KUALA LUMPUR: Penang's MSSPP-PSHA lifted the Division Two Junior Hockey League title when they beat Malacca's MBMB Warriors 3-0 in a penalty shoot-out at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
The regulation time match was entertaining to the last drop, but ended 0-0 as both sides failed to find an opening in the semicircle.
However, there was good news for the losing side as well, as both the finalists qualified to play in Division One next season, while the two teams relegated to Division Two are Old La Sallians Association of Klang (Olak) and Perlis Young Lions.
"I am very proud of the commitment shown by my players to become champions of Division Two. They fought every inch for the ball, but could not score in 60 minutes.
"It was a tensed shoot-out, but in the end we prevailed and now we will paly in Division One next season as well. It was a double reward night," said Penang coach G. Uthayan.
In the bronze battle, KL Vipers came back from the dead to beat Anderson PHA 2-1 in a rain-interrupted match.
Anderson were leading 1-0 with a third minute goal from Iqbalnafis Rostam but rain stopped the match in the third quarter and when it resumed, Shafiq Abdullah equalised in the 49th minute and then delivered the winner in the 60th minute.
KL Vipers made their Division Two debut this season, and finished a laudable third.
RESULTS -- Division Two: Final -- MBMB Warriors (Malacca) 0 MSSPP-PSHA (Penang) 0 (Penang won shoot out 3-0); Third-Fourth: KL Vipers 2 Anderson PHA 1.
Division One: SSTMI 5 Sabah SS Resilient 1.
TUESDAY: Old La Sallians Association of Klang v Sabah SS Resilient (Pandamaran, 5pm), PJCC Tigers v BJSS Thudnerbolts (PJCC Stadium, 5pm).
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Kumar back on Monday...
April 21, 2018 @ 7:44pm
(HARIAN METRO)
Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia (MHC) akan mengadakan sidang media, Isnin bagi mengumumkan keputusan Persekutuan Hoki Antarabangsa (FIH) yang tidak menghukum Kumar lebih lanjut selepas enam bulan tersisih sejak keputusan ujian itu diumumkan.
Khabar gembira itu disahkan sumber yang boleh dipercayai kepada Sukan NSTP.
Kumar gagal ujian doping ketika saingan Piala Asia di Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oktober lalu apabila sampel air kencingnya didapati mengandungi sibutramine, salah satu bahan larangan Agensi Anti Doping Dunia (WADA).
Malaysia tewas 1-2 di tangan India pada final Piala Asia dan itu adalah persembahan terbaik skuad negara sebelum Kumar digantung.
Malaysia menamatkan saingan di tempat keempat dan kelima ketika pertandingan Piala Sultan Azlan Shah dan Sukan Komanwel baru-baru ini.
Bagaimanapun perkembangan terbaru itu menyaksikan Kumar bakal diturunkan untuk menghadapi Sukan Asia Indonesia dari 18 Ogos hingga 2 September nanti.
Sumber itu berkata, Kumar tidak perlu menghadiri sesi pendengaran FIH kerana rekod bersihnya dalam hoki selain tidak menunjukkan penggunaan bahan terlarang berkenaan adalah untuk meningkatkan prestasinya.
Kebiasaannya, sibutramine digunakan untuk menguruskan badan.
Kumar mewakili Malaysia sebanyak 295 kali di pentas antarabangsa selain menjalani 10 ujian doping sepanjang kariernya dengan semuanya adalah negatif.
Dia tidak menjalani latihan bersama skuad negara selepas ujiannya didapati positif namun tempoh enam bulan tidak akan menjadi masalah kepada Kumar untuk kembali berada pada tahap terbaik menjelang Sukan Asia.
Malaysia berharap untuk memenangi emas pertama hoki Sukan Asia dan layak ke Olimpik Tokyo 2020 dengan kehadiran penjaga gol berpengalaman itu pasti mengukuhkan lagi benteng negara.
