FOOTBALL
Sports
SPORTS
Ex-boxing champ Joshua discharged from hospital after fatal car crash
Anthony Joshua was travelling with his friends on a highway linking Lagos and Ibadan when their SUV rammed into a stationary truck.
Football
FOOTBALL
Emery defends snub of Arteta handshake after Villa loss to Arsenal
FOOTBALL
Kedah FA, Mukhriz hit with RM500,000 court order over players’ EPF contributions
Arsenal’s home victory extended their lead over Manchester City to five points and also snuffed out Villa’s 11-match winning streak.
The 3-1 victory moves the Magpies to 10th in the league standings after a tense first half of the Premier League season.
First-team injuries and Afcon absences deal a fresh blow to their chances of reaching next season’s Champions League.
The Spaniard warns rivals that the ruthless 4-1 win shows they are on track to end a 22-year wait for the Premier League crown.
Badminton
BADMINTON
Kay Bin steps down as Zii Jia’s head coach
BADMINTON
Don’t rush to judge badminton team after Games setback, says BAM
The world champions lost to a Chinese pair but still win prize money of US$60,000 (RM244,686) for reaching the semi-finals.
The world No 2 pair fall in the semi-finals, losing in straight games to Japanese pair Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto.
They lost the final group match in three games to Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty.
The debutants failed to qualify for the semi-finals after losing their final group tie to world champions Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae in three games.
Motorsports
MOTORSPORTS
The race to find Formula 1’s first-ever woman champion
MOTORSPORTS
Razgatlioglu eyes Marquez battle in 2027 after a MotoGP learning year
Formula One will expand to 11 teams with Cadillac’s addition and faces a major reset next year with new engines and technical changes.
The race is expected to replace the Dutch Grand Prix, which is slated to be dropped from the calendar after 2026.
The Briton won the championship in Abu Dhabi, edging Max Verstappen by two points, with teammate Oscar Piastri finishing third.
United Autosports will not be involved in Australia’s Supercars Championship touring car series from next season.
Tennis
TENNIS
‘Sincaraz’ set to dominate as 2026 tennis season kicks off
TENNIS
Wawrinka ‘at peace’ with retirement but has no plans to go quietly
World No 7 Alex de Minaur, yet to beat Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz, admits he must find new ways to challenge the pair who have claimed the last eight Grand Slam titles.
The 30-year-old Australian defeats women’s world No 1 6-3, 6-3 in a rule-modified showdown that divided tennis fans.
The World number 10 missed the US Open second round in August because of a left-arm bone injury.
Stan Wawrinka, who turns 41 in March, has 16 career ATP titles, although the last came in Geneva in 2017.