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National snooker player Mohd Reza Hassan at the Asian Snooker Championship held in Cheras, KL last month. - Filepic KUALA LUMPUR: With “King of Billiards” Mike Russell coaching them, Mohd Reza Hassan and Chooi Yew Wah are ready to deliver Malaysia’s first SEA Games gold medal in the sport in Singapore next month. The 11-time world champion was roped in to coach the billiards players by the Malaysian Snooker and Billiard Federation (MSBF) in January. His presence has seen Reza and Yew Wah showing rapid improvement in their game and raised expectations of a gold medal in the Singapore Games. The billiards event will be held from June 6-10. Reza, especially, was in inspired form as he reached the semi-finals of the Asian Snooker Championship at the Viva Expo Hall in Cheras last month. The national duo now hope to pull off some upsets in Singapore in the billiards singles, singles 500 points, doubles, scotch doubles and team events.

Khairy: "... whether it’s the gold medal target or overall medal target. It’s something we’re still discussing. It’s not a matter that we see as urgent." - RAJA FAISAL / The Star KUALA LUMPUR: There’s no urgency to set a gold medal target for the Malaysian contingent at next month’s SEA Games in Singapore. Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said that he would announce it at the right time. Chef de mission Datuk Norza Zakaria had revealed last week that the Malaysian contingent was looking at returning with 50 gold medals – more or less. “We have yet to come up with the final target,” Khairy said after chairing the Malaysia Games (Sukma) Supreme Committee meeting. “We’ll decide eventually ... whether it’s the gold medal target or overall medal target. It’s something we’re still discussing. It’s not a matter that we see as urgent. I’ll announce it when the time comes.” Prior to Norza’s unofficial projection, no gol

The Southeast Asian Games will once again return to Singapore in 2015, after a 22-year long hiatus. Awarded the bid by the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) in November 2011, the 28th SEA Games will be held from June 5 – 16, 2015.  Follow news on Malaysian Contingent...  here !