Multiple exposure of Denmark’s Peter Gade making a jumping smash against Korea’s Lee Hyun Il during the men’s singles semifinals match of the BWF Thomas Cup championships at the Wuhan Sports Center, May 25, 2012. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Wuhan, China)

Multiple exposure of Malaysia’s Liew Daren smashing against South Africa’s Willem Viljoen during the BWF Thomas Cup championships at the Wuhan Sports Center, May 21, 2012. Liew won 21-11, 21-9. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Wuhan, China)

Multiple exposure shot of Mohd Hafiz Hashim smashing against Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Vittinghus at the BWF Thomas Cup championships at the Wuhan Sports Center, May 22, 2012. Hafiz won 17-21, 21-17,21-19. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Wuhan, China)

Iron man: Selangor’s Mohd Asrarudin Putra heads the ball during the Super League match against Negri Sembilan at the Shah Alam Stadium, May 8, 2012. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Malaysia’s Ahmad Hakir Md Ali performs a bicycle kick to score against Sri Lanka during their friendly match at the Shah Alam Stadium, April 28, 2012. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Firing Away: Deoy Aryadi (left) hitting the ball past Pakistan’s Hafiz Rizwan Ali during their friendly match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, April 9, 2012. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Passing a stern test: Malaysia’s Nicol David returning a shot to Raneem El Weleily of Egypt during their CIMB Nicol David KL Squash Open semi-final at Berjaya Times Square, March 30, 2012. Nicol won 15-13, 12-14, 11-6, 11-7 in 49 minutes. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Moving along: Malaysia’s Zahraa Anuwar in action during the women’s elite points race final at the Cheras Velodrome, February 8, 2012. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Going for it: Selangor captain Mohd Amri Yahyah (right) attempting to take the ball away from Singapore’s Isa Halim during their Super League match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, February 8, 2012. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Team Malaysia competes in the synchronized swimming team combination routine finals event at the aquatics stadium in Jakabaring in Palembang, Nov 21, 2011. They won the gold medal. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Palembang)

Team Malaysia celebrates with their gold medals at the aquatics stadium in Jakabaring in Palembang, Nov 21, 2011. They won 5 out of 5 gold medals. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Palembang)