Malaysia Falls to Oman

I must confess that I'm not really into Malaysian football. And that's sad.

 

That aside, Malaysia has a humongous mountain to climb after back-to-back 2-0 defeats to Oman. The second loss was on home ground, in Bukit Jalil, on Tuesday. 

 

In case you didn't know, this was the Group D 2026 World Cup/2027 Asian Cup qualifying match.

 

Twenty-six thousand fans showed up. Somebody remarked that English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran had 80,000 people last month at the same venue. Sad.

 

In January, a US judge sided with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in his fight with Disney, rejecting a lawsuit that had accused the latter of organizing a campaign of "government retaliation". 

 

Judge Allen Winsor said the actions that Disney opposed were legal and they lacked standing to sue the governor. Florida moved to tighten its oversight of Disney's amusement park last year. 

 

The change came after the company criticized a state law, the Parental Rights in Education Act – dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics – which banned discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

 

In his ruling, Judge Winsor accepted that the changes were clearly detrimental to Disney, which had enjoyed unusual power over the special tax district where their Walt Disney World park is located since 1967. 

 

Still, Disney moved to appeal the dismissal of their suit – but on Wednesday, the mass media and entertainment conglomerate agreed to put an end to all litigation pending in state court in Florida between Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. They also agreed not to challenge the CFTOD’s determination that the prior agreements with the old Reedy Creek Improvement District were null and void. 

 

I guess, good sense prevailed.