Football

Soccer-Napoli lose 1-0 at Udinese and miss chance to go top

UDINE, Italy, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Napoli missed the opportunity to move top of Serie A after suffering a deserved 1-0 defeat at Udinese on Sunday.

Football

Soccer-Sunderland earn 1-0 win over Newcastle thanks to Woltemade own goal

SUNDERLAND, England, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Sunderland secured a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United thanks to Nick Woltemade's unfortunate own goal on Sunday which settled the derby in dramatic fashion as the fierce North-East rivals met in the Premier League for the first time in nearly a decade.

Football

Soccer-Rogers at the double as Villa hit back to win 3-2 at West Ham

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers bagged a double as the visitors twice came from behind to win 3-2 at West Ham United to remain in the thick of the Premier League title race on Sunday.

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Alpine skiing-Haugan takes Norway's first win of World Cup season

VAL D'ISERE, France, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Timon Haugan gave Norway a first win of the World Cup Alpine ski season on Sunday in a men's slalom in the French resort of Val d'Isere.

Football

Soccer-Suriname name new coach ahead of World Cup playoffs

PARAMARIBO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Veteran Henk ten Cate has been appointed the new coach of Suriname as they look ahead to the World Cup playoffs in March, the country's football association said on Sunday.

Football

Soccer-Man City's Shaw hits four in 6-1 WSL win, Man Utd salvage draw 3-3 with Spurs

MANCHESTER, England, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Manchester City's Khadija Shaw struck four times to help the Women's Super League leaders to a 6-1 thrashing of Aston Villa on Sunday for their 10th successive WSL win.

Football

Soccer-Van Dijk hopeful Salah will stay at Liverpool after AFCON stint

Dec 14 (Reuters) - Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk stressed Mohamed Salah's importance after the 2-0 Premier League win over Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield on Saturday, adding that he was hopeful the Egyptian would stay at the club after the Africa Cup of Nations.

Football

Soccer-Milan held to 2-2 home draw by Sassuolo after late Lauriente equaliser

MILAN, Italy, Dec 14 (Reuters) - AC Milan had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Sassuolo at San Siro on Sunday after Armand Lauriente's late strike for the visitors ensured the Serie A title race remains finely poised.

Football

Soccer-Man City keep pressure on Arsenal with 3-0 win at Palace

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Manchester City kept up the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal with a 3-0 win at Crystal Palace on Sunday, thanks to a double from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden's fine finish.

Football

JDT beat Sabah 5-0 for fourth consecutive FA Cup title, MB declares special public holiday

KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) made history by becoming the first team to win the FA Cup four times in a row after crushing Sabah 5-0 in the final on Sunday (Dec 14).

Golf

Golf-South Africa's Schaper wins playoff to post first tour victory

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 14 (Reuters) - South African Jayden Schaper won the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Sunday after sinking an eagle putt on the first playoff hole against compatriot Shaun Norris for a debut victory on the DP World Tour.

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Alpine skiing-Robinson first New Zealander to win World Cup Super-G

ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Alice Robinson became the first Alpine skier from New Zealand to win a World Cup Super-G when she triumphed in the first of the season in St. Moritz on Sunday.

Swimming

Birthday boy Arvin and Co win bronze in swimming relay

BANGKOK: The national men's 4x100 freestyle swimming team bagged themselves a bronze medal at the Thailand SEA Games on Sunday (Dec 14).

Badminton

Fatigue halts Aaron-Khai Xing's title hattrick bid in India

PETALING JAYA: Fatigue clearly took its toll on men's doubles pair Aaron Tai and Kang Khai Xing as they failed to claim a third consecutive title, losing in the Odisha Masters final in India on Sunday (Dec 14).

Badminton

Rexy: I'm ready to quit if asked to

BANGKOK: I'm ready to resign if this is what people want. National doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky is taking full responsibility after seeing the badminton team fail to deliver on the target of four golds.

Cycling

Olympian Aisyah rides to silver in road cycling event

BANGKOK: Paris Olympian Nur Aisyah Zuber delivered a silver medal for Malaysia on the first day of road cycling competition at Khao Yai on Sunday (Dec 14).

Bowling

Oops, wrong opponent - a mess in bowling semis

BANGKOK: A mind-boggling mix-up in the bowling competition saw national bowler Syazirol Shamsudin settling for bronze after he lost by one pin, 210-211, to Thailand's Napat Buspanikokul in the semi-finals.

Badminton

No double joy as Aaron-Wooi Yik lose to Sabar-Moh in SEA Games final

BANGKOK: Men's doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik had to settle for silver in the SEA Games after going down to Indonesia's Sabar Gutama-Moh Reza.

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Syafiqah punches her way to her first pencak silat gold

BANGKOK: Silat exponent Nur Syafiqah Hamzah won her first SEA Games gold medal on Sunday (Dec 14).

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Wushu star Sydney says goodbye with gold and bronze

BANGKOK: It's another medal - a bronze - and goodbye for Sydney Chin.