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Kedah kicked-off their Agong's Cup 2017 campaign with a win over ATM at Jugra on Saturday. The northern Malaysian side displayed a good performance to claim a 12-10 victory over eleven times Agong's Cup champions. Both teams were equally good in the first half. However, ATM got the advantage with a penalty in the 39th minute. Shafee Buhanalis made no mistake to give his team a narrow 3-0 lead at the break. Kedah came into the second half with stronger determination. They piled the pressure on ATM and earned two penalties. Mohd Fairuz Ab Rahman scored both and Kedah were ahead with 6-3 ATM got a try in the 74th minute through Lailatul Norazlee Shaari , and Mohd Azwar Hassan scored the conversion. Kedah did not surrender and increased the pressure on ATM. Two late penalties scored by Mohd Fairuz handed his team a perfect start in this year Agong's Cup campaign. In other Agong's Cup matches, Kelantan hammered Perlis 85-3 at the UPM Serdang. Kelantan l

Danny Chia secured his sixth appearance at the prestigious CIMB Classic after defeating rising star Gavin Green with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death play-off at the CIMB National Championship on Friday. The overnight leader battled to a final round of three-under-par 69 at TPC Kuala Lumpur after overcoming an early triple bogey with eight birdies for a tournament aggregate of eight-under-par 280. Trailing by three at the start of the day, Green forced extra time with a glorious 66 highlighted by seven birdies. After both players shot pars in the first extra hole at the par five 18th hole, Chia then claimed his third success at the qualifying tournament for the CIMB Classic with a birdie from six feet. With the CIMB National Championship, previously known as the SapuraKencana National Classic, offering a coveted spot in October's US$7 million CIMB Classic only to the winner, the 23-year-old Green will take heart that he will likely earn a spot in the PGA T

Thailand's Nattawat Suvajanakorn fended off the stiff local challenge by firing a flawless seven-under-par 65 to earn his maiden breakthrough on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) at the PGM Darulaman Championship on Saturday.   Nattawat's winning total of 16-under-par 272 secured him a three-shot victory over local heavyweights Danny Chia and R. Nachimuthu who signed off with a 66 and 68 respectively to share second place at the RM200,000 (approximately US$44,600) Asian Development Tour (ADT) event which is jointly sanctioned with the Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM).   Overnight leader Liu Yan-wei of China, who could have become the first Chinese player to win on the ADT had he won, closed with a 70 to finish in fourth place at the Darulaman Golf and Country Club.   Starting his final round one shot behind Liu in second place, Nattawat made his swift charge with two birdies in his opening three holes. He extended his advantage with further birdies on holes five and e

LIGA SUPER: PENANG 0 - KEDAH 2 Kedah managed to collect three full points after beating host, Penang with 2-0 score at Batu Kawan Stadium, last Saturday. Played in front of 15 000 supporters, both team looks caution in attack and could only settle a tied of 0-0 in the first half. Entering to the second round, Penang put more pressure in attack through Faiz Subri . Penang's lack of finishing and great form Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar ensured Kedah safe from the danger. Kedah finally led the match after Penang's goal keeper Amirul Asyraf failed to clear the ball from Sandro Mendoza free kick. Ken Ilso Larsen grabbed the chances and made no mistake to slot the ball into the net in the 61st minutes. Baddrol Bakhtiar put Kedah in comfort after his kick surfed through into the goal post in 73rd minutes. Kedah now are in second position with 31 points after 17 matches played and trailing JDT with 9 points with only 5 more games to play. facebook.com/thematch.my

LIGA SUPER: PAHANG 2 – MELAKA UNITED 0 The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) decision to suspend the services of Pahang's coach,  Dollah Salleh  for 18 months has not taken any impact on Pahang's performance. The Tok Gajah squad defeated Melaka United with 2-0 score at Darulmakmur Stadium in Kuantan, Pahang on Saturday. Pahang obtained the first goal through Yamil Romero in the fifth minutes after Melaka United goal keeper Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad fail to thwart out the ball from Mohd Afif Amiruddin shot. Mohamadou Sumerah makes it two for Pahang after the Gambian forward fired from a close range eight minutes after the restart. Melaka United had chances to reduce the deficit but Mohd Fauzi Roslan and Marco Simic combination failed to make impacts. Pahang currently remain at third with 30 points just 1 behind second place Kedah. nohal.com/megalyrics

PIALA MALAYSIA: SELANGOR 3 – JOHOR DT 2 Selangor showed their potential in the 2017 Malaysia Cup competition after edging Johor DT 3-2 at Selayang Municipal Council Stadium on Wednesday. Selangor took a 1-0 lead through Mohd Fairuz Abdul Aziz in the 33rd minutes. Mohamad Amri Yahyah makes it 2-0 for The Red Giants after receiving a fine pass from Forkey Doe . After taking the 2-0 lead, Selangor played defensively and JDT took over to control the game.  Second half resumed with some changes in JDT line-up. Ahmad Hazwan Bakri reduced the gap with a fine finish in the 55th minutes. Darren Lok put JDT on level with a glancing header in the 70th minutes. Mohamad Amri Yahyah converted a late spot kick to hand the Red Giants all three points after Forkey Doe was brought down by JDT full back. Selangor coach P. Maniam is full of praise for Mohd Amri Yahyah and his players after their 3-2 Malaysia Cup Group D win over JDT. The win lifted the Red Giants to the top of Gro

LIGA SUPER: MELAKA UNITED 2 – PENANG 3 Melaka United Liga Super campaign appears to be in jeopardy after being knocked-down by Penang with 3-2 score at Hang Jebat Stadium, last night. Faiz Subri put Penang in front with a fine finish after collecting a ball from a clumsy safe by Penang goal keeper Mafry Balang in the fifth minutes. Marco Simic put a cheer to the home fans 30 minutes later after the Serbian converted a penalty to tie the score 1-1 in the first half. Mark Hartman put the visitors back to the front with a deadly volley in the 53rd minutes. Seven minutes later, Faiz Subri had his free kick hitting the crossbar and S. Kumaaharan  headed the ball into the net for Penang third goal. Marco Simic reduce the deficit for Melaka United through a penalty in the 89th minutes but it was too late for the home team to make a come back. Melaka United are now in Liga Super relegation zone with just 12 points after 16 matches played. tigersunited.blogspot.my