A Warning To Indonesia

ZURICH - FIFA has kicked Myanmar out of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup as punishment for crowd violence at a 2014 qualifier in July.

Fans threw stones and water bottles onto the field during Myanamar's game against Oman on July 28, forcing the referee to abandon the match.

Oman was leading 2-0 at the time and was awarded the victory by that score. Oman, which also won the first leg 2-0, advanced to the next round of Asian qualifying on 4-0 aggregate.

FIFA's disciplinary committee says the Myanmar football federation failed to prevent "improper conduct of supporters" and "is excluded from taking part in the matches of the preliminary competition" for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The federation was also fined 25,000 Swiss Francs (S$35,989).

COMMENT - Indonesia's World Cup Qualifier against Bahrain last month was held up for about 20 minutes after some fans through flares and water bottles on the pitch by where their subs were warming. This is not the first time it has happened but it remains to be seen whether FIFA have the balls to take action against one of the bigger members. Coming down heavily on the likes of Brunei and Myanmar is one thing...

Laos Hex Indonesia

2009 SEA Games Indonesia v Laos 0-2

2010 AFF Cup Indonesia v Laos 6-0

2011 Under 19 Indonesia v Laos 3-3

2011 Under 16 Indonesia v Lao 0-2

I'm not sure when the SEA Games draw will be made, probably the day before the games start, but Indonesia may well be hoping not to be drawn against Laos. Recent meetings, AFF Cup excepted, show tiny Laos have the upper hand over their giant rivals. That is not of course to diminish the work Laos has done over the years, fat from it.

Picture shows Hamka Hamzah having a stretch the last time Indonesia met Laos in the AFF Cup.

Whatever Happened To...

Following on from Indonesia's poor start to their World Cup Qualifying campaign, two defeats against Iran and Bahrain, it was being mumbled in some corners that it might be better to drop the whole team and bring in the Under 23s as they prepare for their SEA Games campaign next month.

We've been here before. Back in 2007 Indonesia lost 4-1 at home to Syria and head of the second leg drafted in the Under 23s. They got done 7-0! Here is a look at the team for that Damascene revelation:

Dian Prasteyo Agus

M Roby (Persisam)

Ricardo Salempessy ( Persipura)

Fandy Mochtar (Persisam)

Ardan Aras

Atep (Persib)

Ian Louis Kabes (Persipura)

Cornelis Geddi

Airlangga

Purwoko Pratomo

Eka Ramdani (Persisam)

Suswanto

Immanuel Wanggai (Persipura)

M Bahtiar

Only M Roby, Salempessy and Ramdani can be said to be regulars in the national team these days while Arif Suyono and M Nasuha were unused subs that day. Persisam Samarinda have been active signing up many of that squad but what about the rest? Any idea where they ended up?

RM3.1 juta kos atlit Sukan SEA

Kontinjen negara dijangka seramai 904 sertai sukan dwi-tahunan itu

MAJLIS Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) perlu mengeluarkan perbelanjaan RM3.1 juta untuk menghantar 904 atlit dan pegawai yang akan menganggotai kontinjen negara pada Sukan SEA XXVI Indonesia November ini.

Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, berkata kos perbelanjaan untuk seorang atlit dan pegawai yang menyertai temasya dwitahunan dari 11 hingga 22 November itu adalah RM3,500 seorang.

Seramai 544 atlit dan pegawai layak menyertai temasya itu atas tiket Kategori A dan kos perbelanjaan mereka ditanggung sepenuhnya, manakala selebihnya atas tiket Kategori B dengan mereka perlu menanggung perbelanjaan sendiri. - Sieh Kok Chi, Setiausaha Kehormat MOM 

“Seramai 544 atlit dan pegawai layak menyertai temasya itu atas tiket Kategori A dan kos perbelanjaan mereka ditanggung sepenuhnya, manakala selebihnya atas tiket Kategori B dengan mereka perlu menanggung perbelanjaan sendiri,” katanya semalam.

Kok Chi berkata, seperti sebelum ini MOM akan membayar semula kos perbelanjaan atlit bertanding atas tiket Kategori B andai mereka berjaya memenangi pingat emas atau perak.

“Namun, persatuan sukan kebangsaan perlu bertanggungjawab membayar sepenuhnya perbelanjaan sekiranya atlit masing-masing gagal,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Kok Chi menegaskan pihaknya tidak pernah menghalang persatuan sukan menghantar atlit bertanding pada sukan temasya, sebaliknya menggalakkan lebih banyak persatuan berbuat demikian.

“Apa maknanya menjadi ahli gabungan MOM sekiranya persatuan tidak berminat menyertai sukan temasya. Ini kerana antara tujuan utama penubuhan MOM bagi membolehkan mereka menyertai sukan temasya seperti Sukan SEA, Asia, Komanwel dan Olimpik,” katanya.



BERITA HARIAN

Basikal bukit berlepas awal ke Sukan SEA

KUALA LUMPUR - Mengambil iktibar daripada kesilapan dua tahun lalu, skuad basikal bukit negara akan berlepas ke Jakarta sebulan lebih awal sebelum Sukan SEA bermula, 11-25 November ini bagi memastikan mereka mempunyai masa yang cukup untuk menguji trek perlumbaan.

Pada temasya 2009 di Laos, pelumba negara bukan saja beraksi dengan pengalaman serba kurang, malah hanya tiba dua hari sebelum perlumbaan bermula, menyebabkan mereka tidak langsung berpeluang menguji trek lumba.

Shahrin Amir, 29, antara yang merasai kesukaran ketika itu kerana tidak dibenarkan memasuki kawasan perlumbaan untuk berlatih dan terpaksa bersaing dengan pelumba lain yang mempunyai kelebihan menguji trek lebih awal.

Ia menyebabkan dia akhirnya sekadar pulang dengan kedudukan kesembilan.
Bagaimanapun kali ini, Shahrin dengan pengalaman yang lebih luas dan persediaan rapi yakin, dia mampu memberi tentangan serius di Jakarta nanti, biarpun sedar pilihan utama tetap terarah kepada pelumba dari Thailand dan Indonesia.

"Sekarang tumpuan saya adalah kepada LIMBC (Cabaran Lumba Basikal Bukit Antarabangsa Langkawi) bulan depan. Sebaik perlumbaan tamat, saya mungkin akan berlepas ke Jakarta untuk menguji laluan yang akan digunakan pada Sukan SEA nanti lebih awal.


"Adalah penting untuk melihat bentuk halangan dan liku yang bakal saya lalui pada hari sebenar temasya sebelum perlumbaan sebenar berlangsung. Kami telah belajar daripada apa yang berlaku dua tahun lalu, di mana kami tiba lewat dan ia memang memberi kesukaran.

"Ketika itu, kami tiba dua hari sebelum perlumbaan bermula dan trek basikal bukit sudahpun ditutup oleh penganjur. Biarpun kami merayu untuk mencuba laluan sekejap tetapi ia tidak dihiraukan, malah pihak berkuasa mengawal ketat kawasan tersebut," katanya ketika ditemui pada majlis penajaan LIMBC 2011, semalam.

Kata Shahrin, biarpun sedar tentangan hebat bakal datang daripada pelumba jiran, Indonesia dan Thailand, dengan pengalaman lebih luas yang sudah dikutip dalam tempoh dua tahun terakhir ini, dia berharap untuk memberi impak di Jakarta nanti.

Pelumba yang berasal dari Sandakan, Sabah itu merupakan juara basikal bukit kebangsaan, selain mempamer persembahan cemerlang ketika muncul naib juara elit pada LIMBC 2010 di belakang jaguh Australia, Lachlan Norris.


UTUSAN MALAYSIA

Persib's Thailand Cnnection

Rare indeed is there a pre season when Persib Bandung don't link themselves with one Thai player or another. Sinthaweechai Hathairatnakul of course had two spells with the team while Suchao Nutnum's brief time is fondly remembered by the Persib faithful.

