By Nicholas C. Reposted from Yahoo! Malaysia

The world’s number one badminton player was spotted out and about recently in a spanking new ride.

Badminton star Lee Chong Wei is famous for his fast and furious smashes on the badminton court, but off the court, same can be said about his rides too.

A couple of pictures that have been circulating around the Internet suggest that the world number one singles player from Malaysia recently bought himself a spanking new car: a white Ferrari F430! Debuted at the 2004 Paris Motor Show, the F430 is a lean, mean driving machine; the F430 is powered by a 4.3L V8 engine that oozes more than 480 in horsepower, so yeah, it's pretty nasty.

The F430 Scuderia does 0-100km in 4 seconds and it has a top speed of 315km/h. And the price tag? A cool RM1.6 million up (S$663,027)!

But before you say that he bought a Ferrari because it's a Ferrari, the 29-year-old Chong Wei knows a lot about cars. A self-confessed super car lover, he's already own a sleek grey Nissan GT-R (which he rumoured to have sold off to get the Ferrari), a BMW X6 Coupe and of

Remy Ong allegedly ran over a stray dog (Photo courtesy of Danny Danerthon Ng)

National bowler Remy Ong has apologised for hitting a stray dog with his car on Sunday afternoon. But the 33-year-old denied driving off intentionally after the incident, claiming he thought the dog "was going to be alright".

Ong was driving along Changi Coast Road after leaving the National Service Resort and Country Club nearby when his black Porsche Boxster hit a female cross-breed dog at about 1pm.

The dog died 20 minutes after the incident.

Speaking to Yahoo! Singapore over the phone on Monday afternoon, Ong apologised for the incident.

"I just want to say I'm really sorry about the whole incident. At the end of the day, it's a life that is lost and I feel very bad about it," said Ong who owns a female poodle.

Giving his version of the event, Ong added: "The dog came out of nowhere and it felt like it brushed against my car. So I thought she was going to be alright."

He was then on his way to pick up his friend at the Singapore Expo, but had returned to the accident scene as he

By Eurosport | World of Sport Reposted from uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

A week ago, Michel Platini was wading into Dinamo Bucharest players when a friendly against CSKA Sofia degenerated into a mass brawl but the Romanians were more impressed by his football skills and promptly signed the striker from the Bulgarian side.

By Brooks Peck, reposted from Yahoo! US sports blog, Dirty Tackle

By now you have probably heard of the tenuous attempt to link Aaron Ramsey's occasional goal-scoring to several notable deaths that have happened in the days that followed. Osama Bin Laden, Steve Jobs, Muammar Gaddafi and, most recently, Whitney Houston have all coincidentally died in the days after a Ramsey goal for Arsenal (his goals for Wales apparently do not have fatal powers). And now, the bizarre news team at Taiwan's NMAtv have given Ramsey's "kick of death" their animated treatment.

In NMA's version of events, each person's death is literally caused by a football. They show Steve Jobs' life support machine getting smashed by one and Whitney Houston gets hit in the head while she takes pills on the edge of a bathtub. Poor taste or just NMA being NMA?

Previously in NMA fever dreams: Ashley Cole makes a kid's stomach explode, Mario Balotelli in Grand Theft Auto V and Ryan Giggs getting pooped on by Twitter

A relieved Qiu Li passes the Beep Test on his fifth attempt (Yahoo! Photo/Daniel Teo)

On his fifth attempt this year, Qiu Li finally passed the dreaded Beep Test on Thursday morning at Woodlands Sports Hall after achieving a score of 13.2.

His score was the minimum passing rate for all S-League players before they can take the field for their respective clubs.

Speaking to Yahoo! Singapore, the Home United and Singapore striker expressed his relief but admits he may hang up his boots if his Beep Test woes continue next year.

He said while still catching his breath: "If there is still the Beep Test next year, I may stop playing altogether and go into coaching."

"The test is good for improving the level of a player's fitness. But to use it as a mandatory test to measure our fitness level is not right and accurate."

"There are players who achieve high scores for the Beep Test but could not even last a full match. On the contrary, I can last 90 minutes even if I fail. So who is the fitter one?"

The China-born player stressed that knowing when and where to run on the pitch

Raddy Avramovic shocked many by dropping Aleksandar Duric. (AFP file photo)

COMMENT

Singapore national football coach Raddy Avramovic's latest 25-men team selection for two upcoming Lions games is puzzling.

The Lions are scheduled to play Azerbaijan in a friendly game in the UAE next Friday before taking on Iraq in a final dead rubber group game of their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign on 29 Feb.

With no points from the five previous games, Singapore is set to finish last in Group A of the qualifiers, rendering this tie meaningless.

The next major competition in line for the national team is the ASEAN Football Championships (or Suzuki Cup) in December.

With this mind, Raddy would do well to select players expected to compete for a place in the eventual Suzuki Cup squad, as well as youngsters whom he might like to assess personally.

Duric out

The biggest surprise is no doubt the omission of evergreen striker Aleksandar Duric.

Even at the ripe age of 41, he has been one of the more consistent performers in the Lions squad. He passed the mandatory beep

By Brooks Peck

Early in the second half of last Saturday's Jupiler League match between Lierse and Zulte Waregem, linesman Frederick Geldhof was struck in the back of the head by a mystery object. As soon as it hit, Geldhof fell to the ground and scrambled onto the pitch, away from whatever attacked him. Disoriented and in pain, the match was momentarily stopped so Geldhof could be treated.

Oddly enough, the only foreign object found at the scene was a bit of cardboard that didn't seem capable of causing such a reaction. After the match, Geldhof clarified that what he felt did not feel like flimsy cardboard (via 101gg):

"My head was struck by an object. and I thought it was a block of ice. I was dizzy and thought I would faint… I heard later that it was a piece of cardboard... It's no laughing matter. I am father of two children and my daughter sent a text message because she was worried."

If you watch the start of the video closely, it looks like the object that hits

Does this spell the end of Duric's Singapore career? (AP photo)

Aleksandar Duric has been left out of the Singapore squad for their upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup third-round qualifier against Iraq on 29 February.

Coach Radojko Avramovic announced his 25-man provisional squad on Wednesday, with the biggest surprise being the absence of Duric's name on the list.

The 41-year-old has been a regular fixture in the Lions squad since making his debut in 2007.

Another surprising move by the Avramovic came in the form of Baihakki Khaizan, who received his first call-up for over a year.

The 28-year-old was dropped from the squad following the Lions' dismal Suzuki Cup campaign in December 2010, where they were knocked out in the group stage.

But Baihakki, who scored the LionsXII's first goal in the Malaysian Super League season, has impressed with his performances at the heart of LionsXII defence and is rewarded with a call-up.

Also among the provisional squad list are four uncapped players.

LionsXII defender Muhammad Shakir Bin Hamzah and midfielder Muhammad