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Badminton / India Open: Chun Seang first to fall Posted: 26 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT 2011/04/27 Chun Seang's campaign came to an end in the qualifying rounds. Men's singles Lee Chong Wei will lead the charge when he opens against Ajay Jayram of India. Elite shuttler Liew Daren is the other Malaysian in the men's singles and if his current form is anything to go by, he has a good chance of overcoming experienced Hong Kong player Chan Yan Kit.
Men's doubles top seeds Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, who normally fare poorly in their opening matches, should have no business faltering this time as they play unheralded Indian pair Attri Manu-Jishnu Sanyal. Zakry Latif-Hoon Thien How also face an easy match against another Indian pair in Utsav Mishra-Ravinder Singh while scratch pair Chan Peng Soon-Tan Wee Kiong are unlikely to raise sweat against Indian pair S. Sanjeeth-Jagadish Yadav.
Chong Sook Chin-Goh Liu Ying have the easiest path to the quarter-finals and all they need to do is beat unknown Indian combination Sanyogita Ghorpade-Saili Rane in their opening match. Their second round opponents, Shinta Mulia Sari-Yao Lei of Singapore, who Sook Chin-Liu Ying were supposed to meet tomorrow, have withdrawn and there will be no replacements.
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Football: Selangor's proud record comes to an end Posted: 26 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT 2011/04/27 Kelantan's S. Chanturu tries to avoid a tackle by Selangor's Mohd Nasriq Baharom in their Super League match yesterday. Kelantan won 1-0. — Picture by Fathil Asri Norshahrul Idlan Talaha's goal in the fifth minute was enough to give Kelantan a 1-0 victory over the Super League champions at the Sultan Mohd IV Stadium. A long throw-in by defender Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin into the penalty box was flicked over by Danial Fadzly Abdullah before Norshahrul headed past Selangor goalkeeper Saiful Amar Sudar for his 11th goal of the season.
At the Sultan Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, T-Team earned their fourth home victory of the season by overcoming Kedah 3-1. The homesters coped well without coach Yunus Alif, who was relieved of his duties hours before the match, when Indra Putra Mahayuddin pounced on a cross from Haris Safwan with his right foot to send the ball into the back of the net in the second minute.
T-Team looked dangerous on the counter attacks and in the 18th minute, Norfazly almost extended their lead, but his deflection off a Zairo Anuar Zailani free kick, went inches wide of the left post with Kedah goalkeeper Helmi Eliza Elias well beaten. Kedah caretaker coach Radhi Mat Din got impatient with the ineffective Ahmad Shakir Ali, who failed to make an impression up front and decided on substituting the national Under-23 striker with Faizal Abu Bakar in the 35th minute.
T-Team, who were without the suspended centre-back Azizi Mat Rose, lost right-back Subri through injury and had to be replaced by Alif Alias at the start of the second half. The homesters could have taken the lead in the 59th minute but Zairo's powerful low grounder was denied by Kedah keeper Helmi. Eight minutes later, Kedah came close to scoring but Faizal's long range effort hit the crossbar. In the 83rd minute, substitute Kamal Mohamad, who came in for Haris, scored for T-Team with a long range effort. Zairo extended T-Team's lead with a screamer from the edge of the penalty box in injury time. They could have extended their lead two minutes from time but Norfarhan Mohd's shot sailed just over the crossbar. At the Shah Alam Stadium, Negri Sembilan secured a 1-1 away draw with Young Tigers A, courtesy of an own goal. Tigers were awarded a penalty after five minutes but A. Thamil Arasu's weak effort from the spot was easily palmed away by Negri goalkeeper Farizal Marlias. But four minutes later, V. Kavichelvan scored for Tigers after beating the off-side trap. Negri were presented a gift in the 15th minute when defender Mohd Fadhli Shas deflected an harmless shot into his own net. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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