Nicol’s success proves Malaysia capable of producing world-class athlete

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today congratulated former national Queen of Squash Datuk Nicol Ann David for being voted the World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time, yesterday. His Majesty also expressed his joy and pride over the achievement which inadvertently helped Malaysia to shine on the global stage. […]

Nicol David voted World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian squash queen Datuk Nicol David has been crowned ‘The World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time’ with a huge win in a global online poll that ended at 9 pm yesterday. Being the only Asian candidate, the eight-time squash world champion, who had been the frontrunner since day one, garnered 318,943 votes […]

Eain Yow starts season on winning note at Qatar Classic

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top squash player Ng Eain Yow started his long-disrupted season on a positive note by defeating Egyptian Karim El Hammamy in the Qatar Classic first round today. Playing in his first event of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) 2020/2021 season, which started in June, Eain Yow bounced back from a game down […]

Yuen, Wee Wern defend squash premier division titles

KUALA LUMPUR: Defending champions — Ivan Yuen and Low Wee Wern retained the men’s and women’s premier division title after edging their respective opponents in the final match of 36th National Squash Championships at the Nicol David Arena, National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil, here today. Yuen, the men’s champion since 2017, took 48 minutes […]

Sibu, Miri take squash titles

MIRI: Squash teams from Sibu and Miri shone in the just concluded state-level squash tournament held in Miri on Friday. A total 33 young players aged 12, 15 and 18 from Kuching, Sibu and Miri, took part in the three-day event which kicked off on Feb 19. The tournament closing ceremony was graced by assistant […]