Title can go three ways...

TENGKU Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) kept their hopes of defending the Division One League title alive when they beat Petaling Jaya City Council (PJCC) 4-0 in the NSC-Milo-MHC Junior Hockey League yesterday.
  The league title will now be decided on Thursday, when SSTMI play UniKL Young Guns in a winner-takes-all high stakes match as both teams are tied on 15 points.
  PJCC ended their league on 18 points, but their goals-scored count is too low to challenge for the title, unless the SSTMI-UniKL match ends in a draw, and they will be crowned without breaking sweat while watching from the stands.
  Playing at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil, PJCC only needed a draw to lift the League title, but SSTMI's Shahril Saabah dented their hopes early with a fourth minute penalty corner goal.
  After that SSTMI took control of the match and won four more penalty corners, and scored their second in the 30th minute off a Mohamed Zulhamizan field goal to enter the dressing room with the title in sight.
  Huzairy Zin then made it 3-0 in the 43rd minute, while Azwar Rahman helped himself to another in the 53rd minute.
  SSTMI coach Wan Roslan Wan Rahman knows the score on Thursday: "The defeat to Anderson (2-1) on Friday turned out to be a blessing as it was a wake-up call for my players to play better against PJCC. Now, we can't afford to make too many mistakes in the match against UniKL as its a winner-take-all."
  PJCC team manager Zanal Abidin was disappointed with the defeat, but is keeping is fingers crossed for UniKL and SSTMI to end with a draw.
  "We will be at the stands on Thursday when UniKL and SSTMI play, and hopefully its a draw so we can celebrate our maiden JHL League title," said Zanal.
   Two red cards were yesterday flashed to PJCC player Khairol Shafik and Politeknik player Mohamed Kamarul.
     RESULTS: Division One: Tengku Mahkota SS 4 Petaling Jaya CC 0.
  Division Two: Group A -- Nur Insafi 1 Kelantan HA 7, Perlis 1 1Mas Penang 0, Anderson Jnrs 3 SERATAS 0.
   Group B: Tunas Muda Pahang 2 Bukit Jalil SS Juniors 3, Padang Midin 2 Johor HA 5, Olak PKT 1 Politeknik KPT 2.
   
DIVISION ONE

             P  W  D  L  F    A  Pts
PJCC         7  6  0  1  11   9   18
SSTMI        6  5  0  1  29   3   15
UniKL        6  5  0  1  28   6   15
Anderson     6  2  2  2  10   16  8
Malacca HS   6  1  2  3  9    21  5
BJSS         7  1  1  5  9    17  4
SSTMI Jnrs   5  1  1  3  6    16  4
USM-MSSSPP   5  0  0  5  6    20  0

GROUP A

               P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
Kelantan       8  8  0  0  38  10 24
Kedah HA Jnrs  8  4  3  1  17  6  15
Perlis         7  4  2  1  23  12 14
Anderson Jnrs  7  4  2  1  18   9 14
STAR Ipoh      7  3  1  3  6   14  10
1Mas Penang    8  3  0  5  16  15  9
Matri          6  1  1  4  5   20  4
SERATAS        6  0  1  5  1  13   1
Nur Insafi     7  0  0  7  2  27   0


GROUP B   

              P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
KLSS          7  7  0  0  28  8  21
Poli KPT      7  6  0  1  24  6  18
OLAK          8  5  0  3  21  9  15
K Langat      7  4  0  3  10  28 12
Datuk Taha    8  3  2  3  22  12 11
TM Pahang     8  3  1  4  19  18 10
TBSS          8  3  0  5  16  20  9
Johor HA      8  2  2  4  17  23  8
BJSS Jnrs     8  2  1  5  11  28  7
SMKPM         7  0  0  7  11  27  0 

Hero’s welcome for Negre...

FIH president Leandro Negre received a hero’s welcome on his visit to Bangladesh this week. Negre’s arrival inducted a new edition in the history of Bangladesh sports as it was the first arrival of any FIH president in the country.

Negre spent a busy day at Dhaka after his arrival as he met the state minister for youth and sports Ahad Ali Sarker and the president of Bangladesh Olympic Association and also attended a dinner arranged in honour of the FIH president.