meninggal dengan cara menggantung diri," ujarnya.

Selama karirnya, Rachman sering membela Indonesia ke berbagai turnamen tinju tingkat dunia seperti Pra-Olimpiade di Uzbekistan 1995 dan Kejuaraan Dunia Tinju Amatir di Berlin pada 1994. (AY/*/OL-06)

http://www.media-indonesia.com/berita.asp?id=125389

Jumat, 23/02/2007 19:00 WIB
Rita Subowo Ketum KONI
Meliyanti Setyorini - detikSport

Jakarta - Rita Subowo akhirnya terpilih sebagai ketua umum KONI Pusat yang baru menggantikan Agum Gumelar setelah mengalahkan Luhut Panjaitan pada voting putaran ketiga.

Demikian hasil pemilihan yang dilakukan di Gedung Serba Guna KONI, Senayan, Jakarta, pada hari terakhir Musyawarah Olahraga Nasional (Musornas) X, Jumat (23/2/2007).

Pada voting yang berakhir sekitar pukul 18.30 WIB, Rita mengumpulkan 38 dari total 43 suara. Luhut, rival utamanya, memperoleh 38 suara. Satu suara tidak sah, yakni dari Pengurus Besar (PB) Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia (Percasi).

Voting dilakukan tiga kali karena pada putaran kedua terjadi skor imbang antara Rita dan Luhut. Keduanya mengalahkan Achmad Sutjipto, Andi M. Ghalib, dan Djohar Arifin Husin pada voting tahap pertama.

Dengan demikian Rita yang sebelumnya menjabat Sekjen KONI Pusat akan memimpin induk organisasi olahraga di Indonesia itu untuk periode 2007-2011. Saat ini mantan ketua umum PB Persatuan Bola Voli Seluruh Indonesia (PBVSI) itu juga menjabat sebagai presiden federasi voli pantai Asia, dan wakil presiden federasi bola voli internasional (FIVB).
(a2s/key)

Rabu, 28 Februari 2007
PON XVII Diundur
Digelar setelah Pilgub

SAMARINDA - Pekan Olahraga Nasional (PON) XVII 2008 di Kaltim dipastikan diundur dari rencana semula, Maret 2008. Alasannya, untuk mengakomodasi permintaan beberapa KONI se-Jawa dan Sumatera agar PON tidak dilaksanakan pada bulan tersebut. Kemungkinannya, PON digelar Juli 2008 atau setelah pemilihan gubernur (pilgub) Kaltim.

Informasi yang dihimpun Kaltim Post menyebutkan, permintaan pengunduran PON itu, karena pada Maret, Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Daerah (APBD) masih dalam pembahasan. Ini sangat berpengaruh atas pembiayaan kontingen yang menelan dana cukup besar. Bahkan, mereka mengancam bila PON tetap dipaksakan Maret 2008, mereka tidak bisa memastikan bisa ikut dalam event olahraga terbesar di Tanah Air itu.

"Dalam Musornas (Musyawarah Olahraga Nasional, Red.), 21-23 Februari lalu di Jakarta, memang beberapa KONI meminta PON Kaltim diundur," kata Plh Ketua Umum KONI Kaltim, Zuhdi Yahya.

Zuhdi mengatakan, dalam Musornas, telah diambil keputusan bahwa PON bisa dilaksanakan, paling cepat April 2008. Namun, sayangnya, Kaltim belum memberikan jawaban. Menurut Zuhdi, jadwal tersebut masih akan dibahas antara Pemprov Kaltim, KONI Kaltim, 7 sub PB PON, DPRD Kaltim, serta instansi terkait yang berhubungan dengan PON. "Waktunya belum bisa kami pastikan," sebutnya.

Secara terpisah, Kepala Bidang Humas PB PON XVII Kaltim Jauhar Effendi juga mengaku belum bisa memastikan waktu pengundurannya. Namun, kata dia, pada prinsipnya, Kaltim merespons positif keinginan sejumlah daerah yang masih kesulitan dana.

