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AFF CUP FINAL (SECOND-LEG): MALAYSIA 3 - THAILAND 2 *THAILAND WINS 4-3 ON AGREGATE Thailand ended their 12-year drought in the AFF Suzuki Cup as late goals by Charyl Chappuis and Chanathip Songkrasin gave them a dramatic 4-3 aggregate victory over Malaysia in the second leg of the final at Bukit Jalil National Stadium on Saturday. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg in Bangkok, Malaysia struck back on home soil and took the lead when Safiq Rahim scored his second goal of the game with a 58th minute free-kick to make it 3-0 after he had converted a seventh minute penalty and Indra Putra Mahayuddin had headed home just before half-time. But Chappuis netted a precious away goal for the War Elephants after Farizal Marlias had fumbled a Sarach Yooyen free-kick in the 82nd minute and Chanathip sealed the Thai victory with a fine strike on the counter-attack three minutes from time. Having been the last Thailand captain to lift the ASEAN trophy in 200

Malaysia bagged double victory in the 2014 Causeway Rugby Challenge Shield after both of under 23 and under 18 squad win the match respectively which the tournament was held at Universiti Perdana Malaysia in Serdang on Saturday. Interrupted by heavy downpour from the start, it did not stop for both Malaysia and Singapore to produced a high octane performance which Malaysia Under23 squad finally sealed the game with a 15-11 win against the visitors. It was Singapore who put the game beyond Malaysia with a 6-0 score in a first half, a contribution from a drop goal and a penalty. Zulkiflee Azmi put the blushes away for Malaysia after the centre-half hits with two tries before Mohd Nazreen Fitri complete the win with a conversion and a penalty in second half. To the shock, Singapore manage to reduce the deficit with a try in injury time but it's already late to stop Malaysia in getting the revenge done after losing with a 26-12 score to the Lions last year. In

​AFF CUP FINAL (FIRST-LEG): THAILAND 2 - MALAYSIA 0 Thailand had the better advantage ahead of the AFF Suzuki Cup Final second leg after earning a 2-0 win over Malaysia in Bangkok yesterday. A 72nd minute penalty from Charyl Chappuis and a strike from Krokriet Thawikan put Thailand on course to win the AFF Suzuki Cup for the fourth time. ​Malaysia gave Thailand problems for much of the game playing bravely in midfield and staying strong at the back but the Thais excelled in the last 20 minutes. However, coach Dollah Salleh is confident that his team still have a good chance in the return leg at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Malaysia have won the prestigious title once in 2010. Photos by: Khairol Rizal Buhari | Tigers Super Sports CreativeImage Sports Network

NICC RUGBY FINAL: KSDBKL 22 - RMAF BLACKHAWKS 12 KSDBKL clinched the 2014 National Inter-Club Rugby Championship (NICC) after defeating RMAF Blackhawks 22-15 at the Bellamy Field on Saturday. The Bandaraya Dragons dominated the final showdown with high determination to claim the prestiguous Malaysia's rugby title. KSDBKL took the lead with a try in the 19th minute. Zulhelmi Ibrahim added another try in the 33rd minute before Mohd Junaidi Hamid completed the conversion. The Dragons were in complete control as they got another try from Mazli Maidin a minute later. Blackhawks fought back late in the first half. Mohd Khuzaidi Abdullah sneaked through for a try and Azizan Abdul scored on the conversion. But KSDBKL had a comfortable 19-7 lead over the Blackhawks at the break. RMAF Blackhawks came on stronger in the second half. They were more organized and displayed an improved performance. Their efforts paid off as Azizan earned another try eight minutes af

​​Defending champion Lee Westwood claimed a one-stroke victory against Australian Marcus Fraser and 2014 US Open Champion Martin Kaymer to win the Thailand Golf Championship title at Amata Spring Country Club in Chonbury, Thailand last Sunday. The Englishman enjoyed the victory in the Club House after Martin Kaymer had to settle with bogey in the 17th hole while Marcus Fraser squandered the chances after missed a par putt on the 18th despite started the day with a comfortable two-stroke ahead. Westwood sealed the victory with seven birdies in the final round to notch up five under 67 to give him eight-under 280 overall in total. The win extended his winning streak in Asian Tour titles to eight and are looking forward to fancy his chances for further success next year. As the 2015 Maybank Malaysian Open already in his sight, Westwood had already confirmed to defend his title which will be held at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club  from 5th to 8th February 2015

