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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 Lacadamu Takubu  and  Etonia

​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