Latest
-
Motorsport
Motor racing-F1 driver Gasly invests in French third-tier soccer club
PARIS (Reuters) - Formula One driver and Paris St Germain fan Pierre Gasly has become an investor in third-tier French semi-professional soccer club FC Versailles.
-
Football
Soccer-WSL season attendance record broken with 36 games to play - BBC
(Reuters) - The Women's Super League set a new cumulative attendance record of 717,721 fans with six rounds to go this season, the BBC reported on Monday.
-
Football
Soccer-Postecoglou's Spurs returning to Australia for Newcastle friendly
LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou will return home when his side play Newcastle United in a friendly in Australia in May, the London club announced on Monday.
-
Football
Soccer-Four Velez Sarsfield players arrested on sexual assault charges
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Four players for Argentine soccer club Velez Sarsfield were arrested on Monday by order of the Argentine courts after they were accused of sexual assault.
-
Other Sports
Malaysia can have bigger squad for Olympic Games if U-23 boys make cut
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia can avoid sending one of the smallest contingents for the Olympic Games in Paris if the Under-23 football squad can defy the odds.
-
A Winning Factor
Spurs’ ‘Spursy’ slip-up and United’s FA Cup drama
ASK any football fan, especially Arsenal’s, what ‘’Spursy’’ means. They will tell you it means ‘’to have success in reach but to ultimately throw it away’’ and this weekend, that is what Tottenham Hotspur did as the fight for fourth continues.
-
Athletics
Speed bump for speed demon but Azeem is not slowing down
PETALING JAYA: It has been a bumpy run for sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi since the start of the year but he has no plans to slow down.
-
Football
Wise call to leave out Arif
PETALING JAYA: It may not be wise to leave out a player like Arif Aiman Hanapi for the AFC Under-23 Asian Cup, especially when the talented Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) winger is still eligible to feature in the competition.
-
Other Sports
Hannah: Let Cabinet decide on hosting of 2026 C’wealth Games
KUALA LUMPUR: Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh, while abstaining from making a stand on hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2026, has confirmed that the matter will be deliberated at length during the Cabinet meeting on Friday before coming to a conclusion.
-
Football
Oh, dad’s why new Turtle Pilj wears number 60
PETALING JAYA: Terengganu’s new attacking midfielder Marin Pilj has left many of the supporters baffled with his choice of jersey numbers.
-
Badminton
Bin Shen wants Hon Jian-Haikal to stay hungry for bigger achievements
PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles coach Tan Bin Shen has challenged rising pair Choong Hon Jian-Mohd Haikal Nazri to make the step up to higher tier tournaments.
-
Badminton
Aaron-Wooi Yik believe they’re on track for Olympics after reaching All-England final
PETALING JAYA: Former world champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik have vowed to use their inspiring run to the All-England final as fuel in their quest to excel in the Paris Olympics in July.
-
Badminton
Five main talking points from All-England
THE 125th anniversary of the All-England did not disappoint with the world’s top players serving up a feast of high quality badminton from the first day onwards.
-
Badminton
Lakshya may be the spoiler again for top seed Zii Jia at Swiss Open
PETALING JAYA: Professional singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia needs to quickly find a way to beat Lakshya Sen as he faces the prospect of meeting the Indian for the second time in two weeks in the Swiss Open starting today in Basel.
-
Cycling
From Langkawi to Land of the Hornbills, stage is set for an exciting LTdL
PETALING JAYA: Langkawi, synonymous with the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL), makes a return while the introduction of Miri and Bintulu stages could also be crucial in deciding the outcome of the overall champion in the Asia’s most prestigious cycling event from Sept 29-Oct 6.
-
Other Sports
Fighters Syafiq, Sebastian lose bouts and miss the boat for Olympics
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will not have representatives in taekwondo at Paris 2024 after Syafiq Zuber and Sebastian Tan failed to reach the finals in their respectively categories at the Asian Olympic Qualifying event in Tai’an, China, from March 15-16.
-
Football
Soccer-Real Madrid slam referee for not reporting abuse against Vinicius Jr
(Reuters) - Real Madrid have filed a complaint against the referee who handled their game at Osasuna on Saturday for not including alleged racist insults aimed at their forward Vinicius Jr in his match report, the club said in a statement on Monday.
-
Football
Soccer-Premier League to study Football Governance Bill
LONDON (Reuters) - The Premier League will study the Football Governance Bill, it said on Monday, as the organising body works with the government and stakeholders after top-flight clubs failed to agree on a new support package for the football pyramid.
-
Football
Soccer-Boa Morte to leave Fulham at end of season to coach Guinea-Bissau
(Reuters) - Luis Boa Morte will leave his role as Fulham first team coach at the end of the season to take over as Guinea-Bissau manager, the Premier League club said on Monday.
-
Football
Soccer-Messi sidelined for Argentina friendlies with injury
(Reuters) - Argentina captain Lionel Messi is out of this month's friendlies in the United States due to a hamstring injury, the country's FA (AFA) said on Monday.