Thursday, May 3, 2018

Rayuan Fadzil didengari

PRESIDEN MHC, Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal.



KUALA LUMPUR: Ahmad Fadzil Zainal yang pernah beraksi dalam dua temasya Sukan Olimpik kini boleh menarik nafas lega selepas usahanya untuk mendapatkan bantuan bagi pembedahan pintasan jantung menemui jalan penyelesaian dengan Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia (MHC) turut menawarkan untuk membantu bekas penjaga gol skuad hoki negara itu.
Fadzil menjalani pemeriksaan di Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) baru-baru ini sebelum mendapati ada tiga halangan di saluran jantungnya.
Beliau kemudian menjalani prosedur angioplasty tetapi tidak berjaya dan memerlukan RM40,000 untuk menjalani pembedahan pintasan jantung.
Fadzil sudah mendapatkan bantuan Yayasan Kebajikan Atlet Kebangsaan (YAKEB) yang berjanji untuk menyumbang RM20,000.
Yayasan Hoki Malaysia turut memberi jaminan untuk memberikan sumbangan baki RM20,000 lagi.
"Saya bercakap dengan Ahmad dan beliau beritahu saya YAKEB sedia memberi sumbangan RM20,000 sementara Yayasan Hoki juga memberi jaminan untuk memberi sumbangan baki sejumlah RM20,000 lagi.
"Saya akan menemuinya secara peribadi apabila beliau kembali menjalani pemeriksaan di IJN minggu depan dan kemudian melihat apa yang boleh MHC bantu," kata Presiden MHC, Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal hari ini.
Fadzil mewakili Malaysia selama 14 tahun dari 1978 hingga 1992 yang menyaksikannya beraksi pada Piala Dunia 1982 di Bombay, Sukan Olimpik Los Angeles 1984 dan Sukan Olimpik Barcelona 1992 selain tiga Sukan Asia (1982, 1986 dan 1990).
Sementara itu, Fadzil berkata: "Saya tidak bekerja dan tidak mempunyai wang untuk menjalani pembedahan. Saya juga menjaga ayah yang tidak begitu sihat."

JHL SEMIFINALS: Final push for Cikgu Shahabudin

KUALA LUMPUR: Cikgu Shahabudin Royani is looking for a double celebration from SMK Datuk Bentara Luar-UniKL players in the semi-finals of the TNB Cup Friday.
  For, it is his birthday today (Thursday), and the 54-year-old Datuk Bentara team manager will be opting out on early retirement from the teaching profession in June.
  However, he has made a tall order, as his charges face League champions Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) Thudnerbolts in the last four.
  The other semi-finals will be between Anderson Thunderbolts and Pahang's AHP-SSP Thunderbolts.
  Datuk Bentara Luar, from Batu Pahat, beat Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Thunderbolts 2-1 in the quarter-finals -- to deny a Thunderbolts monopoly in the semifinals.
  "I know it will not be an easy match as we face mighty SSTMI tomorrow (Friday). But I know my players will give their best for an upset, and even if they do not win, I expect them to fight like champions till the very end.
  "That is all I am asking from them as a birthday as well as a retirement gift," said Shahabudin.
  It's because of dedicated teachers like Shahabudin, that hockey in the country is the most respectable team sport.
  Datuk Bentara started as a Division Two outfit in 2013, and gained promotion to Division One in 2016 when they finished second behind Nur Insafi.
  With funding from Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) Datuk Bentara ended eighth in 2016, sixth in 2017 but were knocked out of the quarter-finals by SSTMI Thunderbolts with a 5-0 hammering.
  "This is the second time we will be playing in the knock-out TNB Cup, and our first semi-finals appearance. Coincidentally we were also paired against SSTMI in the quarter-finals last season.
  "This year, we lost to them 4-0 in the League, but that score is no excuse to play badly in the semis," said Shahabudin.
  While it will be uphill for Datuk Bentara, Anderson Thunderbolts and AHP-SSP Thunderbolts will be a clsoely contested encounter.
  FRIDAY: Semi-finals: Anderson Thunderbolts v AHP-SSP Thunderbolts (National Stadium, 4pm), SSTMI Thunderbolts v SMKDBL-UNIKL-PHJ (National Stadium, 6.30pm).