Hafifihafiz Hanafi (right) seen here in action against Japan in a test match at Bukit Jalil in 2011, was a surprise inclusion into the Malaysia World Cup hockey squad who start their campaign against Australia on Saturday at The Hague, Holland.
THE HAGUE: The last two years have been pure agony and uncertainty for hockey player Hafifihafiz Hanafi.
He injured his knee in October 2012 and had to sit out the whole of last year trying hard to recover from it. It was only in April that he finally got the full clearance to train and was recalled to the side just two weeks before the Champions Challenge I started in Kuantan.
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