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​Two time Moto GP champion Jorge Lorenzo bags his second straight victory at French MotoGP race at Le Mans race track on Sunday. The Spaniard has clocked 43:44.143s with his Yamaha machine to earn the success. The win also saw Lorenzo bags the French MotoGP title for fifth time in his career. Lorenzo Italian teammate, Valentino Rossi sealed the second place despite starting the race in seventh while Andrea Dovizioso of Ducati was in third. Down in forth place was defending champion Marc Marquez while Dovizioso teammate, Andrea Ianone was in fifth. Valentino Rossi is still leading the standings with 102 points and the Italian legend is currently seeking for a 10th World MotoGP title. French Grand Prix results: 1. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha  43:44.143 2. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha  +3.820s 3. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati +12.380s 4. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda +19.890s 5. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati +20.337s 6. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha +21.145s 7. Pol Espargaro ...

​ARC: MALAYSIA 53 - THAILAND 7 Malaysia wrapped up their Asian Rugby Championship DII campaign as the champions after thrashing Thailand 53-7 in their last match at the Kelana Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. The host nation did not face much problem to overcome their neighbour as they dominated through out the match. ​Malaysia took just five minutes to pick their first points through  Mohamad Syarif Sudin 's penalty. Four minutes later, they were 10-0 up after a try by  Amirul Sani  and conversion by Mohamad Syarif. The Malaysians showed very good discipline and determinations to take control of the match. They moved 15-0 in the 22nd minute through Amirul Sani's try, before Thailand gave the home crowd a little thrill with a try by  Kwan Chumjai  and conversion by  Warongkorn Khamkoet . However, the morale of Malaysian players were not affected by Thailand's moves. They put up stronger performance to pick another two tries by  Atunasia Lacada...

​ARC: UAE 16 - CHINESE TAIPEI 12   United Arab Emirates (UAE) clinched the second place in the Asian Rugby Championship (ARC) DII after beating Chinese Taipei 16-12 in Kelana Jaya, Malaysia on Saturday. However, the win did not come easily for the Emirates as the Taiwanese showed a great fighting spirit throughout the match. UAE opened the scoring with a try by Michael Botha just five minutes after the start. Chinese Taipei did not give up, they improved and compete against the physically stronger UAE. Wei-Ming Lin gave them the equalizer with a try in the 23rd minute. The try gave Chinese Taipei a good motivation to keep on going. Five minutes later the Emirates were down 5-12 from Lun-Wei Chang 's try and Yuan-Che Hsueh 's conversion. ​UAE put themselves together and started put more pressure on their opponent. As a result, they scored from a penalty before going into the break 8-12. UAE looked more organized in the second half. The players showed better commitments to o...

​Janne Kaske produced a battling seven-under-par 65 to become the first player from Finland to win on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) at the PGM MNRB Sarawak Championship on Saturday. The 29-year-old Kaske missed a two-foot par putt on the third hole for his only bogey of the day before fighting back with eight birdies to triumph by four shots with a winning total of 12-under-par 276 at the Kelab Golf Sarawak .   Overnight leader Erwan Vieilledent of France enjoyed his best result on the ADT when he returned with a 72 for second place. Malaysia's Airil Rizman fired a 71 to share tied third place on 281 alongside Japan's Masaru Takahashi (70) and Casey O'Toole (71) of the United States at the RM200,000 (US$55,400) ADT event. Kaske, who is the first non-Asian winner on the ADT so far this year, fired the low round of the week to overcome a three-shot deficit to hand him his first title this year. Kaske played college golf at the Augusta State University before turning pro...

​ ARC: MALAYSIA 20 - UAE 19 Malaysia staged a sterling performance against United Arab Emirates (UAE) to claim the most important win in the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship (ARC). The clash between the two nations was labelled as the deciding match of the season as UAE was ranked much higher than Malaysia before the championship starts. The Malaysians were in full of confidence after their big win over Chinese Taipei in their previous match. They took the lead in the 13th minute from a try by Atunasia Lacadamu Takubu . However, they were unlucky to miss the conversion and a penalty after that. ​UAE reorganized and pushed the Malaysians deep into their own area. Edward Lewsey gave UAE the equalizer with a try seven minutes later. Hassan Al Noobi made no mistake to put UAE ahead with the conversion. ​Malaysia was in front again in the 25th minutes when Mohamad Syarif Sudin scored a penalty. But UAE seemed to know what to do against the host. The Malaysian players' characters were...

