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| FA Cup Final venue change angers Pahang supporters Posted: 03 Jun 2014 08:28 AM PDT The Malaysian Super League side is meeting the Premier League's Felda United for the first trophy up for grabs in the current domestic football season. The action of the Malaysian Stadium Corporation to change of the venue to the Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, from the original venue, the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, has met with strong protests from Pahang supporters. Bernama reported a supporter of the Elephants squad, Muhammad Faiz Hashim as saying that fans had fervently hoped the match would be held at the National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur as it can accommodate more spectators. "Work on the grass at the National Stadium should have been completed in six months from October 2013. We are entering June now or more than eight months after the completion of the work but the stadium still cannot be used," he told reporters in Kuantan. He also quoted reports stating that upgrading work had been completed and the stadium had been handed to the stadium management and the situation was akin to a "house being completed and having received the Certificate of Fitness". "The question now is why the handing over has been made but the stadium still cannot be used," Bernama quoted him as saying. A total of 30,000 tickets for the final is to be distributed to each of the two teams while the balance of 10,000 tickets to be sold online via www.tickethotline.com.my. Tickets are priced at RM40 each for adults and RM5 each for children. – June 3, 2014. |
| Sharapova battles into French Open semi-final Posted: 03 Jun 2014 07:44 AM PDT The seventh-seeded Russian, who was the 2012 champion and runner-up to Serena Williams last year, goes on to face Canada's Eugenie Bouchard for a place in Saturday's final. The four-time major winner and former world number one was given a fright by the 20-year-old Muguruza, who had knocked out Williams in the second round. The world number 35, playing in her first quarter-final at a major, was a set and 5-4 ahead in the second set before Sharapova dug deep into her famed reserves of fighting spirit to win through after 2hr 06min on court. "There was little I could do in the first set as Garbine was playing so well," said Sharapova, who had also dropped the first set of her fourth round tie against Samantha Stosur. "I needed to pick up my energy and start moving my feet. "It was tough losing the final last year and it has given me greater motivation to go one step further this time." Playing in her 21st Grand Slam quarter-final, Sharapova needed a win to retain her top 10 ranking. Muguruza showed no signs of nerves in the first set, racing into a 4-0 lead on the back of two breaks before a sluggish Sharapova opened her account. The only time the confident Venezuela-born, Barcelona resident was under threat was when she fought off the only break point she faced in the sixth game. Sharapova was made to pay for her failure to crack the 1.82m Muguruza when the Spaniard broke for a third time in the seventh game to take the opener after just 27 minutes. The Russian star was not helped by 13 unforced errors in the muggy conditions, but Muguruza was worthy of her lead, finding the angles and the corners and not intimidated by having to volley at the net. Sharapova, in desperation, even had to play one return with her left hand to stay in a rally. Predictably, the 27-year-old eventually found her range, breaking for the first time in the second set for a 2-1 lead, which could have been 4-1 had the Russian converted another break point in the fifth game. But Sharapova double-faulted twice to hand the break back, with the unflustered Spaniard consolidating for a 4-3 lead. The Russian then stepped up the intensity and turned up the volume to break for a 6-5 lead and even the contest in the 12th game. Sharapova then raced through the final set, fighting off four break points in a marathon 10-minute fourth game for a 4-1 lead on her way to sealing victory. Muguruza ended with 52 unforced errors, half of which came in the third set. Sharapova finished with 40 errors, but just five of those came in the one-sided decider. – AFP, June 3, 2014. |
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