KUALA LUMPUR: A bad back injury failed to prevent Shaiful Azli Abdul Rahman from fighting his way into the national hockey team for the Champions Challenge in South Africa from July 19-27.
The 25-year-old suffered the injury last week and could not train with the team for a few days. He was not expected make coach Paul Lissek's final team of 18 players.
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