TENNIS: Lucky Nadal
Rafael Nadal narrowly avoided a stunning upset loss as the Spaniard rallied to beat Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters.
Eun-Hee, Lexi share top spot
MOBILE (Alabama): South Korea's Ji Eun-Hee fired a bogey-free seven-under 65 on Thursday to grab a share of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic first-round lead alongside American Lexi Thompson.
Unions face money problems
IT looks like money is becoming a problem with more and more unions, with the ones having a bigger budget naturally attracting the best players from offshore.
BASKETBALL: Beermen hold off Dragons
SAN Miguel Beermen extended their record winning run in the Asean Basketball League to 16 games with a 107-104 win in triple overtime against Westports Malaysia Dragons at the Maba Stadium in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
HOCKEY: KLHC out to match Tenaga's record
KUALA Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) will be gunning to equal Tenaga Nasional's 12 titles when they face off in the TNB Cup final at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil tomorrow.
ARCHERY: Recurve trio fall in Shanghai
THE national men's recurve archery team were ousted in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai World Cup yesterday after a 223-217 defeat by China.
RUGBY: UiTM boss shrugs off favourites tag
UNIVERSITI Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Lions boss Zamri Abdul Kahar has downplayed his side's chances of emerging runaway winners of rugby's Poly 10s at Politeknik Shah Alam this weekend.
BOWLING: Rafiq has a 'foreign' chance
BACK-UP bowler Muhd Rafiq Ismail could win his first international 'Open' title outside Malaysia following sensational performance in Stage One of the Euro-Med Storm Masters Challenge in Manila yesterday.


