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Sports cannot be separated from education: Marina SPORTS and education cannot be separated as both go hand in hand to shape a person’s character and development, national athletics sports legend Datuk Marina Chin (pic) . The learning and development process for national athletes seem to be developing with more former athletes returning to provide coaches and becoming members in boards such as the board of the National Sports Institute and the National Sports Council,” she said.

RESULTS & STANDINGS

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Brighton 3 (Welbeck 11, Gomez 64, 70) Leeds 0, Burn ley 0 Arsenal 2 (Gyokeres 14, Rice 35) , Crys tal Palace 2 (Mateta 30, Collins 51-og) Brent ford 0, Fulham 3 (Sessegnon 9, Wilson 62, Mosquera 75-og) Wolves 0, Liverpool 2 (Salah 45+1, Gravenberch 58) Aston Villa 0, Nottingham Forest 2 (Gibbs-White 48, Savona 50) Manchester United 2 (Casemiro 34, Diallo 81) , Tottenham 0 Chelsea 1 (Pedro 34) . P W D L F A Pts Arsenal 10 8 1 1 18 3 25 Bournemouth 9 5 3 1 16 11 18 Liverpool 10 6 0 4 18 14 18 Tottenham 10 5 2 3 17 8 17 Chelsea 10 5 2 3 18 11 17 Sunderland 9 5 2 2 11 7 17 Man Utd 10 5 2 3 17 16 17 Man City 9 5 1 3 17 7 16 Crystal Palace 10 4 4 2 14 9 16 Brighton 10 4 3 3 17 15 15 Aston Villa 10 4 3 3 9 10 15 Brentford 10 4 1 5 14 16 13 Newcastle 9 3 3 3 9 8 12 Fulham 10 3 2 5 12 14 11 Everton 9 3 2 4 9 12 11 Leeds 10 3 2 5 9 17 11 Burnley 10 3 1 6 12 19 10 Nottm Forest 10 1 3 6 7 19 6 West Ham 9 1 1 7 7 20 4 Wolves 10 0 2 8 7 22 2 CHAMPIONSHIP: Leicester City 0 Black burn Rovers 2, Norwich City 0 Hull City 2, West Brom 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0, Birmingham City 4 Portsmouth 0, Charlton Athletic 1 Swansea City 1, Oxford United 2 Millwall 2, Queens Park Rangers 1 Ipswich Town 4, Sheffield United 1 Derby County 3, Southampton 0 Preston North End 2, Stoke City 5 Bristol City 1, Watford 3 Middles brough 0. TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts Coventry 13 8 4 1 36 12 28 Mid’boro 13 7 4 2 16 11 25 Stoke 13 7 3 3 18 9 24 Millwall 13 7 3 3 16 15 24 Bristol City 13 6 4 3 21 16 22 Preston 13 6 4 3 17 12 22 LA LIGA: Villarreal 4 (Moreno 22, Moleiro 56, Comesana 58, Perez 65) Rayo Vallecano 0, Atletico Madrid 3 (Alvarez 64-pen, Almada 77, Griezmann 90) Sevilla 0, Real Sociedad 3 (Mendez 38, Guedes 47, Gorrotxategi 90+2) Athletic Bilbao 2 (Guru zeta 42, Navarro 79) , Real Madrid 4 (Mbappe 19-pen, 31, Bellingham 44, Carreras 82) Valencia 0. TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts Real Madrid 11 10 0 1 26 10 30 Villarreal 11 7 2 2 22 10 23 Barcelona 10 7 1 2 25 12 22 Atletico 11 6 4 1 21 10 22 Espanyol 10 5 3 2 14 11 18 Getafe 11 5 2 4 12 13 17 SERIE A: Cremonese 1 (Vardy 83) Juventus 2 (Kostic 2, Cambiaso 68) , Napoli 0 Como 0, Udinese 1 (Zaniolo 40) Atalanta 0. TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts Napoli 10 7 1 2 16 8 22 Roma 9 7 0 2 10 4 21 Inter Milan 9 6 0 3 22 11 18 AC Milan 9 5 3 1 14 7 18 Juventus 10 5 3 2 14 10 18 Como 10 4 5 1 12 6 17 BUNDESLIGA: Bayern Munich 3 Bayer Leverkusen 0, Union Berlin 0 SC Freiburg 0, St Pauli 0 Borussia Moenchengladbach 4, Heidenheim 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 1, RB Leipzig 3 Stuttgart 1, Mainz 1 Werder Bremen 1. TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts B. Munich 9 9 0 0 33 4 27 RB Leipzig 9 7 1 1 19 10 22 Dortmund 9 6 2 1 15 6 20 Stuttgart 9 6 0 3 14 10 18 Leverkusen 9 5 2 2 18 14 17 Frankfurt 9 4 2 3 22 19 14 FRENCH LIGUE 1: Paris Saint-Germain 1 Nice 0, Monaco 0 Paris FC 1, Auxerre 0 Marseille 1. TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts Paris SG 11 7 3 1 21 9 24 Marseille 11 7 1 3 25 11 22 Monaco 11 6 2 3 23 17 20 Strasbourg 10 6 1 3 21 12 19 Lyon 10 6 1 3 16 12 19 Lens 10 6 1 3 14 10 19

