15 Sep

Sapura Hockey Club once again punctuated Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s fiery determination with a 2-1 victory in the final of the TNBMHL 2016 Knockout Tournament for the Tan Sri P. Alagendra Cup at the Tun Razak Stadium today. This is the third time that Sapura, who won the RM70,000 winner’s cheque, defeated TNB with a 2-1 margin of victory. They won the first and return legs of the Premier League with similar scores. Tenaga Nasional Berhad reached the final with a 3-2 win over Terengganu Hockey Team in the semifinals while Sapura outclassed Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) 4-1. “I must credit my...

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29 Aug

Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) suffered a setback in their chase for the TNB Malaysian Premier Hockey League crown when they only managed a 1-1 draw against a resilient Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) at the Kuala Lumpur Hockey Stadium in Jalan Pantai on Friday. In other Premier League matches, Sapura Hockey Club (Sapura) beat Maybank 2-1 while Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) played out an exciting 4-4 drawn game. With two wins so far against defending champions THT in the Charity Shield and a comprehensive 5-2 mauling of Sapura, no one would have bet against KLHC taking all...

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22 Sep

Argentinean Nicolas Cicileo brought cheers to the hundreds of Terengganu Hockey Team fans as the east coast giants won the TNB Cup 5-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Sunday. For the second consecutive year, THT won both the League and TNB Cup watched by an estimated 4,000 fans. However, the total prize money of RM120,000 (RM70,000 for the champion and RM50,000 for the runners-up) was shared equally by both teams after the match ended 1-1 in regulation time. It will be a day to remember the high drama and near misses that enveloped...

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14 Sep

A rejuvenated Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) defied the odds to beat Sapura Hockey Club 3-2 in the second-leg quarterfinals of the TNB Cup but failed to advance beyond at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday. It was Arul Selvaraj’s UniKL’s first ever win in the TNBMHL 2015 season in 12 matches but one that simply came too late. Sapura, buoyed by the 3-0 win in the first-leg quarterfinals tie, advanced to Tuesday’s first-leg semifinals on a 5-3 aggregate score. They are set to meet four-time champions Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club. In another quarterfinal match, Maybank once again came out of the...

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13 Sep

India’s Deepanshu Bhargav fired home a late goal to give Maybank a well-deserved 2-1 victory over Tenaga Nasional Berhad in the first-leg quarterfinals of the TNB Cup at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Friday. Bhargav scored the winning goal in the 59th minute – his first in the TNBMHL 2015 season, after Azril Miron, the younger brother of national and Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) defender Azlan put TNB ahead in the fifth minute and Hafifi Hafiz Hanafi drew level for Maybank from a penalty corner before the end of the third quarter. Maybank, who went down twice to TNB with...

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28 Aug

Sapura Hockey Club squeezed out a 3-2 win over Maybank in the second-leg of the TNBMHL Premier Division match at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday. Norsyafiq Sumantri opened accounts for Sapura just two minutes into the game with a field goal – his third in the league before Maybank equalised through Muhammad Hafiz Zainol in the 41st minute. Tai Beng Hai’s Sapura, who finished fifth in the six-team Premier Division last season, then shot ahead 2-1 from Muhammad Zulhairi Hashim’s penalty corner seconds after the Maybank equaliser. Maybank and Pakistan’s national team goalkeeper Imran Butt was once again beaten in...

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