Johor Darul Ta’zim’s (JDT) journey in the 2017 AFC Cup continues with an away trip to Cambodia to play Boeung Ket on Wednesday evening. The 2015 AFC Cup champions currently sits three points ahead of their opponents but trails Philippines’ Global FC by two points. The match against Boeung Ket is the first of the last two matches in Group F to be played for JDT. These two matches are undeniably the easier matches after two consecutive match-ups against Global that ended with a win each....

One day after a former Malaysia international has come out saying that Malaysian champions Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) are the cause of the Malaysia national team’s decline, the CEO of M-League organiser Football Malaysia LLP (FMLLP) has hit back at the opinion, saying it is an ill-informed opinion. On Thursday, former Malaysia defender turned-vocal critic of the Malaysian FA (FAM) Jamal Nasir Ismail told Berita Harian that the Southern Tigers’ penchance of signing Malaysia internationals has resulted in the players’ drop in performance, as most of them become benchwarmers instead of key players at the club....

Following the 53rd Malaysian FA (FAM) congress on Saturday that saw Johor Darul Ta’zim FC (JDT) owner Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim capture the post of president, he wasted no time announcing several major changes to the Malaysia national team. Earlier in the day in the congress press conference, the Crown Prince of Johor announced that he will replace Malaysia head coach Dato’ Ong Kim Swee with former JDT head coach Mario Gomez....

Gordon has four top-five and seven top-10 finishes in nine races this season, the main reason he’s leading the standings by five points over Matt Kenseth. MORE: Logano clinches Chase spot | Winners & Losers | Feud of the week | Ambrose-Mears fight The four-time Cup champion has two second-place finishes in the last three races. He has no finish worse than 13th and has led laps in four of the last five races, including a race-high 173 on Saturday night....

By getting schooled himself. MORE: Jeff Gordon’s final NASCAR season, in photos | Gordon had a perfect score in driver’s ed Gordon boasts more Sprint Cup victories at road courses than any other driver in NASCAR history, having won five times at Sonoma Raceway and four times at Watkins Glen International, site of Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (2 p.m. ET, NBCSN). And though Gordon struggled in his first road course outing in a stock car, his background served him well....

Gordon could only get close enough to grab Keselowski’s uniform, but fists were flying among several crewmen on pit road after the race. MORE: More on fight | Harvick plays instigator | Gordon has history of fights | Crewmen shouldn’t fight In addition to hurt feelings and hot tempers, Gordon left with a 29th-place finish and sits fourth in the standings and in the last cutoff position heading into the final race of the third round next week at Phoenix....

It all started when Chance Terry from Utah posted a video to his TikTok account, misterniceguy_, detailing the many amusing things he loves about the Supernatural and Grey’s Anatomy actor. Terry has made his name on the video platform by posting videos extolling the virtues of some of Hollywood’s best known leading men while sitting in his car. Everyone from Gerard Butler to Jason Statham have been given the treatment over the past few weeks, with fans continuing to post messages requesting more of the same....

Lawrence, 32, braved a pending New York City thunderstorm to participate in Vogue’s 73 Questions program for the first time. The star played a round of mini-golf outdoors in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as she answered questions about giving birth, Robert De Niro and which directors she’d most like to work with. But there was one question Lawrence answered without flinching. “What’s the most bizarre thing you’ve ever read about yourself?” the unseen interviewer asked Lawrence....

The Oscar-winner revealed that, while her three-time co-star Robert De Niro, 79, is the “sweetest man in the world,” he made a break for the door during the event in 2019. “Can you share with me your all-time favorite, quintessentially Robert De Niro, Robert De Niro story?” the 32-year-old was asked during an appearance on Vogue’s 73 Questions series. “He’s amazing on set,” she said of De Niro. “He’s just the sweetest man in the world—still very intimidating....

MORE: Alex Rodriguez says he got offers to play again, but is staying retired The singer-actress says she was eating lunch when she spotted the former New York Yankees star on his way out of a Los Angeles restaurant. “For some reason, I just felt like tapping him on the shoulder,” she said. Lopez said they spoke for a little while and a text later, they were having dinner....

The two-times Oscar-nominated actor, 51, was said to be in a “critical but stable condition” after he was airlifted to a Reno area hospital on Sunday, January 1. The Washoe County Sheriff’s office confirmed it had responded to an one-person “traumatic injury” at about 9 a.m on New Year’s Day. It said the Major Accident Investigation Team was looking into the cause of the incident. Renner’s spokesperson said he was in a “critical but stable condition with injuries suffered after experiencing a weather-related accident while plowing snow earlier today,” according to The Hollywood Reporter....

Gresham met with a doctor Wednesday to determine whether surgery would be necessary. MORE: Devon Still says Leah in process of recovery | Free-agent bargains and wallet-busters The former Oklahoma star spent the past five seasons with the Bengals, who drafted him in the first round in 2010. Gresham caught 62 passes last year for 460 yards and five touchdowns. He was one of the best free-agent tight end options entering the offseason, but he may need a positive post-surgery prognosis for his NFL career to continue....

While not directly addressing the layoffs at ESPN, the likable Bettis on Monday thanked the network for his four years. It was an “honor” to work at ESPN, added the former Steelers running back in another tweet. Bettis is widely recognized as one of the most personable and friendly NFL personalities. But he has lost two big TV jobs, at ESPN and NBC Sports, since 2009. Look for The Bus to possibly resurface at NFL Network....

Not that the Cowboys owner is unhappy about receiving the game’s highest individual honor during Saturday night’s ceremony in Canton, Ohio. Jones, though, knows enshrinement into the Hall is usually the final chapter of the honoree’s gridiron biography. The past five owners and/or team executives selected — Eddie DeBartolo Jr., Bill Polian, Ron Wolf, Bill Parcells and Ralph Wilson — were no longer working in the league or distanced from day-to-day operations....

“Sports gives us the grandest opportunity of all to talk about reaching down and helping up or getting on somebody else’s shoulders,” Jones said in an interview with KXAS-TV Sunday. “And, so, it is almost a natural thing to reach out there and say to somebody that’s got God-given gifts to play at the NFL level, at the Dallas Cowboy level, ‘Hey, get it together. Come over here and do something special, and while you’re doing it, help the Dallas Cowboys and at the same time show a lot of people that you’re not the negative that a lot think you are now....

Putting the book together, however, did not come easy. It took the better part of 10 years, mostly alone, for co-author Jesse Green to compile, edit fact check and shape the manuscript. The idea of writing of Shy had its beginnings in 2010, but the book took a long, roundabout route to publication. Green, chief theater critic for The New York Times, told Newsweek, “Mary and I met in 2004, but she didn’t ask me to work with her until 2010 or so....

In a statement released by the Sanders campaign Sunday, Jackson criticized Democrats who are seeking a “moderate path,” instead urging the party to be more progressive and choose Sanders as the nominee. Jackson said he is “enthusiastically endorsing” Sanders because of the senator’s decades-long stance alongside the country’s black community. “With the exception of Native Americans, African Americans are the people who are most behind socially and economically in the United States and our needs are not moderate,” Jackson declared, two days ahead of Michigan’s Tuesday primary....

On Saturday, Team USA and Springsteen — daughter of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame parents Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa — won the silver medal in the equestrian team jumping final, which went to a jump-off against Sweden. Belgium picked up the bronze medal. Though all six riders between the U.S. and Sweden had clear rounds in the jump-off, Sweden narrowly edged the United States for gold with a finish of 122....