No surprise sweeter than a first national call-up for Harith


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Under-23 team centreback Harith Haiqal Adam Afkar savoured the sweetest surprise right before boarding the flight to Bangkok to join Selangor’s pre-season training camp in Thailand on Thursday.

The 21-year-old was one of the 33 players picked by coach Kim Pan-gon for the Harimau Malaya centralised training camp starting on March 8 to prepare for their third and fourth Group D matches of the World Cup 2026-Asian Cup 2027 round two qualifiers.

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