Here at FourthOfficial.com, you won’t find your regular statistical detail, neither will you want your customary injury updates. What you will definitively find is the truth, completely unfiltered, presented to you by raw and opinionated threads that are weaved together into a collection of words. Transparency is the over-arching principle of the portal and we operate on this very trajectory with a plethora of sports, including Football, Motorsports, Tennis and even Basketball. Equipped with a fine mix of renowned Malaysian journalists and a select number of highly acclaimed international sports writers, FourthOfficial.com is definitely the place to come for the absolute truth. Football will be the primary focus for the time being, while the presence of other sports will slowly grow within the site as we move forward. Within the football team, we’ve got vast array of writing arsenal, with everyone of them coming from a unique background within the sports media industry. Moreover, we’ve also secured the services of world famous journalists in the form of Uli Hesse, James Eastham and Paolo Bandini.
Our articles will offer unique perspectives that aren’t available anywhere else. Generic news is already available in plenty of other websites, so what we do at FourthOfficial.com is take a deeper look into every situation that exists in the sporting world, and go deeper into it. The deeper we go, the more truth we uncover. We don’t beat around the bush and we certainly don’t advocate horseplay. The only thing we do with sports, is call it as it is.
FOURTHOFFICIAL.COM TEAM
Chief Editor
At Large: Roshan Narayan
Roshan Narayan is the host of Astro’s UEFA Champions League coverage and FOURFOURTWO Eurozone. He’s also an original member of the ensemble cast of Supersport’s popular Football Overload show, whilst contributing to other programmes including Bola@Mamak, BPL Weekend, The FA Cup and La Liga. A former radio announcer with Fly Fm and Mix Fm, Roshan has already hosted the major football tournaments for Supersport, including the 2010 & 2014 Fifa World Cup, Copa America 2011 and The 2012 UEFA Euro, not to mention The 2010 Asia Games
Chief Editor: Keeshaanan Sundaresan
Keesh has been active in the world of Sports Writing since 2011, primarily focusing on football. He was also part of the team that launched Goal.com Malaysia, and he writes for them on a regular basis as well, particularly on Malaysian football. Some of the other platforms that he’s been published/syndicated on includes: Yahoo! Sports, Sportskeeda.com, LiveSoccerTV.com as well as AsianFootballFeast.com
Bundesliga Columnist: Uli Hesse
Uli Hesse is the author of “Tor! The Story of German Football” and co-author of “Who Invented the Stepover?”. He has also written three German-language football books, is a regular columnist for ESPN, a contributing editor of “Champions” magazine and has been published on five continents. He is currently working on the first English-language book about the history of Bayern Munich.
Ligue 1 Columnist: James Eastham
James Eastham is a French Football writer and scout that is based in Lille. He contributes to a wide range of media platforms, including FourFourTwo UK, Champions magazine UK, the Metro newspaper as well as the official Arsenal magazine. He’s had the pleasure of interviewing famous names like Didier Drogba, Laurent Blanc, Nicolas Anelka, Roger Milla, and has also been featured in football shows on CNN and Astro SuperSport.
Serie A Columnist: Paolo Bandini
Paolo Bandini is a freelance writer and broadcaster who specializes on Italian football. He also actively covers the English Premier League as well as the National Football League (NFL) in the USA. Paolo regularly contributes to The Guardian, The Score, Astro SuperSport as well as the largest sports radio in the UK, Talksport.
Senior Writer: Azlyn Balqis
Lyn is a former broadcast journalist and news announcer for Astro Radio. Within a span of 5 years, she has covered the news for Lite, Mix and HitzFm before moving for the next 2 years as the social media manager for HitzFm. She will be keeping an eye on the major developing stories from the world of sports.
Senior Columnist: Mary Ellen
Mary is currently a producer with Astro SuperSport and has worked with some of the biggest names in the local and international sporting scene. She is an active follower of all the major leagues in Europe, particularly Italian football. She specializes in European football, providing insightful analysis on all the major issues that take place within the continent, though she shares a specific affinity with AC Milan
Columnist: Aysha Ridzuan
Aysha is currently an assistant producer at Astro SuperSports, and particularly spearheads the Stadium Unplugged show. She also used to work as a football journalist with ESPN Star Sports as well as Fox Sports Asia. Aysha also actively writes for platforms like FourFourTwo Malaysia.
Columnist: Scott Ollerenshaw
Scott is an ex-Australian international who graced the Malaysian football scene with Sabah. He currently runs a tourism company in Kota Kinabalu, while also being a part-time guest pundit with Astro Super Sport. He keeps a close eye on the Malaysian football scene, and will be penning his radical thoughs here on FourthOfficial.com