Daily Sports News
Malaysia breathed some life back into their AFF Suzuki Cup defence campaign after thrashing Laos 4-1 at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil here Wednesday. Skipper Safiq Rahim opened the scoring with a brilliant free kick in the 15th minute but it was cancelled out by the goal by Keoviengpheth Lithideth on the 38th minute. … Read more
Badminton legend Datuk Punch Gunalan passed away peacefully at 6am Wednesday. He was 68. Gunalan had been battling with liver cancer for some time. He had put Malaysia in the world’s map in the 1970s with his immaculate performances in both the singles and doubles events as a distinguished player – representing the country in … Read more
A FREAKY match was how one fan described the London Olympics quarter-final between Lee Chong Wei and P. Kashyap but what matters is that the Malaysian won and today at the Wembley Arena, he takes on China’s Chen Long. It will be, Chong Wei said, a tough semi-final but one that will see him giving … Read more
Football lovers can now have good night rests as the curtains came down on yet another fantastic Euro finals with Spain creating history as the first ever team to win the Euros back-to-back and also the first team to win three major tournaments in a row with their 4-0 demolition of Italy. David Silva opened … Read more
JOHOR BARU: Lee Chong Wei bounced back from his Indian Open debacle by winning the Malaysia Open GP Gold 2012 singles title Sunday, beating Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro 17-21, 21-8, 21-10. The World No 1 started cautiously, losing the opening set 17-21. However, he fought back in the second and third sets, winning 21-8 and … Read more
Susie Wolff, the second woman to join Formula One in recent weeks, hopes her new role will pave the way for more females in the elite level of motorsport. The 29-year-old Briton was signed to Williams as a development driver on Wednesday, just weeks after Spaniard Maria de Villota joined Marussia in a testing role. … Read more
Carlos Tevez played in his first game since Sept. 27 and set up Samir Nasri’s late go-ahead goal, giving Manchester City a 2-1 comeback win against Chelsea on Wednesday night that kept pressure on Premier League leader Manchester United. Tevez entered in the 66th minute to a mixture of boos and cheers, his first appearance … Read more
By qualifying fourth for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher offered a tantalising hint he was ready to shake off the indifferent form he has displayed since returning to Formula One in 2010. The seven-time world champion’s challenge in Melbourne was cut short by a 10th-lap gearbox failure, but the German insists the true … Read more
It’s here at last. After a year of keeping India waiting, Sachin Tendulkar has scored his 100th international ton. An entire nation heaved a collective sigh and uncrossed its fingers. Sachin Tendulkar on Friday became the first batsman in history to score 100 international centuries, adding another milestone in his record-breaking career. Tendulkar, who turns … Read more
Four days after scoring five times in a Champions League record Lionel Messi has added two more goals to reach 50 for the second straight season and lead Barcelona to a 2-0 win at Racing Santander in La Liga. Messi scored five in Barcelona’s 7-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday and his double on … Read more