Kumar: Back in action Monday..
April 21, 2018 @ 7:44pm
(BERITA HARIAN)
KUALA LUMPUR: Berita gembira buat skuad hoki kebangsaan apabila penjaga gol, S Kumar sudah boleh beraksi mulai Isnin ini selepas 'menjalani hukuman' susulan gagal ujian doping, Oktober lalu.
Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia (MHC) akan mengadakan sidang media, Isnin bagi mengumumkan keputusan Persekutuan Hoki Antarabangsa (FIH) yang tidak menghukum Kumar lebih lanjut selepas enam bulan tersisih sejak keputusan ujian itu diumumkan.
Khabar gembira itu disahkan sumber yang boleh dipercayai kepada Sukan NSTP.
Kumar gagal ujian doping ketika saingan Piala Asia di Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oktober lalu apabila sampel air kencingnya didapati mengandungi sibutramine, salah satu bahan larangan Agensi Anti Doping Dunia (WADA).
Malaysia tewas 1-2 di tangan India pada final Piala Asia dan itu adalah persembahan terbaik skuad negara sebelum Kumar digantung.
Malaysia menamatkan saingan di tempat keempat dan kelima ketika pertandingan Piala Sultan Azlan Shah dan Sukan Komanwel baru-baru ini.
Bagaimanapun perkembangan terbaru itu menyaksikan Kumar bakal diturunkan untuk menghadapi Sukan Asia Indonesia dari 18 Ogos hingga 2 September nanti.
Sumber itu berkata, Kumar tidak perlu menghadiri sesi pendengaran FIH kerana rekod bersihnya dalam hoki selain tidak menunjukkan penggunaan bahan terlarang berkenaan adalah untuk meningkatkan prestasinya.
Kebiasaannya, sibutramine digunakan untuk menguruskan badan.
Kumar mewakili Malaysia sebanyak 295 kali di pentas antarabangsa selain menjalani 10 ujian doping sepanjang kariernya dengan semuanya adalah negatif.
Dia tidak menjalani latihan bersama skuad negara selepas ujiannya didapati positif namun tempoh enam bulan tidak akan menjadi masalah kepada Kumar untuk kembali berada pada tahap terbaik menjelang Sukan Asia.
Malaysia berharap untuk memenangi emas pertama hoki Sukan Asia dan layak ke Olimpik Tokyo 2020 dengan kehadiran penjaga gol berpengalaman itu pasti mengukuhkan lagi benteng negara.
Kumar back in action...
April 21, 2018 @ 7:44pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Great news for the Malaysian hockey team. Goalkeeper S. Kumar, who failed a doping test in October, will be back in action on Monday after serving his “suspension”.
The Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) will hold a press conference on Monday to announce the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) decision not to penalise Kumar any further than the six months that he has been out in the cold.
NSTP Sport came to know about this latest development from a reliable source.
Kumar failed a doping test during the Asia Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh in October when a small amount of sibutramine, prohibited by the World Anti Doping Agency (Wada), was found in his urine sample.
Malaysia lost to India 2-1 in the final of the Asia Cup, which was their best performance before Kumar was banned.
Once rated as the No 1 goalkeeper in Asia, Kumar did not play in the recent Azlan Shah Cup and Commonwealth Games, where Malaysia finished fourth and fifth respectively.
However, Kumar will now be available for the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug 18-Sept 2.
The source said Kumar did not even have to attend any FIH hearing because of his good record, as well as his declaration that he did not use any substance to enhance his performance. Sibutramine is normally used for slimming purposes.
Kumar has amassed 295 caps for the country and undergone about 10 doping tests throughout his career, testing negative in all.
He did not train with the national players after his urine sample was found to be positive, but six months of being away from the sport should pose no problems for Kumar to get back into shape for the Asian Games.
With Malaysia hoping to win their first Asian Games gold medal and qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, an experienced goalkeeper will certainly help their cause.
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