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Thai youngster Itthipat Buranatanyarat rounded off a superb week after closing with a six-under-par 66 to win by three shots for his second Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the US$100,000 Players Championship on Saturday.   The 22-year-old Thai compiled a career-best winning total of 20-under-par 268 at the Raffles Country Club's par-72 Palm course to take home the winner's prize purse of US$17,500 and six Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points.   The victory also earned him a prized spot at the US$1 million SMBC Singapore Open which will be played at the Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course from January 28 to 31 next week.   Newcomer Suradit Yongcharoenchai, also of Thailand, signed for a 67 to take second place while overnight leader Tirawat Kaewsiribandit (71) slipped to third place with Filipino veteran Antonio Lascuna (67) on 272.   Starting the round with a one-shot deficit, Itthipat opened with three straight birdies to take over the lead from overnight leader

MRSL 2016: COBRA 39 - PANTHERS BLOWPIPES 22 Cobra got a good start in the new Malaysia Rugby Super League (MRSL) season after claiming a 39-22 win over Panthers Blowpipes. The 2015 MRSL runners-up showed a brilliant performance to claim a convincing victory in their season opening match at UKM Rugby field in Bangi. Mohd Amin Jamaluddin gave Cobra an early lead with a try after just two minutes into the game, and Ahmad Amirul Zulfiqar Ahmad Jeffry sent the ball through for the conversion. Cobra got another try in the 7th minute by Izzat Hazziq Baharudiin, before Ahmad Amirul made it 15-0 five minutes later through a penalty. Panthers Blowpipes started to settle down and made their moves. Tries by Sitiveni Waqa and Samuela Tamanisau brought them back into match. However Cobra took the slim 15-14 lead into the break. Panthers took over the lead in early in the second half with a penalty by Samuela. But Cobra were quick to get back into the winning form. A try by Jope

MRSL 2016: MERSING EAGLE 21 - ASAS RC 17 Mersing Eagles took off with a flying performance to beat the hard fighting ASAS RC 21-17 on the Malaysia Rugby Super League (MRSL) 2016 opening day. ASAS RC did not give it easily as they displayed a great fighting spirit before going down narrowly to the Eagles. ASAS took the lead after 16 minutes with try by Aqif Muhammad Mohd Dahalan and Mohd Amir Hadafi Mat Saad made no mistake with with the conversion. However, two tries in the first half by Joshua Barak Kiniviliame gave Mersing Eagles a strong advantage over their opponent. Uliano Samunaka pulled the Eagles away with another try after the break, and Mohamad Nasharuddin Ismail scored the coversion to put them into the comfort zone. ASAS RC reduced the deficit to just four points after a try by Ilami Susu and conversion by Mohd Amir. However, Mersing Eagles managed to hold their lead until the final whistle. Photos by: Azley Kassim | Tigers Super Sports

MRSL 2016: KERIS CONLAY 14 - KL SARACENS 5 Keris Conlay kickstarted their Malaysia Rugby Super League (MRSL) 2016 campaign in style after recording a 14-5 victory over KL Saracens on Saturday. The defendind champions did not take it easy against the Saracens as they were 6-0 up after the first half. A brace of penalties scored by Mohd Fairuz Abd Rahman gave Keris Conlay the advantage. KL Saracens could not find the answer until the break. However, Tavis Smith gave Saracens a fighting chance early in the second half with a try in the 47th minute. Keris Conlay held on and pumped the pressure on Saracens. Jone Marawa Nasalo took his team in front again with a try in the 70th minute. And another succesful penalty by Mohd Fairuz handed Keris Conlay the first win of the season. Photos by: Azley Kassim | Tigers Super Sports ​Read more Sports News at DonadoniSports.Com

​Team Europe romped to an emphatic 18½ to 5½ victory over Asia to secure their first win at the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM on Sunday. Match play expert Ian Poulter once again set the tone for Europe by beating Malaysia's Danny Chia 4 & 3 in the top singles match to put some early blue scores on the board and quell any hope of an Asian fightback at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club. The English duo of Lee Westwood and Andy Sullivan followed up on Poulter's lead by beating Nicholas Fung 7 & 6 and Thongchai Jaidee 4 & 3 respectively before leaving it to compatriot Danny Willett to deliver the final blow to Team Asia's hopes. Willett's 3 & 1 defeat of Byeonghun An ensured Team Europe would become the first side to lift the EurAsia Cup after the inaugural event in 2014 ended in a thrilling 10-10 draw. Further victories for Matt Fitzpatrick, Chris Wood, Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson and Søren Kjeldsen sealed a convincing win for Captain Darren Cla

Team Europe maintained their dominance at the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM as Darren Clarke's men opened up a six-point advantage over Team Asia after Saturday's foursomes session. England's Ian Poulter, together with compatriot Danny Willett, secured the continent's first point in the top match as Europe earned 4 ½ points for the second day running to extend their advantage to 9-3. But it was not all plain sailing for Clarke's team, who were trailing in four of the day's six matches when Poulter and Willett reached the turn. Poulter, who along with Bernd Wiesberger delivered the visitors' first point in the fourball matches on Friday, was on song again as he and Willett beat Byeonghun An and Thongchai Jaidee 3 & 2. Shane Lowry and Andy Sullivan combined to deliver a point for the second day in succession, beating Shingo Katayama and Prayad Marksaeng 3 & 2. Wiesberger and Ross Fisher recovered from losing the first hole to beat K.T. Kim and Jeu

​Team Europe lead 4½ - 1½ after winning four of Friday's Fourball matches, with Asia taking one and the other ending all square at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club. Bernd Wiesberger and Ian Poulter, one of the star performers in Europe's recent Ryder Cup victories, put the visitors' first point on the board after defeating Anirban Lahiri and Jeunghun Wang 4 & 3 in the top match. Darren Clarke's team did not have to wait long for their second point, with Ross Fisher and Kristoffer Broberg posting a comfortable 6 & 4 victory over Prayad Marksaeng and K.T. Kim in match four as a wave of blue scores dominated the early scoreboard. ​ Team Asia, led by captain Jeev Milkha Singh, fought back to take their first point shortly after when Byeonghun An and Thongchai Jaidee, the team's highest world ranked players, completed a stunning turnaround to defeat Danny Willett and Matt Fitzpatrick 3 & 1. Europe made it 3-1 when Shane Lowry and Andy Sullivan beat Wu Ashu