PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong (pic) will have to be at his sharpest to prevail in two back-to-back first-round openers against Japan’s Koki Watanabe at the Malaysian and Indian Opens. Tze Yong is down to face Watanabe in the home tourney from Jan 9-14 before clashing again in New Delhi from Jan 16-21. World...
(Reuters) - Japan's Naoya Inoue became the second male boxer to be a four-belt undisputed champion in two weight divisions with a 10th-round knockout of Marlon Tapales in Tokyo on Tuesday. Inoue unified the super-bantamweight titles of all four major sanctioning bodies, taking the WBA and IBF crown from Tapales and retaining the WBC and WBO...
NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) -Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood scored a superb hat-trick against his former club Newcastle United at St James' Park on Tuesday to give his struggling side a much-needed 3-1 victory in the Premier League. Forest's first win under new coach Nuno Espirito Santo lifted them to 16th in the table on 17 points,...
(Reuters) -Manchester United shares rose about 3% on Tuesday after a stake purchase by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe cleared months of uncertainty over a deal that fans and investors hoped would revitalize the British soccer club. Ratcliffe's INEOS Group is taking a 25% interest in the company at $33 per share, valuing the 20-time English champions at...
PETALING JAYA: National coaching director Rexy Mainaky wants more from the back-up shuttlers in the national team. Without specifying any players, Rexy believes his charges need to aim to win more titles instead of just being satisfied with improving their rankings. “Our back-up players need to adopt a winning mentality rather than just think about surviving in...
PETALING JAYA: Indonesian shuttler Pramudya Kusumawardana has made the surprise decision to hang up his racquet at the age of 23. Pramudya, who captured the 2022 Asian Championships title along with Yeremia Rambitan in the men’s doubles, released a statement announcing his retirement from the sport in the Indonesian national team’s (PBSI) official website recently. “The first...
PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Justin Hoh, who had a brief return from injury after eight months in November, has been sidelined for another few weeks due to a right foot injury. Justin, 19, had ruptured his left achilles tendon in April and underwent surgery and the injury put paid to his chances of playing at...
PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun must take the bull by the horns and confront world No. 1 Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang if they want to survive their opening Malaysian Open match (Jan 9-14). National director of coaching Rexy Mainaky believes Wei Chong-Kai Wun have the ability to challenge the top China pair...
(Reuters) - Former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said the main reason he has not fought Anthony Joshua yet is because the British boxer's promoters are afraid of losing their "cash cow". The pair will fight separate opponents on the same bill at a mega-show in Riyadh on Saturday, with former WBC title holder Wilder taking...
(Reuters) - England midfielder Jordan Henderson hailed his former team mate and current coach Steven Gerrard as a role model and said he was a major reason why the 33-year-old moved to the Saudi Pro League. Henderson joined Al-Ettifaq from Liverpool on a three-year deal in July to link up with Gerrard who played most of...
