In addition to our association with Azizul, we have also had the privilege of working with world-class Malaysian athletes like eight-time Women’s World Squash Champion Datuk Nicol David, 2018 British Junior Open Champion Sivasangari Subramaniam, 2018 Asian Games Gold Medallist Ng Eain Yow, 2014 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist Fatehah Mustapha and Malaysia’s top woman golfer Kelly Tan.
CIMB has a long history of supporting sports across all levels. Through CIMB Foundation, we have taken an active role grooming junior sports in Malaysia.
Sivasangari and Eain Yow are part of the CIMB Junior Squash Development Programme, which has been active for 12 years, and both are recipients of athletic scholarships that cover their academic and official tournament costs.
Over the past decade, the CIMB Junior Football Development Programme has nurtured young Malaysian footballers and now supports 5 academies in Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Kedah, Kelantan and Sabah. Alumni of the junior football academies who have now become professional players include Mohd Hadin Azman (Kedah), R. Kogileswaran (U22 Malaysia & PJ City FC), Muhammad Alif Safwan (Kuala Lumpur) and R. Dinesh (U22 Malaysia & Pahang FC).
Since 2018, the CIMB Junior Cycling Development Programme has partnered with Junior Cycling Malaysia to work at the school-level and organise cycling races in all states across Malaysia. We support our best cyclists by helping them to participate in the European and Australian Tours held annually in July and December respectively.
Most recently, since 2019, the CIMB Junior Gymnastics Development Programme has worked to raise awareness in Malaysia of gymnastics as a sport. We are in the process of setting up training centres that will focus on rhythmic
and artistic programmes.