Football

Soccer-Marmoush and Semenyo score in City's first league win in nearly a month

MANCHESTER, ‌England, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Goals from Omar Marmoush ‌and Antoine Semenyo powered Manchester City to ‌a much‑needed 2‑0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, lifting Pep Guardiola's men provisionally to within four points ‍of leaders Arsenal in the Premier ‍League title race.

Football

Soccer-Augsburg stage 2-1 comeback win to snap hosts Bayern's unbeaten Bundesliga run

MUNICH, Germany, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Strugglers ‌Augsburg scored twice in six minutes late in the second half to ‌come from a goal down and stun hosts Bayern Munich 2-1 in ‌the Bavarian derby on Saturday for the league leaders' first Bundesliga loss of the season.

Other Sports

Trump will not attend Super Bowl because it's 'too far away,' he tells NY Post

Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald ‌Trump will not attend the National Football League's Super Bowl on February ‌8 because the game, which will be played at Levi's Stadium ‌in northern California, is "just too far away," he said in a New York Post interview published on Saturday.

Football

Soccer-Chelsea's WSL title hopes derailed in 2-0 defeat by Arsenal

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Chelsea's ‌hopes of winning a seventh Women's Super League title ‌in a row suffered a devastating blow on Saturday ‌when Beth Mead scored one goal and made a second in a 2-0 away win for Arsenal. 

Football

Soccer-Bowen sets record as strugglers West Ham beat Sunderland 3-1

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - West Ham ‌United's Jarrod Bowen wrote himself into the club's history books while inspiring a ‌rampant first-half display as they secured a vital 3-1 home victory over Sunderland ‌on Saturday to inch closer to the Premier League safety zone.

Football

Soccer-Guardiola leaves Haaland out of Man City starting lineup versus Wolves

MANCHESTER, England, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Manchester City ‌boss Pep Guardiola left the ‌league's leading scorer Erling Haaland out of his starting lineup at home to bottom side ‍Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, after ‍recently saying his ‌prized striker was "exhausted."

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Alpine skiing-Sweden's Hector warms up for Olympic title defence with giant slalom win

Jan 24 (Reuters) - Olympic champion ‌Sara Hector of Sweden held off a double-American challenge ‌for a statement victory in a World Cup giant ‌slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic on Saturday.

Football

Kuching City thrive in rain to reach Malaysia Cup quarters

PETALING JAYA: Spurred on by their home crowd, Kuching City conquered both the elements and Penang to book their place in the Malaysia Cup quarter-finals with a 2-1 aggregate win in the round of 16.

Other Sports

Alpine skiing-Franzoni wins Kitzbuehel downhill with Odermatt second

KITZBUEHEL, Austria, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Italy's Giovanni Franzoni swept ‌to a stunning Kitzbuehel downhill victory on Saturday to keep Swiss favourite Marco Odermatt still waiting to win the biggest race ‌of the Alpine World Cup ski season.

Badminton

Can pros Sze Fei-Izzuddin end title wait at Indonesian Masters?

PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles shuttlers Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani smashed into the Indonesian Masters final after overcoming Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard.

Cricket

Cricket-Bangladesh replaced by Scotland at T20 World Cup

Jan 24 (Reuters) - Bangladesh have been replaced by Scotland for ‌next month's Twenty20 World Cup after the South Asian side refused to travel to co-hosts India, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said ‌on Saturday.

Football

JDT roar into Malaysia Cup last eight despite Police resistance

PETALING JAYA: Defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) have secured their quarter-final spot in the Malaysia Cup after beating Police 11-1 on aggregate in the last 16.

Badminton

Pearly-Thinaah face Japan's Arisa-Miyu in Indonesian Masters final

PETALING JAYA: Women's doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah booked their spot in the Indonesian Masters final after beating homesters Apriyani Rahayu-Lanny Tria

Tennis

Tennis-Milestone man Djokovic reaches Australian Open fourth round

MELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Novak ‌Djokovic escaped the heat and doused Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3 6-4 7-6(4) at the ‌Australian Open on Saturday to reach the fourth round and add another line in ‌the record book during his bid for a standalone 25th Grand Slam title.

Badminton

Tang Jie-Ee Wei face Danish wall as Malaysia eye three titles in Indonesia

PETALING JAYA: World champions Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei have to beat Denmark's world No. 10 Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje at the Indonesian Masters final on Sunday (Jan 25) to win their first title of the year.

Tennis

Tennis-Tien prepares for clash with Medvedev, Sabalenka faces teen titan Mboko

MELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The Australian Open fourth round begins ‌on Sunday as the year's first Grand Slam enters its second week, with top seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz in action ‌during the day session.

Tennis

Tennis-Second seed Swiatek survives blip to beat Kalinskaya at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - World number ‌two Iga Swiatek was given an almighty scare by Russian Anna Kalinskaya before earning a ‌6-1 1-6 6-1 victory on Saturday and advancing to the Australian Open fourth round.

Tennis

Tennis-Wawrinka goes down fighting in final Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Swiss veteran ‌Stan Wawrinka bowed out of his last Australian Open on Saturday, the three-times Grand Slam winner losing 7-6(5) 2-6 ‌6-4 6-4 to American Taylor Fritz and soaking up warm applause as a much‑loved former champion.

Tennis

Tennis-Twice champion Osaka out of Australian Open with abdominal injury

MELBOURNE, Jan ‌24 (Reuters) - Twice Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has pulled ‌out of the Grand Slam ahead of her scheduled third ‌round match on Saturday due to an abdominal injury.

Badminton

Chen-Toh shock China pair to reach Indonesian Masters final, Letshanaa's out

PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttlers Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei pulled off a stunning win over China's world No. 2 Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin to reach the Indonesian Masters final.