"Rekomendasi Musornas PON memang bisa digelar antara April sampai Juni. Tapi ini cukup berat, lantaran saat itu merupakan tahapan pelaksanaan Pilkada Gubernur 2008. Jadi Pilgub ini jangan hanya dilihat pada pencoblosannya saja, tapi rangkaiannya cukup panjang. Ini juga berpotensi memunculkan banyak masalah," sebutnya.

Ia juga menekankan, bila PON benar-benar diundur, bukan berarti Kaltim tidak siap. Sebab, saat ini Kaltim sangat siap melaksanakan pada Maret. Begitu pula seluruh Pengurus Besar Cabang Olahraga (PB Cabor) dalam pertemuan di Jakarta juga telah siap menggelarnya.

"Yang jelas masalah ini secepatnya akan kita bahas bersama instansi terkait dan Muspida Kaltim. Hasil pembahasan itu pun akan dikonsultasikan kembali dengan KONI Pusat," tutur Jauhar.

Bila melihat agenda satu tahun ke depan, Pemprov sepertinya masih kesulitan menentukan jadwalnya. Betapa tidak, sejak April hingga September, banyak agenda nasional. Yakni tahapan Pilgub Gubernur (April hingga Juni 2008), Thomas Cup (Mei 2008), Olimpiade (Agustus 2008), dan bulan Ramadan (September 2008).

"Memang sangat sulit menentukan jadwal kegiatan olahraga yang dilaksanakan tahun 2008 juga melibatkan KONI Pusat. Yang paling memungkinkan digelar bulan Juli," ucap salah satu pejabat teras Pemprov Kaltim yang juga masuk dalam Pengurus Besar PON XVII Kaltim. (gs/*/ds)

do you have any new pictures of the Stadium ^^

All ABout PON Kaltim 2008 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=244354)

^^ I mean an Updated foto of the stadium mas :)

no construction pic so far
i'm not in Indonesia

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4355/cjkg5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

SUMATRA EKSPRES/4 Maret 2007

JAKARTA - Chris John benar-benar bermental juara. Meski persiapan sempat terganggu soal bayaran sebelum laga, petinju berjuluk The Dragon itu akhirnya berhasil mempertahankan gelar juara dunia kelas bulu (57,1 kg) versi WBA. Bertarung di Stadion Tenis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, tadi malam, Chris John menang angka mutlak dari penantang asal Venezuela, Jose “Cheo” Rojas. Sejak ronde pertama, Chris John langsung mengambil inisiatif menyerang. Kombinasi jap dan straight masuk telak ke wajah Rojas. Dominasi itu dilakukan Chris John sampai ronde terakhir. Hasilnya, tiga wasit memberikan kemenangan angka mutlak, Fransisco Martinez: 118-108, Levis Martinez: 117-107, dan Urieal Aguirella: 116-107. Kemenangan tersebut sekaligus memupus nada miring bahwa kekuatan Chris John itu di bawah Rojas. Dalam pertemuan sebelumnya di Tenggarong, Kaltim, pertarungan dihentikan karena muka Chris John terluka karena benturan. Chris John yang sejatinya kalah angka bisa tetap menguasai sabuk juara karena pertarungan dihentikan pada ronde keempat.

Stamina Chris John (27) yang lebih baik, menjadi kunci utama kemenangannya. Dengan usia yang lebih muda delapan tahun, Chris John bisa lebih agresif sampai ronde terakhir. Sayang, petinju asal Banjarnegara itu tidak memiliki killing punch yang ampuh. Rojas tetap bisa berdiri meski sempat dua kali mendapat hitungan. “Dia (Rojas) mempersiapkan diri dengan baik. Karena itu, saya sangat sulit untuk menjatuhkannya, dia petinju yang bagus,” kata Chris John usai pertandingan.

