Al Fatihah To Allahyarham Tan Sri Ghani Minhat

Recently the sports fraternity felt the lost of one of our badminton greats in the 60s and today yet another sports legend and great name Tan Sri Ghani Minhat passed away at about 10.34 this morning. condolence to his family and Al Fatihah to him.

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Two football greats in their respective era, Allahyarham Tan Sri Ghani Minhat and Redzuan Abdullah 

This blogger with Allahyarham Tan Sri Ghani Minhat

Eventhough his presence is no more can be felt with us, but his talent and deeds to Malaysian football remains. 

If we can dedicate an arena at National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil to our Squash Queen, there is no harm to dedicate any sports venue to all our great athletes as our thank and appreciation to their dedication and sacrifice for the sake of the country. Let their great names be remembered and inspire present and future generation of how these sportsmen represent their sports.   

AL FATIHAH TO ALLAHYARHAM TAN SRI GHANI MINHAT.  

Al Fatihah To Late Tan Sri Hamzah

Al Fatihah 

to Allahyarham Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah who passed away peacefully at his residence due to old age. 

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He was 88 years old and had dedicated his life to sports especially football and was the Life President of Olympic Council Malaysia. 

He was laid to rest at the National Mausoleum in Mesjid Negara. 

Born in Kuala Lipis, Pahang on 5th January 1924.

Positions held : Presiden Asian Football Confederation (AFC) (1978-1994), Minister of Youth and Sports (1971-1973), Member of Parlaiment Temerloh 1967–1980. -BERNAMA

Datuk Punch Gunalan Remembered

My Sukan would like to extend condolence to the family of late Datuk Punch Gunalan 

Datuk Punch Gunalan (2 April 1944 – 15 August 2012) was a male badminton star of Malaysia, considered one of the finest combination doubles and singles players that the country has ever produced. He was born in Sepang, Selangor.

He was a talented right-hander who spent what might have been some of the best years of his playing career competing only sporadically as a student in England. Gunalan did not represent Malaysia in Thomas Cup (the men's world team championship) until the 1970 series in Kuala Lumpur at the comparatively late "rookie" age of 26. Here Malaysia relinquished its title to Indonesia in the final, 2--7, with Gunalan and Ng Boon Bee in doubles gaining one of the two points. In 1971 Gunalan and Boon Bee were the leading men's doubles team in the world, winning the prestigious All Englandtitle, as well as the Danish, Canadian, and U.S. Open titles.

Though perhaps less consistent in singles than he was in doubles, Gunalan was capable of playing it at the highest level. He reached the All-Englandsingles final in 1974, losing in three close games to the iconic Rudy Hartono. He won singles at the quadrennial Asian Games in 1970 and at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games in 1974.

Since retiring as a player after 1974, Gunalan has served in various stints as coach of the Malaysian team, an official in the Malaysian Badminton Association, and as an official in the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation).

He passed away on 15 August 2012 after suffering from a critical illness. He was 68.^[1]

- Wikipedia

Datuk Punch passed away at 6.00am 15th August 2012 after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 68 when he passed away. 

Condolence