​ ​ARC: CHINESE TAIPEI 29 - THAILAND 24 Chinese Taipei overcame their frustrations from the opening match with a win over Thailand in the Asian Rugby Championship at Kelana Jaya Stadium on Wednesday. The Thais who are also looking for their first win gave a good fight before losing 24-29. Thailand got off with perfect start as Warongkorn Khamkoet scored two penalties within the first ten minutes. Chinese Taipei awaken by Thailand's early charges, pushed hard to get a try in the 19th minute through Yu-Hsiang Wang . But the Thais were up again with a penalty by Warongkorn four minutes later. Chinese Taipei regrouped and got another try in the 34th minute through Lun-Wei Chang . Wen-Pao Chiang made it 12-9 in favour of Chinese Taipei with the conversion four minutes before the break. ​Two minutes after the restart, Chinese Taipei got another try through Cheng-Hsuan Tsai . Thailand did not give up easily and pumped more pressure against the opponent. As a result, the Thais were aw...

​​AFC CUP: JOHOR DT 3 - BALESTIER KHALSA 0 Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) progressed into the next stage of the AFC Cup competition as group winner after hammering Balestier Khalsa of Singapore 3-0 in Larkin Stadium, on Tuesday. The win put JDT at the top of group F with 15 points from 6 games as their second place, Kitchee of Hong Kong was held in a 2-2 draw against East Bengal at Mongkok Stadium on the same day. In the first half, both team failed to find the net as Balestier defended well to stop JDT attempts. Second half resumed with JDT bringing in Safee Sali to strengthen their strike force. ​The result was handsomely paid off after the former national striker break the deadlock in 76th minutes with an acrobatic volley. Safiq Rahim put JDT in complete command with his superb finishing after receiving a pass Mahali Jasuli in the 86th minute. JDT kept on pressing for more and Luciano Figueroa sealed the win with the third goal after his free kick went into the net in the final m...

​​American Rickie Fowler beat Sergio Garcia and Kevin Kisner in a play-off on a dramatic final day at the Players Championship at Sawgrass. The trio finished on 12-under but Fowler beat Kisner at the first sudden death hole after Garcia was earlier eliminated. It was his second PGA Tour win after success in the Wells Fargo Championship in August 2012. In the first three-hole aggregate play-off in tournament history, Garcia could only play the 16th, 17th and 18th in level par as Fowler and Kisner played them in one under thanks to birdies on the 17th. And Fowler then repeated the trick on the first hole of sudden death to give him a prize of $1.8m (£1.16m) in the tournament often dubbed as golf's richest event. Players Championship (Final) T1. Rickie Fowler 276 (-12) *Won Play-off T1. Sergio Garcia 276 (-12) T1. Kevin Kisner 276 (-12) T4. Ben Martin 277 (-11) T4. Bill Haas 277 (-11) T6. Rory Sabbatini 279 (-9) T6. Kevin Na 279 (-9) T8. Jamie Do...

​​South African George Coetzee won the inaugural AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open after defeating Dane Thorbjorn Olesen with a birdie on the second play-off hole on Sunday.   Overnight leader Coetzee and Olesen ended regulation play tied on 13-under-par 271 at the Heritage Golf Club following final rounds of two-under-par 69 and 68 respectively before the South African rising star produced a four on the par five 18th hole to seal his seventh title on the Sunshine Tour and second of the 2015 season.   The historic €1 million (approximately US$1.1 million) tournament tri-sanctioned by the Asian, European and Sunshine Tours enjoyed a fitting conclusion with Singapore's veteran Mardan Mamat taking third place, one back of the play-off duo, after he closed with a 67 as all three tours were represented in the top-three.   Power-packed Coetzee seemed in control early in the final round with three birdies in his opening five holes earning him a four-shot cushion. However Olesen, playing in h...

​ARC: CHINESE TAIPEI 13 - MALAYSIA 46   Malaysia bounced to a good start in the Asian Rugby Championship (ARC) after winning over Chinese Taipei 46-13 at Kelana Jaya Stadium on Sunday. The host nation had a terrible first half before making a brilliant recovery in the second half. Malaysia took the lead in the 6th minute from a try by Atunasia Lacadamu Takubu . Chinese Taipei upped their game and pressured Malaysia. They reduced the deficit through a penalty in the 22nd minute taken by Wen-Pao Chiang . ​The Malaysians lost their lead three minutes later from a try by Ming-Hsien Ho before Min-Ching Chiu added another. The host struggled throughout the first half against the confidence Taiwanese. However, Etonia Vaqa Saukuru brought Malaysia back into the game two minutes before the break to keep the score close with 13-10. Coach Lee Nyuk Fah made a little tactical change in the second half and saw Malaysia transformed into a totally different team. The players regained their conf...

