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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...

NGWA Datuk Nicol’s field mission to the Gombak Forest Reserve

Exclusive from NicolDavidOnline.comUNDP National Goodwill Ambassador(NGWA), Datuk Nicol David, visited the Gombak Forest Reserve to learn first hand about the Conservation of Biological Diversity through Improved Forest Planning Tools project, which seeks to develop better economic and ecological tools...

Now she’s bringing awareness to the streets..

It looks like our UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador, (quite)fresh from her first field mission of the year to Sarawak, has taken to the streets in her bid to raise awareness on issues regarding HIV/AIDS. Look at that shirt she’s wearing- notice the red ribbon? The red ribbon is “used internationally...

Nicol heads the nominations

THE Sports Writers Association of Malaysia (SAM) yesterday announced the names of five athletes who are on course for the SAM-100 Plus excellence award and the RM10,000 cash prize that goes with it. Women’s squash World No 1 Nicol David heads the nominations but is closely followed by national...

Datuk Nicol in the Malaysia Book of Records

Exclusive from NicolDavidOnline.com Walking around the bookstore.. something caught my eye: the latest edition of the Malaysia Book of Records. This one was published in June 2008, and oh yes, our very own Datuk Nicol was on the cover(not to mention right in the middle!), along the likes of Dr.Sheikh...

Abdullah Heaps Praises On Nicol, Challenges Olympics-bound Athletes

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Bernama) — Heaping praises on Malaysia’s squash queen Datuk Nicol Ann David, the prime minister has issued a challenge to Malaysian athletes bound for the Beijing Olympics: Return home with a gold medal! Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reasoned that while children...

Datuk Nicol David: Let Us Not Turn Our Backs on Nature

A day after international women’s squash player and UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador Nicol David was conferred with the honorary title of Datuk for her contribution to her home state of Penang, the exuberant 25 year old hopped onto...

‘Just Nicol’ conferred Datukship

GEORGE TOWN: Datuk Nicol David, who is the state’s youngest Datuk, probably will need some time to get used to the title. “Just Nicol” was the reply when asked what she preferred to be addressed by as the humble 25-year-old lass shied away from the new title. “The award came...

Squash Queen Nicol Is The Youngest Datuk In Penang

PENANG, July 12 (Bernama) — She not only squashed her opponents to become the world number one women’s squash player but Nicol Ann David now has the distincion of being the youngest person in Penang to be conferred a datukship. Nicol, the three-time British Open champion, said she was surprised...

DATUK Nicol Ann David!

_World women’s squash number one player Nicol Ann David is on the list of recipients of awards and medals in conjunction with Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas’ 70th birthday tomorrow. Nicol who was born in Penang, will receive the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN), which...

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