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SMK Penrissen retain Boy’s U18, U15 crowns

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 04:02 PM PDT

by Ting Tieng Hee reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on April 14, 2014, Monday

KUCHING: Kuching hockey powerhouse SMK Penrissen dominated the boys competition of the Sarawak Schools Sports Council Kuching hockey championships when they captured the U18 and U15 titles at SMK Paku Hockey Stadium in Bau last Friday.

In the 11-team Boy's U18 competition, SMK Penrissen edged SMK Bau 1-0 to retain their crown.

SM Sains Kuching finished third when they beat host SMK Paku 2-1 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in full time play.

SMK Penrissen successfully defended their Boy's U15 crown after they beat SMK Matang Hilir 1-0 in the final.

SMK Paku finished third after they beat SMK St Thomas 2-0 in the play-off.

SMK Penrissen could have won a third title at the five-day championships if they had not lost 0-1 to SMK Bau in a penalty shoot-out in the Girl's U18 final.

The score at full-time was 0-0.

SMK Sains Kuching came in third after they beat SMK Paku also by the same fashion.

The top four positions in the Girl's U15 title were also decided by penalty shoot-outs, with SMK Bako beating SMK Bau 1-0 (0-0) and SMK Paku beating SMK Santubong 1-0 (0-0).

Five hundred and fifty-eight students from 18 schools took part in the championships aimed at selecting players to represent Kuching in the MSSS Hockey Championships.

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Chong Wei suffers shocking straight sets defeat to Simon Santoso

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 03:58 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: World number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei suffered a major upset in his bid to win a fourth Super Series title this year when he lost to Simon Santoso of Indonesia in the Singapore Open Super Series final at the Singapore Indoor Stadium yesterday.

Santoso shocked China's world number five, Du Pengyu on Saturday, kept up his winning momentum by beating Chong Wei 21-15, 21-10 in straight sets, a result that shocked the badminton fraternity throughout the world, especially Malaysian badminton fans who watched it live on TV.

"I have not met and beaten Chong Wei in a long time. However, this win will certainly install me among the top bracket and act as a tonic to face other tournaments," said Santoso after the match.

For his efforts today, the Indonesian took home US$22,500 (RM72,792) while Chong Wei had to be satisfied with US$11,400 (RM36,881) as the runner-up.

Prior to the Singapore Open, Chong Wei had already bagged the Malaysian Open Super Series in January, All England in March and the India Open early this month.

The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) did not send any women's singles players for the tournament that offered US$300,000 (RM966,932) as total prize money. — Bernama

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Jane comes close in national tennis circuit

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 03:57 PM PDT

KUCHING: Jane Chang Yin Ying achieved her best results this year when she reached the final of the women's doubles at the BMW Malaysian National Circuit 2nd leg at Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur recently.

The 19-year-old lass from Kuching, Sarawak partnered former national women's No. 1 Jawariah Nordin from Negeri Sembilan and they lost to Indonesian pair of Oxi Gravitasi and Sagung Putri 6-7(5), 6-0, (8-10) in the final.

"It was a very close match. We were up 7-4 in the super tie-break and I made many mistakes to allow our opponents to catch up 7-7, 8-7 and we were tied at 8-8 before losing 8-10," she said.

"We could have won the final. I am very disappointed and frustrated and I hope to do better in the next three legs of the national circuit," said Jane.

Nevertheless, Jane is grateful to have Jawariah as her partner for the first time and said she had learnt much from the national player.

"Jawariah shared her experience with me and she was the winner of the singles competition," added Jane.

Jane-Jawariah had a first round bye and they beat Penang pair Zian Kim Khoo-Natalie Loke 6-1, 6-2 in the second round. They went on to beat the combined pair of Juliana Shalini (Kuala Lumpur) and Zerin Prisha (Selangor) 6-0, 6-1 in the quarterfinals before disposing of Michelle Khoo and Norhanis Sani of Penang 6-1, 6-2 in the semi-finals.

