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Will the youth step out to make Malaysia great again?

YOUNG Formula 1 driver Kimi Antonelli is just 19. And in his debut, the lad became only the second-youngest driver to win a race.

Football

Early surrender

KUALA LUMPUR: There are still 90 minutes left to play but Kuala Lumpur head coach Risto Vidakovic has already waved the white flag in their Malaysia Cup campaign.

Golf

Simple setup keys for cleaner pitch shots

IN this second part of our guide to controlling your pitching, Ryder Cup winner and five time European Tour champion Ross Fisher shares a few key fundamentals to help sharpen your technique and improve scoring around the greens.

Badminton

Starting from scratch

PETALING JAYA: National men's doubles player Mohd Haikal Nazri has opted to hit the reset button on his career after a difficult run of results, deciding to part ways with Choong Hon Jian in a bid to rebuild from the ground up.

Other Sports

Wushu exponent Lee Ronn chases Youth Olympics history

PETALING JAYA: Lee Ronn is on track to write a new chapter for Malaysian wushu.

Cycling

High- value show in Nilai

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian cycling fans are in for a rare treat when the nation hosts the Track World Cup meet for the first time in Nilai end of this month.

Cycling

Ongoing conflict keeps Iran out of prestigious cycling event

KUALA LUMPUR: Asian track cycling powerhouse Iran have been forced out of Malaysia's first World Cup meet in Nilai due to the ongoing conflict back home.

Badminton

No camp, no Cup for Jin Wei and Co

PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Goh Jin Wei and Co will not be part of the Uber Cup team if they choose to skip the centralised training.

Badminton

Puzzling prospect

PETALING JAYA: Will it be Eogene Ewe or Cheam June Wei who steps in for Lee Zii Jia if the latter is not fit for duty at the Thomas Cup?

Badminton

Joachim falls just short after gritty fightback

PETALING JAYA: National squash player Joachim Chuah's spirited comeback fell just short as he lost a thrilling five-game battle to Pakistan's Mohd Asim Khan in the World Championship Qualifiers final in Hong Kong yesterday.

Cycling

Beasley urges more overseas exposure for junior riders

PETALING JAYA: Sarawakian Mohd Danial Hakim Zulkaisi underlined his potential in the junior ranks with an impressive victory in the boys' elimination event at the recent Asian Championships in Tagaytay, Philippines.

Football

Soccer-Arsenal's Arteta rues missed opportunity after FA Cup exit

SOUTHAMPTON, England, April 4 (Reuters) - Arsenal manager ⁠Mikel Arteta could not hide his disappointment after his side were dumped out of ⁠the FA Cup by Championship side Southampton on Saturday, suggesting the team's poor defending ‌was the major contributing factor.

Football

Soccer-Canada woos Italy’s crestfallen supporters after World Cup heartbreak

April 4 (Reuters) - Canada ⁠Soccer cheekily courted Italy's crestfallen supporters on ⁠Saturday, urging them to swap their Azzurri ‌blue strips for maple leaf red after the four-times champions suffered another World Cup failure.

Football

Soccer-Barcelona beat 10-man Atletico to take major step towards title

MADRID, April 4 (Reuters) - Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski came off ⁠the bench to score a lucky late winner in a 2-1 victory away to 10-man Atletico Madrid on Saturday that ⁠moved the defending champions seven points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the LaLiga table.

Football

Soccer-Southampton's Charles nets late winner to stun Arsenal 2-1 in FA Cup

SOUTHAMPTON, England, April 4 (Reuters) - Shea Charles scored ⁠five minutes from fulltime as second-tier side Southampton stunned Arsenal with a 2-1 victory in their FA ⁠Cup quarter-final at St Mary's on Saturday on a night they remembered a famous victory in the ‌competition 50 years ago.

Football

Soccer-Daylight offside rule tested in Canadian league opener

April 4 (Reuters) - Canadian soccer took ⁠centre stage in a FIFA experiment on Saturday as the country's top-flight league began testing a "daylight" ⁠offside rule aimed at speeding up play and encouraging attacking football.

Other Sports

Rowing-Cambridge win men's boat race, Oxford end wait for women's victory

LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - ⁠Cambridge won the men's Boat Race ⁠for the seventh time in eight ‌years on Saturday, while Oxford ended a losing streak in the women's version by winning for the ​first time since 2016.

Football

Soccer-Chelsea seek to turn corner after 7-0 FA Cup thrashing of Port Vale

LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - Chelsea are hoping ⁠that Saturday's 7-0 thrashing of lowly Port Vale in an FA Cup quarter-final draws a line under a dismal ⁠run of form and internal upheaval that has threatened to ruin the season of the big-spending Londoners. 

Football

Soccer-Dortmund score twice in stoppage time to beat Stuttgart 2-0

STUTTGART, Germany, April ⁠4 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi and ⁠Julian Brandt scored deep in second ‌half stoppage time to snatch a 2-0 victory at VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Football

Soccer-Everybody's talking about Italy - former players, journalists, butchers and grocers

April 4 (Reuters) - Italy's latest World Cup failure has ⁠triggered a national inquest, with Saturday's Serie A press conferences inevitably dominated by questions about where it all went wrong and ⁠what needs to be done.