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Marc Marquez has become the youngest MotoGP champion as a third-place finish at the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix secured him the 2013 world title in his rookie year. Valencia Grand Prix results (Podium) 1. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha 46'10.302 2. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 46'14.236 3. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda 46'17.659 Jorge Lorenzo won the race but Marquez, 20, only had to finish fourth to become the first debut-season title-winner since American Kenny Roberts in 1978. Dani Pedrosa was second, but only Lorenzo could deny Marquez. The result meant Marquez finished just four points ahead of Lorenzo in the standings, the smallest points margin since 1992. Confirmation of the title win for Marquez sparked wild celebrations throughout the 104,000-strong crowd as the young Spanish rider wrote his name into the history books. In a stunning first year at this level, Marquez became the youngest winner of a premier class race with victory a

SEA Games 2013: Malaysia 2 - Brunei 0 Malaysia opened their SEA Games 2014 campaign with a win over Brunei in Myanmar today.  The defending gold medalist missed an opportunity to get an early goal after Rozaimi Abdul Rahman failed to head in from a free header in front of Brunei's goal. Not long after that Brunei came back threatening the Malaysian defence as Adi Said missed two golden opportunities. Malaysia missed another chance when unmarked Izzaq Farris shoot right to the leg of Brunei's goalkeeper. However, the Young Tigers finally took the lead in the 30th minute. Irfan Fazail long pass found Rozaimi who beat the off-side trap to score Malaysia's first goal. Malaysia held on to maintain the score at 1-0 until the break. Brunei came back in the second half with a better showing. They missed another opportunity four minutes after the restart. Malaysia's defence looked shaky in the absence of Junior Eldstal . The Young Tigers doub

Hideki Matsuyama has become the first rookie to claim the Japanese tour's money title with a win at the Casio World Open . Matsuyama turned pro in April and has won five tournaments on the Japanese tour this season. In seven PGA Tour-sanctioned events, Matsuyama has six top-25 finishes. He plans to compete on the PGA Tour in 2014. Matsuyama shot a 70 in the final round Sunday at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club to finish at 12-under 276, one stroke ahead of Yuta Ikeda . The 21-year-old college student received $390,000 for Sunday's win, bringing his earnings this season to slightly more than $2 million. (AFP) Photos by: Tigers Super Sports MINT HARDY SOCCER      DONADONI SPORTS      DREAM CARS

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: MALAYSIA 3 - FC RYUKYU 1 The Malaysia Under-23 squad had a perfect motivation ahead of the Myanmar SEA Games after defeating FC Ryukyu 3-1 in their final friendly match at the Kelana Jaya Stadium last night. The visitors stunned the home crowd with an opening goal from Shunta Takahashi in the 14th minute. The Young Tigers tried to find the equaliser but they couldn't find the right tune. FC Ryukyu led 1-0 at half-time. Malaysia came back into the second half with a stronger attitude. Captain Irfan Fazail and Nazmi Faiz played a perfect combination in the midfield, and Thamil Arasu grabbed an equaliser just two minutes after the break heading in a cross from K.Reuben . Ong Kim Swee 's boys started to dominate the game. In the 51st minute, Mohd Rozaimi Abdul Rahman found the net to put Malaysia in front with 2-1. FC Ryukyu players seem too exhausted for a comeback after the goal. Rozaimi got his second for the night late

Charl Schwartzel retained his Alfred Dunhill Championship title with final round of 68. His steady play earned him a four-shot victory over nearest challenger, England's Richard Finch at Leopard Creek . Schwartzel started the day with a two-shot lead but Finch turned up the heat and close to within a shot at the turn. However the former Masters champion made his third four-under round of 68 of the week to close on 17-under par and enjoy a four-shot victory over Finch. Schwartzel is always comfortable at Leopard Creek and plotted his way around the back nine with just one birdie whilst Finch floundered with a bogey and a double in four holes effectively ending his challenge. Final Leaderboard 1. C Schwartzel (USA) -17 2. R Finch (Eng) -13  T3. Dyson (Eng) -10  T3 Fisher (Eng) -10  T3 Wattel (Fra) -10  Schwartzel's ninth career win on the European Tour returned him to the top 20 in the world rankings. The 29-year-old Schwartzel went the last 62 holes of the A

ICG FOOTBALL: KSKUOB 7 - UBRC 1 Malaysia's club KSKUOB delivered a sweet revenge after a 7-1 win over Singapore's UBRC in the annual Inter Club Games at Hang Jebat Stadium in Melaka last Saturday. The Singapore side won 1-0 in a controversial match at Hang Tuah Stadium last year.  KSKUOB manager, Ariffin Ideris named an experience squad this year with four players from Pulau Pinang and Kedah . Faisol Bidin was called back from retirement to strenghten the defence and inspire the team. KSKUOB didn't take long to open the scoring in the second minute from Mohd Ayub . All time legend, Ben Sritharan displayed a gallant performance commanding the centre of the field. KSKUOB added another 2 goals before conceding a penalty to lead 3-1 at half time. The Malaysian side did not look like holding back despite the comfortable lead. Ariffin sent in another senior player, Azimin Hardi for the second half. UBRC goalkeeper, Pratto was well beaten by the Mal

Chris Kirk knew he was doing enough right Sunday at Sea Island to win a tournament that means so much to him. He just didn't realize it would take something that went so wrong for Briny Baird . Tied for the lead in The McGladrey Classic , Kirk was on the other side of the 18th fairway trying to envision an approach that would cover the flag and set up a birdie chance for the win. Those plans changed when Baird, with the ball below his feet in a fairway bunker, topped a 4-iron and watched his ball roll 90 yards and into a hazard. Kirk played for par, closed with a 4-under 66 for a one-shot victory, and became the first player from Sea Island to win The McGladrey Classic, even if the 28-year-old moved to Atlanta a few months ago after six years in this tiny slice of paradise. He earned 500 FedExCup points to move to No. 4 in the 2013-14 standings and received the trophy from tournament host Davis Love III , his hero when he first took the game seriously. The victo