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Perak completed their perfect run in the NAZA National Sevens Series by claiming their third victory in three series in Ipoh, Perak. After winning in Melaka and Johor, they displayed their superiority in Rugby 7s to claim the overall champions title. Perak beat Johor 19-17 in the final and complete the series hattrick and lift the Ung Khek Cheow Trophy . Johor arrived in Ipoh with a promising form. They eliminated Kedah in the quarterfinals and beat ATM in the last four. However, Perak were more impressive playing on the Ipoh Padang. After having good runs in the previous series, the host team showed no sign of slowing down. They beat Selangor in the quarterfinals, and Kelantan in the semis. Johor had a good start in the final as they lead Perak until the last minute. But Perak did not want to upset their supporters. Mohd Naszeer Nasherah 's players turned the score around right before the final whistle with the winning try. The NAZA National Sevens Serie

Terengganu Womens team won the NAZA National Sevens 2018 after defeating Kedah 20-7 in the final. The East Coast team dominated the women category in Perak as they had also won the previous two series in Melaka and Johor. Coached by Firdaus Zakaria , Terengganu Womens were in a different class as they took control of every matches played. Kedah Womens could not stop the well-organized opponent in the final. Terengganu went into the final after beating Johor 27-14 in the semifinals. Kedah thrashed ATM 26-0 in the last four to set-up third consecutive final between the two teams. It is a sweet achievement for Terengganu's captain, Mona Tiara Izaniah Abd Rahman after losing in last year edition to the same opponent. Her team is now looking forward to maintain their good form for the upcoming Sukma  2018 in September. Terengganu also won the Men Qualifier category after beating Labuan 19-5 in the final. Izaimi Zainuddin 's squad showed great determination

Negeri Sembilan defeated Perak 29-21 in the final to claim the Men Under-21 category at the NAZA National Sevens . After losing many players due to injury, Negeri Sembilan marched into the final match in high spirit. They edged Kelantan in the semifinals, and Perak beat Labuan to confirm their spot in the final.   The Negeri Sembilan U21 team started-off positively and took a comfortable 17-7 advantage in the first half. They maintained good discipline and strong determination even without team captain, Wan Aiman Faiq who had a concussion in the earlier match. Coached by former national legends, Yusli Ramli , Farid Rahman and Irwan Abdol , Negeri Sembilan had no problem to overcome Perak in the second half. The win is a good sign for Negeri Sembilan as they have a bunch of good players for the future. Muhammad Khairi Md Razi was also awarded the Best Player of The Tournament for his heroic performances during the two days competition in Ipoh. In another final

Makati Chiefs A emerged as the champions of the 2018 Manila 10s International Rugby Festival after defeating B2Gold Larrikins in the cup final. The Chiefs came out as the best from 24 teams at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, and had no problem at all to beat their final opponent 53-0 to clinch the title. After having a good run on the first day of the tournament, Makati Chiefs A marched on by beating Manila Carabaos (45-0) in the quarterfinals, and Eagles RFC (27-0) in the last four. B2Gold Larrikins defeated Tush Burkeyz (21-7) in the quarterfinals, and RMDK Tigers (10-0) in the semis before making-up to the cup final. 24 teams from the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, south Korea, Japan, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom competed in the 30th edition of the tournament. Manila Nomads won the Plate after beating Tush Burkeyz 12-0. Makati Chiefs B defeated Ibons 19-7 to bag the Bowl. Fiji Golden Oldies took home the Veteran

Italian Andrea Dovizioso won his first Qatar Grand Prix , the opening round of MotoGP 2018, which was hosted by Doha over the last three days at Losail International circuit . The Ducati 's rider came in first place after completing the 22 laps in 42 minutes 34.654 seconds. It is the Italian's first victory in Qatar after failing to win it the past three years, coming second on all three occasions. Dovizioso became the second Italian national to win the Qatar Grand Prix after Valentino Rossi . The latter is the record holder of Qatar Grand Prix, having won it on four occasions with 2015 his last win there. He started eighth but seized the lead from Frenchman Johann Zarco , who had set the pace from pole position, with five laps to go and pulled away with Marquez in close pursuit. Honda's reigning world champion Marc Marquez finished a mere 0.027 seconds behind the man who took last season's title battle down to the wire. Valentino Rossi, the Italian great starting hi

USA's Jeffrey Kang shot a sensational 8-under 64 – his second in three days – to secure a five-shot victory at the RMB 1. 5 million Chengdu Championship , the opening event on this season's PGA TOUR Series-China . Bouncing back from an opening 74, Kang posted a stunning 20-under total of 268 at Luxehills International Country Club after shooting 22-under in his last 54 holes (64-66-64). The Los Angeles-born 26-year-old, who speaks English and Korean, finished five clear of English duo Callum Tarren (69) and William Harrold (67), and Korea-born American Sejun Yoon (68). Hong Kong's Shunyat "Jason" Hak , leader for the first three rounds, carded a 73 to share fifth place with China's Daxing Jin (69) and Japan's Kenta Konishi (69) on 14-under. Kang, who started the day three behind Hak, fired out of the blocks with birdies on the first and third and an eagle on the par-5 seventh, having chipped in to save par on the par-4 sixth. The American pulled away

FA CUP: MELAKA UNITED 1(1) - KUALA LUMPUR 1(3) *Kuala Lumpur win penalty shoot-out Ahmad Solehin Mamat 's turned hero for Kuala Lumpur as he saved three penalties in Saturday's Malaysia FA Cup third round win over Melaka United . Kuala Lumpur battled with 10 men for an hour to hold Melaka 1-1 to the end of extra-time before winning 3-1 on penalties at the Hang Jebat Stadium . Yahor Zubovich headed in his eighth goal of the season just after four minutes into the match. However, Guilherme De Paula equalised for the visitors in the 31st minute. Boburjon Akbarov was sent-off in the 63rd minute after earning a second yellow card. Kuala Lumpur played defensively for the rest of the game before heading to a shoot-out. Solehin saved spot kicks from Khair Jones , G. Puaneswaran and Tiago Gomes to send his team through to the next stage. tigersunited.blogspot.my