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​WORLD CUP QUALIFYING: MALAYSIA 0 - PALESTINE 6                                                Malaysia fell to a 6-0 defeat against Palestine in their 2018 World Cup Qualifier match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. Palestine almost found the net just two minutes after the kick-off but Tamer Seyam 's attempt flew over the bar. However, the visitors opened the scoring seven minutes later through Musab Battat strike. ​​Malaysia almost got the breakthrough but Amri Yahya 's shot tipped over the bar by Palestine keeper Tawfiq Abuhammad . The visitors doubled their lead in the 22nd minute after Sameh Maraaba tapped into the net after receiving a pass from Matias Hadwa . Seyam then got on the score sheet himself after beating three defenders. Malaysia tried to fight back early in the second half, but the visitors were too brilliant to be beaten. Hadwa dribbled through two Malaysian defenders before sending the ball to Khader Yousef for an easy hea

​Matthew Giles of Australia sank a clutch birdie putt on the last hole to win the US$76,000 Bali National Golf Championship by one-shot on Sunday. The 25-year-old was tied with Lindsay Renolds of Canada before holing a 30-feet birdie to win his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title with a closing three-under-par 69 at the Bali National Golf Club . Renolds, who led by two shots early in the round, shot a 68 to settle for his fourth runner-up finish on the ADT while Sutijet Kooratanapisan of Thailand and current Order of Merit leader Hsieh Chi-hsien of Chinese Taipei finished third and fourth respectively. It was a case of so close but yet so far for Renolds, who holed seven birdies against three bogeys to charge in contention before being defeated by Giles' brilliant birdie finish. Bali National Golf Championship (Final) 276 - Matthew GILES (AUS) 68 69 70 69 277 - Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN) 69 70 70 68 279 - Sutijet KOORATANAPISAN (THA) 71 73 69 66 280

​CRESCENT CUP: MALAYSIA 19 - ALGERIA 11 Malaysia won the inaugural Crescent Cup after defeating Algeria 16-11 in the final. The host nation claimed the victory after a hard fought match against   Algeria at the Merlimau Polytech field in Malacca. Algeria took the lead after five minutes into the match through Yassine Saaoui . Malaysia did not back down despite facing the physically bigger Algerian player. They held on and took advantage of every mistakes made by the opponent.  Mohamad Syrie Saiful Sudin scored three penalties in the 14th, 19th and 36th minutes to give Malaysia a 9-5 half time lead.  ​Algeria came back after the break with better approach. They were more careful to avoid from conceding more penalties. In return, the Algerian got two penalties scored by Boris Bouhraoua to take over the lead with 11-9. Malaysia, backed by the home supporters, switched to play their wings as the game approaching the final ten minutes. Mohamad Aiman Jamaludi

​Overnight leader Jake Stirling of Australia earned his breakthrough on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) after closing with a two-under-par 70 to claim a two-shot victory at the PGM Rahman Putra Championship on Saturday. Stirling, who headed into the final round with a three-shot cushion thanks to a superb third round 62, negotiated his ways with four birdies against two bogeys for a winning total of 21-under-par 267 at the Rahman Putra Golf Club . Japan's Masaru Takahashi battled to a second consecutive 69 but was unable to pip Stirling to the title as he took second place on 269 while American Jarin Todd settled four shots back in third following a 72 at the RM250,000 (approximately US$69,250) ADT event. South African Mathiam Keyser came in fourth after carding a 68 while Malaysia's Nicholas Fung signed off with his best effort of a 66 to take fifth place on his own at the PGM Rahman Putra Championship, which is the 14th leg of the ADT schedule this season.

​David Lingmerth of Sweden swept away The Memorial Trophy after winning his first US PGA Tour title at Dublin, Ohio last weekend. In the final day of the tournament, David Lingmerth beat Justin Rose of US in a third-hole play off after both players finish with regulation tied with 15-under 273. Lingmerth and Rose returned to the 18th hole for their play-off match. Both of the players parred the hole twice before moving to the 10th for the third hole of sudden death which Lingmerth hit with a par to steal the victory. Laid in third with tied was Francesco Molinary of Italy and Jordan Spieth of US with 13-under 275. The Memorial (Final) 1. David Lingmerth - Swe (273) *wins play off 2. Justin Rose - US (273) T3. Francesco Molinary - Ita (275) T3. Jordan Spieth - US (275) T5. Hideki Matsuyama - Jpn (276) T5. Marc Leishman - Aus (276) T5. Jim Furyk - US (276) T8. Tony Finau - US (277) T8. Kevin Kisner - US (277) T8. Keegan Bradley - US (277

​CRESCENT CUP: KAZAKHSTAN 35 - LEBANON 25 Kazakhstan took the third place in the inaugural Crescent Cup Rugby Championship after defeating Lebanon 35-25. The third/fourth placing match at the Merlimau Polytech saw both team played their hearts out. Kazakhstan got the first try of the match just after six minutes through Alexandr Zakharor . Ivan Bushmeler sent the ball through to extend Kazakhstan lead to 7 nil. Lebanon showed great fighting spirit to get a try by Rohhan Zebib in the 18th minute. And Ben Abood did not make mistake to equalise the score. ​Two minutes later, Kazakhstan were back infront after Ivan Olkhovskiy converted a penalty. Lebanon did not show any sign of giving up. The got another try from Joshua Nora in the 27th minute. Olkhovskiy scored another penalty for Kazakhstan in the 37th minute before Ben Abood gave Lebanon the half time lead from another penalty. Kazakhstan were more organized in the second half. Three tries from Olkhovskiy

​Suzann   Pettersen won her 15th LPGA Tour title by going 22 under. She finished one shot ahead of 2012 inaugural Manulife LPGA Classic champion Brittany Lang. Pettersen was awarded the winner's cheque of $225,000. Pettersen became the first European winner in the event's four-year history, and the inaugural winner at Whistle Bear Golf Club . She led both the second and third rounds earlier in the week, and in the final round played the front nine in 2-under and eagled 12 gaining momentum for two more birdies before sinking her final putt on the 18th green. This is Pettersen's first win in over a year and half and 34 starts. With this win, she is projected to move up five spots in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings from 10th to 5th. Pettersen was the only player last week to make multiple eagles on the weekend. There were 12 weekend eagles – including Canadian Natalie Gleadall's third-round eagle on the par-4 13th hole – to bring the season total t