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                                <title><![CDATA[ How deceit and fraud have shamed Malaysian football ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ P Ramasamy ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 02:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The greed to rely on foreign players for easy victories has shattered the hard work and genuine efforts of local talents. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'FI-FA-Fo-FAM, who is that powerful person?' Mahathir fuels debate as government faces outrage over citizenship scandal ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A prominent lawyer meanwhile schools the home minister after the latter cites 'ministerial discretion'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Shameful double standard in our citizenship system ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Iskandar Khoo ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ While these players obtained Malaysian citizenship with suspicious ease despite having no genuine ancestral link, stateless children born and raised on Malaysian soil continue to suffer from bureaucratic neglect. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fifa suspends Spain football chief over kiss ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 01:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Luis Rubiales has been defiant over the kiss – which has been condemned as unwanted by Jenni Hermoso, her teammates and the Spanish government – arguing it was consensual. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Spain team quits as federation boss refuses to resign in kiss scandal ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ If it can be proven that the kiss was non-consensual, Luis Rubiales could even be tried under a sexual violence law introduced by the ruling Socialists last year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lionel Messi signs contract with Inter Miami through 2025 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It's the biggest boost for MLS since English star David Beckham, now a co-owner of Inter Miami, joined the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Top French court upholds ban on wearing hijab during football games ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ France has implemented laws designed to protect its strict form of secularism, known as 'laicité,' which President Emmanuel Macron has said is under threat from Islamism. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lionel Messi's deal could hit US$150 million before endorsements ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 02:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Messi ranked second on Forbes' 2023 list of highest-paid athletes with US$130 million in annual earnings – half on the pitch and half in endorsements. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indonesia fans vexed after Messi pulls out of friendly ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 06:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ People had rushed to snap up more than 60,000 tickets for the sell-out clash between Indonesia and World Cup winners Argentina after Messi's face was plastered across advertising for the event. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Qatar bid for Man Utd awaiting clarity after reports of exclusivity offer ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Sheikh Jassim made a fifth and final bid for the club last week and it is understood that his offer is viewed more favourably by the owners than a rival bid from British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe. ]]></description>
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