Sunday, June 8, 2008

R. Nadesh in extra-time


TOP PIC: Pahang women with their gold medals. They beat hosts Terengganu 2-0 in the final.
BOTTOM PIC: Federal Territories' R. Nadesh (in Blue) in action with Johor's Shaheeb Shah in the Malaysia Games final. FT won 2-1 in extra-time, courtesy of Nadesh.

A NAIL-BITING repeat final from 2006 in men's hockey at the State Sports Complex, resulted in the same victors, but this time Federal Territories (FT) were taken to extra-time by Johor, before an 84th minute penalty corner converted by R. Nadesh sealed the Malaysia Games gold medal for coach K. Dharmaraj's team in Terengganu, after the score was tied 1-1 at full-time.
RESULTS: Men’s Final: Federal Territories 2 Johor 1 (after extra-time) ; Bronze:Penang 4 Kelantan 3.
Women’s Final: Pahang 2 Terengganu 0; Bronze: Penang 2 Johor 0.