Recent days have seen BEC Tero striker Teeratep Winothai linked with the club and now we have this story suggesting Kiatprawut Saiwaeo is interesting them.

Things have changed now since the Thais played overseas. More money in the Thai game means there aren't any high profile players playing abroad, even the ones in Singapore, and it wasn't that long ago there was a sizeable community there, have returned home.

Plus of course the Indonesian season starts on 15 October, maybe, while the Thai season doesn't finish untill early January, maybe.

Calisto's Out

It's been reported in Thailand that Muang Thong United and their coach Henrique Calisto have parted ways. Which is fair enough when you consider the back to back champions haven't won a Thai Premier League game since August 20th when they beat TOT 3-1. Indeed their last home win was 10 August when they thumped Bangkok Glass 6-2.

A shockingly poor run of form it must be said and you can only wonder at the club's patience before acting. When you consider they have also been knocked out of the Thai League Cup and the AFC Cup then you can see times are tough at the Thunderdome.

Keeping track of Muang Thong's coaching merry go round* is as futile as recalling every stadium Pelita Jaya have used as a home ground or which team's benches Boy Jati has warmed in recent seasons.

Tomorrow they travel to Samut Songkram for a vital game. They are in 3rd place in the TPL, 12 points behind leaders Buriram PEA with two games in hand.

* I am reliably informed his replacement will be the seventh coach in five years!

Increasing Capacity At JBS

SINGAPORE, 29 September 2011: The Football Association of Singapore (FAS), with the support of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), is seeking to increase the seating capacity of the Jalan Besar Stadium.

“FAS has issued a Request-For-Proposal to interested vendors on 27 September 2011. We also conducted a briefing to them today. We hope to receive proposals that are innovative in expanding the seating capacity as well as in enhancing commercial returns which can then be used for the development of football in Singapore. We look forward to welcoming more supporters for our matches,” said FAS President Zainudin Nordin. (you will have to do a better job about informing them first!)

FAS hopes to appoint the vendor by the end of October 2011, and to complete the expansion works by early next year.

COMMENT - a good idea but one that should have been implemented once it was decided to knock down the old National Stadium. There is a crying need for a stadium in Singapore holding something like 15,000 - 20,000. Witness the recent World Cup Qualifier against Malaysia which could only hold 6,000 +

Macca's A Mitra

Simon McMenemy is to be confirmed as coach of Super League new boys Mitra Kukar. The former Philippines national team who has also coached in Vietnam is expected to finalise everything today before taking charge of the ambitious club from East Kalimantan.

Mitra Kukar have also signed Hamka Hamzah, Isnan Ali and Jajang Maulyana ahead of the new season which starts next month. Hamzah comes from Persipura who he helped to the Indonesia Super League last season, Isnan comes from Persib while Jajang was last with Sriwijaya though he also had a loan spell in Brazil some years back.

Okta Drops A Division

It was only last December that pacy winger Oktavianus Maniani was being talked about as the great new hope of Indonesian football along with Irfan Bachdim. The Sriwijaya winger was a bit of an unknown and thrown against Malaysia and Laos in the AFF Cup he created an immediate impact and, along with Bachdim and Riedl, helped make Indonesian football 'sexy' with the masses.

More critical observers however suggested he was a one trick pony who offered pace but not much else and certainly not guile or subtlety. Point him in the right direction, push a button and off he would go.

Against Thailand and the Philippines however he had been sussed and he was little more than a passenger but then didn't stop some people suggesting a future in Europe beckoned.

It didn't. Sriwijaya were happy enough to let him go and rather than heading west Okta headed in the other direction and, for good measure, dropped a division, signing for Persiram Raja Empat. December's halcyon days have been replaced a cold, hard reality.

Gaspar The Union Man

I have a lot of time for Robbie Gaspar. The Aussie midfielder has been in Indonesia yonks and has settled into the chaos with a calmness and equilibrium others would do well to imitate. He was recently elected to the executive committee of the Indonesian Players Union and to celebrate we sat down and had a chin wag. You can find the print version in today's Jakarta Globe while the whole interview can be seen on Jakarta Casual TV.

Love the timing of this with Carlos 'Don't wanna kickabal' Tevez spitting the dummy at his club.

Results 27/09

AFC Cup

Arbil v Persipura 1-0 8,000 (Arbil win 3-1 on aggregate)

Nasaf v Chonburi 0-0

Muang Thong United v Kuwait SC 0-0 11,212 (KSC win 1-0 on aggregate and had 8 players booked!)

Malaysia Cup

Kedah v Perak 1-1

Sabah v Johor 4-1

Terengganu v Negeri Sembilan 0-0

Sime Darby v Selangor PKNS 0-1

Kelantan v Felda United 2-0

Johor FC v Sarawak 3-1

Selangor v KL 2-1

PDRM v T Team 0-6

Teams in bold qualify for next round which kicks off next Monday. Draw can be found on Malaysia Football.

SLeague

SAFFC v Tampines Rovers 1-3 (Mislav Karoglan; OG, Ahmad Fahmie) 1,670

1 - Tampines Rovers 26 19 3 4 53-20 60

2 - Home United 25 18 2 5 62-26 56

3 - Albirex Niigata 26 17 2 7 66-26 53

4 - SAFFC 26 17 2 7 57-28 53

Seven or eight games left and we are still no closer knowing who's gonna win the SLeague. SAFFC lost a chance to gain on the Stags while tonight sees Home United host Young Lions...they should win that. Shouldn't they?

Light At The End Of The Tunnel?

OK, so I understand the format for the next Indonesian season will be 24 clubs. The season will begin on 14 October and will end in October 2012. That's a year later. The 2011/2012 will run for a couple of weeks I guess before the SEA Games will halt everything for a while. And once the season does end next October the best players will be rewarded with a call up for their national teams to compete in the ASEAN Football Federation Cup.

Now don't start booking any flights yet because as far as I'm aware the fixture list hasn't been made available. And when it does come out keep some tippex handy 'cos there will be changes aplenty. Of course there may not, obviously I have no idea what the future holds for the new season but history does suggest that things may change once in a while along the way!

In fact if an Indonesian season does ever go to plan, and I mean the original plan and not one re-drafted several times, I think I will buy a hat just so I can eat the bloody thing.

Is a 13 month season a record? Obviously can't speak for other countries but I do know that here the 2007 season started in January 2007 and I don't think it ended till February 2008!

I know we shouldn't compare but it is a laugh. The A League doesn't start till next month but their fixtures were released back in early June I think it was. And even the Indian League games were released a couple of months before the season kicks off there. Here, we have 17 days till the new season begins and between now and then there is a World Cup Qualifier against Qatar and a friendly against Saudi Arabia which may be played in KL. Or it may not.

I challenge anyone to come up with a whackier footballing set up than what we have here! Indonesia, to coin a phrase...I'm lovin' it!

Kudos To Phnom Penh Crown

Fair play to CLeague champions Phnom Penh Crown for making it to the AFC President's Cup Final last weekend. They met hosts Taiwan Power and of course won 6-0! Nah, did they bollocks! They lost 3-2 and had three players sent off when the ref, whose name may not have been Homer, decided not to award the Cambodian team a 'nailed on' penalty deep in injury time.

3-1 down with eight minutes to go, Sun Sovannrithy gave the visitors some hope, making it 3-2 and setting up a thrilling climax. It was not to be and the game ended in farce with those three reds and pushing and shoving blighting the game and Phnom Penh Crown achievement.

We know not to expect too much when South East Asian teams go abroad. PPC were victims of shambolic organisation ahead of the game, in Australian cricketing parlance they would call it sledging, and the players from this region lack the savvy and street smarts to use it to their benefit.

In the domestic leagues we are forever seeing examples of gamesmanship and cheating that would leave any fan of South American football circa late 1960s beaming with pride (ooh you bitch!) yet when they go overseas it's almost as if they are expecting the Queensbury Rules.