​ARC: UAE 53 - THAILAND 22   United Arab Emirates (UAE) started their Asian Rugby Championship (ARC) in style by defeating Thailand 53-22 on Sunday. The opening match at the Kelana Jaya Stadium saw Thailand stunned UAE after two minutes with a try by Warongkorn Khamkoet . UAE replied with a try three minutes later by Christopher Jones-Griffiths but missed their conversion. ​Thailand tried to pull away with another try by Pannapat Pooltharat , but UAE kept them within sight with Jaen Botes try. Both teams were equally good in the first half until UAE got a penalty in the 35th minute. Clint Berkenshaw did not make a mistake to give UAE a 20-17 lead at the break. ​UAE came back in the second half with more effective forward plays. They were quick to close gaps not allowing Thailand players for breakthrough. Phil Brady started to pull UAE away with a try in the 53rd minute. Hassan Al Noobi scored the conversion before he himself tried for UAE three minutes later. ​Thailand had no ...

​Thai youngster Nirun Sae-Ueng claimed his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) victory at the PGM Sabah Championship on Saturday after defeating reigning Order of Merit champion and countryman Pavit Tangkamolprasert on the first play-off hole. The 20-year-old Thai, who closed with a stunning seven-under-par 65, edged out Pavit on the 18th hole sudden-death shoot-out with a par after the duo tied on eight-under-par 280 in regulation play at the Sabah Golf and Country Club . Phachara Khongwatmai, the youngest winner on the ADT , ensured a strong Thai presence on the final leaderboard when he carded a 67 to share third place on 281 with overnight leader Danthai Boonma, who registered a 71, in the RM200,000 (approximately US$55,400) ADT event, which is the 10th leg of the ADT this season. One-time Asian Tour winner Ben Leong, who hails from Sabah, fired a 66 to emerge as the top Malaysian in fifth place on 284 while two other Thais, Pasamet Pogamnerd (68) and Sutijet Kooratanapisan (72)...

​PIALA FA: PAHANG 1 - KELANTAN 0 FA Cup defending champions Pahang took a slim lead from the first leg semi-final match against Kelantan . The Elephants could only record a 1-0 win in the first 90 minutes at Darulmakmur Stadium on Saturday. Pahang had the better share of possession, but wasted too many chances. ​Argentine striker Matias Conti gave the home side an early lead after receiving a nicely set-up pass from Dickson Nwakaeme . The goal should have been the first of many goals for Pahang, but Kelantan's Khairul Fahmi Che Mat was at his best. Pahang, who have only lost once in 12 matches in all competitions this season, will travel to the Sultan Mohd IV Stadium in Kota Baru for the return leg next Saturday. ​ Follow CSN for more Sports news!

​LIGA SUPER: PAHANG 1 - PERAK 0   Pahang moved to the top of Malaysia Super League after defeating Perak with 1-0 at Darulmakmur Stadium. Mathias Conti sealed the victory for the Tok Gajah in 70th minutes through penalty after a Perak player handled the ball inside the box, forcing the referee to point to the spot. Perak responded by pushing forward in the last twenty minutes hunting for an equalizer. But Pahang held on to protect their lead and ultimately clinch the win. With six wins and two draws from ten matches played, Pahang are now leading the way with 20 points two points ahead of second and third placed PDRM and JDT. Pahang coach, Zainal Abidin Hasan was full of praises for his team as this win will be a perfect tonic for the Tok Gajah for their upcoming match. Pahang will meet Kelantan in the FA Cup semifinal showdown at Darulmakmur Stadium on Saturday. Photos by: Mike Casper | Tigers Super Sports Get more Sports Updates from Facebook !

​​Jorge Lorenzo celebrates his 28th birthday in style after grabbing his first MotoGP win in 2015. The two time world champion powered his Yamaha to the chequered at Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez on Sunday. The Spaniard won the race with 5.576 second ahead of world champion Marc Marquez. Despite riding with a broken finger on his left hand, Marc Marquez manage to hold current series leader Valentino Rossi for the second spot. Although the Italian Legend finished in third place, Rossi also became the first rider to achieve 200 podium mark.   Spain MotoGP 1. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)  44:57.246 2. Marc Marquez (Honda)  +5.576s 3. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) +11.586s 4. Cal Crutchlow (Honda) +22.727s 5. Pol Espargaro (Yamaha) +26.620s 6. Andrea Iannone (Ducati) +27.021s 7. Aleix Espargaro (Suzuki) +35.445s 8. Bradley Smith (Yamaha) +36.296s 9. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) +41.933s 10. Yonny Hernandez (Ducati) +51.072s Photos by: Khairol Rizal | Tigers Super Sports ​ CONTACT US for ON...

