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​ ​ MALAYSIA CUP: SIME DARBY 0 - PDRM 3 Premier League champions, Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) opened their Malaysia Cup campaign with a comfortable win over Sime Darby at Selayang Stadium. The 3-0 win shows that the Cops are not affected by the departure of former manager Dollah Salleh. ​ Sime Darby failed to match the 'never-say-die' PDRM players although playing on their own turf. Maldives hotshots, Ali Ashfaq opened the scoring in the 15th minute after receiving a pass from Fauzi Abd Majid . Sime Darby raised their game and launched a number of attacks. But the PDRM defenders were simply at their best. As the home side was busy looking for an equalizer, Bobby Gonzales doubled PDRM leads with a goal in the 35th minute. ​ Sime Darby returned for second half in search for goals. However, their fighting spirits were tested again. Referee of the night, Zamzaidi Katimin awarded the visitor a penalty 2 minutes after the restart. And Ali Ashfaq did not make any mist

​ MALAYSIA CUP: PAHANG 4 - JOHOR DTII 0 Defending champions Pahang opened their new Malaysia Cup campaign with an impressive 4-0 victory over JDTII . The home side did not take long to open the scoring as Dickson Nwakaeme found the net inside the first five minutes. JDTII were struggling to find the right tune at the Darulmakmur Stadium. Matias Conti doubled the lead with a fine goal in the 38th minutes. Both team headed for the break with Pahang leading with 2 goals. ​  Pahang were in complete control in the second half. Dickson grabbed his second goal of the night as he beat JDTII's goalkeeper again in the 71st minute. It was a hard time for the visitors. Fauzi Roslan put more misery with The Elephants 's fourth goal after 2 minutes inside the injury time. The victory gave a perfect tonic to Zainal Abidin 's squad to retain the Malaysia Cup . Other Group A Result Lions XII 0 - Felda United 0 Photos by: Azam Jaaf

​ MALAYSIA CUP: T-TEAM 1 - SELANGOR 2   Selangor traveled to Kuala Terengganu to kick-off their Mission 33 Malaysia Cup campaign. The Red Giants successfully earned their first win against T-Team after a hard fought match. Selangor tried to take control in this away fixture, but the home side was too hard to break.   The real excitement finally arrived in the second half. Patrich Wanggai finally found the net four minutes after restart to give T-Team the lead. ​ Selangor doubled their efforts and piled-up the pressure on the home side. Andik Vermansah grabbed the equalizer in the 51st minute after his strike beat T-Team's goalkeeper. In did not take long for Selangor to add another goal. Just two minutes later, Paulo Rangel found the net again to put Selangor into the driving seat. T-Team tried to fight back, but Mehmet Durakovic 's men held on until the end. It was a good start for Selangor in the Malaysia Cup. Photos by: T

​ ​ MALAYSIA CUP: ATM 1 - PULAU PINANG 1 ATM failed to capitalize their home advantage after being held by Pulau Pinang 1-1 at the Selayang Stadium last night. The Gladiators were unable to find the right rhythm against the Malaysia Cup underdogs. ​ Twenty minutes after the kick-off, ATM finally got a little bit of tune as they started to launch a number of attacks towards the visitors. Their efforts paid off when Hairuddin Omar beat Penang 's goalkeeper for the lead in the 26th minutes. Pulau Pinang did not give up. They managed to overcome further threats from ATM. Rafiuddin Roddin grabbed the equalizer one minute before the break after his strike beat Syed Adney . ​ ATM returned to the pitch aiming for a win. However, they were unable to display their real potential. Penang had nothing to lose and took advantage of the under performing opponent.  The visitors almost grab the winner but Rafiuddin's strike hit the bar late int

​ COMMUNITY SHIELD: ARSENAL 3 - MAN CITY 0 Arsenal kicked-off their new season with flying colours by overwhelming champions Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday. After ending their title drought with FA Cup success over Hull City last season, Arsene Wenger 's side took charge with first-half goals from Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey before substitute Olivier Giroud added a glorious long-range third. New signing Alexis Sanchez was also impressive on a sunny afternoon in northwest London, Arsenal's fans will hope it proves the precursor to a sustained title challenge, after seeing their side fall away last season. ​ The Gunners opened the scoring in the 21st minute through Jack Wilshere with a left-foot drill. And just before the break Arsenal doubled their lead with a goal of real craft on the counter-attack. Sánchez carried the ball forward and fed Sanogo who produced exactly the right pass inside to Aaron Ramsey , but the Welshman checked h

​ ​ The 2014 world cup fever has already passed by a month ago but the spirit off football is still burning for Malaysia football fanS as the nation will experience the Malaysia Cup competition which will kick-off on 13th August 2014. The Malaysia Cup (Piala Malaysia) is an annual association football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1921. The competition is currently played at the end of each year's football season, and is contested by the 16 most successful teams in Malaysia's football league the year. ​​  Group A can be described as group of death. Defending champion, Pahang will face an uphill task to retain the title after been drawn with last year Super League champions, Lions XII, 2014 FA Cup finalist Felda United and a Premier League outfit JDT II . In Group B, Terengganu are with Sarawak , Kedah and Perak which saw all of the team have an equal chance to move to the next level. While in Group C, it could be an easy tas

​ WORLD CUP FINAL: ARGENTINA 0(0) - GERMANY 0(1) AET Germany finally won the World Cup for the fourth time in a dramatic way after beating Argentina 1-0 score in a high octane match, at the Maracana Stadium . Fresh from beating Brazil with 7-1 score last Wednesday, The Germans showed to the world that they are the new King of of football and Joachim Low have answered his critics by becoming the first man to lead a European team to win the World Cup glory on South American soil. ​ Argentina should have had an early goal but Gonzalo Higuain blew the chance away after the striker shot wide with only the goalkeeper to beat. A few minutes later, he tapped in Ezequiel Lavezzi 's cross but was unfortunate to be caught offside. Then, Lionel Messi sent the ball past Neuer , but Jerome Boateng cleared the ball away. After the restart, Messi threatened the Germany defense again, but his shot went wide. Miroslav Klose record-breaking career ended when he was sub