Phnom Penh Crown will no doubt be punished for their misdeamours while the ref enjoys a free holiday in Taiwan doing the things he can't do at home. But I don't think we should let the mad last few seconds detract from PPC's achievement. They reached a final in a major Asian competition and pushed the home team, their fans and, allegedly, the match officials, all the way and looking at the result in the cold light of day they can be dead chuffed with what they have achieved.

Results 25-25/09

AFC President's Cup Final

Phnom Penh Crown v Taiwan Power Company 2-3 (Kingsley Njoku, Sun Sovanrithy) 3,238

Thai Premier League

Khon Kaen v Si Sa Ket 1-1

Osotspa v TOT 4-0

Thai Port v Buriram PEA 0-1 6,916

Police United v Chiang Rai United 1-2

Pattaya United v Samut Songkram 3-0

BEC Tero v Army United 1-0

Bangkok Glass v TTM Phichit 4-0

1 - Buriram PEA 23 17 5 1 40-10 56

2 - Chonburi 22 13 6 3 43-19 45

3 - Muang Thong 21 13 5 3 34-14 44

Malaysia Cup

Sabah v Kedah 0-1

Johor v Perak 1-2

Selangor PKNS v Terengganu 0-1

Sime Darby v Negeri Sembilan 1-2

Johor FC v Kelantan 1-1

Sarawak v Felda United 1-0

PDRM v Selangor 1-4

T Team v KL 1-1

Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu, Felda United, Kelantan and T Team are through to the next stage. They will be joined by two from Kedah, Sabah, KL or Selangor. The final group games will be played on Tuesday.

Babel Cup Final

Sriwijaya v Deltras 2-0 (Siswanto, Budi Sudarsono)

Indonesia's Transfer Sensation

Eka Ramdani recently moved from Persib to Persisam...read about it in my Jakarta Globe column this week.

It's Albirex!

Albirex Niigata are in line for a Singapore treble after they squuezed by Hougang United in their Singapore Cup semi final last night.

The game ended 1-1 on 90 minutes meaning the teams had to go into extra time for the right to face Home United in the final in November. Yosuke Saito gave the White Swans the lead after five minutes of extra time but their hearts must have skipped a few beats when prolific scorer Shotaro Ihata was red carded minutes later.

Sobrie Mazelan then equalised with just five minutes left! It was Saito though who had the final say just two minutes later leaving Albirex Niigata facing their second Cup Final of the year after they defeated Hougang United in the League Cup earlier in the season.

Singapore Cup Final

19 November

Home United v Albirex Niigata

Jalan Besar Stadium

Venue Atletik SEA Games Dinilai Belum Siap

TEMPO/Subekti

Berita terkait
Akses Menuju Arena SEA Games Dirapikan
Panitia: Uji Coba SEA Games Jalan Terus
REI Siapkan 300 Unit Rumah Untuk Tamu SEA Games
INASOC Daerah Rampungkan Proses Pemberian Block Grant
Rumah Sakit Siap Tampung Atlet Cedera di SEA Games


TEMPO Interaktif, Palembang - Kepala Bidang Pembinaan Pengurus Besar Persatuan Atletik Seluruh Indonesia (PB PASI), Budi Darmasidi, menilai venue dan panitia cabang atletik SEA Games XXVI masih jauh dari ideal layaknya sebuah venues yang akan digunakan dalam pertandingan internasional. Kekurangan ini membuka peluang komplain dari negara-negara peserta.

Penilaian ini diutarakan Budi seusai menyaksikan perlombaan hari pertama dalam ajang kejuaraan nasional Pra-SEA Games. Menurut Budi, terdapat sejumlah pembenahan yang harus dilakukan oleh panitia daerah agar venue atletik bisa mendapatkan pengakuan dari badan atletik Asia dan dunia.

Pembenahan yang dimaksud, kata dia, seperti penambahan jarak tumpuan pada nomor lompat jauh. Budi menilai jarak tumpuan terlalu pendek, yakni hanya 1 meter dari 3 meter yang ideal. Demikian juga dengan lapangan lempar lembing, lempar martil, serta tolak peluru. Lapangan yang terletak di bagian dalam lintasan lari ini, kondisinya dinilai sangat membahayakan para atlet karena tanah dan rumputnya sangat keras.

"Kondisi ini bila dipertahankan akan merugikan atlet. Mereka (atlet) rentan mengalami cedera pada bagian kaki,” kata Budi, Jumat, 23 September 2011. Menurut Budi, sebaiknya lapangan segera dibenahi dalam sisa waktu sekitar 50 hari ini.

Keluhan serupa disampaikan oleh Wolfram, pelatihtTim nasional Indonesia untuk nomor lempar lembing. Pelatih berkebangsaan Spanyol ini mengeluhkan tingkat kedisiplinan panitia yang ia nilai kurang profesional. Alasannya, saat perlombaan, ia kerap menyaksikan banyaknya orang yang tidak berkepentingan berada di sekitar lapangan.

Ketika perlombaan berlangsung, Wolfram menjumpai panitia yang lupa mengangkat bendera dan terlambat memutar tanda waktu. Adapun Sri Hastuti Merdiko, Sekretaris umum PB PASI dan juga ketua panitia test event, berusaha memaklumi kekurangan dalam penyelenggaraan uji coba ini.

Menurut Sri, kekurangsiapan panitia bukan semata kesalahan panitia lokal. Ia meminta agar setiap kekurangan dapat segera diselesaikan, baik dari segi fisik bangunan gedung ataupun panitia perlombaan.

Pantauan pada Jumat, sebagian besar venue di Jakabaring Sport City sudah dapat difungsikan. Ketika test event berlangsung, puluhan pekerja juga tengah menyelesaikan bagian tribune dan fasilitas perkantoran.

PARLIZA HENDRAWAN

Test Event SEA Games Digulirkan

JAKARTA– Cabang olahraga (cabor) SEA Games 2011 mulai menggelar test event di Jakabaring, Palembang, hari ini.Test event itu akan diawali cabor baru petanque dan atletik untuk mengetahui kesiapan Indonesia menggelar multieventdua tahunan tersebut.

Test eventitu tentu menjadi sinyal positif bagi tuan rumah Indonesia.Sebab,tes itu bisa dijadikan simulasi persiapan tim petanque dan atletik Merah Putih,termasuk mengetahui kesiapan venuesdua cabor tersebut. Tes itu juga bisa menjadi simbol bahwa persiapan Inasoc Palembang maupun DKI Jakarta tak mengalami kendala terkait venues,meski secara keseluruhan masih menyisakan dilema seperti venuerenang dan menembak yang terkatung-katung.

Problem bertambah rumit lantaran Inasoc Palembang harus memindahkan venue cabor biliar.Belum lagi kasus rusaknya lapangan tenis,meski belum dipakai. Inasoc DKI Jakarta juga belum menyelesaikan pembangunan venue dayung,penyempurnaan Stadion Lebak Bulus,dan velodrome balap sepeda.

Kendati masih terus melakukan perbaikan,cabor petanque optimistis menggelar test event di Jakabaring Sports City,Palembang,24–25 September.Test event itu akan diikuti lima negara seperti Malaysia, Singapura, Thailand,Brunei Darussalam,termasuk tuan rumah Indonesia.Namun,tidak semua nomor dipertandingkan. Cabor petanque hanya memakai sampel nomor doubledan shooting untuk mengetahui kelayakan venue.

Manajer Tim Petanque SEA Games Indonesia Arifin Thahir mengungkapkan, test event itu sekaligus berlabel turnamen. ”Semua sudah siap,besok (hari ini) dua nomor itu akan dipertandingkan.Selain test event, pertandingan besok juga jadi turnamen petanque internasional pertama di Indonesia.Nantinya setiap tahun kami akan menggelar Turnamen Petanque Indonesia Open,”ungkapnya,kemarin.

Arifin menambahkan,pertandingan hari ini menjadi salah satu barometer kesiapan timnya menghadapi persaingan SEA Games.Sebab,keempat negara itu diklaim sebagai pesaing berat,meski cabor baru ini tetap menjanjikan satu emas. Namun,evaluasi nantinya juga diberikan atas kelayakan venueitu menggelar event resmi SEA Games.”Masukan pasti akan diberikan bila spesifikasi venuetidak sesuai regulasi.

