Tag: Sukma 2014

Sukma: Goh Jin Wei and Zulfadli Zulkiffli win gold

Kuala Lumpur: The 14-year-old Goh Jin Wei of Penang shocked the Badminton community in Malaysia on Tuesday with a 20-22, 22-20, 21-15 upset against Malaysia’s second women’s singles player Yang Li Lian of Selangor in a nail biting Sukma women’s singles final.Goh Jin Wei with her family (left) and Zulfadli Zulkiffli (right)

When asked about another teen sensation Ratchanok Intanon from Thailand after the match, Jin Wei refused to be compared to Ratchanok who won her first world junior title at the age of 14 and won the world championship last year when she was 18.

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Sukma: Selangor defeats Penang in the men’s team final

Kangar: Selangor won the gold medal in Sukma badminton men’s team event by defeating Penang 3-2 in the final. The final lasted for almost four hours at the State Sports Complex badminton hall in Kangar.It was a thriller all the way, but in the end it was Selangor who turned out to be the heroes as they edged Penang 3-2 in the men’s badminton team final to claim the gold medal.

Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub became the key player who delivered two points to lead Selangor with a 3-2 comeback win over Penang. The 21 year-old got off a good start by defeated Tan Jia Wei 21-15, 21-14. However, Selangor soon found themselves trailing 2-1 when their second Chong Yee Han lost to Penang’s Goh Giap Chin 20-22, 14-21, and their third singles, Soong Joo Ven lost to Cheam June Wei of Penang 21-17, 21-18.

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Leaky Badminton Hall at 17th Perlis SUKMA

In addition to the construction delayed for the 17th SUKMA indoor badminton stadium, audience who attended badminton games held on Friday were annoyed by water leaking from the roof at the newly build Badminton Stadium.It's not just Parliament that's leaking, badminton stadium could leak too, surprise!

Leaks were spotted at different parts of the badminton hall near the seating areas, fortunately, that didn’t interrupt with any games.

 

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Sukma: Federal Territory crashes out of men’s team event

Kuala Lumpur: Federal Territory (FT) was the overall badminton champions at the 2012 Pahang Malaysia Games (Sukma), thanks for the help of former world junior champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli. However, FT suffered a 3-2 defeat to Selangor on Wednesday in the 2014 Perlis Sukma men’s team competition.Zulfadli Zulkifli is Malaysia's first World Junior boys' singles Champion

Zulfadli Zulkiffli who played the opening game for FT, was struggling in the first set, and went down 15-21 to Selangor’s Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub. In the second set, a suddenly alert and focused Zulfadli turned the tables on Mohd Azriyn, closed out the match by sweeping the next two games 21-10, 21-16.

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