ODENSE: Top pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah survived a scare to reach the women’s doubles second round in the Denmark Open. They had to dig deep to beat Tresa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand of India 19-21, 21-17, 21-15 at Jyske Bank Arena on Wednesday (Oct 16). The reigning Arctic Open runners-up were slow to find their rhythm and lost the...
PETALING JAYA: G. Shanti’s 31-year-old 100m national record in Malaysian athletics is finally broken. Zaidatul Husniah clocked 11.48s to win the women’s 100m final race at the Perlis Open today, erasing Shanti’s national record of 11.50s set back in Kuala Lumpur in 1993. 31-year-old Zaidatul represented Malaysia at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro previously and...
LONDON (Reuters) - When a teenaged Rafa Nadal bounced in to Roland Garros in pirate pants and sleeveless shirt in May 2005 before scything through the draw, few realised it marked the start of an unprecedented era of sporting domination. Nearly two decades later, and with 22 Grand Slam titles amongst his glittering bounty, the Spaniard...
PETALING JAYA: Men's singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia returned to winning ways by beating Frenchman Christo Popov to reach the second round of the Arctic Open. World No. 4 Zii Jia, who captured the title last year, stayed steady throughout the match to come away with a 21-15, 21-11 win over world No. 27 Popov in...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah have scored few milestones under coach Hoon Thien How but they know it is time to move on. The world No. 5 Pearly-Thinaah will be competing in the back-to-back Europe tournaments – the Arctic Open in Vantaa, Finland starting tomorrow and the Denmark Open in Odense from Oct 15-20 without...
PETALING JAYA: Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) have announced the signing of former Spanish international striker Jese Rodriguez (pic). Jese, who has played for top clubs such as Real Madrid, Paris St Germain, Sampdoria, and Real Betis, is considered a marquee signing for JDT due to his impressive football accolades in Europe. The 31-year-old joins the club as...
BEIJING (AFP): Jannik Sinner ignored the bubbling controversy over his steroid case and a roaring home crowd to set up a China Open final against Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday. The world number one and defending champion defeated the 96th-ranked Chinese wildcard Bu Yunchaokete 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) to avoid a major upset. The Italian faces Spanish second seed...
PETALING JAYA: The emergence of shuttlers Mohd Faiq Masawi-Lok Hong Quan have strengthened Malaysia’s options in the boys’ doubles in the World Junior Championships. While Asian Junior Championships silver medallists Aaron Tai-Kang Khai Xing remain Malaysia’s best bet to end the six-year title drought in the world junior meet, they will be ably supported by Faiq-Hong...
PETALING JAYA: Independent men's doubles shuttlers Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani have defeated Indonesia's Shohibul Fikri-Daniel Marthin to make the final of the China Open. World No. 12 Sze Fei-Izzuddin had lost to the Indoensians in the second round of the Hong Kong Open just a week ago but played brilliantly to beat the latter 21-14,...
PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia is still struggling to get back to full fitness after the Paris Olympics. Zii Jia suffered a shocking 15-21, 2-21 defeat at the hands of Japan’s Koki Watanabe in the first round of the China Open at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Changzhou yesterday. The world No. 3...