Tapi,kami tetap ingin tahu kekuatan terakhir tim dan lawan sekaligus,”lanjutnya. Selain petanque,cabor atletik menggelar test eventdengan waktu hampir bersamaan.Meski venues atletik belum 100% jadi,mereka tetap menguji kualitas lintasan venuePalembang untuk nomor jalan cepat dan maraton.Atletik juga melakukan test event nomor lempar.Bukan hanya menggelar test event di Palembang, atletik juga mengirimkan 14 atletnya mengikuti kejuaraan atletik di Negeri Jiran. ●wahyu argia

Halfway To A Local Final

Singapore Cup

Etoile v Home United 0-1 (Frederic Mendy)

Mendy's goal against his former team ensured at least one of this year's Singapore Cup Final would be a local team, Home winning 2-1 on aggregate.

Tonight Hougang United take on Albirex Niigata.

Recent Singapore Cup Finals

2010 Bangkok Glass v Tampines Rovers 1-0

2009 Geylang United v Bangkok Glass 1-0

2008 SAFFC v Woodlands Wellington 2-1

2007 SAFFC v Tampines Rovers 4-3

2006 Tampines Rovers v Chonburi 3-2

2005 Home United v Woodlands Wellington 3-2

To depress Singaporeans even more when was the last time a local team won any thing there? Five out of the last seven trophies have been won by foreign teams!

2011

League Cup Albirex Niigata

2010

SLeague Etoile

Singapore Cup Bangkok Glass

League Cup Etoile

2009

SLeague SAFFC

Singapore Cup Geylang United

League Cup DPMM

OCM Targets 40-50 Gold Medals In Indonesia

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) has set a modest target of 40-50 gold medals for the Malaysian contingent for the SEA Games in Indonesia from Nov 11-22.

OCM Honorary Secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said among sports identified to deliver gold medals are aquatics, tenpin bowling, athletics, archery, karate and silat.

"The 40 to 50 gold target is realistic based on the current performances of athletes in the country. Our strength is in sports like aquatics and tenpin bowling," he told Bernama here today.

Sieh said aquatics has the potential to deliver eight to 10 gold medals, tenpin bowling (6-7), athletics, archery, karate (4-5 each) and silat (2-4).

He added that the identified sports should be able to contribute about 30 gold medals while the other sports should deliver the rest, namely boxing, taekwondo, weightlifting and equestrian.

Sieh added that a decision on whether national sports associations should send the elite or back up athletes to the SEA Games must be based on the level of competition in the respective sports.

"If the level of competition is high, especially in badminton due to the participation of Indonesia and Thailand, there is a need to send the elite players," he said.

Indonesia, hosting the games in Palembang and Jakarta, have included 43 ports, offering 542 gold medals.

Since the games will be held at two main venues, the 650-member Malaysian contingent competing in 39 sports will be headed by two Chef-de-Missions - Datuk Naim Mohamad in Jakarta and Datuk Syed Mustaffa Syed Ali in Palembang.

Malaysia will be taking part in all sports except wrestling, traditional boat race, soft tennis and vovinam (self-defence art from Vietnam).

-- BERNAMA

What Happened ToThe Pro Reform Group

The Liga Primer Indonesia was supposed to Change The Game. Their words, not mine. They were never going to do that, my words, not theirs.

Now we have a new PSSI leadership and the brief interregnum of the LPI is becoming that of a poorly remembered dream. Something happened but we can't quite remember what it was.

The PSSI initially decided the new look top flight would have two regional divisions of 16 teams each. That, I guess, would allow for some of the newly merged LPI teams a place at the top table.

That decision was later changed to a single division 18 teams featuring 14 of last season's 15 Indonesia Super League teams as well as the four teams that got promoted.

That decision has since been amended and now the top division will feature 24 teams! The above 18, the three teams who jumped ship from ISL to LPI and were subsequently banned from football (Persema, Persibo and PSM), relegated Bontang (because people feel sorry for them) as well as PSMS and Persebaya (because they are 'big' teams).

So it looks like no merged teams, no LPI teams and in fact no real change. The new PSSI is acting much like the old PSSI and you can't help but wonder what happened to the pro reform group that magically appeared during the run in to the most recent elections.

Of course this may still change ahead of the new season that is scheduled to start 9th October. And will hibernate for one month while the nation concentrates on the Under 23 SEA Games.

In the six years I have been covering the game here there has yet to be one season that has been free of any interruption and that looks unlikely to change any time soon!

Souza Is Back

Marcio Souza is back at Persela Lamongan. The Brazilian striker was previously there for four years, or was it five, before moving on to Semen Padang and last season Deltras.

I guess we can expect many more theatrical dives in the box at home games, the more theatrical the later the game...

Babel Cup, Pangkal Pinang

Nope, nothing to do with Ryan, Babel is an acronym for the island province of Bangka Belitung. Flushed with the success of a local movie, Laskar Pelangi, the islands have become a popular tourist destination for locals looking for a bit of peace and quiet basking in the glamour of fame.

The Depati Amir Stadium in Pangkal Pinang normally hosts local amateur team Persipas but this coming weekend will see the glamour of the Indonesia Super League descend with Deltras and Sriwijaya from nearby Palembang competing with a Babel Stars for the inaugural Babel Cup.

Deltras of course are now coached by Jorg Steinbrunner and a local paper is suggesting they will be including Franco Hita and Singapore international Shahril Ishak in their squad with former Etoile defender Kevin Yann.

Sriwijaya could well include young Nepalese striker Santosh who has been trialling with them recently. It's only a few hours by boat from Palembang, wonder if any Sriwijaya fans will make the journey?

23/09 - Sriwijaya v Babel Stars

24/09 - Deltras v Babel Stars

25/09 - Deltras v Sriwijaya

Strong beach volleyball squad for Indonesia SEA Games

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Volleyball Association (Mava) will send a strong beach volleyball squad for the Indonesia SEA Games in Palembang in November, with top women’s pair Beh Shun Thing-Luk Teck Hua expected to deliver a gold medal.

Shun Thing-Teck Hua finished fourth in the Guangzhou Asian Games last year and were bronze medallists in the Laos SEA Games two years ago.

National coach Lim Poh Hong said that Shun Thing-Teck Hua “have what it takes to get into the final but they have be wary of Thailand”.

“The main threat for the gold medal is definitely Thailand as they beat Shun Thing-Teck Hua to the third place in the Asian Games last year,” said Poh Hong.

“We’re not too worried about the other teams. In April, there was an Olympic sub-zonal qualifying tournament which featured Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia and we came out tops.
“So it’s safe to say that Thailand will still be the team to beat and I’m hoping that our girls will rise to the occasion.

“Let’s hope they will be able to change the colour of their medal from bronze to gold this time.”
Besides Shun Thing-Teck Hua, the other women’s pair are Luk Teng Kee-M. Iswari. The men’s team will be led by Sukma gold medallists Kiew Chiong Ung-Rafi Asruki Nordin and Khoo Chong Long-Mohd Fitri Salim.

Shun Thing-Teck Hua and Teng Kee-Iswari have a heavy schedule ahead of them prior to the SEA Games as they will compete in five tournaments – the AVC Beach Tour Changsha Open, China (Sept 23-29); AVC Beach Tour Zhang­jiajie Open, China (Sept 30-Oct 4); Vung Tau Asian Women’s Tournament, Vietnam (Oct 5-10), Asia Pacific BV Tour, Palembang (Oct 11-17); and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in Phuket (Oct 30-Nov 6).


 THE STAR

12 badang sah ke Sukan SEA 2011

KUALA LUMPUR - Seramai 12 atlet angkat berat disenaraikan oleh Persekutuan Angkat Berat Malaysia (PABM) ke Sukan SEA 2011 untuk melaksanakan misi mengatasi pencapaian tiga perak dan tiga gangsa pada Sukan SEA Laos dua tahun lalu.