​NICC RUGBY 3RD/4TH PLACINGS: MERLIMAU POLYTECH 22 - PANTHERS BLOWPIPES 15 Merlimau Polytech secured the third place in the 2014 National Inter-Club Rugby Championship (NICC) after defeating Panthers Blowpipes 22-15 at the Bellamy Field. It was a sweet ending for Merlimau Polytech after showing good performance through out the season. ​The Malacca side opened the scoring with a try in the 10th minute, and converted the score to take an early 7-0 lead. Panthers did not give up easily, Mohamed Firdaus Mohamed Yusof delivered a try five minutes later. However, Muhammad Amiruddin Zainal Abidin earned another try for Merlimau Polytech to take a good 15-8 lead at half time. ​Panthers came back stronger in the second half with a try and conversion to eaqualised the score. But Merlimau Polytech picked up another seven points in the final ten minutes to claim the NICC third place.  Photos by: Azley Kassim | Tigers Super Sports Get more Sports Updates from Facebo

AFF SUZUKI CUP: MALAYSIA 1 - VIETNAM 2 Vietnam seized control of their AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final against Malaysia as a fine second-half strike by Nguyen Van Quyet earned them a come-from-behind 2-1 win in the first leg at Shah Alam Stadium on Sunday. ​Both teams had key players ruled out through suspension with captain Shukor Adan and forward Amri Yahyah missing for the home side and midfielder Vu Minh Tuan banned for Vietnam. The visitors made a vibrant start and should have taken the lead after only five minutes when Le Cong Vinh fed an unmarked Ngo Hoang Thinh who curled the ball narrowly wide from the edge of the Malaysia box. ​Malaysia struggled with the pace of the Vietnamese attack early on but took the lead through a Safiq Rahim penalty after 14 minutes. Vo Huy Toan netted a deserved equaliser in the 32nd minute after a fine counter-attack for the visitors. Van Quyet then fired home the winner on the hour to give his side a precious advantage to take into the return

​Irishman Padraig Harrington secured a thrilling victory at the US$750,000 BANK BRI Indonesia Open after defeating a battling Thanyakon Khrongpha of Thailand by two shots on Sunday. The three-time Major champion held a four-shot lead at the start of the final round but stumbled at the turn in 37 as Thanyakon birdied three in his opening five holes to lead by two shots after nine holes.   Harrington clawed his way back up after a two-hour rain suspension to tie with Thanyakon heading into the 18th hole where drama ensued at the Damai Indah Golf, PIK Course . Under immense pressure to win his first Asian Tour title, the 24-year-old Thai hit his second shot into the water for a double bogey as Harrington sealed the win with a 15-foot par putt after taking a penalty drop when his tee shot landed on the edge of the hazard. ​After completing five holes in his third round on Sunday morning, Harrington opened his final round campaign with a bogey before dropping two shots on the par three se

RUGBY NICC: KS DBKL 26 - MERLIMAU POLYTECH 8 KS DBKL booked the final spot of the 2014 National Interclub Rugby Championship (NICC) after defeating Merlimau Polytech 26-8 at Bellamy field on Saturday. The Kuala Lumpur side were stunned by an early penalty in the 4th minute by Muhammad Zhamir Nordin . KS DBKL reorganized their game and got a try in the 23rd minute through Nakia Neisiasi Moato and Tora Vatiliai Tuisabeto completed the conversion. Merlimau Polytech were back in the game with a try by Muhammad Ismail in the 32nd minute.  However, KS DBKL cut short Merlimau's cheer just three minutes later. Nor Amirul Faiz sneaked through to the touchline and he himself confidently converted from the spot to give KS DBKL a strong 14-8 lead at the half time. Both side resumed the match with Merlimau Polytech pushed to their best. KS DBKL did not make mistake and were rewarded with another try by Mohd Zamani Rosli eight minutes after restart. Merlimau Polytech ran out of idea again

