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Kita Untuk Kita Juara (K2K Juara), a grassroots-driven initiative to bring football to children from underserved communities, returns for its second edition following the success of its inaugural run. Organised by Think City, Football Association of Selangor, and padangbolasepak.com, K2K Juara is expanding beyond football this time, welcoming participants of all ages. K2K Juara's Project Director...

Sports commentators are the voices who bring a sporting event to life, making great moments even more iconic and memorable. It's a highly regarded vocation that requires not just a strong command of language, but also a deep knowledge of the sport. Aiman "Sekaiichi" Roshizam, a sports commentator from Astro Arena who started his journey in esports commentary before moving on to conventional sports...

The New Zealand Esports Federation recently embarked on a sports diplomacy tour to learn more about how other nations manage their esports ecosystems. They are here to learn from how Malaysia approaches esports development, and to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Malaysian Esports Federation to foster closer ties between the two nations. We took the opportunity to speak to their C...

The greatest football competition in the world is finally here! The USA, Canada and Mexico play host to 48 aspiring nations that are competing to be the world’s best. The lead up to this edition of the World Cup isn’t without its own controversies and challenges, and joining us for a preview of some of the narratives surrounding it is sports commentator and pundit, Dez Corkhill. Image Credit: Lumo...

Revealtek is an AI-powered sports technology company that provides a more accessible solution for badminton officiating. Based in Malaysia, Revealtek aims to rival its bigger competitors with technology that's just as sophisticated, but at a fraction of the cost and with minimal setup. Revealtek's CEO and Co-Founder Nizam Mohamed joins us to talk about the company's entry into the sports technolog...

The Speedy Tigers qualified for this year's World Cup, but despite that feat, their coach Sarjit Singh was relieved of his duties and replaced by Brendon Carolan. Sandru Narayanan, sports journalist from Scoop.my, joins us to look back at Sarjit's contribution to Malaysian hockey and assess whether Brendon can take Malaysia forward on the field, ahead of the upcoming tournaments and the nation's l...

Aravinda de Silva scored a century in the 1996 Cricket World Cup final against Australia to help his country win its first ever World Cup. Playing a crucial role in that tournament etched his name in Sri Lankan and cricketing folklore. Thirty years later, he joins us ahead of a commemorative exhibition match to share how that victory propelled Sri Lanka to greater heights, and his transition from...

F1 roared back to life in May, with Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli leading the championship charge. The prospect of a new champion is exciting, but F1's 2026 season — built around brand new regulations — is proving to be challenging, with drivers and hardcore viewers alike complaining that the racing, while exciting, feels “artifcial”. Instead of going flat out, drivers now have to manage and harvest en...

The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) is doing its best to ensure our preparation for this year's Thomas and Uber Cup is as thorough as possible, with a centralised training camp held in Herning, Denmark ahead of the tournament — an approach that's slightly different from usual. With a stable doubles lineup, the Thomas Cup squad is banking on an out-of-form Lee Zii Jia to step up as the team...

The 2026 World Cup is less than two months away, and yet Malaysia still does not have an official broadcaster for the greatest football tournament on the planet. The broadcasting rights for the tournament are reported to be around RM200 million, with FIFA citing an expanded field of 48 teams, up from 32, and 104 matches, up from 64, as the reasons behind the high fee. With local broadcasters strug...

Tennis legend Andre Agassi was in town recently as part of the Joola Titans Tour 2026, alongside world-class pickleball players including Ben Johns, Anna Bright, and Tyson McGuffin. He sat down with Audrey Raj to talk about swapping the tennis racquet for the pickleball paddle, how the sport is perceived by its critics, and what keeps him going at this stage of his career.

Miles Karu of Malaysia Pro Wrestling returns to the show to break down his routine as a professional wrestler. What does he do in the gym and in the ring, and what's the balance like between the two? He walks us through it all ahead of New Breed 4, Malaysia Pro Wrestling's first show of the year. Image Credit: Miles Karu, Malaysia Pro Wrestling

Wrestling is part of many people's childhood, and while some grew out of it, there are others who continued watching well into adulthood. Then there are also those who pursue the dream of becoming wrestlers themselves. That's the case with Miles "Lyrical Lightning" Karu, who turned his teenage interest in wrestling into a career. He joins us ahead of Malaysia Pro Wrestling's first event of the yea...

