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Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old youth died on Wednesday and both the religious department and his family tried to claim his body for funeral. The youth was buried in his hometown in Gopeng, Perak.
"We worked hard to get there, but unfortunately, we were very disappointing in the final," he said at the presentation ceremony.
Malaysia's budget airline AirAsia, which is eyeing more routes to India, China and Singapore, has said the country's aviation sector must be open to competition to ensure passenger growth. \n
India included two spinners in Harbhajan Singh and Ramesh Powar for their opening Champions Trophy match against England.
A record number of ten ethnic Indian lawmakers took oath of office as Malaysia's 12th Parliament opened in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. For the second time in its history, the ruling Barisan Nasional will be without a two-thirds majority, after the coalition of premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi lost five of the 13 states to the opposition, as also one third of parliamentary seats.
An Indian national, who flew in from Mumbai, was arrested at the Kuala Lumpur airport for carrying 10 kg of narcotics worth Rs two crore in his luggage. Narcotics chief Nordin Hassan Kadir said that police noticed the Indian national behaving suspiciously in the baggage collection area, when passengers from Bombay were waiting for their bags.revealed that the powder in the bag was actually 10 kg of Ketamine.
Television replays showed the ball deflected off the batsman's shoulder, and the bat or gloves were nowhere near it.
India made a couple of changes, with Dinesh Mongia and Mohammad Kaif replacing S Sreesanth and Yuvraj Singh respectively.
Captain Rahul Dravid said constantly changing conditions affected India's rhythm in the tri-series match against Australia.
Thai authorities detained an Indian passenger onboard a Bangladeshi airline flight, which made an emergency landing in Bangkok, on Tuesday. The pilots of the flight, which was carrying approximately 60 passengers from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka, requested permission for an emergency landing today morning while flying over Thailand.According to initial reports, this was in response to an attempt at hijacking the aircraft.
The master batsman returns to big time cricket after almost six months for Thursday's DLF Cup tri-series match against the West Indies.
Australia will use this month's Malaysian one-day tournament to try out different players and combinations, their captain Ricky Ponting said on Saturday.
The telecast of the day-night matches will commence at 1230 IST.
Substitute Michael Owen scored the winner on his Manchester United debut as the English champions opened their pre-season tour of Asia with a 3-2 victory over a plucky Malaysia XI in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. A day after United were forced to cancel the Indonesia leg of the four-country tour following the hotel bombings in Jakarta, coach Alex Ferguson's men were given a stern test by a side ranked 157th in the FIFA rankings.
H S Pranoy, Sumeeth Reddy, Sikki Reddy and Saili Rane advanced to the pre-quarter-finals in the Asian Junior Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to support India's bid to get a total ban imposed on sledging when the issue was discussed at the ICC chief executives' meeting in Kuala Lumpur last month.
India beat South Africa by 12 runs in a rain-interrupted final of the Under-19 cricket World cup to win the title for the second time.
Pakistan will host the Asia Cup cricket tournament from June 25 in Karachi and Lahore, it was decided at a meeting between Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Ashraf and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) officials in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
Taruwar Kohli finished unbeaten on 63 as India won by seven wickets and 10.5 overs to spare at the Under-19 World Cup.
Part of Sekhar's donation will be used to finance a scholarship fund which will allow students from across Asia to study at St Andrews. The medical school is expected to start construction this summer, pending planning approval, and is due to be completed by 2010.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said he will formally make the request at the ICC chief executive committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur next week.
Saurabh Tiwary scored an unbeaten 98 as India rallied from the loss of three early wickets to win their final warm-up match by six wickets.
With recession eroding profits of the global airline industry, Indian national carrier Air India on Monday said it is taking a "hard look" at its operations and would submit a paper to the government for the revival of the airline.
Indian hockey team ran out of water and food as their match against Korea was stopped due to rain.
A small group of ethnic Indians, mostly Hindus, held a peaceful protest in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday appealing for an end to demolition of Hindu temples by local authorities.
Coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran attributed India 5-2 victory over Malaysia in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament to the improved performance of his forwards.
India's number one female squash player Dipika Pallikal came up with an upset win over higher-ranked Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand in her final qualifying match to make it to the main draw of the CIMB Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.
The team for the Azlan Shah hockey tournament includes unfit skipper Muhammed Saqlain and midfielder Ghazanfar Ali.
Badminton World No 1 Lee Chong Wei hinted that retirement was on the horizon after the emotional Malaysian sealed his 10th national championship in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
Sunder Ramachandran, managing partner at WCH Training Solutions learnt some important lessons in human resource management from a person who was laid off from a private equity firm that paid him $65,000 per annum.
Eyeing a larger share of the passenger traffic pie, Malaysia Airlines has reduced the fuel surcharge by 53 per cent from Monday for flights to Kuala Lumpur from India. As a result of the reduction, the return airfare from India to Malaysia starts from Rs 16,528, including taxes, the carrier said in a statement.
Malaysia's top mobile operator Maxis Communications may expand into regional markets like India and neighbouring Indonesia within the next two years in search of new business opportunities, Maxis chairman Megat Zaharuddin said Monday.
Sure, the community faces some problems, but there is no threat per se, a delegation of poets visiting India said.
Germany defeated Malaysia 3-2 to take an unassailable lead atop the table with 16 points while European champions the Netherlands' hopes of retaining the title appear bleak after a thrilling 3-3 draw Australia.
"India can do much more and it should realise that it is an economic giant. New Delhi can influence Malaysia as the latter cannot ignore the country's business potential," said Waytha Moorthy, leader of the Hindu Rights Action Force which is spearheading the agitation in Malaysia.
Defending champions the Netherlands received another setback in the Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday when they were held to a 3-3 draw by leaders Germany.
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