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)

2012 - Hopes, Wishes And All That

NICOL DAVID
Undisputed squash queen and record six-times world champion

HOPE: To see squash as an Olympic sport hopefully by 2020. I will do everything I can to achieve that.

HOW: Redouble our efforts in convincing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that squash is worthy of being in the Games. We will be making our picth to the IOC later in the year.

WHAT: I intend to set the tone by making a winning start to the year at the World Series Finals in London. Then it is the usual mix of tournaments until the World Open in December.

Wish: Winning a seventh world title at the Cayman Islands, which is one of my favourite destinations in the world.

Bound For Olympic Glory

2012 - Looking ahead

IT is inevitable in an Olympic year that the focus and expectations will be on the handful of Malaysian athletes who will be competing in London come July.

The athletes from the Road to London programme that was first initiated in 2009 by the Sports Ministry will reach their final destination when the Games start and it will be considered a failure if no medal is won after the months of preparation.