Presiden PABM, Zafarul Akbar Kassim berkata, kesemua senarai nama tersebut dipilih berdasarkan pencapaian konsisten mereka pada dua Kejohanan Sirkit Kebangsaan tahun ini.
Menurutnya, ada di antara atlet yang memecahkan rekod kebangsaan melalui kejohanan tersebut, meskipun sekadar bersaing dengan atlet tempatan.

"Daripada 12 atlet angkat berat tersebut, empat atlet memecahkan rekod kebangsaan.
"Ini menunjukkan mereka mampu untuk melangkah lebih jauh, namun kita tak mahu letak apa-apa sasaran cuma kita harapkan pada Sukan SEA 2011, mereka mampu mengatasi pencapaian di Laos 2009," katanya pada sidang akhbar semalam.

Daripada 12 nama tersebut tujuh adalah atlet lelaki iaitu Zulkifli Che Ros, Naharuddin Mahayuddin (77kg), Mohd. Faiz Musa (94kg), Firdaus Razak, Elisha Louis Tan Kim Ho (105kg), Abd Azim Najmi Abdul Rashid dan Mohamad Zafril Zulkifli (+105kg).

Lima atlet wanita yang layak ialah, Syarifah Inani Najwa Syed Anuar (53kg), Frenceay Titus, Elyone Matin (58kg), Arisha Farra (75kg) dan Tay Shan Fong (+75kg).

Sementara itu, Zafarul berkata, atlet elit lain yang tidak disenarai ke Sukan SEA akan dihantar beraksi pada Kejohanan Angkat Berat Dunia di Perancis pada November ini untuk mengutip mata ke Sukan Olimpik.
"Kita belum ada senarai nama yang akan ke Perancis, cuma yang telah sah akan beraksi ialah Aricco Jumitih dan Raihan Yusoff.

"Dua atlet tersebut mempunyai kecergasan yang baik pada tahun ini dan kita cadang untuk menghantar empat atau lima nama ke sana," jelas Zafarul.


UTUSAN MALAYSIA

Results 20-21/09

Singapore Cup

Albirex Niigata v Hougang United 2-2 (Norihiro Kawaikami; Mazelan, Sulaiman) 544

An all foreign final is still on the cards after both semi final first legs ended all square. Do we not want that?

AFC President's Cup

Yadanarbon v Phnom Penh Crown 0-4 (Kingsley Njoku 2, Kouch Sokumpheak, Sun Sophana) 422

Congrats to PPC on reaching the final of this 3rd tier Asian club competition. I bet Andy must be turning cartwheels in his hotel room in Taiwan! I was in Phnom Penh earlier this year and saw them play Naga Corp...catch it on Jakarta Casual TV!

Thai League Cup

Phattalung v Thai Port 1-0

Thai Port reach their second consecutive TLC Final...play either Chonburi or Buriram PEA

Indonesia Friendly Shock

This report suggests Indonesia will play a friendly against Saudi Arabia in Malaysia on 7th October. What's that all about then? Why can't the Saudis come to Jakarta eh? Anything to do with the fact that Saudi women have been saying less than complimentary things about Indonesian women, comparing them less favourably to Moroccan women (as maids and domestics you understand).

Or could it be anything to do with the last time Indonesia hosted the Saudis, at the Bung Karno Stadium, during the AFC Asian Cuo when any gentleman dressed like an extra from Lawrence of Arabia had plastic bottles thrown at him by the local support?

Or could it be because there will a rock concert held at the Bung Karno just days before a crucial World Cup Qualifier against Qatar and no one checked whether or not the FA needed the stadium for a football match! So the game v Qatar will be played on a field resembling the best, or worst, of Glastonbury...'cos Indonesia lacks decent arenas for football and music.

Singapore Ticket Details

SINGAPORE, 20 September 2011: Singapore will be taking on the Philippines on Friday, 7^th October 2011, in an international friendly, prior to their 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Qualifying Round Three match against Jordan that will be played on Tuesday, 11^th October 2011 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Below are the matches and the respective ticketing details.

1. International Friendly Match/ Ticketing Details

Match : Singapore vs Philippines

Date : Friday, 7^th October 2011

Time : 7.30pm

Venue : Jalan Besar Stadium

Ticketing details

Grandstand : $10

Gallery-Adult : $5

Gallery-Child/Student/Senior Citizens : $1

Pre-sale: 3 to 6 October 2011 (12.00 pm to 8.00 pm) at South Gate, Jalan Besar Stadium

Remaining tickets will be sold on 7th October 2011 from 5.00 pm onwards at North and South Gates, Jalan Besar Stadium (subject to availability)

2. 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Qualifying Round Three Match/ Ticketing Details

Match : Singapore vs Jordan

Date : Tuesday, 11^th October 2011

Time : 7.30 pm

Venue : Jalan Besar Stadium

Ticketing details

a) Early bird sale for Singaporeans & Singapore PRs (26th to 30th September)

Singapore vs Jordan only

Grandstand = $17
Gallery-Adult = $7
Gallery-Child/Student (Pri/Sec/ITE/JC)/Senior Citizens = $3

Bundle (Singapore vs Jordan and Singapore vs China) – Buyers must buy both match tickets

Grandstand : $34
Gallery-Adult : $14
Gallery-Child/Student (Pri/Sec/ITE/JC)/Senior Citizens : $6

There will be no pre-sale for Single Match tickets for the Singapore vs China match

b) Pre-match sale for Singapore vs Jordan match (3rd to 7th October and 10 October)

Grandstand : $20
Gallery-Adult : $10
Gallery-Child/Student (Pri/Sec/ITE/JC)/Senior Citizens : $3

Time of sales: 12.00 pm to 8.00 pm (Monday to Friday) at South Gate, Jalan Besar Stadium

Remaining tickets will be sold on 11 October 2011 from 5.00 pm onwards at North and South Gates, Jalan Besar Stadium (subject to availability)

3. Sultan of Selangor Cup Ticketing Details

Date : 26^th to 30^th September 2011

Time : 12.00 pm to 8.00 pm

Price : $5

Venue : South Gate, Jalan Besar Stadium

Buriram PEA Send Kids To Leicester City

Eight Buriram PEA players left for England yesterday to train with Championship side Leicester City for six months.

Buriram PEA players at Suvarnabhumi airport before leaving for England yesterday.

They are Kirati Kaewsombut, Ukrit Wongmeena, Yodsapol Tiengda, Chitiphat Tanklang, Piyapong Homkajorn, Arthit Promkhan, Chaowat Weerachart and Nattawut Sombatya.

Kirati, Ukrit, Yodsapl and Chitiphat, who are over 18 years old, will train with Leicester's reserve team, while the other four will train with players from other countries.

The players are from Buriram PEA's Road to Stardom project. Leicester City are owned by Thailand's duty free retailer King Power.

Buriram PEA chairman Newin Chidchob said the eight could be future stars of the club and the national team.

Newin said he planned to develop under-16 players and urged parents to send their skilful children to join Buriram PEA football academy.

"We are willing to give Thai players chances to become successful in football," he said. "Parents should take their children to Buriram football academy. If they are good enough, we promise to give them all the support they need."

SOURCE - Bangkok Post

COMMENT - did you know you can buy Leicester City shirts at Bangkok Airport?

Results 19/09

Singapore Cup

Home United v Etoile 1-1

Home needed a late penalty to earn a draw with the Frenchies last night. Tonight sees Albirex Niigata host Hougang United in the other semi final.