Agresivitas Chris John membuat Rojas terjatuh pada ronde kedua. Kombinasi straight kanan dan kiri Chris John tepat mengenai muka Rojas. Wasit kembali memberikan hitungan pada Rojas pada ronde keempat. Namun, keputusan wasit bisa diperdebatkan karena dia terjatuh karena terpeleset. Bahkan, Rojas sempat melepaskan beberapa pukulan yang membuat pelipis kiri Chris John robek.

Pada ronde kelima, Rojas menemukan momentum. Dia mengincar pelipis kiri Chris John yang terluka, hook kanannya sempat menggoyahkan Chris John. Beruntung, The Dragon bisa menemukan kembali ritme dan membalas pada akhir ronde kelima.

Ronde keenam dan sampai ke-12, Chris John terus dominan. Stamina Rojas yang kian habis membuat tangannya kerap turun. Hal itu dimanfaatkan Chris John dengan melancarkan jap dan hook bertubi-tubi. Pergerakan kepala Rojas untuk menghindar kalah cepat dengan pukulan petinju tuan rumah.

Pada ronde kesepuluh, kedua petinju jual beli pukulan. Stamina kedua petinju yang sudah banyak menurun, membuat pukulan keduanya kurang terarah dan berbobot. Terutama Rojas, dia sempat jatuh karena kehilangan keseimbangan setelah pukulannya luput. Hal itu kembali terjadi pada ronde kesebelas dan ke-12.

Kemenangan Chris John tadi malam memantik simpati dari beberapa tokoh olahraga nasional. Adhyaksa Dault (menpora), Sutiyoso (gubernur DKI), dan Rita Subowo (ketua umum KONI Pusat) memberikan dukungan langsung pada sang juara. “Kami bangga bisa menyaksikan Chris John mempertahankan gelar. Namun, masih banyak yang harus dibenahi terutama killing punch, seharusnya dia bisa merobohkan lawannya sebelum ronde kedelapan,” kata Adhyaksa.
Rita tidak kalah bersemangat menyambut kemenangan mantan atlet nasional wushu tersebut. Dia bahkan berjanji akan memberikan penghargaan untuk bapak satu anak tersebut. “Dia adalah salah satu atlet terbaik yang dimiliki bangsa ini,” puji Rita.

Kemenangan Chris John juga membuktikan mental juaranya. Meski sebelum pertandingan muncul masalah bayaran, dia tetap fokus pada pertarungan. Bayaran senilai Rp 1,8 miliar diterima Chris John kemarin sore pukul 17.15 WIB dalam bentuk cek. Manajemen Chris John baru bisa menguangkannya Senin (5/3) besok. “Kami memberikan kepercayaan pada promotor (Albert Reinhald Papilaya, red). Tapi, kalau uangnya tidak bisa kami cairkan Senin, kami akan menempuh jalur hukum,” ancam Toni Priatna, asisten manajer Chris John.(ado/ang/ady)

Go Chris John
My Champion

:cheers:

Chris John rules, but yesterday he fought really hard, by round 11, he supposed to knock down Jose Rojas quite easily...too bad he also ran out of stamina....but still kudos to him :okay:

and PSIS just won too.... :cheers:

cheers

Sriwijaya FC vs PERSIB Bandung: 1 : 0 :banana: :banana:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/323/fcet1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Tekad tim SFC untuk meraih poin penuh benar-benar dibuktikan di depan sekitar 25 ribu pendukungnya, di Gelora Jakabaring, kemarin (4/3). Tim anak asuhan Rahmad Darmawan ini kerja sama antar-lininya cukup berjalan, dan berhasil menggilas tim tangguh Persib Bandung. Gol indah berhasil diciptakan defender sekaligus kapten SFC Firmansyah, menit ke-66. Banyak pula peluang yang belum berpihak ke SFC, di antaranya tendangan keras Toni Sucipto dan Benben Berlian yang harus membentur gawang Persib. Usai menekuk Maung Bandung, pada Rabu (7/3), SFC akan menjamu PSS Sleman.

Tahun Ini, Perencanaan Renovasi Stadion Lebak Bulus Rampung


Renovasi stadion Lebak Bulus Jakarta Selatan tengah memasuki tahap perencanaan dan ditargetkan akhir tahun ini perencanaan itu akan selesai.

