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M'sia Goes Down Fighting To China

May 05, 2024

Malaysia’s campaign at the Thomas Cup is over, after a 3-1 loss to China in the semifinals.

Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik delivered the only point for our shuttlers…with Lee Zii Jia, Leong Jun Hao and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin all losing their respective matches.

China will next go on to face Indonesia…who defeated Chinese Taipei 3-0 in the other semifinal tie.

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Still on our athletes… the Malaysian hockey team has opened its campaign at the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament with a 5-4 loss to Pakistan.

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Malaysian tower runner Soh Wai Ching has won the Tower Running World Championship…after taking first place in this year’s edition at the Taipei 101.

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Real Madrid have been crowned La Liga champions for the 36^th time.

This, after Barcelona fell to a 4-2 defeat to Girona…leaving Real with an unassailable lead with four matches to go this season.

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Over in the EPL…Arsenal maintained their lead at the top of the standings with a 3-0 win over Bournemouth.

This, as second-placed Man City kept up the pressure with a 5-1 thrashing of Wolves…leaving the Citizens one point behind the Gunners with a game in hand.