defending champions

Barcelona won the Spanish Super Cup after beating bitter rivals and defending champions Real Madrid 3-1 on Jan 15 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Didier Deschamps' side became the first defending champions since Brazil in 1998 to return to the final at the next edition with another efficient performance at Al Bayt Stadium.

Kylian Mbappe's double saw defending champions France book their place in the knockout rounds with a 2-1 win over Denmark, with a game in hand.

Messi said the defending champions France and Brazil have a core group of players who have played together for a long time.

The national men's indoor hockey team created history when they won for the first time after edging defending champions Iran 3-2 in a shootout after both teams were tied 4-4.

The national badminton squad defeated defending champions India 3-1 in the mixed team event at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

It's the end of the road for the national Under-23 squad after going down fighting 1-0 in extra time to defending champions Vietnam in an exciting 31st SEA Games men's football semi-final tonight.

Abdul Talib hopes the team will stay focused against Cambodia and finish the group stage competition as champions.

The Malaysian men's team clinched their maiden Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) title with a 3-0 win over defending champions Indonesia today.

The young national women's team began their BATC campaign in stunning fashion, fighting back from two games down to upset defending champions Japan 3-2 in Group Y today.

Five-time champions Thailand booked their place in the 2020 AFF Cup Championship finals after holding defending champions Vietnam to a goalless draw in the second leg semifinals tonight.

KL City FC produced a scintillating brand of counter-attacking football to stun favourites and defending champions JDT 2-0 in the final of the prestigious Malaysia Cup at the National Stadium tonight.

Indonesia finally ended an almost two-decade wait to lift the prestigious Thomas Cup after beating defending champions China 3-0 in the finals at the Ceres Arena, tonight.

China wrested back the Uber Cup title from Japan after defeating the defending champions 3-1 in the final at the Ceres Arena here on Saturday night (Sunday early morning in Malaysia.)

A goal by Jonathan David and a Burak Yilmaz penalty put Christophe Galtier's side on 83 points, one ahead of defending champions PSG.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.