PETALING JAYA: A frail looking Ng Tze Yong may not have ruffled feathers during his World Championships debut in Tokyo last year but he is gearing up to surprise his opponents in Copenhagen next week after toughening up. He now weighs more and is sturdier. Tze Yong said that his weight during the Sudirman Cup was around...
PETALING JAYA: National men’s doubles shuttler Wan Arif Wan Junaidi is feeling a sense of relief following the diagnosis of his injury as a minor one and he is raring to go all out to make up for the training he missed. The 21-year-old Arif was progressing rapidly in his partnership with Yap Roy King before...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Right back Lucy Bronze believes England's experience in winning a major final at last year's Euros could be crucial in Sunday's Women's World Cup title-decider against a Spain side she knows well. Bronze lost World Cup semi-finals with England in 2015 and 2019 but was a core member of the Lionesses team that...
PETALING JAYA: The biggest challenge for Teo Ee Yi at the moment is to recover from his knee injury and the potential obstacles he is set to face at the World Championships in Copenhagen with his men’s doubles partner Ong Yew Sin in Copenhagen next week. Ee Yi suffered the right knee injury during the Australian...
PETALING JAYA: Focus and patience are the two areas Aaron Chia has repeatedly stressed on to his partner Soh Wooi Yik as they defend their world men’s doubles title in Copenhagen next week. Aaron-Wooi Yik (pic), the world No. 4, became Malaysia’s first world champions in badminton in Tokyo last year but they have not won...
PETALING JAYA: Coach Wong Tat Meng doesn’t believe in miracles and he just wants independent singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia to enjoy playing rather than pushing for instant results at the World Championships in Copenhagen next week. Zii Jia, the world No. 13, is unseeded and is drawn to play fifth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia...
(Reuters) - Lionel Messi notched his ninth goal in six matches as Inter Miami crushed Philadelphia Union 4-1 to reach the Leagues Cup final on Tuesday. Philadelphia, who made the MLS Cup final last year and have a dominant record at home, were poised to be Miami's biggest test since the latter added the Argentinean striker...
PETALING JAYA: South Korean sensation An Se-young (pic) underlined her dominance by heading the money list in badminton this year. The 21-year-old women’s singles shuttler incredibly reached nine World Tour finals and captured seven titles so far in the year to pocket more than RM1mil. According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF), world No. 1 Se-young comfortably...
PETALING JAYA: Rexy Mainaky wants more from Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah at the World Championships in Copenhagen from Aug 21-27. So far, the national women’s doubles pair have not managed to build on their brilliant run to the final of the Malaysian Masters at Axiata Arena in May. World No. 11 Pearly-Thinaah had to pull out of the...
TORONTO (Reuters) - Italian seventh seed Jannik Sinner secured his first Masters 1000 title with a dominant 6-4 6-1 win over Australian Alex de Minaur in the Canadian Open final on Sunday. Sinner, appearing in his third Masters 1000 final after runner-up efforts at the Miami Open in 2021 and this year, broke De Minaur five...
