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Nicol David Arena - Court Naming Ceremony

Nicol David Arena - Court Naming Ceremony
Dato’ Nicol David (“Nicol David”) is back in Malaysia for a day to be part of Malaysia’s sports history. Today, October 20th, 2009 the main court of the National Squash Centre (NSC), has been officially named after the four-time world champion Nicol David. I was once again invited by SquashStars.com...

Nicol Becomes First Recipient Of Ministry’s Special Incentive

Nicol Becomes First Recipient Of Ministry’s Special Incentive
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) — World number one women’s squash player Datuk Nicol David today became the first recipient of the Youth and Sports Ministry’s Special Incentive scheme. Nicol received RM50,000 from Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob at the National...

2008 National Sports Awards: Chong Wei, Nicol the stars

Image via Wikipedia IT was inevitable that Lee Chong Wei and Nicol David rose to receive just rewards as Malaysia’s best athletes of 2008 last night. That was the benchmark in Malaysian sport for 2008, despite some impressive achievements by other sports. It was Chong Wei’s second Sportsman...

Lee and Nicol favourites to lift National Sports awards

It will probably be the easiest task for the selectors to name the winners of the 2008 National Sportsman and Sportswoman awards. From achievements last year, shuttler Lee Chong Wei and squash player Nicol David are the overwhelming favourites to lift the awards in a presentation ceremony to be held...

USM honours angkasawan, Nicol and students

ARAU: Universiti Sains Malaysia, has honoured two Malaysians who have done their country proud with the Anugerah Kencana Canselor award. Angkasawan Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor received his award from the chancellor, Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, at Istana Arau yesterday. He received the...

Felda Awards for Youth Icons

The Felda Sungai Tiang Pendang Youth Association came out tops today as the winner of the Youth Association Excellence Award at the 2008 Felda Malaysia Youth Award and Forum (ABFM) ceremony Monday. The association received a cash prize of RM7,000, financial aid for activities worth RM6,000, funding for...

World Squash Awards 2008 [Updated]

The world’s leading players were honoured at the fourth annual World Squash Awards took place at the stunning Manchester Town Hall on Saturday the 18th of October, during the Hi-Tec World Squash Championships. The presentations took place in the appropriate setting of the Great Hall in the historic...

Datuk Nicol nominated for The Outstanding Young Malaysian Award 2008

Datuk Nicol Ann David, currently the world’s top squash player, is one of 16 finalists of The Outstanding Young Malaysian (TOYM) Awards 2008. The 25-year-old is joined by Ramajuta Group of Companies executive chairman and managing director Datuk Raymond Chan Boon Siew, Phison Electronics Corporation...

Player of the Year Award Nominees

PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2008 Nominees WISPA Players of the Year 2008 WISPA PLAYER OF YEAR Nicol David (MAS) Shelley Kitchen (NZL) Madeline Perry (IRL) Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) Samantha Teran (MEX) WISPA YOUNG PLAYER Annie Au (HKG) Nour El Tayeb (EGY) Heba El Torky (EGY) Low Wee Wern (MAS) Dipika...

Agong hands out awards to 297

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin yesterday conferred awards on 297 people at Istana Negara in conjunction with his birthday on June 2. Heading the list was national squash queen and world number one women’s squash player Datuk Nicol Ann David, 24, who was the...

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