AFC President's Cup

Phnom Penh Crown v Neftchi Kochkor 2-1 (Kingsley Njoku, Chan Chaya;) 118

PC will play Myanmar champions Yadanarbon on Wedesday. Complete draw can be found on AFC website

Results 17-18/09

Malaysia Cup

Kedah v Johor 3-3

Perak v Sabah 2-1

Terengganu v Sime Darby 1-0

Negeri Sembilan v PKNS 0-2

Kelantan v Sarawak 4-0

Felda United v Johor FC 1-1

Selangor v T Team 1-2

KL v PDRM 0-0

Thai Premier League

Buriram PEA v Bangkok Glass 2-1

Siam Navy v Pattaya United 1-2

Army United v Osotspa 1-1

Chiang Rai United v BEC Tero 1-3

Sri Racha v Khon Kaen 4-1

TOT v Thai Port 1-0

Sisaket v Police United 1-1

1 - Buriram PEA 22 16 5 1 39-10 53

2 - Chonburi 22 13 6 3 43-19 45

3 - Muang Thong United 21 13 5 3 34-14 44

14 - Surayuth Chaikamdee (Bangkok Glass)

13 - Leandro (Army United), Ronnachai Rangsiyo (BEC Tero)

11 - Wasan Natasan (Chiang Rai United)

Thai League Cup

Muang Thong United v Chonburi 0-0

Malaysian Businessmen Looking To Raise (Their) Profile

There are now of course a couple of rich Malaysian businessmen who own English, and Welsh, football clubs. One is at Cardiff City, the other at Queens Park Rangers.

Both have been making headlines recently trying to get Pelita Jaya striker Safee Sali to come over for a trial, something he is now doing with Cardiff City.

Now both are involved in an unseemly tug of war over the Malaysian national team coach Rajagobal with claims both are trying to invite him over for a spell.

If these gentlemen are both so keen to be associated with Malaysian football then why didn't they buy a Malaysian football club? Heaven knows the game in their home land is starved of funds. They could even get their rich mates to buy a team!

Chasing NAS

Noh Alam Shah is a wanted man! The Singaporean international is reported to have a couple of teams chasing him for next season. Persib and Persisam. If he elects to join Persisam then he would be partnering Christian Gonzales up front, quite an aging duo!

Talking Persisam, a report today suggests influential Persib midfielder Eka Ramdani has received an offer from them.

Ahmad Shabery mahu Jawairiah ke Sukan SEA

LTAM tidak wajar sekat penyertaan atlit itu ke Jakarta

MENTERI Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek menegaskan keputusan Persatuan Lawn Tenis Malaysia (LTAM) membatalkan penyertaan ratu tenis negara, Jawairiah Noordin beraksi di Sukan SEA XXVI di Indonesia November ini adalah tidak wajar.

Sehubungan itu, beliau mahu Jawairiah yang pernah menduduki ranking 111 remaja dunia dan memenangi tiga pingat emas di Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) Mei lalu perlu diberi peluang beraksi pada temasya dwitahunan itu.

“Saya fikir tidak wajar LTAM membatalkan penyertaan Jawairiah ke Sukan SEA dan dia perlu diberi peluang beraksi,” katanya pada majlis Rumah Terbuka Aidilfitri di Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Kemasek, Terengganu semalam.

Dia menambah: “Saya mengalu-alukan langkah MOM menubuhkan Majlis Timbang Tara bagi menangani isu ini. Namun, saya harap dapat diselesaikan dengan baik.”

Jawairiah mendakwa tindakan LTAM membatalkan penyertaannya bukan kali pertama, sebaliknya pernah berlaku pada Sukan Komanwel tahun lalu.

Jawairiah Noordin - BERITA HARIAN

Roekito's Latin Reunion

Daniel Roekito is hoping a couple of blasts from the past will help propel Persisam to the title of whatever league they are in next season.

He has signed Christian Gonzales and, with midfielder Ronald Fagundez, will be hoping they kind find the same kind of form that led Persik to the old style Liga Indonesia title back in 2006. Of course they've all aged a bit since then!

Riedl Returns To Vientiane

Former Indonesian national team coach Alfred Riedl has returned to coach Laos for the SEA Games. Riedl is a familiar figure in South East Asia having also coached Vietnam and last year he led Indonesia to the ASEAN Football federation Cup Final, losing to Malaysia.

He was sacked by the new PSSI leadership for some strange reason, was it something like they couldn't find the contract, and there have been calls for his return as Indonesia's World Cup campaign fizzles but it won't be happening now!

SEA Games Tak Terpengaruh Kabut Asap

JAKARTA, Kompas.com - Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) memperkirakan, pelaksanaan SEA Games XXVI 2011 di Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, tidak akan terpengaruh kabut asap. Pasalnya, awal musim hujan di daerah itu terjadi pada Oktober 2011.

"Saya kira tidak akan berpengaruh sebab Sumatera Selatan akan mengalami awal musim hujan pada minggu ke 2-3 Oktober," kata Kepala Pusat Iklim, Agroklimat dan Iklim Maritim BMKG, Nurhayati di Jakarta, Selasa (13/9/11).

Indonesia menjadi tuan rumah pelaksanaan pesta olahraga negara-negara Asia Tenggara yang digelar di Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, pada 11 hingga 22 November 2011. Sejak Agustus 2011, kebakaran lahan dan hutan terjadi di wilayah tersebut, sehingga menimbulkan kabut asap yang dikhawatirkan juga akan mengganggu pelaksanaan SEA Games.

Sebelumnya, Menteri Lingkungan Hidup Gusti Muhammad Hatta mengatakan, antisipasi kebakaran lahan akan dilakukan di wilayah Provinsi Sumatera Selatan yang menjadi tuan rumah pelaksanaan SEA Games.

"Kita antisipasi dan jika terjadi kebakaran lahan akan ada hujan buatan, sehingga tidak ada lagi kebakaran sebelum SEA Games dimulai," kata Gusti.

Ia mengatakan, Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup memberikan perhatian kepada Palembang, terutama terkait masalah kebakaran lahan, sehingga kabut asap itu tidak mengganggu event olahraga internasional tersebut.

Puncak kemarau di Sumatera Selatan diperkirakan pada bulan September 2011. Karena itu, perlu diperketat pengawasan agar tidak terjadi kebakaran lahan.

Kebakaran lahan dan semak belukar sudah terjadi sejak puasa Ramadhan di Kabupaten Ogan Ilir hingga lebaran yang menimbulkan kepulan asap. Kebakaran lahan juga terjadi pada perkebunan kelapa sawit yang ada di Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Timur, Jambi, seluas sekitar 1.300 hektare, sehingga Kota Jambi dan sekitarnya diselimuti dengan kabut asap.

Sambut SEA Games, Palembang Harus Bebas Bau Limbah

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INILAH.COM, Palembanng- Wakil Ketua DPRD Sumsel Ahmad Djauhari meminta pabrik karet yang ada di Sumsel untuk ikut berpartisipasi dalam mensukseskan SEA Games.

Dia pun meminta agar bau menyengat yang ditimbulkan oleh pabrik karet, harus segera diatasi, sehingga tidak sampai tercium oleh tamu-tamu asing saat SEA Games mendatang.

"Bau dari sini saja masih bisa tercium sampai ke Jakabaring. Ini jangan sampai terjadi saat SEA Games mendatang, karena akan mempengaruhi nama baik Sumsel," kata anggota DPRD Sumsel asal daerah pemilihan (Dapil) I Palembang ini, saat reses ke PT Remco, Palembang, Rabu (14/9).

Djauhari menambahkan, jika memang penggunaan deorub bisa mengatasi bau menyengat yang ditimbulkan dari karet, maka dianjurkan pabrik-pabrik karet terus memakai pemakaian deorub. "Kalau biayanya tidak terlalu memberatkan, pemakaian deorub ini tidak hanya sementara tetapi seterusnya sehingga tidak mengganggu masyarakat," kata dia.

Dirut PT Remco H Aminuddin Halim menyambut positif apa yang disampaikan dewan. Pihaknya berjanji akan menghilangkan bau polusi yang disebabkan limbah karet, dengan menggunakan deorub, terutama menjelang SEA Games. "Kami berjanji akan menghilangkan bau limbah karet sehingga baunya tidak menyebar ke mana-mana," kata Aminuddin.