In the women's singles, Jane beat Cheryl Ye Aichun of Sabah 6-1, 6-2 before bowing out of the third round 0-6, 0-6 to Jawariah.

Earlier this year, Jane made the last 16 of the women's singles and quarterfinals of the

women's doubles in the first leg of the BMW Malaysian National Circuit.

"I would also like to express my thanks to my father for his strong support, gym trainer from GymBox Mohammad Nasrul Faiz and coach Yong Pui Choon for their guidance."

Meanwhile, Sukma shadow team player Alvin Teng won the Tier 2 men's singles after enjoying a walkover from Brunei's Aiman Abdullah in the final while Linda Liong won the Tier 2 women's singles after she beat Ariana Muralidharan 6-3, 6-3 in the final.

Other Sarawakians taking part in this tournament were Muhamad Zaki, Augustine Chang, Rohaizat Achop, Muhd Syahmi, Kenneth Tan, Cecelia Lai, Alia Azman, Belinda Chai and Kirstin Leong.

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FA Cup run can inspire top-four push — Wenger

Posted: 13 Apr 2014 03:56 PM PDT

LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has encouraged his players to carry the momentum from their run to the FA Cup final into the battle for a Premier League top-four finish.

The Frenchman saw his side beat holders Wigan Athletic 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the semi-finals at Wembley on Saturday, taking them into an FA Cup final for the first time since they last won a trophy in 2005.

It was a day of mixed fortunes for the London club, however, as Everton's 1-0 victory at Sunderland in the league took them into the Champions League places at Arsenal's expense.

With five games to play, Everton lead Arsenal by two points, but now that his side have an FA Cup final date with either Hull City or Sheffield United to look forward to, Wenger wants them to go for broke in the league.

"If we win our games, we will finish in front (of Everton), so for us it is important now to focus on the Premier League," Wenger said.

"If we do that well I am confident we will come back, and on top of that we have a target now for the end of the season: the FA Cup final.

"We have now a period where we can concentrate on the Premier League."  Arsenal lost 3-0 to Everton in their last league outing, having also fallen to heavy defeats against Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, and Wenger said that a loss to Wigan would have been a bitter pill to swallow.

"It is important that mentally we didn't go out," he said. "You could imagine the consequences of going out. It is quite worrying."

Second-tier Wigan, who stunned Manchester City in last season's final, took the lead in the 63rd minute when Jordi Gomez scored from the spot after a foul by Per Mertesacker on Callum McManaman.

However, Mertesacker atoned with a headed 82nd-minute equaliser and after a goalless period of extra time, Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski emerged as his side's saviour in the shootout.

The 28-year-old Pole, who deputises for Wojciech Szczesny in cup games, repelled Wigan's first two spot-kicks, from Gary Caldwell and Jack Collison, and Wenger heralded his professionalism.

"Fabianski did very well. He is a good goalkeeper. He showed that again today," Wenger said of a player whose contract is due to expire at the end of the campaign.

"During the game, even with the penalty they scored, he went on the right side. He is quick. In the penalties he put us in a good position."

Wigan must now rally themselves to resume their tilt at promotion from the Championship, having been relegated to the second tier shortly after their triumph in last season's FA Cup final.

The northwest club are currently in fifth place in the Championship, synonymous with a play-off berth, and manager Uwe Rosler urged his players to kick on.

"I guess a lot of people will say, 'Now they will never recover mentally from this,' but we will just use this now," said the German.

"Last season at (previous club) Brentford, we lost on automatic promotion in the 95th minute (of the final day) and the team recovered to go to the Wembley final (of the League One play-offs).

"It is exactly that mental strength, that willpower and desire to get through the play-offs, that is definitely our target.

"That is what we are breathing, eating and sleeping, and I think that will happen."

He also admitted that his players had not been fully prepared for the shootout, albeit with his tongue firmly in his cheek.

"I got asked, 'Have you practised penalties?' I said, 'No, I am German. You know we don't need to practise penalties,'" he joked. — AFP

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