​ RUGBY NICC: RMAF BLACKHAWK 21 - PANTHERS BLOWPIPES 10 RMAF Blackhawk took a spot in the National Interclub Rugby Championship (NICC) final after beating Panthers Blowpipes 21-10 in their semifinal match on Saturday. Blackhawk took the early lead with a try from Mohamad Anuar Ismail , and Mohd Hazuwan Zakeri converted the score nine minutes after the start. Panthers reduces the deficit in the 20th minute when Mohamad Farhan Mohd Tahir scored a penalty. However, Blackhawk was not distracted with Panthers' challenge. Mohamad Anuar delivered another try in the 31st minute before Hazuwan completed the conversion to give RMAF Blackhawk a good 14-3 lead at half-time. Panthers were so eager to turnover the score against Blackhawk after the break. However, the RMAF men were too solid and had a better strategy to deal with the rising Panthers. A try by Taufik Azmee in the 65th minute almost kill the game. But Panthers came back in the 75th minutes with a try by Farhan and conversion

Despite losing to Lydia Ko for the One Million cash bonus, Stacy Lewis still have something to cheer about after the American bags three biggest awards in the 2014  LPGA tour recently. Finishing in the ninth with 1-under 71 at the CME Group Tour Championship  was enough for Stacy to win the LPGA Tour Player of The Year for the second time within three years. Stacy also won the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average with 69.532, followed by InBee Park in second with 69.683, while trailing in third place are Michelle Wie with 69.818 and forth are So Yeon Ryu with 69.978 which all of this four had a sub 70 scoring average, a first time record create in the year of 2014. While Lydia Ko enjoyed her handsome paid in bonus prize, Stacy also enjoy with her Money Title after finish at top in the money list with $2,539,039. and have won three competitive tournament this year. Photo by: Moharzan  |  Tigers Super Sports ​ Follow The Match on Facebook !

Thanyakon Khrongpha of Thailand fired a superb eight-under-par 63 to seize the clubhouse lead as Padraig Harrington 's charge was stopped by bad weather at the BANK BRI Indonesia Open on Friday. The slightly-built Thai produced a near perfect card in the calm morning conditions which included nine birdies before stumbling to a lone bogey on his last hole to settle for a 12-under-par 130 total at the Damai Indah Golf, PIK Course. Multiple Major winner Harrington negotiated his way in 12-under through 12 holes before the US$750,000 halfway stage was called off for the day due to inclement weather. The Irishman and 66 other players will resume play at 6.30am on Saturday. Among the players who finished their rounds include Asian Tour rookie Nathan Holman of Australia, who was two shots back after matching Thanyakon's efforts of 63, while Scott Hend and Jarin Todd of the United States shot identical 64s for a 133 total.   The slightly built Thanyakon continued his rich vein of

NICC RUGBY: MERLIMAU POLYTECHNIC 13 - UNIKL 0 Merlimau Polytechnic marched the National Inter-Club Rugby Championship (NICC) semifinal after beating UniKL Falcons 13-0 at Putrajaya on Saturday. Merlimau Polytech were on fire from the start and gave no chance to their opponents throughout the match. UniKL defended strongly in the first thirty minutes. But Merlimau Polytech had a better strategy against the tough UniKL players.  Mohd Amir Aswad gave Merlimau Polytech their first points with a try in the 33 minutes. The wet Alamanda pitch did not help UniKL Falcons to find the points they needed. Merlimau Polytech got another try in the 40th through Muhammad Hakim Abu Hasan . UniKL resumed the second half with 10 points down. Two minutes after the restart, Merlimau Polytech were awarded a penalty and Mohd Amir converted it. The Falcons made six changes in the last 30 minutes but still couldn't get the points. Merlimau Polytech held on tightly and secured a place in the NICC semif

MALAYSIA HOCKEY LEAGUE: TNB 2 - SAPURA 0 Two goals from two penalty corners in second half was enough for TNB to beat Sapura and picked 3 valuable points at Bukit Jalil Stadium. TNB returned with greater determination after losing their previous match against UniKL last Tuesday. However, Sapura were tough at the back in the first half lead by former international, Megat Azrafiq . The score remained goalless until the break. Amin Rahim finally gave TNB the lead after scoring from a penalty corner in the 39th minute. Sapura started to feel the pressure. Losing the match will put their hope to finish in the top three in jeopardy. Sapura launched series of attack but Madzli Ikmar , Izad Hakimi and Amin Rahim defended steadily for TNB. ​TNB got another penalty corner in th 54th minute, and Shahril Saabah brilliantly scored the opprtunity to give TNB a comfortable 2-0 lead. TNB secured third position in the Malaysia Hockey League ( MHL ), while Sapura has to wait until their final mat

