Major Events Of The Year

Jan 4-8: Squash – World Series Finals (London)

Feb 8-18: Cycling - Asian Championships and Asian Junior Championships (Kuala Lumpur)

Feb 20-26: Diving - World Cup (London)

March 10-18: Hockey - Olympic Qualifiers (Dublin)

April 4-8: Cycling - World Track Championships (Melbourne)

May 20-27: Badminton – Thomas and Uber Cup Finals (Wuhan, China)

May 24-June 2: Sukma (Kuantan)

Sept 2-11: Bowling – Asian Championships (Hong Kong)

July 28-Aug 5: Olympic Games (London)

Nov 24-Dec 22: Football – Asean Suzuki Cup (Malaysia and Thailand)

Dec 13-21: Squash – Women’s World Open (Cayman Islands)


THEY COULD BE MAKING THE HEADLINES

NICOL DAVID: World No. 1 women’s squash player; will remember 2011 for her history-making record sixth World Open triumph in Holland in November.

Will be 29 in 2012. Will age and a slew of determined rivals spoil her bid for a seventh world crown in Cayman Islands come December?

LEE CHONG WEI: World No. 1 men’s badminton singles player; will remember 2011 for reaching his first World Championships final in London and almost emerging as the country’s first badminton world champion.

Can he fend off twin challenges from Lin Dan and Chen Long to deliver the country’s first Olympic gold medal in London?

AZIZULHASNI AWANG: A two-time World Championships silver medallist in track cycling but will remember 2011 for the unfortunate freak incident at the final World Cup leg in Manchester in February where his calf was skewered by a 20-inch wooden splinter, forcing him to skip the subsequent world meet in Holland.

Can the Pocket Rocket Man raise his form and sparkle on the cycling track in his second Olympic appearance?

PANDELELA RINONG: The youngest athlete in the Road to London programme who will remember 2011 for the year where she made history as the first Malaysian to mount the podium in the FINA Diving World Series in Moscow in February.

Can the reigning Commonwealth Games champion in the women’s platform repeat her heroics at the London Olympics?