Sea Games: Malaysia failed to seize gold from Thailand.

Kuala Lumpur: The national sepak takraw team settled for a disappointing bronze in the Kuala Lumpur Sea Games team regu event after going tamely 3-0 to defendingf champions Thailand at the Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium this morning. The Thai defending the champion sepak takraw team regu event for their 16th gold medal in this category.

Malaysia had started well at the 2017 SEA Games with a 3-0 win over Brunei, but a surprise 1-2 loss to Indonesia. Indonesia force Malaysia's team need to a big win against Thailand to stand a chance of winning gold. Thier first regu trion of Syahir Rosdi, Hanafiah Dollah and Farhan Adam put up a strong resistance against the Thais ultimately lost 15-21, 17-21. It got worse as Thailand completely dominated the second match 21-10, 21-6 against Said Ezwan Said De, Norhafizi Abdul Razak and Safarudin Abu Bakar, beore continuing their one-sided demolition in the third 21-9, 21-8 over Meor Mohd zulfikar Mat Amin, Syazreen Qamar and Alan Alias.

National sepak takraw team captain Syahir Rosdi has apologized for Malaysia's poor performance in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games team regu event. The team had focused too much on beating Thailand causing them to lose focus.

Meanwhile, the national women's sepak takraw aquad created history when it grabbed the silver medal in the women's regu at the 29th SEA Games at the Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium, improving on the bronze that i won in Singapore in the last edition.  

In the final round robin match against Thailand, both teams needed to win to confirm the gold medal after Malaysia and Thailand were tied with four point. The Thailand regu lead by Thidarat Soda started strongly beat the national team 21-10 in first set. Malaysia tried to comeback in the second half but Thai were clearly in class of their own when they again beat the Malaysian 21-12.

The defeat saw the national squad lifting the silver with four points overall while Thailand collected six points to grab the gold medal as the champion.

SEA Games: Singapore falls 65-41 to Malaysia in netball final.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's SEA Games netball team avenged their 2015 loss to their rivals from across the causeway when the clinched the gold medal 65-41 in front of a packed Juara Stadium.Malaysia avenged their narrow 46-43 defeat to Singapore in the 2015 SEA Games in emphatic fashion. Malaysia goal shooter, An Najwa Azizan and Norashikin Kamarulzaman leading their team victory.

The superior experience of the Malaysian side, which comprised nine players from 2015 team, proved crucial and the reigning Asian champions finished the Games by winning  all six of their match.

Malaysia's team has won all the games during the round robin stage. In the first game, Malaysia beat Thailand 73-30. Second game Malaysia beat Brunei 64-27, third game Malaysia beat the finalist two years ago, Singapore 50-37, in the final group stages, Malaysia beat Philippines 96-11. Malaysia semi-final and meet Brunei again, Malaysia win 70-28.

In the final game, Malaysia's team has started strong, racing to a 20-7 lead in the first quarter, and built a 36-12 lead at halftime. Goal shooter An Najwa Azizan was unplayable, making all 17 of her first quarter attempt and 14 out of 16 in the second, pumping her right fist to gee up the home supporters after every one of her goals.

In third quarter, An Najwa Azizan had been replaced with Norashikin Kamarulzaman. Singapore strived to amount a comeback with goal scorer Charmine Soh sinking 15 over but Malaysia's Norashikin was equally clinical at the other end. The third quarter ended 51-28 to the Malaysia. With their gold medal chance winning fast, Singapore went into the final quarter determined to salvage some pride.

The trio Charmine Soh, Vanessa Lee and Nurul Baixura tried their best to lead their team, but Malaysia buoyed the home crowd, were determined to sink in any point they could. At the final whistle, the game ended 64-41 to the Malaysia.