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Jia Yee's red-hot form Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:47 AM PDT 2011/06/07 By Ajitpal Singh Jia Yee's ambition is to put Malaysia on the world waterpolo map. — Picture by Supian Ahmad LOW Jia Yee etched her name into the Malaysia Games history books by scoring a massive 47 goals in just four matches for Malacca in women's waterpolo. The 14-year-old's exploits helped Malacca clinch the gold medal with ease in the five-team round-robin competition at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil. In the final round of matches yesterday, Malacca hammered Penang 43-3 with Jia Yee finding the back of the net 14 times. "I like scoring goals and it comes naturally. I'm glad that I took up waterpolo," said Jia Yee, who fell in love with the sport two year's ago. "I hope my performance here will help me earn a spot in the women's national team for the Sea Games. My ambition is to put Malaysia on the world waterpolo map." The Malacca team could have recorded overwhelming victories over all their opponents throughout the competition but for their coach Fan Kow Jan. "Our coach did not want us to humiliate our rivals out of respect. Even today (yesterday), we were confident of scoring more than 50 goals against Penang but he stopped us," Jia Yee disclosed. The team's success can be attributed to Kow Jan's inspirational coaching style. "I teach my players to enjoy the game during competition. There are no shortcuts to success. You simply must be willing to put in the time and effort if you want to become an elite player. "We are the best because we trained hard for it. The only way for others to catch up is to train harder," said Kow Jan, who will be coaching the men's and women's national squads for the Indonesia Sea Games. RESULTS -- Men: Perlis 7 Federal Territories 10, Selangor 17 Penang 3, Perak 10 Negri Sembilan 12. Women: Selangor 20 Perak 3, Malacca 43 Penang 3. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Poland running out of time Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:32 AM PDT WARSAW: With just a year left until Euro 2012 kicks off, the gulf separating fan-fantasies from reality on the pitch remains huge for co-hosts Poland as they fail to thrill in their preparation campaign. Manager Franciszek Smuda faces constant sniping, with Poland's PZPN football association having to deny rumours he could be axed before the European Championships start in the capital Warsaw on June 8, 2012. Sunday's 2-1 home win against an under-strength Argentina may have helped ease the pressure. Polish league Player of the Year, Polonia Warsaw midfielder Adrian Mierzejewski, is the new poster-boy after scoring his first international goal. Overall, however, pundits remain unconvinced. "With only a year until Euro 2012, we still don't have a team that can put the wind up their rivals," complained the tabloid Fakt. Fans in this nation of 38 million are desperate for a return to long-lost glory. Poland won Olympic gold in 1972, silver in 1976, and finished third at the World Cup in 1974 and 1982. But the decades since a second Olympic silver in 1992 have been lean, with their solid World Cup qualifying runs turning into lacklustre finals performances in 2002 and 2006, just like their European Championships debut in 2008. All that ups the stakes for Euro 2012. "I'm from the generation that remembers 1982," Mikolaj Piotrowski, spokesman of organising body PL.2012, said. "I'd like to live that dream again," he said, adding that he hoped at least for a quarter-finals slot. As Poland brace to face France in Warsaw tomorrow, Smuda is taking things in his stride. "After this victory, I don't feel safe as manager. I'd rather feel unsafe and work harder still," he said following the Argentina game. "We're not Barcelona. We're just a young side that's been together for a year and a half. We need two years to gel." He also underlined that he has been plagued by injuries. Smuda's squad are an equal mix of domestic players and those plying their trade abroad, notably in Germany and Turkey, including trio Lukasz Piszczek, Kuba Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowski of German champions Borussia Dortmund. There have been reports of dressing-room disputes over tactics. "The atmosphere's not been as bad as some newspapers make out," Lewandowski told Polish news agency PAP. "The media's blown things out of proportion. We're doing all we can to make it better." For Michal Zachodny, author of the blog 'Polish Football Scout', the squad are fine in themselves. "I believe in those players, I know them, but the manager needs an idea how to manage them, to shape them and make them play. Smuda's too chaotic," he said. Like fellow hosts Ukraine, Poland have an automatic berth at the 16-nation tournament and must rely on friendlies to get ready. Having missed the 2010 World Cup, they will have gone 968 days without a competitive match by the time Euro 2012 kicks off. -- AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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