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A teenage wave rider rides Malaysia’s surf rise

At 17, Lucas Santiago Wehle is set to represent Malaysia in surfing at the 2026 Asian Games, a breakthrough for both athlete and sport.

🟡Frankie D'Cruz

Mexico’s Del Toro wins stage to take overall UAE Tour lead

Isaac Del Toro took the overall lead at the UAE Tour after darting clear to earn his second stage victory of the week.

🟡AFP

Floyd Mayweather to come out of retirement

The 48-year-old former multi-weight world champion will return to pro boxing after an exhibition fight with Mike Tyson.

🟡AFP

Jake Paul requires second jaw surgery after Joshua knockout

The 28-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer said screws and plates were loosening due to insufficient rest after the initial surgery.

🟡AFP

Athletics grassroots boom hits sanction hurdle

Strong turnout at FTAA junior meets, but missing sanction raises doubts over results, funding and athlete pathways.

🟡Frankie D'Cruz

Hodgkinson sets women’s 800m world indoor record

Keely Hodgkinson shaved nearly a second off the 1:55.82 mark set by Jolanda Ceplak on March 3, 2002—the day Hodgkinson was born.

🟡AFP

Football News

Arsenal seek back-to-back London derby wins as City close in

The Gunners must avoid a slip against Chelsea, with Pep Guardiola’s side five points behind and holding a game in hand.

🟡Reuters

Too big to go down?

Spurs fans in a panic as so-called Big Six club faces battle to survive in the EPL.

🟡Bob Holmes

Palace battle into Conference League last 16, Fiorentina survive scare

Oliver Glasner’s team avoided an embarrassing exit thanks to goals from Maxence Lacroix and Evann Guessand in the play-off second leg at Selhurst Park, London.

🟡AFP

Man City case ‘damaging’ for Premier League says La Liga chief

Manchester City were charged in February 2023 with over 100 alleged breaches of the league’s financial rules, all of which the club deny.

🟡AFP

Brentford boss Andrews signs new long-term contract

Keith Andrews has been rewarded with the extended deal after an impressive first season in charge of the Bees.

🟡AFP

English giants dominate line-up for Champions League last-16 draw

Five Premier League teams — Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester City — finished in the top eight to secure direct progress to the last 16.

🟡AFP

Tennis News

Australian Open chief Tiley steps down to take top US job

Craig Tiley, who is also Tennis Australia chief executive, is to remain in his current roles for the coming months to ease the switch to new leadership.

🟡AFP

Medvedev advances in Dubai, suggests ranking system rethink

Daniil Medvedev says ranking points should be limited to Grand Slams and Masters to reduce player workload pressure.

🟡AFP

Former coach Macci says Serena certain to make comeback

Rick Macci believes Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam champion, is certain to return to competitive tennis.

🟡Reuters

Korda tops fifth-seeded Paul to win ATP Delray Beach title

Sebastian Korda dictated baseline play in an All-American final, rallying from 0-40 down in the final game to defeat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3.

🟡AFP

Korda to face Paul in all-American Delray Beach final

Sebastian Korda reached his first ATP final by toppling third-seeded Italian Flavio Cobolli 7-6 (7-1), 6-1 to book a title showdown with Tommy Paul.

🟡AFP

Imperious Alcaraz storms to Qatar Open title

Carlos Alcaraz needed just over 50 minutes to see off Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-1 and claim the 26th title of his career.

🟡AFP

Badminton News

Zii Jia sets conditions to join Thomas Cup squad

Lee Chong Wei says BAM has responded to the men’s singles shuttler, who is expected to make a decision within the coming week.

🟡FMT Reporters

Para shuttler Liek Hou scoops up 9th world title

The 2024 Paris Paralympics gold medallist has also amassed six men’s doubles SU5 world titles between 2005 and 2024.

🟡Bernama

Malaysia crash out of Asia team badminton meet in quarter-finals

The national men’s and women’s squads of second stringers were whipped 3-0 by Japan and South Korea respectively.

🟡K. Parkaran

Malaysia fall to Indonesia at Asia team badminton meet

The national men’s squad lost narrowly to Indonesia in the biennial Badminton Asia Team Championships but still made it to the quarter-finals.

🟡K. Parkaran

Injury forces Jin Wei to retire at Thai Masters final

She withdraws while trailing in the second game after losing the first to India’s Devika Sihag.

🟡K. Parkaran

Birthday girl Jin Wei books final berth in Thailand Masters

It is the first time that a Malaysian women’s singles player has reached a World Tour Super 300 final.

🟡K. Parkaran

Motorsports News

Hamilton feeling ‘connected’ to new Ferrari car at test sessions

Lewis Hamilton was seventh-fastest on the day and managed 44 laps, while his teammate Charles Leclerc put in 70 and was 0.6 sec faster in third place.

🟡AFP

Verstappen slams new cars as ‘Formula E on steroids’

Max Verstappen was unimpressed by this year’s rule changes, which overhauled chassis and engines and emphasised energy management.

🟡Reuters

Alonso motivated but still unsure about F1 future after 2026

Fernando Alonso plans to enjoy every second of the new Formula One season and has not decided whether it will be his last.

🟡Reuters

Martin eyes Thailand GP return as Aprilia future remains uncertain

The 28-year-old has not yet received the all-clear ahead of the 2026 season opener that starts on Feb 27.

🟡Reuters

Alex Marquez tops final day pre-season Sepang test

Spaniard Marquez blitzed through the Sepang circuit on the final day of MotoGP pre-season testing to secure a lap time of 1 min 56.402 sec on his third lap outing.

🟡AFP

Piastri expects a ‘fair shot’ from McLaren again in 2026

Oscar Piastri says McLaren gave him a fair shot at the Formula One title last season and expects the same this year against champion teammate Lando Norris.

🟡Reuters