Other Sports

NFL's Buffalo Bills to present Canadian and US anthems at season opener

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Amid the increasingly ⁠heated U.S.-Canadian trade war, the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League have weighed in with an apparent ⁠goodwill gesture to mark the season opening of their new home stadium near the border of New ‌York and Ontario.

Tennis

Tennis-Gauff celebrates breakthrough success of Black Americans at US Open

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - ⁠Coco Gauff cheered on the historic success of her fellow Black Americans at the U.S. ⁠Open on Wednesday, where Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe were poised to make history when ‌they face off in the semi-finals.

Tennis

Tennis-Khachanov back to US Open semi-finals as Blockx retires

(Corrects headline to show it was ⁠a retirement, not a walkover)

Other Sports

UK's Prince William to be joined by sports stars to launch suicide prevention initiative

LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Prince ⁠William will be joined by a host of famous British sporting ⁠figures on Thursday to launch a new initiative to help ‌the sports sector do more to help prevent suicide.

Swimming

Halim cracks two national records, boost for Asian Para Games

SHAH ALAM: Sabah para swimmer Abdul Halim Mohammad (pic) described his success in breaking two national records at the Selangor Para Sukma as a valuable tonic to perform better at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games in Japan, next month.

Other Sports

Aira delivers gold at Asian Karate Championships

LABUAN: National junior karate exponent Nur Aneesa Aira Mohd Affendi made history for Malaysia by winning the women's junior individual kata gold at the 24th Asian Karate Federation (AKF) Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday.

Athletics

Brad Pitt movie ‘F1’ fuels Azeem’s quest for greater run

PETALING JAYA: For national sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi, inspiration does not always come from the track. Sometimes, it comes from a cinema screen.

Badminton

Malaysian contingent closely monitoring flood situation in Japan

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian contingent are keeping a close watch on the flood situation in Japan, less than two weeks before the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games from Sept 19-Oct 4.

Other Sports

NSC will continue with setting clear medal targets

PETALING JAYA: The National Sports Council (NSC) have no plans to go back to the previous medal target system implemented from 2023 until last year, which did not state the colour of medals aimed for.

Badminton

Jalani: Pearly-Thinaah must regain sharpness that made them dangerous

Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah may need to return to the winning formula that once made them such a formidable pair.

Badminton

Sze Fei-Izzuddin won’t settle for anything less than gold at Asiad

PETALING JAYA: Former world No. 1 men's doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani are aiming high at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games from Sept 19-Oct 4, with nothing less than the gold medal on their minds.

Badminton

Caution’s the name of Rexy’s game as he sticks to silver target

PETALING JAYA: National doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky is taking a cautious approach for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by setting Malaysia a target of at least a silver medal.

Football

Daniesh makes dream debut for JDT on night of five braces

PETALING JAYA: Young left winger Daniesh Amirruddin had just 45 minutes to make an impact in his senior debut for Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) in their FA Cup round of 16, second leg match at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium on Tuesday.

Football

Oh Deer, what happened? 

PETALING JAYA: For one half, Negri Sembilan coach Daniel Gimenez Alcaniz was in dreamland but by the final whistle of their FA Cup round of 16, second leg match against Kelantan City on Tuesday, he was left bewildered.

Tennis

Tennis-Top-seeded quartet set for US Open women's semi-final showdown

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Two-time defending ⁠champion Aryna Sabalenka will bid to move one step closer to a third straight U.S. Open title when she faces familiar foe ⁠Jessica Pegula in Thursday's semi-finals, while Elena Rybakina will take on home favourite Coco Gauff in the other last-four clash.

Tennis

Tennis-Rybakina makes Kazakhstan history as US Open campaign defies early expectations

NEW YORK, Sept ⁠9 (Reuters) - Elena Rybakina became the first player representing Kazakhstan to secure the ⁠world number one ranking on Wednesday, as she reached the U.S. ‌Open semi-finals in a campaign that once appeared in jeopardy.

Tennis

Tennis-Latest finish puts US Open scheduling under harsh spotlight again

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - When the dust settled ⁠on Ben Shelton's shock win over defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at 3:33 a.m. on Wednesday in the latest-ever finish at the U.S. Open, organisers faced ⁠a question that had been forming for days: how late is too late?

Tennis

Tennis-Gauff fights back to beat Andreeva and reach US Open semis

NEW ⁠YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - American Coco Gauff saved two match ⁠points to beat Russian fifth seed Mirra Andreeva ‌2-6 7-6(7) 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the U.S. Open semi-finals after recovering from a dreadful opening set.

Football

Soccer-MLS spends record $370 million on transfers in 2026

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Major ⁠League Soccer enjoyed another record-setting year in transfer ⁠spending, shelling out $370 million on player acquisitions in ‌2026, the league said on Wednesday. 

Tennis

Tennis-Rybakina claims top ranking, Gauff fights back to reach semis

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - ⁠Elena Rybakina ensured she will leave Flushing Meadows as the new world number one with ⁠a comprehensive win over Zheng Qinwen in the U.S. Open quarter-finals on Wednesday, while 2023 ‌champion Coco Gauff came back from a poor start to meet her in the semi-final.