{"id":56129,"date":"2019-12-24T11:26:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T03:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=56129"},"modified":"2019-12-24T11:52:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T03:52:54","slug":"badminton-ace-momota-pays-tribute-to-late-izuan-ibrahim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=56129","title":{"rendered":"Badminton ace Momota pays tribute to late Izuan Ibrahim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/izuan-1024x633.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56132\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/izuan-1024x633.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/izuan-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/izuan-768x475.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>File photo of the late badminton coach Izuan Ibrahim (left) during a badminton workshop in Shah Alam earlier this year. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IZUAN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56140\" width=\"316\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IZUAN.png 400w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IZUAN-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IZUAN-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;I won&#8217;t be where I am now without the help of coach Izuan Ibrahim,&#8221; says Japan&#8217;s Kento Momota in paying his tribute to the late Izuan. File photo courtesy of BERNAMA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; World number one men\u2019s singles shuttler, Kento Momota regarded the late Izuan&nbsp;Ibrahim as the best coach he had worked with during&nbsp;his junior badminton career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old Japanese shuttler revealed that he would not achieve&nbsp;various glory right now without the guidance from the late Izuan who play an instrumental role to nurture his talent during his junior days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI won&#8217;t be where I am now without the help of coach Izuan Ibrahim. I am honoured and also blessed to ever encountered such a pure soul. May the love and mercy be bestowed upon him and his family during this unfortunate time. My most sincere condolences.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RestInPower?src=hash\">#RestInPower<\/a>, coach,\u201d Momota tweeted today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Izuan, 35, died at the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) Kubang Kerian, in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, yesterday, after being admitted to the hospital last Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was laid to rest at Kampung Banggol Muslim Cemetery, Jalan Pantai Cahaya Bulan&nbsp;in Kota Bharu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to this, the late Izuan was reported to have undergone surgery to remove a blood clot in the brain, which caused intracranial bleeding and left him unconscious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The late Izuan leaves behind his wife Siti Marsyhtah Muhammad and three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Perlis badminton head coach was supposed to report for duty as a national development group coach on Jan 1&nbsp;at the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) headquarters in Bukit Kiara, here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Izuan became known after Japan emerged as the champion of the Thomas Cup in 2014 as he was Momota\u2019s coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; World number one men\u2019s singles shuttler, Kento Momota regarded the late Izuan&nbsp;Ibrahim as the best coach he had worked with during&nbsp;his junior badminton career. The 25-year-old Japanese shuttler revealed that he would not achieve&nbsp;various glory right now without the guidance from the late Izuan who play an instrumental role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":56132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,297],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56129"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}