Emotional Rafiq dedicates Samho Cup victory to late father


PETALING JAYA: It was an emotional win for bowler Rafiq Ismail at the Samho Cup in South Korea on Friday (Sept 26). 

The 27-year-old received the heartbreaking news that his father Ismail Nimat had passed away just before the final. Yet, Rafiq found the courage to step onto the lanes and lifted the Cup in style in Yongin. 

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