MatchPoint Times

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

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.

Sports minister calls the governing body’s decision ‘outrageous’, accusing Russia and Belarus of turning sport into a tool of war.

R S Selvee has spent more than five decades officiating across Malaysian athletics, trusted for her accuracy, discipline and steady judgment.

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass called it “unfortunate” that 2028 Olympics organisers backed Casey Wasserman after his past emails with Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed.

Jeffrey Kok built more than an archery centre — he gave former champions something greater than victory: a way forward.

Son Heung-min bested Lionel Messi in the battle of global superstars, setting up a 3-0 win for Los Angeles FC over Inter Miami.

Alexander Sorloth struck twice for Atletico Madrid in an entertaining 4-2 triumph over Espanyol.

Manchester City stepped up their Premier League title charge as Nico O’Reilly’s double sealed a vital 2-1 win against Newcastle.

Raul Garcia’s superb 90th-minute strike consigned leaders Real Madrid to a 2-1 defeat at Osasuna.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s second-half goal helped Inter Milan to a 2-0 win at Lecce, while beleaguered Juventus were defeated by Como.

Lens blew a two-goal lead at home to Monaco going down in a 3-2 defeat, as Paris Saint-Germain brushed aside struggling Metz 3-0.

In-form Czech youngster Sara Beljek withdrew with an abdominal injury, giving Belinda Bencic a place in round three, while Daria Kasatkina’s hip injury withdrawal cleared the way for Mirra Andreeva.

Ahead of Doha, with Jannik Sinner and other rivals in the field, Carlos Alcaraz is focused on improving his game after a long break.

The top seed, beaten in his previous two finals by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, seized his chance in their absence to make it third time lucky.

In an expletive-laden statement on social media, Destanee Aiava described tennis as her ‘toxic boyfriend’ and said she was looking forward to a fresh start.

Taylor Fritz blasted 22 aces in advancing to the ATP Dallas Open final by defeating Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3).

Top seed Taylor Fritz captured the last five points in a deciding tie-breaker to defeat fellow American Sebastian Korda 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/5).

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

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

Wong Ling Ching beats India’s Isharani Baruah in the quarter-finals and will meet compatriot Goh Jin Wei in the semi-final.

The Malaysian decides not to continue after taking the first game and losing the second against the much-younger Indonesian Alwi Farhan.

BAM performance committee chairman Lee Chong Wei says the experience and expertise of these coaches will add significant value to the national training programme.

All three women’s singles players in the tournament, K Letshanaa, Wong Ling Ching and Goh Jin Wei, have qualified for the quarter-finals.

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

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

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.

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.

The reigning world champion clocked 1 min 57.018 sec at the Sepang circuit on Tuesday.

Under the leadership of Toto Wolff, Mercedes won eight consecutive constructors’ championships and seven drivers’ titles between 2014 and 2021.