Daily Sports News
Reigning Southeast Asian (SEA) Games soccer champions Malaysia overcame the pressure to defeat Thailand 2-1 in their Group A soccer match at the Bung Karno Stadium on Wednesday. Malaysian substitute Ramlan Izzaq Faris was the hero after he scored the winning goal in the 85th minute. The Tigers drew first blood in the opening 45 … Read more
Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion whose furious and intensely personal fights with a taunting Muhammad Ali endure as an epic rivalry in boxing history, died Monday night. He was 67. His business representative, Leslie Wolff, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Frazier had liver cancer and that he had entered hospice care. Known … Read more
Defending champions Malaysia were held to a 0-0 draw by Singapore in the opening game Group A match of the 2011 SEA Games. Both teams came out cagey, seemingly content to lull their opponents into making the first move and breaking out of their shell but neither goalkeeper had much to do for the opening … Read more
Defending champions and World number ones, Nicol David (Malaysia) and Nick Matthew (England) retained their World Open squash titles in the women’s and men’s categories respectively, at the Luxor Theatre here. Nicol had it easy, winning in straight games in 28 minutes against Jenny Duncalf of England, while Nick had to fight it out with … Read more
Yaya Toure scored a goal either side of Mario Balotelli’s penalty to give Manchester City a 3-0 win over Villarreal in the Champions League on Wednesday. Toure received a pass from David Silva on the half hour mark before beating goalkeeper Diego Lopez for City’s first away goal in their debut season in the Champions … Read more
Manchester United made hard work of finishing off Otelul Galati but Wayne Rooney’s late second goal sent them top of Group C on goal difference and kept them on course for the Champions League knockout stages. It appeared Antonio Valencia’s close-range finish in the eighth minute would be the only goal of the night against … Read more
A Cristiano Ronaldo double earned Real Madrid a 2-0 win at Lyon and a place in the first knockout round of the Champions League with two games to spare on Wednesday. Ronaldo fired home midway through the first half with a free kick and doubled his tally from the penalty spot after the break as … Read more
STOKE suffered a Halloween haunting as the striker they did not want, Newcastle’s in-form Demba Ba, put a hat-trick past them to smash their unbeaten home league record. Ba struck in the 12th, 40th and 81st minutes, with a penalty, as Newcastle continued their impressive unbeaten league start to the season and climbed over Chelsea … Read more
Robin van Persie climbed off the bench to rescue Arsenal with two goals to sink Stoke 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium. Arsene Wenger’s decision to start his captain on the bench almost backfired as they only had Gervinho’s strike to show for their dominance in the first half. To add to their problems, former Tottenham … Read more
Manchester City routed crosstown rival Manchester United 6-1 Sunday, opening a five-point lead in the Premier League with its highest-scoring win at Old Trafford since 1926. Mario Balotelli starred a day after escaping a fire at his home in suburban Manchester, putting City ahead in the 22nd minute, then doubling the lead in the 60th, … Read more