Nearly 900 participants, including international attendees, recently converged in Kampot province for the 8th Annual Bokor Cycling Tour and Half Marathon 2023, a charitable event aimed at supporting Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital. Initiated in 2013 by Sok Kong, president of SOKIMEX – the parent company of Sokha Hotels & Resorts, which operates Thansur Sokha Hotel on Bokor Mountains – this year’s event drew 897 sports enthusiasts, with 735 runners and 162 cyclists taking part. “This annual gathering is dedicated to raising funds for Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital. All proceeds from registration and the event go directly to these hospitals. With…
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Cambodia’s Para Games team have unfortunately completed their campaign at the 4th Asian Para Games in China empty handed, with none of the Kingdom’s 24 athletes able to find a path to the podium against stiff competition from around the wider region. The 2022 Asian Para Games were held from October 22 to 28 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, following Covid-19 related delays. Cambodia sent 24 athletes to compete in six sports: running, swimming, table tennis, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, and badminton. Swimmer Kho Koy was the only member of Team Cambodia who qualified for the final round of his event…
The Cambodian jet ski team have dedicated their medal-winning performance at recent world championship event to Prime Minister Hun Manet. They claimed four gold, four silver and one bronze medal at round two of the Water Jet World Series 2023, held at Lake Havasu City in the US’ Arizona state from October 4-8. They described their gratefulness to the new leader of Cambodia for continuing to lead the country with peace, and declared that they wanted to pay tribute to him via their incredible performances. Saly Ou Moeut, who led the team of five to the event, made the announcement…
The record-setting Cambodia Vovinam team are intensifying training, as they prepare for this year’s world championships in Vietnam. The 7th WVVF World Vovinam Championships will be held in Ho Chi Minh from November 22-30. High expectations have been placed on the team as they prepare for the competition, and their confidence remains high. When Cambodia hosted the 32nd Sea Games at home last May, its Vovinam exponents delivered a record-setting medal haul of 10 golds, eight silvers and nine bronzes, topping the Vovinam medal table. This meant they held the Vietnam team – Vovinam translates as “Vietnamese martial arts” –…
The 8th Bokor Cycling Tour and Half Marathon 2023 is set to take place in Kampot province on October 28-29, with the aim of raising funds for Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital. The annual sporting event, located on the renowned Bokor Mountains within the Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, was initiated in 2013 by Sok Kong, president of SOKIMEX, the parent company of Sokha Hotels & Resorts. Kong collaborated with officials from the Khmer Amateur Athletics Federation (KAAF), the Cambodian Cycling Federation (CCF), the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) and various other sponsors to bring the event to life. The…
The Australian embassy in Phnom Penh has granted visas to seven Cambodian Kun Khmer fighters and coaches, confirming that the first ever event featuring the Kingdom’s traditional martial art will go ahead on Australian soil. The Melbourne event is being promoted by the Kun Khmer Super Fight Club, in partnership with Australian event management firm Best of the Best. The club’s Nou Pov said the five Cambodian fighters selected for the sport’s Australian debut are Pich Sambath, Pich Bunsith, Lon Panha, Amarin Phuthong and Koeum Sovankhy. They will be accompanied by coaches Ei Phouthang and Pich Sophan, as well as…
The Phnom Penh AIA Pink Run, which took place on the morning of October 22, saw a record number of runners taking part. The event was organised at short notice by the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) and the Phnom Penh International Half Marathon committee – in association with AIA Life Insurance Plc – to celebrate the Kingdom’s successful hosting and record breaking haul at the 2023 SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games, as well as to raise awareness of breast cancer. The race, which began at Wat Botum Park and took runners along Norodom Boulevard, around the iconic…
A delegation of 24 Cambodian athletes is attending the 4th Asian Para Games in China’s Hangzhou city. The pivotal regional sporting event kicked off on October 22, and is scheduled to conclude on October 28. Mao Sokchea, head of the Kingdom’s sporting delegation, was hopeful that the competitors would be able to achieve respectable results at the games, particularly in light of Team Cambodia’s showing at the recently concluded 19th Asian Games. Their results were described as “sub-par” by some pundits. The team returned with just a single bronze medal, earned by the women of the karate team, in the…
Cambodia’s Kouprey national football team have sadly been knocked out of World Cup qualification after being defeated by Pakistan in the second leg of their two-game match up on October 17. The team lost 1-0 to Pakistan at the Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex in Islamabad, Pakistan after a goalless draw at home during the first leg on October 12 in the National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, despite the addition of two new foreign players – utility Yudai Ogawa and striker Cameron Privat Mbarga – to the squad. On the present Yudai Ogawa and Privat Mbarga to the team…
Thanks to his more than 400,000 followers on various social media channels, people could be forgiven for believing Sy Kimsong had dedicated his life to the art of mastering the ins and outs of Kun Khmer. But Kimsong – one of Cambodia’s most popular present-day boxing commentators, known as Admin KS to his legion of fans – was regarded as an academic star as a young man, and he, thanks to his early mastery of the English language, originally wanted to become a tour guide. Few fans listening to his captivating commentary and pinpoint focus on the technicalities of the…