KUALA LUMPUR: National Sports Council (NSC) director general Datuk Zolkples Embong has described as “unrealistic” the Malaysian women’s hockey team’s target of a top-two placing in the Olympic qualifiers in Victoria, Canada, from April 26-May 4.
“Although the team have improved a lot since their 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games humiliation, the top-two target set for them will only put unnecessary pressure on the players,” he said yesterday.
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