{"id":7190,"date":"2011-01-17T17:40:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T09:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=7190"},"modified":"2011-01-17T17:40:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T09:40:42","slug":"hockey-goalkeeper-kumar-is-asias-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2011\/01\/17\/hockey-goalkeeper-kumar-is-asias-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Goalkeeper Kumar is Asia’s Best"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congrats!<\/p>\n

Kumar honoured as Asia’s best<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

KUALA LUMPUR:<\/strong> It has been an emotional year for national goalkeeper S Kumar. The Tampin-born suffered a huge blow with the passing of his beloved father-cum-mentor S Subramaniam during the New Delhi Commonwealth Games last year.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, a devastated Kumar went on to give an excellent performance during the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China a month later which saw the Malaysian team playing in the final \u2014 the same time his wife Parimalah Letchumaran gave birth to their newborn Varshan.<\/p>\n

It was only natural for Kumar to be awarded as Asia’s Best Player by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) during their Congress held in KL yesterday.<\/p>\n

He inks his name in the history books as being the first Malaysian to receive the award.<\/p>\n

“It is indeed an honour that I will cherish. I dedicate this award to my late father who encouraged me right from the beginning,” said Kumar, 32.<\/p>\n

“Without the sacrifices of my father, I will not be here today.”<\/p>\n

The honour was timely as Kumar has been named the best goalkeeper in eight international tournaments since the Azlan Shah Cup in 2007.<\/p>\n

Kumar started playing hockey at the age of 15, representing SMK Tunku Besar.<\/p>\n

His first national call up was for the Commmowealth Games 1998 training squad and first played for the country at the Brunei Sea Games a year later.<\/p>\n

Since then he has been a regular face between the posts, having played in a string of international tournaments including the Asian Games (2002, 2006, 2010), Asia Cup (2003, 2007, 2009) and Champions Trophy (2007).<\/p>\n

He was even selected to the Asian All-Stars team for his brilliant performances in Guangzhou.<\/p>\n

“The next year will be difficult as Malaysia need to prepare well for the (Olympic) qualifiers but it is my dream to play in the Olympics,” he added.<\/p>\n

source: http:\/\/mmail.com.my\/content\/60985-kumar-honoured-asias-best<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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