Football

Soccer-Liverpool new signing Jacquet suffers 'serious' injury

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Liverpool's ‌new signing Jeremy Jacquet suffered a "serious" ‌shoulder injury while playing for Rennes ‌in their 3-1 Ligue 1 defeat at RC Lens on Saturday, casting doubt over the defender's availability ‍ahead of his summer move ‍to Anfield.

Football

Soccer-Pressure builds on Al-Ittihad as Asian Champions League resumes

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Saudi Pro League ‌champions Al-Ittihad will look to push their domestic difficulties and the exodus of key players to ‌one side to assert themselves in the Asian Champion League Elite when Sergio Conceicao's team ‌take on Qatar's Al-Gharafa on Tuesday.

Squash

Windy City Open ends for Eain Yow, Aira

PETALING JAYA: National squash player Ng Eain Yow's hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the Windy City Open ended after he lost to New Zealand's Paul Coll on Saturday (Feb 7).

Hockey

Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada glad to get on the ice and happy with high shot count

MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Canada's defence of ‌their Olympic women's ice hockey title took longer than expected to get underway, and they also ‌took a while to get the goals flowing before finishing off Switzerland on Saturday, but the ‌team are happy to have put so many shots on target.

Hockey

Olympics-Ice hockey-Spooner savours first score for Canada after injury recovery

MILAN, ‌Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canada's veteran forward Natalie Spooner hit a satisfying ‌new milestone in her comeback story on Saturday, as she ‌scored her team's opening goal of the Milano Cortina Games after a long road back from injury.

Swimming

Hoe Yean sees improvement in tiring but fruitful triple-race outing

PETALING JAYA: Swimmer Khiew Hoe Yean (pic) continued his fine form in the Malaysian Invitational Age-Group Championships by adding two more titles.

Golf

Dream debut for Hoe, Liow

MICHAEL Hoe and Francis Liow could hardly have scripted a better first appearance at the DP World Tour's Hero Dubai Desert Classic Pro-Am than what transpired at this year's event.

Golf

Big crowds, big launches order of the day as Golfest KL wraps up

FOUR packed days of product launches, skill challenges and festival‑style excitement, is what Golfest KL 2026 is all about.

Golf

Honma and Huawei unveil stylish new smartwatch

PREMIUM global golf brand Honma and technology giant Huawei have partnered in the launch of the Honma x Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro, a special edition smartwatch that blends luxury styling with advanced golf and health technology.

Golf

Golfers unite to weigh in on World Wish Day

SOME charity events raise funds. Others quietly unite a community around something far more meaningful.

Golf

OWGR sparks fresh storm 

THERE was much to debate this week, but unsurprisingly the Official World Golf Rankings long awaited decision to award points to LIV Golf for the first time dominated discussions across the sport – and for good reason.

Squash

Sivasangari’s sizzling serve powers her to 200th PSA win in Chicago

PETALING JAYA: National squash player S. Sivasangari (pic) served up a splendid game to mark her 200th win on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour.

Football

City Boys refuse to fold as Risto’s charges hold Turtles in Malaysia Cup first leg

PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur City may be battling off-field woes, but they showed they are far from done after fighting back to hold Terengganu to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Malaysia Cup quarter-final game.

Golf

Build a better swing sequence

THE golf swing is an athletic motion built on the body's ability to coil and uncoil while the club travels on a circular arc.

Badminton

Hock Kin urges BAM to fix programme that has failed to produce next Chong Wei

PETALING JAYA: Could the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) benefit from placing greater trust in local coaches?

Badminton

Kenneth urges women’s team to push beyond limits

PETALING JAYA: The national women shuttlers were dealt a harsh lesson in the Asia Team Championships after bowing out in the quarter-finals on Friday.

Badminton

Mixed outing leaves Roy King-Arif with work to do for Thomas Cup spot

PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles shuttlers Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi still have work to do in their quest to claim a spot in the Thomas Cup Finals after a mixed showing in the Asia Team Championships.

Other Sports

Olympics-Figure-skating-Once a child prodigy, Canada's Gogolev makes memorable Games debut

(In paragraph 5 of Feb 7 story, corrects to ‌show Gogolev was born in Canada, not Russia)

Badminton

Wei Xiang gains priceless experience after brave fight against Ginting

PETALING JAYA: Young shuttler Kong Wei Xiang believes the experience gained playing against Indonesia's Anthony Ginting in the Asia Team Championships will prove invaluable.

Badminton

Ni Kadek stands tall as Indonesia bow out to South Korea

PETALING JAYA: Indonesia may have fallen 1-3 to South Korea in the women's team semi-finals at the Asia Team Championships, but teenager Ni Kadek Dhinda emerged as a bright spark in defeat.