​ ​LIGA SUPER: JOHOR DT 1 - FELDA UNITED 0 Johor Darul Takzim  (JDT) climbed four spots to occupy the second place in Malaysia Super League after beating Felda United 1-0. The result at the Tan Sri Hassan Yunos Stadium in Larkin saw JDT share same points (18) with the PDRM , but separated by goal difference. About 25,000 supporters turned up for the home game to see match. JDT were on attacking strategy from the kick-off. Safiq Rahim almost found the net in the 16th minute, but Mohd Farizal Harun was quick to stop him. ​Felda United held on brilliantly against the approaching Southern Tigers . However, Patricio Julian Rodriguez gave JDT the lead in the 45th minute from the penalty spot. The Argentine was fouled by Shahrul Mohd Saad . Felda tried to find an equalizer in the second half, but JDT's defence was rock solid. The home side kept the clean sheet until the final whistle. Photos by: Hafiz Hassan | Tigers Super Sports Follow Tigers Super Sports on Facebook !

Wu Ashun claimed the Volvo China Open to become the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil. The 29 year old shot a closing 71 at Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club to finish on nine under and denied a spirited challenge from England's David Howell  Wu and Howell started the day in a four-way tie for the lead with Li Hao-tong and defending champion Alex Levy. Howell missed an eight foot par putt on the last which would have forced a play-off. Levy, Emiliano Grillo and Prom Meesawat were tied for third on seven under par. Volvo China Open (Final) 1. WU, Ashun (CHN) 279 (-9) 2. David HOWELL (ENG) 280 (-8) T3. Emiliano GRILLO (ARG) 281 (-7) T3. Prom MEESAWAT (THA) 281 (-7) T3. Alexander LEVY (FRA) 281 (-7) 6. LI, Hao-tong (CHN) 282 (-6) 7. Richie RAMSAY (SCO) 283 (-5) T8. AN, Byeong Hun (KOR) 284 (-4) T8. Romain WATTEL (FRA) 284 (-4) T8. Peter UIHLEIN (USA) 284 (-4) Photos by: Tigers Super Sports Get more ...

​LIGA PERDANA: JDTII 2 - SABAH 4 Sabah stunned Johor DT II to claim three points from a MalaysiaPremier League match at MPPG Stadium on Friday. The homeside could not stop The Rhinos before going down 2-4. JDTII took the lead from the spot by Nicolas Delmonte just seven minutes after kick-off. Shafiq Shahrudin doubled JDTII's lead in the 21st minute after intercepting a pass from skipper Shaharil Ishak . Sabah finally found their touch in the 40th minute. Zulfadhli Muhamad failed to control El Hadji Diouf 's attempt and Abdoulaye Diagne Faye took the opportunity to give the visitor a fighting chance. The Rhinos came on stronger in the second half searching for an equalizer. ​​A series of attacks were launched towards the home defense. Sabah finally leveled the score in the 80th minute as Diouf header found the net. Joel Joseph Chianese silenced the home crowd with Sabah's third goal in the 89th minute and Eamon Zayed added the fourth in the injury time. The goals ...

​The Malaysian Rugby will be competing against some of the best team in the region at the 2015  Asian Rugby Championship . Playing as host nation, the team has been preparing for the tournament since the beginning of April 2015. A total of 48 players has been called up after the Malaysia Rugby Super League (MRSL) ended in March. The players are currently attending centralised training under the coach Lee Nyuk Fah and team manager, Raimi . The number of players is reduced to 32 players before finalising the 25 players squad. Japan based professional, Dineshwaran Krishnan has also returned and will team up with the stars of MRSL to carry the national duties at the championship.   Malaysia will host the Asian Rugby Championship on 10-16 May 2015. The venue of the tournament will be at the MBPJ Stadium in Kelana Jaya. The national team will face challenges from Thailand , UAE and Taiwan in Division Two. ​ARC Malaysia Schedule: 10 May: Malaysia vs Taiwan 13 May: Malaysia vs UAE 16 May...