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Cycling: Azizul ready to cycle again Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT 2011/06/15 Arnaz M. Khairul arnaz@nstp.com.my Azizul aims to make a victorious return. AZIZUL Hasni Awang has confirmed he will make a competitive return at the World University Games in Shenzen, China, on Aug 13-17. The 23-year-old reigning UCI World Cup keirin overall champion and World No 1, has recovered fully from injuries sustained in a horrific crash at the final round of the UCI World Cup in Manchester on Feb 19. The horror of the 20cm splinter that pierced his left calf as Azizul braved on to ride to a sensational bronze medal in Manchester, is now behind the Dungun-born as he focuses on regaining his best. Azizul began light training a month ago, but has now signaled that he is fully recovered and ready to return to the elite squad's training base in Melbourne by the end of this month. "Up until a week ago, there was still some pain in the area that was injured, but now it feels fine. I am ready to resume full training," said Azizul, the country's Sportsman of the Year in 2010. Azizul is currently working on regaining his endurance under national road team coach Graham Seers before returning to Melbourne under head coach John Beasley. The World University Games squad are likely to comprise Azizul, Akmal Amrun and representatives from the Ministry of Higher Education's cycling focus centre at University Teknologi Malaysia Malacca headed by Sayuti Zahit. Keirin specialist Azizul said although he has confirmed his participation in the World University Games, the number of events he will contest in, has yet to be determined. "We've not decided on that yet. It will be up to John to decide, once he has evaluated my condition," said Azizul. Holding the world's top position in the keirin also puts Azizul in a commanding position to secure his berth for next year's London Olympics when the qualifying process resumes with the World Cup season in Astana, Kazakhstan on Nov 4-6. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Polo / Asian-Australasian-African Championships: Malaysia ride hard to snatch victory Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT 2011/06/15 T.N. Alagesh nstsport@nstp.com.my A Malaysia rider (left) tussles with a New Zealand player in Pekan yesterday. MALAYSIA pushed themselves to the limit to snatch a 9-8 win over New Zealand in their opening match of the Asian-Australasian-African Polo Championships at the Royal Pahang Polo grounds in Pekan yesterday. Royal Malaysian Polo Association president, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, who left the Royal Box to stand with Malaysian supporters on the field despite a drizzle, jumped for joy when the final whistle was blown. "This is a very sweet victory for Malaysia. We have never played any of these teams in such a tournament before. So this win means a lot," said Tengku Abdullah, who hugged the players and team officials after the win. "We showed tremendous fighting spirit. The players played their guts out and never gave up even when the chips were down. I hope they can keep up the momentum for our next match which is against India." Yesterday's win was all the more sweeter for the Malaysians as the Asian-Australasian-Africa Championship also serves as the Zone D Qualifier for this year's FIP Polo World Cup Finals in San Luis, Argentina, on Oct 11-25. Huziani Yunos (Handicap 4) was the toast of Malaysia with five goals - scoring a goal each in the first three chukkas and ended it with a brace in the fourth. Local boy Edham Shahruddin (4) scored two while Tengku Ahmad Shazril and skipper Shaikh Reismann scored one each. New Zealand's Andrew Parrott also scored five goals for his team while Kit Brooks scored two and Gary Vickers one. In an earlier match, India, who had a 1/2 goal advantage, beat Australia 5 1/2-5 in another thriller with Samir Suhag scoring four goals. Vishal Chauhan scored the other. The Australian scorers were Zac Hagedorn and Matt Grimes (two each) and Alec White. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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