
Sports

SEA Games selection scandal: Teen sprinter dropped over alleged fake injury
Parents of Danish Irfan Tamrin file formal complaint after WhatsApp messages suggest coach pressured him to withdraw.
Football

World record winning streak sets up Morocco for Afcon challenge

Pulisic quick-fire double sends AC Milan top of Serie A
Mohamed Salah stayed in England for the San Siro fixture after criticising Arne Slot, having been benched for the third straight game.
Bruno Fernandes’ brace, plus strikes from Bryan Mbeumo and Mason Mount, helped the Red Devils win 4-1 at Molineux.
Thomas Frank said the club is addressing Yves Bissouma’s behaviour after the midfielder allegedly used nitrous oxide again this season.
The Catalans have won three matches in a row after a 3-0 defeat by Chelsea in the Champions League near the end of November.
Badminton

Malaysia to battle Indonesia for men’s badminton team gold at SEA Games

M’sian women shuttlers settle for bronze in SEA Games team event
Spearheaded by Pearly Tan-M Thinaah, the Malaysians defeat Vietnam 3-1 in their quarter-final clash in Bangkok.
Kang Khai Xing-Aaron Tai and Chia Weijie-Lwi Sheng Hao set up the all-Malaysian final in Lucknow, India.
Aside from the mixed doubles, the world No 3 pair is scheduled to participate in the team event.
The mixed doubles shuttlers win their second major title of the year at the Australian Open.
Motorsports

No regrets for Verstappen despite title defeat

Hamilton plans to bin his phone following nightmare season

How Lando Norris won the F1 title
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri dominated early, but Max Verstappen’s late resurgence made the 24-race season a historic title skirmish.
Norris becomes Britain’s first world champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2020 with this 13th drivers’ crown for McLaren.
Red Bull’s four-time world champion clocked a best lap time of one minute and 22.207 seconds to beat series leader Lando Norris by 0.201sec.
Lewis Hamilton crashed his Ferrari in the final practice session, with Mercedes’s George Russell denying McLaren’s Lando Norris a sweep of fastest times.
Tennis

Serena Williams denies she plans tennis return despite registering for drug tests

‘Sincaraz’ in full swing, but ITF chief sees challengers looming
Flavio Cobolli saved seven match points to beat Belgium’s Zizou Bergs in a thriller and seal a 2-0 semi-final victory.
Spain’s top star Carlos Alcaraz had pulled out of the Davis Cup due to the hamstring injury he suffered in his ATP Finals loss to Jannik Sinner on Sunday.
ATP chief Andrea Gaudenzi has joined Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in urging a return to the old format and a two-year cycle for the men’s team event.
The Spaniard aggravated the hamstring problem during the ATP Finals, where he lost to Jannik Sinner in Sunday’s title clash.
















