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Despite having been handed six-point deductions by M-League organiser Football Malaysia LLP earlier this week for issues with player salaries, East Coast sides T-Team and Kelantan both rebounded from their misfortunes by recording convincing wins in their round 12 Super League (MSL) matches on Saturday. The Titans extended their winning run to three consecutive wins, when they overcame a listless Perak 3-0 in Kuala Terengganu. Mamadou Samassa opened the scoring as early as the eighth minute, and Wan Ahmad Amirzafran and Farhod Tadjiev compounded the Bos Gaurus’ misery in the second half....

Selangor defeated Kelantan 2-0 in their round six Super League match on Saturday, thanks to one goal scored in each half by Brazilian winger Juliano Mineiro. The homeside, in eighth but with a game in hand, went into the match looking to break their two-match losing streak in the league, while the fourth-placed visitors wanted to record their second straight league win, while making it a fourth consecutive win in Kota Bharu....

The 53-year-old Syrian has taken up the the new role at Kelantan according to a report in Berita Harian but it’s not certain yet whether he will also assume the head coach duties at the Red Warriors. Languishing in 11th place in the Super League and knocked out by PKNS FC in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday, the whole club is in dire need of an injection of confidence....

Chances are, it wasn’t a 15-1 record with a first-round bye in the NFL playoffs. Especially when the remaining receivers were a rookie, a second-year undrafted free agent and two veterans, including one whose career had been plagued by drops. The four combined for three touchdowns in 2014, while Benjamin had an outstanding rookie season with 73 receptions for 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns. CARDINALS 26, PACKERS 20 OT: Greatness of Larry Fitzgerald | Crazy finish | Carson Palmer catches a break | Packers’ Hail Mary | Playoff images...

Before you read any more of this column, I want you to take a few minutes to scroll through University of Houston men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson’s Twitter feed. You will be uplifted by what you see, I promise. A little more than a week ago, Sampson put out a Twitter call to his fellow college basketball coaches, asking for donations up their alley — 20 extra T-shirts and 10 pairs of basketball shoes — to give to the folks who had their lives upended by Hurricane Harvey....

“He had moderately severe disease,” said Dr. Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System and a professor of neurology and pathology at Boston University School of Medicine, who conducted the examination. “Pretty classic. It may be surprising since he was a quarterback, but certainly the lesions were widespread, and they were quite severe, affecting many regions of the brain.” MORE: The faces behind football’s concussion crisis | New helmets?...

No, you can’t. MORE: Top 10 Oakland Raiders of all time | Stabler dies at age 69 | Notable sports deaths of 2015 Set aside the numbers, the individual accolades, the team success (seven playoff trips in 10 seasons as a Raider, five straight AFC championship games, the Super Bowl XII win) and even his nickname. Stabler is woven so deeply into the lore of the AFL and NFL, especially in the decade of the ‘70s when it truly matured as a television spectacle and a national obsession — his legacy as a true football legend is secure for all time....

Bolin also gave his take on why the ‘Rusev’ character lost steam in WWE, feeling that his role on Total Divas along with his wife Lana had a played a role in it: Check out Sportskeeda Wrestling’s entire AEW All Out Preview in the video below: Subscribe to the Sportskeeda Wrestling YouTube channel for more such content! Miro is set to defend the TNT Championship at AEW All Out God’s Favourite Champion will defend his TNT Championship at AEW’s All Out pay-per-view against Eddie Kingston....

Omega took to his personal Twitter account to share his thoughts about his match at AEW New Year’s Smash. Omega is the current AEW World Champion, and he has recently been doing some work with IMPACT Wrestling alongside his friend, Don Callis. In a Tweet, Kenny Omega stated that he kicked the year off the right way. He also reflected on his five-star match against Rey Fenix at AEW New Year’s Smash....

That’s the level of excitement heading into the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday. A record crowd of 124,589 for the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, the appetizer to the main event. PHOTOS: See the horses and style descending on Churchill Downs Cigar smoke filled the air outside the paddock. The mint juleps are out, and the wagering windows are open. The weather is expected to be sunny with temperatures in the 70s....

