BENGALURU, Dec 12 — Saudi Arabia will host the men's soccer World Cup in 2034 while the 2030 edition will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with one-off matches in three South American countries, world soccer's governing body Fifa said yesterday.

SEPANG, June 3 — The national sepak takraw team will receive a special incentive amounting to RM170,000 from the National Sports Council (NSC) following their proud success at the 2024 Sepak Takraw World Cup, which took place in the federal capital, recently.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — Malaysia lived up to expectations by easily beating India 2-0 to qualify for the semi-finals of the Sepak Takraw World Cup 2024 at Stadium Titiwangsa, here today.

PUTRAJAYA, March 10 — The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) is satisfied with the condition of the Bukit Jalil National Stadium (SNBJ) field, which will be used for the fourth Group D match of the second round of the World Cup 2026 /Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers against Oman on March 26.

BERLIN, Jan 9 — Germany's Franz Beckenbauer, one of soccer's greatest players who captained his country to World Cup glory in 1974 and won the tournament again as manager in 1990, has died at the age of 78, his family said in a statement yesterday.

AHMEDABAD — Australia once again showed their ability to produce their best on the grandest of occasions on Sunday when they toppled India to win the 50-overs World Cup title and cement their status as the most successful team in the tournament's history.

PARIS, Oct 31 — Lionel Messi won his record-extending eighth Ballon d'Or here on Monday, while Spain's Aitana Bonmati claimed the women's award, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) will ensure the Coldplay concert and the 2026 World Cup/2027 Asia Cup football qualifiers held at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium this November will run smoothly.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 —The national hockey team have managed to get over the agony of their defeat in the crossover tie against Spain on Sunday and are ready to bounce back against South Africa in the ninth-16th classification match in the 2023 Hockey World Cup in India on Thursday (January 26).

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The national men's hockey squad have the potential to pull off an upset against more fancied New Zealand in their final match in Group C at the 2023 World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — The national men’s sepak takraw team advanced to the final of the 2022 International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) World Cup after downing hosts South Korea 21-10, 21-15 in the semi-finals at the Daejon Hanbat Sports Complex in Daejeon yesterday.

DOHA, Nov 20 — The World Cup kicks off in Qatar on Sunday in a high-stakes event for the nation which has faced a barrage of criticism and staked its reputation on delivering a smooth tournament, the first held in the Middle East and most expensive in history.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — National diving queen Datuk Pandelela Rinong Pamg only managed sixth placing in the women's individual 10m platform at the 2022 FINA World Cup in Berlin, Germany, early this morning.

DOHA, June 30 — The International Football Association (FIFA) announced on Wednesday that the remaining tickets for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be back on sale beginning July 5.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — The Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) has challenged the national men's hockey squad that they must advance to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia from May 23 to June 1.

ROME, March 26 — The Italian national football team's upset at the hands of North Macedonia left the team out of the second consecutive World Cup, an outcome called a "disaster" by the country's leading sports daily on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today congratulated national diver Pandelela Rinong on winning the gold in the women's individual 10 metre platform event at the 2021 FINA World Cup diving tournament in Japan, yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — National diver Pandelela Rinong splashed her way to the gold medal in the women’s 10m platform at the FINA Diving World Cup 2021 today.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — National football team head coach Tan Cheng Hoe can finally heave a huge sigh of relief after the Malaysian Football League (MFL) released the latest Malaysia League (M-League) fixtures yesterday.