The involvement of former athletes in various levels of sports administra tion and development will churn out more rounded and effective ath letes in the future, she added. Marina also noted that Malaysia had accomplished quite a number of achievements by nurturing world-class athletes in many fields, but there was always room to improve in other sports. “My hope is to see Malaysia con

their expertise in coaching, education and sports administration, she said, adding that the sharing of knowledge and experience is a vital step in improving the national sports eco system. “I feel that when we learn, we also share knowledge and experience and try to improve the situation in sports wherever we see room for improvement. So, I feel in that sense, we in Malaysia is still in this process. “This is because many athletes, like Roslinda Samsu, after finishing their careers as athletes, give back to the country in the form of giving lectures on sports science, being involved as

Marina she said involvement in sports would not only create high-performance athletes but allow them to have continous learning that will help build careers after retirement, including being coaches and movers in the development of sports nationally. “Even though I started as an athlete, I kept on developing into a coach and got involved in sports development and such. I learnt a lot during my involvement in various programmes and this learn ing process has never stopped,” she told reporters after the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) convocation ceremony yesterday, where she received an honorary doctorate in sports science from Sultanah of Terengganu, Sultanah Nur Zahirah.

tinue to progress and all sports capable of nurturing world champions. At the same time, we want local coaches to be of interna tional standards,” she added. – Bernama

Maybank C’ship playoff drama Japan’s Yamashita wins second LPGA crown

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J APAN’S Miyu Yamashita produced a stunning final round to clinch the Maybank Championship on a playoff after she overturned an eight-shot deficit in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. The 24-year-old won her second LPGA Tour title in three months after turning in a flawless 65 in her final round, with her eighth birdie in the first playoff hole sealing the win over Australian Hannah Green and South Korea’s Choi Hye-jin. At a rain-interrupted Kuala

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and Yamashita holding on to a one shot advantage. Choi stormed back into contention with her second birdie, on the 16th hole, enough to force a three-way playoff, before another rain stoppage. The Maybank Championship is one of the most lucrative events on the Asian swing with a prize purse of US$3 million (RM12.6m). – AFP

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Lumpur Golf & Country Club, all three golfers were tied for 18-under-par 270, which took the action into extra time. With the stakes high, Yamashita – who is in her debut season on the LPGA Tour – kept her composure to sink a clutch putt. Overnight leader Choi, who led from the first round and came into yesterday’s showdown with a four-stroke advantage, saw her lead evaporate midway through the round. Despite sinking a birdie on the eighth hole for a three-shot lead, Choi’s momentum

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sputtered after she committed three bogeys in the next four holes. Choi’s slip paved the way for Yamashita to share the lead with Green when the Japanese fired in a close range seventh birdie on the 16th hole. Play was suspended for an hour because of dangerous weather conditions, with Green Wei Chong-Kai Wun eliminated THE hopes of national men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun to advance to the final of the Hylo Open were dashed after they lost to Indonesia’s Sabar Karyaman Gutama–Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani yesterday. The result means there will be no Malaysian representatives in the Hylo Open final after Wei Chong-Kai Wun, the country’s sole semi-finalists in the Super 500 tournament, were eliminated. In the match, the third-seeded Malaysian duo went down in straight sets 21-16, 21-15 in just 34 minutes. The defeat marked their third loss in four encounters BRIEFS

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against the Indonesian pair, with their only vic tory coming at the Indonesia Open last year. Sabah continue winless streak SABAH FC is still winless this Super League season after their eighth match ended in a 2-1 loss to Selangor FC at Likas Stadium on Saturday night. The Red Giants’ took home three points which place them fifth in the standings while Sabah languishes at 10th. Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur (KL) City FC beat Kelantan The Real Warriors 2-1 at Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium. Kuching City FC had a good run beating PDRM FC at Selayang Municipal Council Stadium 5-0.

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