Datuk Kenny Goh, Secretary-General of the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), joins us to talk about its plans to work closely with independent shuttlers for the Thomas Cup and beyond. We also hear his thoughts on the recent changes announced by the BWF. In the second part of the show, he talks about Tangkis 2030 — BAM's five-year strategic plan, unveiled by BAM president Tengku Datuk Seri Za...

2025 was a remarkable year for Malaysian wushu. At the World Wushu Championships in Brazil, the team brought home 8 medals, and a fantastic showing at the SEA Games rounded off the year in style — putting the sport firmly back in the spotlight. One of its rising stars, SEA Games gold medalist Mandy Cebelle Chen, joins the show to lift the curtain on this athletic and graceful sport and share her j...

BWF recently announced some sweeping changes to their tournaments, set to take effect in 2027. Among the changes is the addition of another Super 1000 tournament, with the Denmark Open joining the Malaysia Open, All England Open, China Open, and Indonesia Open. Team events - the Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, and Sudirman Cup - will also see an expansion, growing from 16 to 24 participating teams. A group-...

Retired bowler Esther Cheah joins us again on the show to talk about her fitness routine during her bowling days. She shares her training routine, balancing work in the gym and on the bowling lanes, as well as what her fitness routine will look like now that she's retired. Image Credit: Aiman Khair / Shutterstock.com

After more than 20 years on the bowling lanes, Esther Cheah has recently decided to call it a day, retiring with numerous accolades safely tucked under her belt. Despite already achieving so much, it was not an easy decision to make as she passes her mantle to the younger generation of bowlers in the country. She joins us in the studio to candidly talk about her decision to retire and look back at...

A comment by our shuttler, Aaron Chia, about having to play the Malaysia Open, a Super 1000 tournament, just two weeks after the previous year's final tournament has sparked a larger conversation about the BWF's tournament schedule and how packed it is. Sports Editor at the New Straits Times, Ajitpal Singh, who wrote an article on this issue, joins us on the show to discuss the topic. Before we ge...

Mirabel Ting has gone through a lot in her short career as a golfer so far, and yet that has not stopped her from reaching greater heights at every turn. Despite losing her dad unexpectedly, she turned pro earlier than expected, after performing exceptionally well at the amateur level, winning the prestigious Annika Award along the way. She joins us on the show to share her journey in golf so far...

It was a case of “so near, and yet so far” again for our shuttlers, as Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik came so close to ending our barren spell at the recent Malaysia Open. They fought valiantly, but didn’t manage to stop the reigning world champions from South Korea, Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae. Aaron and Wooi Yik aside, our other shuttlers once again flattered to deceive, with Pearly Tan and M. Thina...

2025 was the year of pickleball, a relatively new sport that's a hybrid of tennis and ping pong, played at a less intense pace than other racquet sports. Pickleball has enjoyed tremendous growth in popularity, with people from all walks of life picking up the paddle to not only have fun, but also socialize with friends, family, and strangers. With pickleball courts now THE place to be for active p...

Hockey is a sport that has a strong foundation and roots in Malaysia, with the Speedy Tigers remaining relatively competitive on the global stage. And yet, despite the sport still being played at the grassroots level in schools, hockey might be facing problems that threaten its future existence in the country. A lack of high-quality next-generation players succeeding our current aging star players...

Malaysia will be sending its biggest contingent to the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand this month. 1,142 athletes will be representing Malaysia in 50 sports, hoping to better our record at the previous SEA Games, when we finished 7th overall and were unable to meet our gold target. Now, with the target set at 200 medals of any colour - gold, silver, or bronze, can our athletes get us back on track? Spo...

The technical director of the Malaysian National Cycling Federation, John Beasley joins us again on Bar None ahead of the SEA Games to discuss how our athletes are preparing for the competition. He also talks about the differences between track cycling and road cycling and why mental preparation is as important, if not more important than physical preparation when athletes head to major competitio...