“Breaking from the 13 is fine,” trainer Doug O’Neill, who will saddle Nyquist and won the Derby and Preakness in 2012 with I’ll Have Another, said. “The post draw didn’t matter to us a ton, but we’re happy being more toward the outside for sure.” The least favorable draws belong to the horses on the rail, Brody’s Cause at No. 19 and the two horses next to Lani (Oscar Nominated, Destin), an unpredictable Japanese horse who no one really knows what to make of....

Brad Calipari on Thursday entered the NCAA transfer portal with intent to leave Kentucky, according to Stadium’s Jeff Goodman. Calipari redshirted in 2018-19 after playing sparingly for his father in his first two seasons as a Wildcat. In a combined 27 games as a freshman and sophomore, the 6-foot guard scored just 11 points and recorded five rebounds. MORE: Kentucky, Louisville among biggest winners after NBA Draft withdrawal deadline...

Kiprop, who lost out to compatriot and the world javelin champion Julius Yego, in Kenya’s best athlete of the year awards in Nairobi on Friday, on Saturday said his rival did well and it was right to honour him, reports Xinhua. “But it has aroused the hunger in me to win the award and I will use the Olympics to convince the selectors to pick me for the 2016 awards,” he said here....

Speaking to Goal, at a Nairobi Hotel on Wednesday, during a function in which he unveiled a strategic plan for Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya for the next four years, Wario also confirmed that the South African owned Pay-Tv broadcaster reached out to him before calling it quits and blamed Kenyan Premier League management for their woes. Is it time for Kenyan government to engage SuperSport? “They talked to me and confirmed they won’t be coming back....

A four-day ‘soccer film festival’ will woo both film lovers and football fans, screening a string of movies with the sport as the theme here on July 10, 11, 12 and 15, to be followed by telecast of the day’s matches. The Kerala Chalachitra Academy, with the support of city-based Street Library, will host the movie fest at the Manaveeyam Veedhi, a stretch dedicated to cultural activities here. “Two Half-Times in Hell”, a Hungarian movie directed by Zoltan Fabri revolving around a soccer match organised to celebrate Hitler’s birthday, Emir Kusturica- directed “Maradona”, Iranian film “Offside” directed by Jafar Panahi would be among the movies to be screened in the festival, Academy secretary Mahesh B said....

Kedar Jadhav, who has played alongside MS Dhoni in both the Indian limited-overs side, and also as a member of MS Dhoni-led CSK, took to Twitter to express his gratitude for Dhoni. Jadhav captioned his wishes on Twitter as this, “A small try to make your birthday little more special. My best friend, teammate and captain, Happy Birthday Mahi Bhai @msdhoni Thank You @InsideCricket07 for making it happen. #HappyBirthdayDhoni.”...

As a homecoming surprise, Franklin secured the services of Keegan-Michael Key, one half of the comedy duo Key and Peele, to address the team during a meeting. The kicker is Key happens to look exactly like Franklin. Dressed in full coach regalia, Key delivered an impersonation that would make anyone that doesn’t see Franklin on a daily basis do a double take. Watch hilarity ensue. MORE: Top 10 Penn State players ever | Top 25 tracker It’s easy to let your hair down, and have a little fun when things are going well on the field....

The trial has produced the state’s biggest media circus since the last presidential primary. One teenage witness, who recorded allegedly incriminating conversations with Smart, has already sold her story to Hollywood for $100,000. Smart’s attorney, Mark Sisti, called the prosecution case “the most vile concoction ever assembled in a courtroom in New Hampshire.” The teen hit men are “coldblooded thrill-killers,” he said, who created their twisted tale to escape first-degree murder convictions...

Well, Instagram is quite different than that! And this happens to be one of the prime reasons why millions of users love this app. Instagram is the separate community where we interact with our friends and followers, share our life’s most beautiful moments through beautiful captures, go live with our buddies and much more. Is Instagram All About Increasing the Number of Followers? For some users, the major game on Instagram is about creating more and more followers....