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Football / Malaysia Cup: Safiq shatters Perak's unbeaten record

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:22 PM PDT

SELANGOR, inspired by Safiq Rahim, defeated Perak 3-1 at Shah Alam Stadium while club sides T-Team and Felda United earned slim victories in the Malaysia Cup quarter-final first leg yesterday.

The east coast derby between Terengganu and Kelantan was like a street fight as four players were sent off and several others flashed the yellow card with the hosts winning 3-1 at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium.

Safiq Rahim slammed home two spectacular free kicks before turning provider for Amirulhadi Zainal to end Perak's unbeaten run in the competition.

Selangor dominated play from the start and scored their first goal when Fitri Shazwan was fouled outside the penalty box by Chan Wing Hong in the 13th minute.

Safiq, recently dropped from the national team, stepped up to take the free kick, which curved over the wall and past goalkeeper Kamarul Effandi Abdul Rahim. In the second half, Safiq again found the net when his free kick managed to dip below the crossbar in the 58th minute.

The midfielder turned provider when a cross from a teammate deflected off him into the path of Amirulhadi, who cooly lobbed the keeper after 63 minutes.

The visitors, however, hit back through Failee Ghazali in the 77th minute. Perak were hoping for a favourable result following their successful appeal to reduce the suspensions of five core players.

Captain Shahrulnizam Mustapa and Akmal Rizal Rakhli came on as substitutes and managed to change the tempo of Perak's game in the second half. Selangor's Bunyamin Umar received his marching orders after a second yellow card 10 minutes from time.

The east coast derby began aggressively with scuffles between players on and off the pitch.

Temper flared as the match progressed with Kelantan's Shakir Shaari receiving his second yellow card for punching a Terengganu player in the 33rd minute.

Two minutes later, Kelantan were reduced to nine players after defender Daudsu Jamaluddin earned a straight red for an ugly tackle on Ashaari Shamsuddin.

The homesters took advantage of the numerical advantage by scoring in the 43rd minute through Ismail Faruqi before he too was red carded in injury time.

A total of eight yellow cards were issued by referee Nafeez Wahab in the first half. Kelantan, however, equalised through Badri Radzi's spot kick after 77 minutes.

Not to be deterred, Terengganu played better in the final 10 minutes to score two goals through Manaf Mamat (86th) and Marzuki Ismail (90th).

A minute before the final whistle, Terengganu defender Zubir Azmi was red carded for a tackle on Ramzulzahini Adnan.

At the Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu, Indra Putra Mahayuddin's brace earned T-Team a crucial 2-1 victory over Sabah.

The former international scored in the 36th and 86th minutes while Sabah replied through Alto Linus in the 47th minute.

K. Rajan's 58th minute goal earned Felda an unexpected 1-0 victory over star-studded Negri Sembilan at the MBPJ Stadium.

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Yachting: Jeremy's win takes him to Monsoon Cup

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT

Abdullah Chan-Koo Racing Team skipper Jeremy Koo celebrates after winning the Malaysian Match Racing Championships. — Picture by Aswadi Alias.

HE did it again!

Jeremy Koo defended his Malaysian Match Racing Championships title after beating Hazwan Hazim Dermawan in the final at Pulau Duyong, Terengganu, yesterday.

More importantly, the Abdullah Chan-Koo Racing Team skipper will once again compete in the Monsoon Cup after earning a wild card into the last leg of the World Match Racing Tour at the same venue next month.

The delighted 26-year-old sailor said it was a hard fought victory and he admitted to have had doubts about beating the Permai Hotel Match Racing Team skipper at some point during the race.

"I won the first point but Hazwan came back strongly to take the next two races but the turning point was in the fourth race when I managed to overtake him despite he being ahead.

"In a way, a place in the Monsoon Cup proper is a perfect pre-wedding gift for me," said Jeremy, who will tie the knot with Sandy Tan in December.

Hazwan, who raced in the 2009 Monsoon Cup after winning the national qualifiers, said luck deserted him midway through the fourth race when he was leading 2-1 in the best-of-five final.

"We were ahead of them again when one string on the jib sheet broke and when we tried to fix the problem, another string broke and the front sail fell into the water."

Third place in the five-day competition went to Malaysian Armed Forces Two (MAF2) helmsman Masyuri Rahmat who beat Universiti Pertanian Malaysia skipper Mohd Romzi Muhammad.

Ri-Yaz Sailing team skipper Nurul Ain Md Isa finished fifth while Mohd Zaidi Md Amin of MAF1 and Mohd Afendy Abdullah of Team Afendy finished sixth and seventh respectively.

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