"Karena kita merombak bangunan maka kita mesti melakukannya secara komprehensif. Di sana juga ada lahan yang mesti dibebaskan dan itu menjadi tugas Wali Kota Jakarta Selatan," kata Kepala Dinas Pemuda dan Olahraga Taufik Yudhi Mulyanto, Sabtu (3/3).

Taufik Yudhi menjelaskan, renovasi ini dimaksudkan untuk menambah fasilitas penunjang di stadion itu dan meningkatkan kapasitas penonton. Untuk merenovasi stadion itu, Pemprov DKI mengalokasikan anggaran sebesar Rp 187 miliar.

“Saat ini Stadion Lebak Bulus hanya dapat menampung sebanyak 10 ribu penonton. Kita akan tingkatkan kapasitas penonton stadion tersebut menjadi 30 ribu orang,” ujarnya.

Dia memperkirakan renovasi stadion itu membutuhkan waktu selama 20 bulan. “Pelaksanaan pembangunan stadion itu dilakukan secara multiyears. “Dana renovasi stadion itu sepenuhnya dari APBD DKI. Namun, kita tetap menjajaki keterlibatan pihak swasta,” jelasnya.

Selain menambah kapasitas penonton, kata Yudi, Pemprov DKI juga akan menambah fasilitas penunjang agar stadion tersebut lebih refresentatif. “Stadion tersebut nantinya akan dilengkapi areal parkir yang memadai, asrama pemain, koridor penghubung transportasi publik seperti subway dan monorel,” ungkapnya.

Namun, lanjut Taufik, renovasi Stadion Lebak Bulus itu tidak akan menambah fasilitas olahraga baru. Saat ini, selain sepakbola, ada kolom renang dan empat lapangan squash. Hanyan saja, pengelolaan fasilitas tersebut nantinya akan disatukan ke dalam Badan Layanan Umum (BLU).

“Selama ini, Stadion Lebak Bulus dikelola oleh Biro Perekonomian. Sedangkan kolom renang dan lapangan Squash dikelola Dinas Olahraga,” tuturnya.

Seperti diketahui, Stadion Lebak Bulus dibangun tahun 1987. Dalam setahun, stadion yang memiliki luas 110 x 70 meter itu menggelar sekitar 208 pertandingan sepakbola. Sementara luas tribun penonton 5.538 meter persegi.

Sedangkan arel parkir yang tersedia saat ini hanya dapat menampung 100 mobil, 30 bus, dan 500 sepeda motor. Sementara total luas area stadion saat ini 2,5 hektar dan luas kolom renang 25 x 50 meter.

Nantinya, Stadion Lebak Bulus akan diperluas hingga 6.100 meter persegi. Sedangkan rencana pengembangan stadion mencapai 3,6 hektare.

Pola pengelolaan Stadion Lebak Bulus saat ini berbentuk badan hukum sesuai Peraturan Gubernur No 132 Tahun 2005 tanggal 16 November 2005 tentang Pembentukan, Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Badan Pengelola Stadion Lebak Bulus Provinsi DKI Jakarta yang diundangkan pada 6 Desember 2005.


Penulis: wawan

Sumber: wawan

selamat atas kemenangan Persik Kediri 1-0 melawan Shanghai Shenhua

Hebat Persik Kediri!!!:)

kota kelahiran gw tuh :D
bravo kediri

:cheers:

^^ the two guys on the pic above, none of them are Indonesian are they?

Yeah I think they are imported players from Africa

kota kelahiran gw tuh

dave_win_persik dong lo? adeknya dewi persik :P hahaha

Nice game btw from Persik kediri despite heavy raining....kudos to Kurnia Sandy ex-sampdoria 3rd goal keeper :okay:

cheers

the two guys on the pic above, none of them are Indonesian are they?

So many foreign players in our football league, from Africa, Europe, Australia to America Latin. One club quota for foreign players are five foreigners.

Cheers