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Tackling the competition - Malaysia Star |
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 16:45 |
 Malaysia StarHis opponent Ahmad Shauki, 33, said that he was a regular futsal player who decided to try out the game after he read about it in the internet. ...
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The 28-year-old said that it was easily available near his office in Jalan Chan Sow Lin so it was convenient for him.
The big England fan showed up at the Studio V in 1 Utama, Petaling Jaya, last Sunday to redeem the limited edition The Star Cup Fever 2010 shoe bag.
Grab it now: To get the special edition The Star Cup Fever shoe bag like the ones held by (front row, from left) Yasmin and Atilia, bring along two different copies of The Star World Cup special edition as shown by (back row from left) Iking and Aishah.
Throughout the World Cup season, readers just had to produce two different copies of the pullout at Studio V on Saturday to redeem the bag.
With a choice of four different countries, Rumazli of course picked the one with England on it.
He also tried out the one-on-one Ole K.O.
game played in a 20ft steel cage.
The competition required a player to be the first to kick the ball through his or her opponents legs, otherwise known as Ole or score the most number of goals within a minute.
Once a participant scores an Ole, the match would be declared over, regardless of the score.
However, if neither contestant manages to Ole an opponent, the fulltime score shall decide the winner.
In the event of a tie, an additional one minute will be given and golden goal rules applied.
Rumazli said that the game was actually quite tiring even though it only lasted for a minute.
His opponent Ahmad Shauki, 33, said that he was a regular futsal player who decided to try out the game after he read about it in the internet.
Another player, Anthony Griffon, 38, said that he never played futsal regularly but decided to join in the fun when he read about it in the World Cup pullout.
It is mine: (From left) Ahmad and Rumazli battling it out inside the Ole K.O cage.
Star Publications (M) Bhd executive director and group chief editor Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai was present to kick-off the game, together with Adidas non-athletic personalities Aishah Sinclair, Atilia Haron, Daphne Iking and Yasmin Hani.
The four ladies also took time out to speak to hosts Nelsen Ng and Brian Martin on the recording of the Football Every Day webcast.
Yasmin Hani said that she never usually watched football before this but has decided to join her guy friends who were really into it.
Atilia said that with all the hype going around, she would read about it everyday and it drew her to watch a match to see what people were talking about.
For Aishah, the football season was a time to spend quality time with her husband watching the matches.
I support Germany because of my husband.
They are a team with no big stars but play well.
Theres no drama and they produce results, she said.
Die-hard Arsenal fan Daphne Iking said that she supported countries like France, Holland and Spain because of the Arsenal players playing in them.
For those who want to pick up the limited edition shoe bag, remember to make your way to Studio V this Saturday starting at 11am with two different copies of the World Cup pullout.
This week, test out your footballing skills in the Super Sepak Penalty Shootout which requires participants to go up against the goalkeeper and score as many penalties as possible within 30 seconds.
The winner who scores the most number of goals on the day will take home RM600 worth of products from Adidas and Sony Music.
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