Lewis Hamilton edged teammate Nico Rosberg to win the 2014 Formula One World Championship title. The Briton clocked 1:39:02.619 at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to clinch his 11th victory in 19th races and collected 384 total points to secure the title. The victory is also Hamilton's second overall success in F1 championship after capturing his maiden title in 2008 with McLaren . Despite finishing the final race at 14th place, Nico Rosberg still managed to end his 2014 season as the championship runner-up with 312 points followed by Daniel Ricciardo in third with 238 points.  Williams Martini Racing Brazilian driver Felipe Massa  clocked 1:39:05.119 to finish the race in second while his teammates Valtteri Bottas was in third with 1:39:31.419. As for Nico, it was a heart-breaking race after his car suffered a mechanical failure in 25th lap which caused his F1 title hope gone. Follow CSN for more Motorsports news!

Christina Kim was crowned winner of the final round of Lorena Ochoa Invitational . The victory was not easy one. In the 18th hole,  Chinese golfer Shanshan Feng tied with Kim at 15 under par. After two playoffs rounds, Kim managed to win the tournament with just one stroke. Following Kim was Chinese golfer Shanshan Feng with a one stroke difference, and closely behind the two came Korean Inbee Park to take third place. Christina said that this tournament is very special to her, and that since 2012  she has made it her goals to participate in an event like LOI. She expressed feeling excited, happy and above all, grateful and lucky to win this time. "Honestly this is a very special tournament for me because I have known Lorena since I was 15 years old and she's been my inspiration for half of my life, so I feel honored to have won. The truth is in this round Shanshan gave me a run for my money; truthfully when we were on the last hole, I wanted her to win, I did not see her sa

​RUGBY NICC: KSDBKL 64 - KL SARACENS 5 KSDBKL showed that they are a strong contencer in the current season's National Inter Club Rugby Championship . The City Council team beat KL Saracens  64-5 on Wednesday night at the UIA Rugby Field.  Nakia N Meola gave KSDBKL the lead with a try after five minutes. From there on, KSDBKL were in complete control of the match and picked another eight tries from Nakia, Tora V. Tuljabeto , Zulhaizam Zulkifli and Karimov Abduvoris . KL Saracens were unabled to stop the speed of KSDBKL players. They managed to get a try in th 75th minute through James Harvey , but it was too late and not enough to compete with their mighty opponent. Photos by: Syamsul Bahrein | Tigers Super Sports Log on to Donadoni Sports for more action news.

Three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland will join a strong cast of Asia's finest golfers including defending champion Gaganjeet Bhullar and Hong Kong Open winner Scott Hend at this year's BANK BRI Indonesia Open to be played at the Damai Indah Golf, Pantai Indah Kapuk Course, Jakarta, December 4 to 7. Thanks to BANK BRI's title sponsorship and the continued support of event organiser IMPL, the tournament prize fund has been confirmed at US$750,000, reinforcing the Open's position as one of the leading tournaments in the country and across the region. Harrington became the first player in 102 years to defend The Open Championship title when he won at Royal Birkdale in 2008, the same year he won the PGA Championship and reached a career high of number three in the world ranking.   Having bagged 28 professional titles, the 43-year-old Dublin native is playing the Bank BRI Indonesia Open for the first time. As well as the Asian Tour duo of Scott Hend and

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: VIETNAM 3 - MALAYSIA 1 Malaysia 's preparation for 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup competition is still in the negative form after losing to 3-1 to  Vietnam in a friendly match at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, on Sunday. Having suffered with a heavy defeat against Syria last Wednesday, Malaysia still fail to make an impact while in overall performance it still looks gloom and clueless with another lackluster performance shown during the match played. Malaysia started the game well in the first half after Mohd Amri Yahyah put the Malaysian Tigers in front with a fine finish in 23rd minutes. Malaysia should have added more goals but the players squandered the chances away which put the result remain unchanged until halftime. Down by a goal, Vietnam started to pounced back with an attacking display and their effort worth after Mac Hong Quan leveled the score one minutes after restart followed by Nguyen Van Quyet penalty in 56th minutes before Ngo Hoang Thinh s