Dikatakan Aminuddin, pemakaian deorub tersebut bisa menghilangkan bau limbah sampai 90 persen. Deorub akan dipakai dengan menyemprotkan asap deorub ke sekitar pabrik dan bahan baku karet.

Mengenai bau karet ini, Ruslan, warga Makrayu, Palembang, mengatakan, bau menyengat dari pabrik pengolahan karet kadang tercium sampai ke tempat tinggalnya. “Padahal tempat kami jauh dari pabrik, cukup mengganggu baunya. Kalau memang ada cara atau bahan untuk menghilangkan bau itu, tolonglah pabrik karet memakainya, pusing juga mencium bau karet itu,” keluh dia.

Kolam Renang SEA Games Diisi Air Siap Minum

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PALEMBANG-- Air kolam renang SEA Games yang saat ini sedang dalam tahap penyelesaian akan didatangkan dari Perusahaan Air Minum Jakabaring Palembang yang siap minum, kata Rizal Abdullah.

Kepala Dinas PU Cipta Karya itu di Palembang, Kamis, mengatakan, air siap minum itu nantinya akan diisikan ke bak kolam renang berstandar internasional tersebut.

Hal ini karena kapasitas air bersih itu cukup banyak sehingga siap mengaliri perumahan termasuk kolam renang tersebut, ujar dia pula. Mengenai pengisian air bak tersebut, ia mengatakan, akan dilaksanakan secepatnya sehingga kolam renang tersebut siap dilaksanakan uji coba.

Lebih lanjut dia mengatakan, sebenarnya air PAM tersebut diperuntukan bagi areal perumahan dan fasilitas SEA Games Jakabaring Palembang termasuk Bank Sumselbabel. Pembangunan air siap minum di Jakabaring Palembang itu pipa untuk jaringannya bantuan pemerintah pusat melalui APBN sebesar Rp8 miliar, ujar dia pula.

Oleh karena itu, perencanaan pembangunan di areal pertandingan pesta olahraga se-Asia Tenggara mendatang sudah matang karena karena prasarana dan saran yang dibutuhkan sudah lengkap termasuk air siap minum, kata dia.

Sebelumnya konsultan pembangunan kolam renang SEA Games, Lukman Niode mengatakan, sebenarnya bak kolam renang untuk pesta olahraga se-Asia Tenggara mendatang tersebut bisa diisi air dari manapun.

Hal ini karena kolam renang tersebut memiliki alat pembersih otomatis sehingga secara langsung air menjadi bersih, ujar dia.

Bahkan, kolam renang itu hanya diisi satu kali setelah itu secara otomatis dibersihkan melalui peralatan khusus yang ada di venues pesta olahraga akbar tersebut, tambah dia.

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Inasoc Percepat Persiapan SEA Games XXVI

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PANITIA Nasional Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara (Indonesian SEA Games Organizing Committee/Inasoc) segera menuntaskan semua perencanaan terkait dengan penyelenggaraan SEA Games XXVI yang berlangsung di Jakarta dan Palembang pada 11-22 November mendatang.

Hal itu disampaikan Ketua Harian Inasoc Rahmat Gobel setelah pemerintah berjanji secepatnya menerbitkan dua peraturan yang membolehkan panitia melakukan penunjukan langsung dalam pengadaan barang/jasa serta penggunaan dana di luar ABPN dan APBD.

"Kami segera menuntaskan hal-hal yang sempat tertunda akibat regulasi, seperti penyelesaian masalah teknologi informasi, persiapan pembukaan dan penutupan, serta sejumlah hal lainnya," ujar Rahmat Gobel di Jakarta, kemarin.

"Kami berharap profesionalisme kerja dan dedikasi panitia secara keseluruhan dapat diimbangi dengan regulasi yang memadai sehingga sasaran untuk kesuksesan penyelenggaraan SEA Games bisa berhasil," tambahnya.

Sebelumnya Inasoc khawatir penyelenggaraan SEA Games yang akan diikuti 11 negara itu terancam berantakan karena berbagai kendala, yakni Perpres No 54/2010 soal tender pengadaan barang/jasa dan Keppres No 3/2010 tentang penggunaan dana di luar APBN dan APBD.

Namun pemerintah, kemarin, memastikan segera menerbitkan dua aturan yang meniadakan kendala itu. Dengan kata lain, panitia diperbolehkan melakukan penunjukan langsung dan menggunakan dana sponsor, tiket, dan sumber lainnya. Bahkan, dua aturan itu tidak hanya berlaku bagi penyelenggaraan SEA Games XXVI, tetapi juga untuk perhelatan ASEAN ParaGames VI di Surakarta, Jawa Tengah.

Pada bagian lain, Menteri Keuangan Agus Martowardojo kembali menegaskan jajarannya telah menyiapkan dana Rp600 miliar dan Rp700 miliar yang diperlukan panitia. "Untuk yang Rp600 miliar itu tinggal ditarik, yang Rp700 miliar tinggal melengkapi dokumen," ujarnya.

Dokumen yang dimaksud Menkeu itu untuk pembuatan daftar isian pelaksanaan anggaran (DIPA). Dokumen itu ialah rencana kerja anggaran kementerian/lembaga (RKAK/L), terms of reference (TOR), dan rencana anggaran biaya (RAB). (Eko/Fid/KK/Mad/X-5)

6 Venue SEA Games di Jakut Rampung

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Enam venue (tempat pertandingan) SEA Games di Jakarta Utara, saat ini, dinyatakan telah siap menggelar pertandingan dalam ajang SEA Games ke-26 yang akan dilangsungkan November mendatang. Keenam venue yang telah rampung itu nantinya akan menggelar pertandingan cabang basket, judo, vovinam (silat asal Vietnam, boling, BMX dan layar.

Kepala Dinas Olahraga dan Pemuda (Disorda) DKI Jakarta, Ratiyono mengatakan, di Jakarta Utara terdapat enam venue yang akan mempertandingkan enam cabang olahraga yakni, Gedung Judo dan Sports Mall Arena di Kelapagading (judo, basket), Gelanggang Remaja Tanjungpriok (vovinam) serta tiga venue untuk cabang BMX, layar dan boling di Ancol. "Semua venue di Jakarta Utara sudah rampung 100 persen dan tidak ada kendala. Semuanya siap menyelenggarakan pertandingan," ujar Ratiyono, Kamis (15/9).

Diungkapkan Ratiyono, pihaknya sangat berterimakasih kepada jajaran Pemkot Jakarta Utara dan instansi terkait serta warganya yang telah berupaya menyukseskan perhelatan SEA Games. "Harapan Pemprov DKI Jakarta terutama Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Fauzi Bowo adalah masyarakat dapat mendukung SEA Games, sehingga event internasional ini bisa terselenggara dengan baik," katanya.

Ratiyono menambahkan, biaya renovasi untuk venue di Jakarta Utara, meliputi bola basket di Sport Mall Arena Kelapa Gading sebesar Rp 2,7 miliar, venue BMX di Pantai Bende Ancol dengan anggaran Rp 3,3 miliar, venue judo di Gedung Judo Kelapa Gading dengan anggaran Rp 2,2 miliar, venue boling di Arena Boling Jaya Ancol dengan anggaran sebesar Rp 1,9 miliar, dan venue Layar di Pantai Marina Ancol dengan biaya pembangunan Rp 3,2 miliar. "Untuk mengantisipasi hal yang tidak diinginkan, kami telah berkoordinasi dengan kepolisian, TNI, Satpol PP dan lain-lain untuk mengamankan dan mengatur lalu lintas di lokasi maupun akses menuju venue tersebut," ucap Ratiyono.

Pada perhelatan SEA Games XIV, ditambahkan Ratiyono, digelar pada tanggal 11 - 23 November mendatang yang diikuti 11 negara peserta seperti, Brunei Darussallam, Filipina, Kamboja, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Timor leste, Thailand, Vietnam dan Indonesia sebagai tuan rumah. "Ajang ini tentunya harus dipersiapkan dengan baik, selain merupakan devisa untuk Indonesia khususnya Jakarta, juga menjaga nama baik Indonesia di dunia internasional," tandasnya.

