Hockey legends challenge Malaysian team to end 20-year Olympic absence


  • Hockey
  • Thursday, 25 Apr 2019

Legends: (from left) Datuk Mirnawan Nawawi, Datuk Seri N. Shanmuganathan and Nor Saiful Zaini posing for a photograph at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Three former hockey Olympians are challenging the men’s hockey team to dream big and end Malaysia’s 20-year wait to feature in the Olympic Games.

Hockey legends Datuk Seri N. Shanmuganathan, Nor Saiful Zaini and Datuk Mirnawan Nawawi took time off yesterday to motivate the players to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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