Keeping it tight


In need of a push: Hafizuddin Othman has struggled to match the standard of former goal keeper S. Kumar when the stakes were high.

PETALING JAYA: It’s always an honour to be the Speedy Tigers’ first-choice goalkeeper and S. Kumar had played that role admirably in the final 10 years of his career that started in 1999.

Finishing with 323 international caps, Kumar has been the mainstay in almost all the major international events and his retirement in 2019 left a huge burden on his deputy Hafizuddin Othman.

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