Badminton

Pearly-Thinaah’s title defence ends in Hong Kong Open semi-finals

PETALING JAYA: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah's hopes of defending their Hong Kong Open women's doubles crown were dashed after they fell to China's Jia Yifan-Zhang Shuxian in the semi-finals on Saturday (Sept 13).

Athletics

Athletics-Walkers Dunfee and Perez enjoy golden start to world championships

TOKYO (Reuters) -Racewalkers Evan Dunfee of Canada and Spain's defending champion Maria Perez took the opening gold medals at the Athletics World Championships on Saturday, while the big beasts of the women's discus and men's shot advanced safely through qualifying.

Athletics

Athletics-Spain's Perez wins women's 35km walk at world championships

TOKYO (Reuters) -Maria Perez successfully defended her title by winning the gold medal in the women's 35 kilometre walk on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.

Athletics

Athletics-Canadian Dunfee wins first gold medal in worlds in 35km walk

TOKYO (Reuters) -Evan Dunfee of Canada won the first gold medal of the World Athletics Championships in the 35-km race walk in Tokyo on Saturday.

Metro News

Etihad set for clash of pride

FOR Premier League fans of Manchester, the derby tomorrow have served up a better fixture to mark the return of action after the international break.

Badminton

Too little too late

PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Leong Jun Hao came agonisingly close to a breakthrough win but fell just short, bowing out of the Hong Kong Open after a heart-stopping battle against China's Li Shifeng in the quarter-finals.

Squash

Rachel and Aira show great powers of recovery to advance in Egyptian Open

PETALING JAYA: National squash player Rachel Arnold had a bittersweet start to her campaign at the Egyptian Open after sending compatriot Aifa Azman packing in the first round yesterday.

Sports Box

A run of good news for Malaysian athletics

IT has really been a long time since there was any excitement about Malaysian athletics, which has been mediocre at best.

Badminton

How could they?

PETALING JAYA: Para shuttler Cheah Liek Hou has hit out at the Paralympic Council of Malaysia (PCM) for delaying the RM60,000 cash incentive promised to him for winning gold at the Paris Paralympics last year.

Badminton

From underdogs to trailblazers – Chen-Toh out to change perception on mixed doubles

PETALING JAYA: Reigning world champions Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei are determined to give Malaysia's mixed doubles the spotlight it deserves.

Metro News

Liverpool’s unpolished perfect start faces Turf Moor test

LIVERPOOL'S Premier League title defence has gotten off to quite a good start.

Badminton

Yap-Arif eyeing quick tweaks to game ahead of revenge mission

PETALING JAYA: National men doubles shuttlers Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi (pic) may be hurting, but they are itching for payback against India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty at the China Masters next week.

Football

W-Cup ‘local’ action

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will get an early taste of World Cup action right at home when Uzbekistan take on two-time world champions Uruguay in a friendly game at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Melaka on Oct 13.

Football

JDT steamroll past Penang, but a bigger challenge awaits against Buriram Utd

PETALING JAYA: Johor Darul Ta'zim's thumping 6-0 win over Penang in the Super League has whetted their appetite for bigger challenges.

Football

Kinoshi aims to field best line-up for return leg against varsity team

PETALING JAYA: Selangor head coach Katsuhito Kinoshi is keeping his cards close to his chest ahead of their FA Cup round-of-16 second-leg clash against Malaysian Universities at the Petaling Jaya Stadium today.

Tennis

Tennis-France, Argentina close in on Davis Cup Final 8

LONDON (Reuters) - France moved to the brink of the Davis Cup Final 8 by taking a 2-0 lead over Croatia, while Argentina, Austria and Germany were also close to booking their spots in Bologna after dominating the opening day of their qualifying ties on Friday.

Cricket

Cricket-Salt smashes century as England break records in huge T20 win over South Africa

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Opener Phil Salt smashed an unbeaten 141 from 60 balls in England's mammoth total of 304 for two as the home side thrashed South Africa by 146 runs in the second Twenty20 international on Friday as records tumbled at Old Trafford.

Football

Soccer-Nine-man Leverkusen beat Frankfurt 3-1 thanks to Grimaldo double

LEVERKUSEN, Germany -Nine-man Bayer Leverkusen clinched their first win of the Bundesliga season with a hard-fought 3–1 victory over fellow Champions League contenders Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday thanks to Alex Grimaldo's double strike, marking a successful debut for new coach Kasper Hjulmand.

Basketball

Basketball-Turkey thrash Greece to reach Eurobasket final

(Reuters) -Ercan Osmani shot the lights out for Turkey as they hammered Greece 94-68 on Friday to set up a Eurobasket final showdown with Germany. 

Football

Soccer-Real's Ruediger suffers thigh injury

(Reuters) -Real Madrid centre-back Antonio Ruediger has suffered an injury on his left thigh, the LaLiga club said on Friday.