Asian Match: GOLF THIS WEEK
All Times EST PGA TOUR Presidents Cup Site: Melbourne, Australia. Schedule: Friday-Sunday.Course: Royal Melbourne Golf Club (6,981 yards, par 72).Television: ESPN (Thursday, midnight-1 a.m., 4-8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m.; Friday, 1-8:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 1-6 p.m.; Sunday, 4-7 p.m.).Format: Five alternate-shot matches and five best-ball matches both Friday and Saturday. Twelve singles matches Sunday. In the event of a tie, there will be a sudden-death playoff...
Asian Match: TOP FLUTTER ON NEW PUTTER
Top flutter on new putter TASMANIAN Brett Partridge walked into the Terrey Hills pro shop at 8am yesterday, picked out a new putter and promptly went out to shoot a sensational third round 64 in the Canon Challenge.``I'd been going so bad on the greens I reckon it was 200 bucks well spent,'' Partridge said.``I walked straight into the pro-shop when I arrived, had a couple of practice putts and said `okay, this will do'.``My putting...
Asian Match: What's new
Valentine dinner at Santacafe Santacafe, 231 Washington Ave., is offering a special prix fixe Valentine's Day dinner: For $41 per person, plus tax and tip, you can choose from three appetizers, including that reputed aphrodisiac, oysters; three entrees (chile relleno with three mushroom quinoa and chipotle cream; black peppercorn-crusted salmon with lentils, house-smoked salmon and grapefruit salsa; or grilled chicken breast with couscous and papaya-curry vinaigrette) and three...
Asian Match: Malay Mail:
Tengku Abdullah in charge of FIFA match
IT is a proud moment for FAM.Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, the FAM deputy president, has been appointed match commissioner for the FIFA Confederations Cup tie between Turkey and Cameroon in Paris this Saturday. Tengku Abdullah, an Asian Football Confederation vice-president, is the only Asian match commissioner in the tournament.Tengku Abdullah, who is a committee member of the FIFA Confederations Cup and the FIFA organising committee, said in Paris: "It is an honour...
Asian Match: Checkmate
The wide acceptance of chess should not let us to forget that the game has had and will continue to have its critics. Despite his friendship with the world titleholder Emanuel Lasker, Albert Einstein wrote: "I must confess the competitive spirit and struggle for power expressed in an ingenious game (chess) has always been repugnant to me."On a milder note the game has been criticized as frivolous and a waste of time. Thus, the aphorism that "skill...