S'pore golfers lose badly to Malaysians

Defending champion the Singapore Golf Association lost 6-18 against its Malaysian counterpart in the annual matchplay competition between both countries.

The three-day event at the Warren Golf & Country Club ended yesterday.

Blatter & Platini's appeals turned down

ZURICH • World football boss Sepp Blatter and the sport's European head Michel Platini had reviews of their 90-day suspensions rejected by Fifa's appeal panel yesterday, forcing the pair to turn to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a final attempt to regain their posts.

Fifa's appeal committee rejected the appeals "in full", upholding the original suspensions handed down by its ethics committee.

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Top athlete of year nominees picked

LONDON • Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, American decathlete Ashton Eaton and American triple jumper Christian Taylor are the male finalists for the 2015 World Athlete of the Year award.

Ethiopia's middle- distance runner Genzebe Dibaba, Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers and Polish hammer thrower Anita Wlodarczyk were the three women's finalists.

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Tag Hauer ditches McLaren for Red Bull

LONDON • Luxury watch brand Tag Heuer is to end a 30-year partnership with struggling McLaren to join Formula One rivals Red Bull, in another blow for the Honda-powered team who are set to conclude their worst-ever season.

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Cotto loses WBC belt for not paying fee

NEW YORK • Miguel Cotto has been stripped of his World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight title, ahead of his big pay-per-view bout against Mexico's Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas on Saturday.

The 35-year-old was said to have baulked at paying a US$300,000 (S$428,000) sanctioning fee.

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