Malaysia’s Hii Siew Siew competes in the girls 200m butterfly finals of the ASEAN school games championship at the Shah Alam aquatic centre,  July 16, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Malaysia’s Paderewski Awang Pan powering his way to win the boys 200m butterfly finals of the ASEAN school games championship at the Shah Alam aquatic centre,  July 16, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Malaysia’s Ian James Barr competes in the boys 200m backstroke finals of the ASEAN school games championship at the Shah Alam aquatic centre,  July 15, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Penang’s Melinder Kaur powering her way to win the gold for women’s 3000m steeplechase final with the time of  10:55.31 minutes at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 17, 2010. She rewrite her own national record by more than eight seconds. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Melaka’s J. Karthik (right) powering his way to win the gold for men’s 3000m steeplechase final with the time of 09:20.25 minutes at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 17, 2010. He broke the games record. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Penang’s Ng Khai Lee competes in the women’s long jump final to win the gold with the distance of 5.87 metres at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 17, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Selangor’s Jen Chan Guo hits the pit in the men’s long jump final at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 16, 2010. Chan Guo won the gold with a distance of 7.43 metres. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Negeri Sembilan’s Norliyana competes during the women’s high jump final at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 14, 2010. She breaks the games record with a jump of 1.76 metres.  GLENN GUAN/The Star

Penang’s Teh Ching Keong (left) kicks Perak’s Moen Raj during the men’s kumite 84kg category match at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 13, 2010. Ching Keong won the gold. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Sabah’s Vera Casandra (left) punches Penang’s Quah Beng Huai during the women’s kumite 61kg category match at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 12, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Selangor’s S. Senthilkumaran (left) in action against Sabah’s Leong Tze Ming during the men’s kumite 60kg category match at the Sukma Games in Malacca, June 11, 2010. Senthilkumaran took home the gold medal. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Kedah’s M. Azmi Muslim (right) and Negeri Sembilan’s M. Zaquan Adha battle for the ball during their FA Cup final match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, April 10, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Negeri Sembilan’s Ching Hong Aik jumps for the ball during the FA Cup final match against Kedah at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, April 10, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Kedah’s M. Azmi Muslim (right) takes a fall after being tackled by Negeri Sembilan’s Idris Abd. Karim during their FA Cup final match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, April 10, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Nicol David of Malaysia makes a return during her semifinal match against Alison Waters of England during their KL Open squash championship at Berjaya Time Square, March 19, 2010. Nicol won 11-3, 11-7,  11-5. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Nicol David of Malaysia makes a return during her quarterfinal match against Kasey Brown of Australia during their KL Open squash championship at Berjaya Time Square, March 18, 2010. Nicol won 12-10, 14-12, 11-1. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Karim Darwish of Egypt makes a return to Mohd Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia during their KL Open squash semifinal match at Berjaya Time Square, March 19, 2010. Karim won 11-6, 11-6, 11-7. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Ong Beng Hee of Malaysia makes a return against Mohamed El Shorbagy of Egypt during their KL Open squash quarterfinal match at Berjaya Time Square, March 18, 2010. Beng Hee won 7-11, 8-11, 16-14, 11-4, 11-8. GLENN GUAN/The Star