By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my NOW that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has finally retired, you really have to wonder how the chewing gum industry will fare without its biggest advocate. Hairdryer manufacturers, too, would probably be freaking out right about now. But such is the measure of the man that his departure has actually caused [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Football’
Get Personal: Rahmat Che Hassim
Posted: 17th August 2012 by R.AGE in Get PersonalTags: Football, kelantan, nike the chance, rahmat che hassim
By ANGELIN YEOH WHEN the people at Nike decide to call their global football talent search competition “The Chance”, they probably didn’t expect it to be so aptly named for Rahmat Che Hassim. According to Rahmat, who is from Kelantan, he has been playing football since he was six, and the competition was literally his [...]
Kay Murray
Posted: 22nd June 2012 by R.AGE in Get PersonalTags: bid tv, Euro 2012, Football, kay murray, middlesbrough fc, real madrid, soccer, tv, tv host, UEFA
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my IF you’ve been watching Euro 2012 on Astro lately, chances are you’d have noticed a beautiful brunette with a thick Teesside accent hosting some of the shows. That would be Kay Murray from Middlesbrough, England, and she’s Real Madrid TV’s senior presenter – which means she gets to rub shoulders with [...]
Get Personal: Thavaraj Jeevaratnam
Posted: 8th June 2012 by R.AGE in Get PersonalTags: Football, football jerseys, jersey collector, Thavaraj Jeevaratnam
Civil engineer by day, jersey collector by night By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my HERE’s a “guestimate” of how much Thavaraj has spent on his massive collection of football jerseys: He has 160 jerseys, and he reckons they cost an average of RM260 each (though some have cost as much as RM700). That’s right. He’s spent around [...]