Malaysia won the Suzuki Cup on the 29th December 2010 although loosing the match that night against Indonesia with 1-2 score the reason being they won the first leg earlier on 26th December 2010 with 3-0 score. By winning the cup, 31st December 2010 was declared as public holiday… but not all are happy with the declaration… those who are not happy prefer the public holiday to be on 3rd January 2011. Why? Because those who are doing end of year works at full speed such as closing the monthly/yearly account was put on break… they need to close everything by 31st December… but now, they have to clear everything on 30th December… they can’t back date the system if they were to continue next year on 3rd January… and Suzuki Cup is a small cup… only eight countries participated 😛

Anyways, there is a more interesting story… not about soccer or football, but basketball… soon NBA might have a second superstar from Asia… currently there is Yao Ming wearing jersey number 11 for Houston Rockets from Shanghai, China. Now, there is a 7 footer (7-foot-2  or 2.18-meters to be exact) 15 years old teenager from New Delhi, India… Satnam Singh Bhamar 😛 India is banking on him to be the second wave from Asia after Yao Ming.  Bahmar who was among eight players – four boys and four girls, is on three-month stint at the IMG basketball academy in Florida.

Bahmar says the training methods in Florida is very different and noticed there is a huge gap in the standard of players in India and the US… “I think players here (India) need to forget their style of play,” he said… the personalized basketballs  training they received in Florida in short period made them on par or better than India’s national players… “I was unable to match top (Indian) seniors before I left for my training, but I can already feel the difference when I play with them now in practice sessions.”… emm… wonder if India gonna declare a public holiday if they win a basketball cup in the future… 😛