Perlis, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan and Terengganu advanced to the Malaysia Cup semi-finals after beating their respective opponents in their second leg quarter-final matches Saturday night. In KANGAR, Perlis beat Johor FC on a 4-1 aggregate at the Stadium Utama tonight.In the match tonight, Perlis beat the visitors 2-0, with the goals coming from Amar Rohidan with a header in the eighth minute and Nizaruddin Yusof provided the second goal in the 48th minute.The match was marred by a fight in the field between two Johor players and a Perlis player in the 59th minute. Mohd Saiful Sabtu and Sivakumar Munusamy of Johor...

Perlis, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan and Terengganu advanced to the Malaysia Cup semi-finals after beating their respective opponents in their second leg quarter-final matches Saturday night. In KANGAR, Perlis beat Johor FC on a 4-1 aggregate at the Stadium Utama tonight.In the match tonight, Perlis beat the visitors 2-0, with the goals coming from Amar Rohidan with a header in the eighth minute and Nizaruddin Yusof provided the second goal in the 48th minute.The match was marred by a fight in the field between two Johor players and a Perlis player in the 59th minute. Mohd Saiful Sabtu and Sivakumar Munusamy of Johor...

Kelantan will take their foot off the pedal in their remaining two Malaysia Cup Group E matches. The Red Warriors have taken an unassailable lead in the group to qualify for the quarter-finals. And coach B. Sathianathan said that he would put the reserves to test against defending champions Kedah in Alor Setar on Saturday and against Armed Forces at home on Tuesday. “The senior players will take a break as they have accomplished the mission in the group competition,” said Sathianathan from Kota Baru yesterday. The former national coach added that it was now for the untested players to make the best...

Kelantan are the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Cup competition. The Red Warriors defeated Penang 2-1 at the Sultan Mohd IV Stadium in Kota Baru last night to take an unassailable lead in Group E with maximum points from four matches. Former national player Khalid Jamlus scored the first goal for Kelantan in the 43rd minute and current international Indra Putra Mahayuddin netted the winner in the 80th minute. Penang got their goal through S. Chanthuru in the 65th minute. Kelantan’s remaining two matches in the group are against defending champions Kedah and Armed Forces Read Eric Samuel's report here...

Kedah's dreams of defending their Malaysia Cup title are fast fading after failing to collect any points when they lost 0-1 to Kelantan at the Sultan Muhammed IV Stadium in Kota Baharu on Tuesday's night.Indra Putra Mahayuddin's clinical finishing in the 49th minute was good enough for Kelantan to take the lead in Group E with six points from two wins. Kedah only have one point which they earned from their draw with Armed Forces (ATM) in their opening match on Saturday.In the other Group E match tonight, ATM and Penang played to a 1-1 draw at the Selayang Stadium. Meanwhile, Negeri...

Favourite teams Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan and Perlis began their Malaysia Cup campaign by winning their matches Saturday night.In Group D, Selangor collected three points after beating Sabah 1-0 at Kompleks Sukan Tawau. The only goal was scored by Mohd Safee Sali (26th min). Selangor, the FA Cup and Super League champions had to share top spot with PDRM which beat Kuala Muda NAZA 1-0 at Stadium Majlis Perbandaran Selayang.Malaysia Cup holders Kedah only managed a 1-1 draw with Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) in a Group E match at Stadium Darulaman, Alor Setar. Kedah opened scoring when Farizal Abu Bakar scored in...

FORMER National Coach B.Sathianathan has been offered a contract to coach Kelantan who are also known as "Red Warriors". It is learnt that KAFA President Tan Sri Annuar Musa has been talking to Sathianathan who lead Malaysia to a back to back Merdeka Tournament finals and winning one in 2007. Peter Butler has stepped down as Kelantan coach in a sudden move that has dealt a severe blow to the side’s Malaysia Cup hopes. Butler opted to resign due to personal reasons, though his contract was up for renewal in November in any case. It is learnt from reliable sources that he...