14/09/2025

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Malaysian Tigress blitz past Taiwan

SPANISH LA LIGA Sevilla 2 (Romero 28, Fernandez 85) Elche 2 (Silva 54, Mir 70) . RESULTS & STANDINGS

“For the last match today, I hope the players will give their best again. They must continue to show the same kind of fighting spirit and go all out,” Mohd Nasihin said in a video clip shared with the media. Malaysia will next meet the winners of the match between Thailand and Singapore in the fifth-sixth placing match. Malaysia had earlier completed their Group A campaign in third place with three points, thus failing to advance to the Super 4 round. The Malaysian team’s best-ever achievement in the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup was a third placing in the inaugural edition in Seoul, South Korea, in 1985. – Bernama

corner set piece. Nuramirah Shakirah Zulkifli then struck twice in the 10th and 16th minutes before Siti Nur Arfah notched her second and the team’s fifth in the 18th minute. Nur Aisyah Che Musa made it 6-0 in the 20th minute and on the 21st minute, Hanis Nadiah Onn slotted home a penalty corner set piece. Nur Afiqah then completed the rout with her second goal of the day in the 29th minute. “We punished the opposition by playing an excellent game, and scored some very good goals. However, in the third and fourth quarters (second half), two players were injured, while the others started conserving their energy.

THE national women’s team produced a scintillating performance to score eight goals in the first 30 minutes to blitz Taiwan 8-0 during their fifth-eighth classification match at the Women’s Hockey Asia Cup in Hangzhou, China, yesterday. The first half show of power at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium allowed the Malaysian Tigress, coached by Mohd Nasihin Nubli Ibrahim, to maintain their unbeaten run in the classification stage. Siti Nur Arfah Mohd Nor got the ball rolling as early as the third minute with a field goal before Nur Afiqah Syahzani Azhar doubled their lead a minute later through a penalty

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Pearly-Thinaah fall short Jun Hao crashes out of Hong Kong Open quarters

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NATIONAL women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah’s hopes of defending their title went up in smoke after they were bundled out in the semifinals of the 2025 Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships at the Hong Kong Coliseum yesterday. The World Championships runners-up found China’s Jia Yi Fan-Zhang Shu Xian too hot to handle and went down 14-21, 11 21 in just 35 minutes. Pearly-Thinaah’s defeat marked the end of Malaysia’s campaign in this year’s championships, as they were the only national shuttlers to have advanced to the last four. Thinaah said the Chinese pair’s shot

“So, I think that’s something we need to work on… and also to be more alert,” she said in an audio clip shared with the media. Pearly attributed their downfall to rushing their shots as they tried to push for more points when leading, thus resulting in them losing focus and forgetting their own gameplay. “At times, our focus, I think, started to wane, forcing us into making a lot of simple mistakes. We also followed their pace, which I think cost us the match,” said Pearly, who also admitted that they need a good few days’ rest before resuming training and preparing for their next tournament. For the record, Pearly Thinaah clinched the women’s doubles title at the Hong Kong

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TOUCHLINES

EVERTON are hopeful they can sign England winger Jack Grealish from Manchester City for a figure lower than the £50m (RM285m) fee they agreed as part of the 30-year-old’s loan deal with the Toffees. MANCHESTER UNITED are one of the clubs weighing up a January transfer window move for Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton, with Liverpool and Chelsea also interested in the 21-year-old England international. CHELSEA tried to sign Ghana winger Mohammed Kudus, 25, before he joined Tottenham in the summer, but could not persuade West Ham to accept a player-plus-cash deal. NOTTINGHAM FOREST will have an obligation to buy on-loan Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz, 27, for £21.6m (RM123m) if the Brazil international plays 45 minutes of 15 Premier League matches this term. LIVERPOOL and Man United are among a number of clubs keeping tabs on Ajax’s 17-year old teenage star Jorthy Mokio, who has already been capped by Belgium and can play at the back or in midfield. UNITED’S 21-year-old English winger Sam Mather is in talks to make a permanent move to Turkish club Kayserispor. BORUSSIA DORTMUND could try to permanently sign Argentine defender Aaron Anselmino, 20, if he impresses on loan from Chelsea. CHELSEA , Everton and Brighton all made summer enquiries with Barcelona about 18-year-old Spanish midfielder Marc Bernal.

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placements made life difficult for them, as they were put under pressure.

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Open last year when they subdued Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning of China 21-14, 21-14

in the title showdown. Meanwhile, national men’s singles shuttler Leong Jun Hao’s hopes of advancing to the semifinals was dashed after he lost to second

seed Li Shi Feng of China in the quarterfinals on Friday. The world No. 23 was forced into a gruelling rubber set before bowing out to Shi Feng 20-22, 21-14, 20-22 in 78 minutes at the Hong Kong Coliseum. – Bernama

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Pearly Tan (left) and Thinaah Muralitharan. – BERNAMAPIC

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University Football Team (MUFT) in the quarterfinal on Oct 17.

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NSFC CRUISE INTO FA CUP QUARTERS NEGERI SEMBILAN FC cruised into the FA Cup quarterfinals on a 5-1 aggregate score despite losing 0-1 to PDRM FC in the second leg of the FA Cup Round of 16 at the Selayang Municipal Council Stadium on Friday. The Negeri Sembilan squad under Mohd Nidzam Jamil were armed with a five goal advantage before kick off courtesy of their 5-0 first leg win, were however, in for a rude shock when PDRM FC struck as early as the fourth minute of play through Muhammad Fakhrul Azim Mohd Zulphatah. The start of the second half saw Negeri Sembilan launch a number of dangerous attacks but PDRM goalkeeper Nor Hakeem Hamidun was in his element to keep the strikers at bay. The score remained intact until the final whistle. Negeri Sembilan are expected to face Selangor FC or Malaysian

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NATIONAL squash player Rachel Arnold fought hard to secure her place in the second round of the Egyptian Open 2025 after edging compatriot Aifa Azman in a five-game thriller in Giza on Friday. Rachel came back strongly after dropping the opening game to seal a 3-2 (9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-13, 12-10) victory. Earlier, Aifa’s younger sister Aira staged an impressive comeback to oust Egypt’s Nadine Shahin 3-2 (6-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-3) and set up a second-round clash against world No. 3 Hania El Hammamy of Egypt. However, Malaysia’s challenge suffered a setback when Aina Amani bowed out after losing 2-3 (11-7, 11-5, 4-11, 8-11, 7-11) to Scotland’s Georgia Adderley.

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