Bowler Rafiq holding it all together to strike it right for ill father


No. 1 fan: Rafiq Ismail (right) posing with his family members – wife Wan Nur Adzlin Wan Ahmad Ifafudin (left), mother Zaiton Abd Ghani and father Ismail Nimat during a recent competition.

PETALING JAYA: National bowler Rafiq Ismail is determined to bring another IBF World Cup medal, hopefully gold, for his beloved father.

Rafiq won the singles silver after losing to China’s Du Chaojian 223-222, 166-226, 193-235 in the final a few days ago in Hong Kong while his father was watching all the action from the hospital bed.

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