Pembukaan SEA Games Tanggung Jawab Panitia Pusat

Aloysius Gonsaga Angi Ebo

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PALEMBANG, Kompas.com - Pelaksanaan upacara pembukaan dan penutupan SEA Games XXVI di Palembang, Sumatera Selatan, November 2011, menjadi tanggung jawab panitia pusat. Demikian pernyataan Ketua Deputi IV Indonesia SEA Games Organizing Committee (InaSOC), Yusri Effendi.

"Sudah menjadi kesepakatan bahwa acara pembukaan dan penutupan sepenuhnya menjadi tanggung jawab pihak InaSOC pusat, sedangkan daerah hanya menyediakan peralatan dan penarinya saja," ujar Yusri, di Palembang, Kamis(15/9/11).

Menurut dia, kebijakkan itu diambil mengingat upacara pembukaan didanai oleh sponsor.

"Karena berkaitan dengan sponsor, sehingga yang lebih berwenang adalah InaSOC pusat. Jadi, Sumsel hanya terima beres saja mengenai perencanaan, isi acara, hingga pelaksanaannya," ujar dia.

Namun dia melanjutkan, mengingat ajang SEA Games itu merupakan kesempatan Sumsel memperkenalkan diri kepada negara-negara Asia Tenggara, maka Pemerintah Provinsi setempat juga akan menggelar acara serupa. Acara itu akan digelar sesaat sebelum upacara pembukaan dimulai di Stadion Gelora Sriwijaya Jakabaring Palembang.

"Upacara pembukaan SEA Games XXVI pada 11-22 November 2011 direncanakan dimulai pukul 18.00 WIB hingga selesai, sedangkan sajian budaya Sumsel akan dimulai pada pukul 16.00 WIB," ujar dia lagi.

Dia menjelaskan, Pemprov Sumsel tetap mengupayakannya, mengingat pada acara pembukaan lebih menampilkan budaya nusantara.

"Sumsel juga ingin budayanya sendiri tampil, sehingga membuat acara sendiri dengan memanfaatkan para seniman daerah. Sedangkan untuk acara utama memakai lima koreografer dari Jakarta," tambahnya.

Provinsi Sumsel dipercaya menggelar pertandingan 22 cabang olahraga dan upacara pembukaan serta penutupan SEAG XXVI mendatang. Untuk menyelenggarakan upacara pembukaan dan penutupan, Sumsel telah menyiapkan 3.000 penari dari kalangan pelajar, mahasiswa, dan anggota TNI/POLRI.

Pihak InaSOC telah menetapkan tiga tahap jadwal latihan untuk pengisi acara, yakni 15-25 September, 26 September-5 Oktober 2011, 10 Oktober hingga hari puncak acara pelaksanaan.

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Indonesian Football Goes International

Officials don’t know how the new domestic football league will be run, when it will kick off or even which teams will be in it. But one thing is certain — for the first time in history, Indonesian league matches will be broadcast overseas.

Liga Prima Indonesia, the country’s professional league administrator, signed a broadcast deal on Thursday with television content provider Broadway Media of Malaysia, which will air Indonesian football games in Malaysia on the Bintang and Pelangi channels on Astro All Asia Networks’s digital satellite network.

“[Indonesian] league games now will not only be watched by roughly 85 million football fans in the country, but we predict at least three to five million more viewers in Malaysia,” said the LPI’s chief executive, Widjajanto. “They won’t just have live coverage. They will also have supporting programs such as weekly highlights, previews and players profiles.”

The league also stands to gain new fans in Brunei since Astro also broadcasts in that country.

Widjajanto said the LPI was still in talks about which local stations would get the rights to the matches.

In 2007, the then-league organizer, Liga Indonesia, signed a 10-year, Rp 100 billion ($11.4 million) deal with ANTV. However, the new leadership of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI), which came into power earlier this year, has been looking for a better deal. The association believes the broadcast rights for league matches are worth more than just over $1 million a year. (Absolutely right. The thing needs tearing up and rewritten. But which family both owns ANTV and was closely connected with football in the old regime?)

For the first time since the Indonesian league turned professional in 2003, games will be aired live abroad.

Malaysia’s sports minister, Dato Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, said Indonesian football had many followers in Malaysia, primarily because there were lots of Indonesians working there.

“Football has become a big industry and I hope this cooperation will bring the two countries into a closer relationship,” he said. “Perhaps there will be more Malaysian players on Indonesian clubs and vice versa.”

He said the Indonesian league was gaining more attention in his country since one of Malaysia’s top strikers, Safee Sali, moved to Pelita Jaya last season.

Since taking over the country’s football affairs, the new PSSI leadership has disbanded the Indonesian Super League, Premier Division and the breakaway Indonesian Premier League in its attempt to form a new competition.

The new professional league will have two tiers, Level 1 and Level 2. The top tier will include two conferences, East and West, with 16 clubs in each, while the second tier will have 48 clubs divided into four conferences.

The league was supposed to announce the details of the competition on Monday, but that has been pushed back to today.

“The executive committee will decide everything having to do with Indonesian football competitions — league, clubs and dates — in a meeting [on Friday],” Djohar said.

PSSI competition committee chairman Sihar Sitorus has said the league will kick off on Oct. 8, as previously announced.

“We already have schedules for next season,” he said.

SOURCE - Jakarta Globe

Results 15/09

SLeague

Tanjong Pagar v Home United 0-3 (Frederic Mendy, Valery Hiek 2) 447

The Protectors return to the top of the SLeague with a comfortable win over new boys Tanjong Pagar but another disappointing crowd. 15 consecutive games watched by less than a 1,000 fans.

Changing The Persib Guard

After years of failing to achieve success Persib have acted ruthlessly, culling much from last season's squad.

Out have gone Christian Gonzales, Hilton Moreira, Markus Horison, Nova Arianto, Isnan Ali, Siswanto and Rachmat Affandi among others.

In have come Nasuha, Tony Sucipto, M Ilham and Aliyudin; all from bitter rivals Persija. They joining Abanda Herman and Atep who have previously worn the orange or Persija while experienced for Indonesia international Jendri Pitoy has, perhaps surprisingly, been given a second wind with a big team 12 months after leaving Persipura.

Eka Ramdani and Hariono remain in the middle with Atep on the wing.

I'm a bit surprised Rachmat Affandi (Pictured with finger in air playing for PSMS) has failed to settle. He was previously with Arema and PSMS and seems to be one of these players who always falls in the pecking order behind a foreign import or an older, more established player. Maybe he's just crap or maybe he's indicative of Indonesian football's reluctance to give youth its head.

DPMM Bid For SLeague Return

Story today out of Singapore suggests DPMM will be applying for a return to the SLeague next year. The Brunei team of course played in the SLeague back in 2009 and did most unSLeague like things like producing match day programmes and having an atmosphere at home and away games.

They also won the League Cup and were on course to win the SLeague before FIFA kicked them out because they were smaller than Indonesia.

The SLeague will look different next year already, not sure that's the best English usage in the world, because Young Lions will compete in Malaysia and their equivalent, Harimau Muda will play in Singapore.

There has been talk of a team from Sembawang wanting to apply while Paul Parker, TV pundit and former England international, has talked of bringing an English team over.

If DPMM and Sembawang (does this mean Nine Onions?) are accepted then there is no logical reason why the SLeague cannot expand to 14 teams, something I've frequently argued for, playing each other home and away, and not the current nonsense with 12 teams meeting each other thrice.

Certainly something needs to be done with the game in Singapore. The fans are staying away in droves despite the excitement being served up on the field and there is no denying having Harimau Muda and DPMM would certainly add some spice.

The last 14 SLeague games, every game played this month in other words plus last three from August, have been played out in front of crowds of less than 1,000. Often significantly less. The FA's response so far has been an online survey which requires people to leave a contact detail...if you're not on line or if you don't wanna leave a contact detail then your opinion counts for shit.