Muhammad Farid Badrul Hisam helped  BikeArt Racing Kawasaki  to bag the  MSS Super Sports category despite losing to team mate Hazlanshah Mohd Noor in Race Two of Malaysian Super Series Championship which was held at Sepang International Circuit last Sunday. After having the advantage in the overall standings by winning the first race, Muhammad Farid continued to push his Kawasaki ZX-6 in Race Two but Hazlanshah was in better form to deny the 21 year old rider a double victory. Hazlanshah clocked 22:31.090 in Race Two to win the race followed by Muhammad Farid in second with 22:37.083 while Ahmad Afif Amran are in third with 22:37.532. Muhammad Farid collected 226 points to clinch the Super Sports crown, while Hazlanshah finished second with 188 points and  Petronas Hong Leong Yamaha rider, Ahmad Afif took third place with 138 points. Photos by: Khairol Rizal Buhari | Tigers Super Sports CreativeImage Sports Network

Fresh from lifting the CP130 champions trophy early of this month, the joy continues for Mohd Zaqhwan Zaidi after the Penang-born rider sealed the 2014 MSS Super bike title in the Malaysian Super Series Championship which was held at Sepang International Circuit last Sunday. It was quite easy for Zaqhwan as his closest rival, Mohd Syahnas Shahidan had to withdraw in the first race due to engine problems. Zaqhwan took the opportunity to end the first race behind Muhammad Zamri Baba of R&D PLUS Racing Team to equal his points with Shahnas at 146 and took the title down to the wire. Both of Zaqhwan and Shahnas knew that only the winner of the Race Two can achieve the success, and Zaqhwan did his best to power his  Honda CBR  to finish line in style. Zaqhwan clocked 13:23.036 to win the race followed by Zamri in second with 13:23.519 while Mohd Shahnas had to settle in third with 13:24.523. He also captured the overall title after collecting 171 points from s

England's Charley Hull was denied a second Ladies European Tour title as China's Xi Yu Lin held on to win the Sanya Ladies Open . Hull, 18, carded a final round of 69 at Yalong Bay Golf Club but overnight leader Lin produced a fine 67 to win by five shots. It was a first Ladies European Tour victory for Lin, also 18, who first competed in the Sanya Ladies Open as a 14-year-old amateur and has never finished outside the top 10 in the tournament in her homeland. Sanya Ladies Open (Final) 202 - Xi Yu Lin (CHN) 207 - Charley Hull (ENG) 208 - Huei Ju Shih (TPE), Nikki Campbell (AUS) 209 - Yu Yang Zhang (CHN), Jienalin Zhang (CHN) 210 - Beth Allen (USA) 211 - Marion Ricordeau (FRA), Ziyi Wang (CHN), Ashleigh Simon (RSA), Babe Liu (TPE), Yu Ting Shi (CHN), Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA). Photos by: Fadzil Hisham | Tigers Super Sports |  FAScap  |  Rent-Buy-Sell Property  |  

MALAYSIA HOCKEY LEAGUE: SAPURA 4 - TERENGGANU HT 8 Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) continued their assault for the top of the table by beating Sapura 8-4. The Malaysia Hockey League match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium saw THT started positively by taking the lead after just three minutes through Firhan Ashaari . Tengku Ahmad Tajudin and Fitri Shaari added another two goals for THT to give them a comfortable 3-0 lead just after 11 minutes.  Izwan Firdaus tried to bring Sapura back into the game with a goal in the 14th minute. However, Jang Jong Hyun , Ismail Abu and Faizal scored and took THT away  with 6-1 lead. Faizal was given the marching order just before the break. THT had to resume the second half with less players. However, the absence of Faizal did not affect THT play. The Terengganu side grabbed their seventh of the night from Tengku Ahmad Tajudin. Baljit Singh scored THT's eight of the night after Joel Samuel slammed one goal for Sapura. THT slo

Despite being just 17 years old, Lydia Ko doesn't seem like a rookie. Maybe that's because she's been winning LPGA tournaments since she was a 15-year-old amateur. However, 2014 marked the Kiwi teen's first pro campaign, and her two-win season was good enough to clinch the LPGA Tour's rookie of the year award. Ko locked up the points-based honor with three events left in the season, before the Mizuno Classic in Japan. In addition to the two wins, Ko had a pair of runner-up finishes and nine more top-10 finishes in 24 starts. She's racked up some $1.5 million in earnings, sits third on the LPGA Tour's Race to CME Globe points race and is third in the Rolex Rankings . Laura Baugh previously held the record as youngest rookies of the year when she won the award at 18 years of age in 1973. Photos by: Tigers Super Sports Follow The Match on Facebook !