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​ MALAYSIA CUP: PAHANG 5 - KEDAH 0 Pahang won with 6-3 agregate. Pahang confirmed a slot in the Malaysia Cup Final , after defeating Kedah 6-3 in the semi-final second leg match in Kuantan yesterday. The Tok Gajah squad were having a goal fest on their home ground after scoring five goals. As expected, Pahang went all out from the kick-off finding the goals needed to overcome the 1-3 deficit from the first leg match in Alor Setar. Matias Ruben Conti turned on the fighting spirit for the home side when he headed in the opening goal in the 4th minute. Kedah tried to hang on, but Pahang doubled their lead when R. Gopinathan powerful shot beat Saiful Amar Sudar in the 25th minute. Just a minute before the half hour, Pahang was back in the Malaysia Cup again as Conti slotted in their third goal from Azidan's cross. Kedah struggled to hold on their fort anymore. Conti completed his hattrick in the 36th minute after receiving a nice pass from Dickson Nwakaeme .     Kedah returned for

​ MALAYSIA CUP: FELDA UNITED 4 - JOHOR DT 3 Felda United proved that they are capable to go all the way in the Malaysia Cup after defeating Johor Darul Takzim  (JDT) 4-3 yesterday. The ten men Fighters upset the star studded JDT in a thrilling semifinal match at Selayang Stadium. Edward Wilson Jr launched a stunning shot to give Felda United the lead in the 7th minute. Despite having strong support from their fans, JDT failed to rise up to their expectations. Syamim Yahya doubled the advantage when he scored Felda United's second of night in two minutes from the break. ​ Felda United did not fade in the second half. They came on stronger to control the rest of the match. But JDT did not let it go easily as Jorge Pereyra Diaz found the net in the 51st minute. Then it was another blow for the fighters when Nasriq Baharom was sent-off after two bookable offence. With a man down, Felda United did not show any signs of giving up. Ndumba Makeche slammed home in the 62nd minute to

​ MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi won the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island after taking advantage of a fall from champion Marc Marquez .  Marquez was on track for another victory when he hit the front from the start and set up a four second gap with less than 10 laps to go. Jorge Lorenzo and Rossi were left behind to fight it out for second and third positions. However, lady luck was not smiling on Marquez. The world champions lost control of his front wheel and came off his bike on lap 18 on a downhill stretch to end his chances of victory. He slid across the tarmac into a grassy area and made his way back to the pits, without any apparent injury. Rossi grabbed opportunity and flew away to win by 10.8 seconds from Spain's Lorenzo and British rider Bradley Smith. The win was the Italian's 82nd in MotoGP , the most by any rider. The victory pushed him out to an eight-point lead over Lorenzo in second place on the world championship standings behind Marquez with two races remai

​​ MALAYSIA CUP: KEDAH 3 - PAHANG 1 Kedah are just a step away into the semi-finals after grabbing a comfortable 3-1 win over Pahang in Darulaman Stadium yesterday. The Red Eagles were in front after Namgung Woong broke the deadlock in 8th minute after receiving a pass from Rizal Ghazali . Shocked by the goal, the visitors double their effort and almost had an equalizer but R.Gopinath  blew the chances in front of the goal. Pahang continued to play an attacking style with long range attempts but failed to find the net. The score remain 1-0 in the first half. In second half, a quick counter attack has given Kedah a bigger lead after Farhan Roslan headed the ball into the net after receiving a cross from Baddrol Bakhtiar .  Pahang added more spark into the frontline and the effort worth after Mathias Conti reduced the deficit after his free kick was deflected by Kedah defender before the ball flew into the net and left Saiful Amar Sudar in wrong direction helplessly. With the resu

​ Scott Hend became the first Australian to win the Hong Kong Open since Greg Norman in 1983 after beating Angelo Que of the Philippines in a playoff on Sunday. Hend and Que were tied at the end of the final round with 13-under 267 to force a playoff on the par-four 18th hole of the Fanling Course at the Hong Kong Golf Club . The Australian held his nerve to win on the first playoff hole with a par putt from five feet having watched Que bogey after failing to reach the green with his approach shot. The 41-year-old Hend started the final day with one shot behind sole leader Marcus Fraser of Australia who was on 11 under. With the chasing pack never far behind, neither was able to build much of a lead. England's Mark Foster took over the lead with two birdies from his first two holes while Fraser double-bogeyed the first hole. Then Que grabbed the lead after rolling in three birdies on the 12, 13th and 14th to jump to a one shot advantage on 12 under. Hend picked the lead at 13-un

​ MALAYSIA CUP QUARTER FINAL: JDT 3 - TERENGGANU 1 JDT WIN 3-1 ON AGGREGATE Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) confirmed their place in semi-final of the 2014 Malaysia Cup after defeating Terengganu 3-1 at Larkin Stadium yesterday. Former national captain Safiq Rahim scored a brace to steer his team to join best four of the tournament. ​​ JDT put Terengganu under pressure from the start with their aggressive approach. It took them fifteen minutes to celebrate their opening goal when Safiq Rahim cleverly headed in Nazrin Mohd Nawi 's cross. Terengganu struggled to settle down on the Larkin's pitch, while JDT took full advantage of playing in front of their own fans. Luciano Figueroa doubled their lead in the 21st minute after receiving a perfect pass from Mohd Amri Yahyah . Terengganu held on until the break. ​​​ The visitors came on stronger in the second half. They showed signs of improvement and found the net through Mohd Ashari 's solo effort in the 60th minute. As the Turtles

​​ Marc Marquez bagged the MotoGP title for the second year in a row after clinching a podium finish in Japanese Grand Prix at Montegi on Sunday. Jorge Lorenzo claimed the victory in this race but it was Marquez who really showed an outstanding performance to seal the 2014 MotoGP championship after taking down his rivals although he started the race in second grid. Leading the standings with 312 points after 15 races, it's already late for the Spaniard nearest rivals Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa to deny Marquez's attempt with only left three remaining race to go. Marquez second victory automatically eliminated the record by British legend Mike Hailwood in becoming the youngest ever rider to win two consecutive MotoGP World Championship at the age of 21. World Championship MotoGP Standings (after 15 out of 18 races) 1. Marc Marquez  (Spa) 312 pts 2. Valentino Rossi (Ita) 230 pts 3. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) 230 pts 4. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) 227 pts 5.