28/12/2025

theSun on Sunday DEC 28, 2025

SPORTS 14 COVENTRY pulled further clear of the chasing pack in the Championship yesterday as Frank Lampard’s side beat Swansea 1-0 to open up an eight-point lead at the top. The Sky Blues, seeking to end a 25-year wait for Premier League football, stretched their lead over Middlesbrough and have a 13 point cushion over third-placed Ipswich. Lampard admitted his free-scoring side were far from their best but they did enough for the three points thanks to Ephron Mason Clark’s emphatic finish just before half-time. Liam Cullen and Melker Widell both

Lampard’s Coventry extend lead

Backed by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the Welsh side are aiming for a fourth consecutive promotion. A double from Kieffer Moore helped snap a five-game winless run to lift Wrexham up to 13th and within five points of the play-off places. Hull and Preston remain in the play-off places despite being held to draws away at Sheffield Wednesday and Hull respectively. Bristol City were the only other side in the top six other than Coventry to snatch a win as a 2-1 victory at West Brom piled more pressure on former Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason. Leicester slipped to 14th after a 2-1 home defeat to Watford in a further blow to their chances of bouncing straight back to the top flight. – AFP

After winning Kim Hellberg’s first four games in charge, they have failed to score in their last two after a 2-0 defeat at Bristol City last time out. “We have had a lot of good performances over the last period of time. “But I think this result was quite fair because we didn’t deserve anything more than a draw,“ said Hellberg. Ipswich failed to apply pressure to the top two after being held 0-0 at Millwall while Wrexham came from 3-1 down to beat Sheffield United 5-3 in the game of the day.

wasted good chances to equalise in the closing stages, but Coventry held on for an eighth consecutive home win. “Over the course of the season there are games you play where everything goes in and others where you have chances and it doesn’t quite drop or go in,“ said former Chelsea boss Lampard. “We had chances to get that second goal but it didn’t quite fall. We were not as good today as we usually are off the ball.” Middlesbrough’s promotion push stumbled in a 0-0 draw at home to Blackburn.

6066/2025

27/12/2025 (SAT)

Kobbie is the future of United Amorim taking longer-term view of midfielder despite limited role

4302 0515 7487

Draw Date: 27/12/25 (Sat)

Draw No: 6013/25 Venue: WISMA GENTING, KL

6143 3286 1742 6910 0368

5088 1682 0864 3429 8381

5323 2602 9346 4637 0052

2349 2463 0344 8646 0061

4935 9052 2068

3,540,888.88

9365+ 4868 6612 + 9558 1211 + 4610 8153+ 8654 6862+ 5025

2104+ 1111 2035+ 6476 8554+ 8603 7278+ 1878 0005+ 2363

4302 0515 4302

7487 7487 0515

4302 4302 0515

7487 7487 0515

MANCHESTER UNITED head coach Ruben Amorim insisted Kobbie Mainoo represents the future of the club but may have to wait for his chance to prove it. The 20-year-old has fallen out of favour at Old Trafford, having made just one Carabao Cup start in a total of 12 appearances this season. Last week Amorim said the mid fielder needed to “fight for his job” but a calf injury in training before Sunday’s defeat to Aston Villa has currently denied him a chance to do that at a time when the squad is missing a further seven players. But the United boss suggested he is taking a longer-term view despite the player’s lack of chances this season. “Kobbie Mainoo will have the oppor tunity he has all the time. He played in different positions: he can do that (defensive midfield) position, he can play if we play with three, he can play like we play in the last game – the posi tion of Mason Mount in this game (a No. 10 who drops into midfield). “So, he’s going to be the future of Manchester United, that is my feeling. He just needs to wait for his chance and everything can change in foot ball in two days.” Nevertheless, although Amorim played down the chances of the youngster going out on loan in January, a prospect lessened further by his recent injury, he tempered that by suggesting he would need to find an adequate replacement. “If we are not getting someone, it is hard to leave,” he added. “Even with a full squad we are shorter (in

are other considerations to take into account. “There is no decision,” Amorim said of the pair’s contract situation. We have a lot to do and we need to understand what is going to happen the next sea son, because we need to understand if there is European games what we are doing. “We have so much to do in this moment. We are not thinking about that. I am really happy with them but I don’t know what is going to happen.” The United boss insisted he would not be disappointed if reinforcements did not arrive next month. “No. Of course we are struggling in this in this moment but throughout the club we have a plan,” he said ahead of yesterday’s win over Newcastle. “We are going to stick with the plan. I think if we have the opportunity to bring in a player that we think that is going to be the future of the club, he is going to come.” – The Independent

264,114.04

2

RM20,623,914.90

4935+ 9052 4935+ 2068 9052+ 2068

9052+ 4935 2068+ 4935 2068+ 9052

4302 0515 7487 HORSE

RM183,669.40

RM241,388.80

314 935 + TIGER

3 9 0 3 0 9 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0

RM710,000.00

009 052+ DOG

8 4 3 4 1 4 6 4 0 8

RM813,339.00

062 068 + MONKEY

019 365 634 868 792 104 311111 776 612 649 558 522 035 016 476 631 211 764 610 738 554 718 603 818 153 618 654 917 278 961 878 286 862 465 025 430 005 082 363

8 4 6 9 9 4 4 6 9 9 4 6 9 9 4 9 9 4

United’s Kobbie Mainoo. – AFPPIC

8 4 6 9 9 8 4 6 9 8 4 6 8 4

9 4

1 16 17 38 46 51

935 052 068

30,957,868.64

9 17 38 45 48 52

RM823,338.80 935 + 052 + 068 052 + 068 + 935 935 + 068 + 052 068 + 935 + 052 052 + 935 + 068 068 + 052 + 935

3,197,803.68

terms of players) for some thing that can happen here so it’s going to be hard for someone to leave the club if we don’t get a substitution.” Midfield is an obvi ous area which requires strengthening but with the transfer window just around the corner and play ers like Casemiro and centre back Harry Maguire out of contract in the summer (although there is a 12-month option with the Brazilian) there

11 14 18 22 24 46 38

12,938,269.02

332,122.91

1+3D JACKPOT 2 RM 335,396 WON 24/12/25!

Toto 6D

RM1,000,000 RM792,175 won on 24/12/2025 ! Toto 4D Jackpot 1 (i-System)