Football

Pogba, potions and impotence

PARIS: “There’s a lot of jealousy in football,” said Sheikh Issa, holding up a piece of bark and a bottle of a yellowish potion.

Football

Richard aims to play for Malaysia soon, and learn BM along the way

PETALING JAYA: Richard Chin does not speak Bahasa Melayu, and the national Under-23 wingback has made it his mission to learn the language to communicate better with his teammates.

Football

Jafri gaining confidence as he plots strategy to take down Turtles

PETALING JAYA: For Sabah’s utility man Jafri Firdaus Chew, 2023 has been a season to build his confidence.

At Full Swing

Kirk earns biggest win of all by beating alcoholism and depression

THE who’s who in golf including Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland and Tom Kim feature prominently on the PGA Tour’s roll of honour in the recently concluded 2023 season.

Tennis

The escape artists

HOLGER Rune should have been out of the Paris Masters in the first round last year.

Shooting

Haritz eyes team gold after topping individual rifle events

PETALING JAYA: National shooter Haritz Ikhlil Hessly Hafiz continues to assert his dominance in the rifle department in the Ally Ong Trophy.

Motorsport

Eleven-year-old Qabil makes history after winning Race 1 in Valencia

PETALING JAYA: Qabil Irfan made history by becoming the first Malay­sian race winner at the FIM MiniGP World Series Final in Valencia yesterday.

Motorsport

S1K endurance race attracts 90 cars this weekend

SEPANG: Recording its highest entry ever, Malaysia’s prestigious racing event – the 2023 Sepang 1000km Endurance Race (S1K) brings back memories of the glorious Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race (MMER) in the early 2000s when competing teams had to qualify to earn their place on the starting grid of 12-hour race.

Cycling

Aisyah on road to Paris

NILAI: Nur Aisyah Mohd Zubir is set to make history as Malaysia’s first woman road cyclist to ride at the Olympics.

Badminton

Player-turned-coach Meng Yean bids adieu to BAM

PETALING JAYA: Lee Meng Yean has parted ways with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) after being attached to the national set-up as a player and a coach for the last 16 years.

Badminton

Nova: Chen-Toh must play with confidence against elite pairs

PETALING JAYA: National mixed doubles coach Nova Widianto has hailed young pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei for qualifying for the World Tour Finals in Hangzhou from Dec 13-17 in their very first season on the Badminton World Federation circuit.

Squash

Eain Yow and Sivasangari pull out all stops to storm into semi-finals

PETALING JAYA: Asian Games champions Ng Eain Yow and S. Sivasangari displayed impressive fighting qualities to march into the semi-finals the Hong Kong Squash Club Open yesterday.

Badminton

Zii Jia plays it nice and slow to overcome Guangzu

PETALING JAYA: A calm and calculated Lee Zii Jia remained as the sole Malaysian survivor in the China Masters after storming confidently into the quarter-finals in Shenzhen yesterday.

Football

Soccer-Rodrygo says he received racist abuse after Messi argument

(Reuters) - Brazil striker Rodrygo said he had received racist messages on social media accounts following an argument with Argentina captain Lionel Messi before the teams' World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.

Tennis

Tennis-Djokovic sends Serbia into Davis Cup semi against Italy

MALAGA, Spain (Reuters) -Novak Djokovic steered Serbia into the Davis Cup semi-finals with a straightforward 6-4 6-4 win over Britain's Cameron Norrie to give his team a winning 2-0 lead on Thursday.

Football

Soccer-Soccer-Argentina's Di Maria to quit internationals after Copa America

(Reuters) - Argentina forward Angel Di Maria will retire from international football following next year's Copa America, the 35-year-old said on Thursday after representing his country for 15 years.

Football

Soccer-Luton fined for fans' homophobic chanting during Brighton match

(Reuters) - Luton Town have been fined 120,000 pounds ($149,532) for homophobic chanting by their fans in their Premier League match at Brighton & Hove Albion in August, the Football Association (FA) said on Thursday.

Cricket

Cricket-Blistering Inglis ton in vain as India edge Australia in first T20

(Reuters) - Josh Inglis smashed Australia's joint-fastest century in Twenty20 Internationals before Suryakumar Yadav powered India to a two-wicket victory in a thrilling series opener on Thursday.

Football

Soccer-PSG's Marquinhos ruled out of Monaco and Newcastle games

(Reuters) - Paris St Germain captain Marquinhos will miss his side's league game with Monaco and Champions League match with Newcastle United after suffering a hamstring injury, the Ligue 1 club said on Thursday.

Football

Soccer-Spanish prosecutor seeks nine-year jail term for Alves in sexual assault case

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of nine years for former Barcelona and Brazil soccer player Dani Alves who is due to stand trial on charges of sexual assault against a woman in Barcelona last year, a court document showed on Thursday.