Japanese football legend Keisuke Honda, the owner of Siem Reap football club Soltilo Angkor FC, has been forced to shut the club down, after it failed to attract sponsorship for the upcoming season. Honda, the former manager of the Cambodia men’s national football team, said in a June 1 social media post that this was sad news for the Kingdom’s football fans, especially those in Siem Reap, as the club had played a large part in promoting the sport in the province. He noted that the club provided many youth players with the chance to demonstrate they had the skill…
Author: Chhorn Norn
The Cambodia women’s wheelchair basketball team is determined to make history as they set their sights on winning gold medals in both the 3×3 and 5×5 events at the 12th ASEAN Para Games, which the Kingdom will be hosting from June 3-9. The men’s team, despite their disappointing performance in the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia, is also eager to secure a gold medal for the nation. Coach Muy Seu expressed confidence in the teams during a recent statement on May 30. “As the host of the ASEAN Para Games for the first time, our men’s and women’s wheelchair…
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged disabled athletes to perform well in the upcoming 2023 12th ASEAN Para Games, scheduled from June 3-9. He emphasised the opening and closing ceremonies of the games will be held with solemnity, similar to those of the recently concluded 32nd SEA Games. At the formal inauguration of a cable-stayed concrete bridge across the Tone Sap River and a flyover in Russey Keo on May 31, Hun Sen called on the public to support the athletes as public participation serves as a significant encouragement for them. Speaking about the ASEAN Para Games, he expressed the…
Cambodia is gearing up to host the ASEAN 12th Para Games 2023 on June 3, and the Cambodian sitting paralympics team is expressing confidence in their ability to retain their gold medals in the sitting paralympics event. The team has been training tirelessly for over a year, and their previous success in winning the gold at the ASEAN 11th Para Games 2022 in Indonesia has boosted their optimism. Sang Veasna, former head of the Cambodian sitting volleyball team and a spiker on the team, has made a comeback. Additionally, new players have been included in the ASEAN Para Games for…
With the 12th ASEAN Para Games set to kick off on June 3, National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia (NPCC) secretary-general Yi Veasna has predicted that the athletes of Team Cambodia will achieve excellent results. He said the athletes are determined to take eight gold, 21 silver and 27 bronze medals at the games, in order to break the seven gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze record they set at the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia. “We sent 105 sportsmen and women to compete in seven events at the games, but for our home event, we have named a squad…
Minister of National Defence Tea Banh expressed confidence in hosting the 12th ASEAN Para Games, following the “success” of the recently concluded 32nd SEA Games. He said both events’ achievements would be commemorated at the Win-Win Monument, serving as inspiration for future generations. Tea Banh assured that the Para Games would be held similarly to the SEA Games, with only minor adjustments to the event if necessary, and highlighted the solemnity of the opening and closing ceremonies. During a meeting at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in Phnom Penh on May 26, Tea Banh addressed the differences between the two…
The Cambodian national fencing team, which broke its medal drought during the 32nd SEA Games with a pair of bronzes, has begun preparing in earnest for a series of upcoming international competitions, said a Fencing Federation of Cambodia official. This year’s challenges include the 31st Summer World University Games in Chengdu and the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Nine men and four women were called up for the SEA Games squad, including Chhay Linly, who claimed a bronze in the women’s sabre individual event as well as the women’s sabre team event, alongside teammates Yi Liza, Sorn Nich and…
Dave Leduc, who is the current openweight Lethwei boxing champion in Myanmar, has announced that he will travel to Cambodia this year to challenge SEA Games gold medallist Prum Samnang any time that is convenient, after their planned match later this month in Slovakia was cancelled. According to the contract offered by the World Lethwei Federation (WLF) of Myanmar, the event was originally scheduled for May 27. Leduc – the first foreigner to hold the title of world champion in the traditional Myanmar martial art – said the match was called off because Samnang could not obtain a visa to…
The Cambodian Kun Lbokator Federation is strengthening the capacity of coaches and technical officials for them to promote the martial art overseas after it enjoyed a successful showing at the 32nd SEA Games. The Cambodian Kun Lbokator team won eight gold, seven silver and three bronze medals at the regional biennial multi-sports event, heaping further renown on the martial art across the region and beyond. “Kun Lbokator, competed in a SEA Games for the first time, recorded great results for Cambodia as the host country, while the nations that sent athletes to compete in it also achieved good results. “We…
Hun Many, president of the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), urged the Cambodian public, as well as all state institutions and other stakeholders, to support the national athletes who are preparing to join the upcoming 12th ASEAN Para Games in Cambodia in June. He noted that Prime Minister Hun Sen considers the Kingdom’s first-time hosting of the June 3-9 games as an important opportunity to support each of the disabled Cambodian athletes who will be fighting for medals on their home soil. With less than a fortnight until the games kick off, Many took to social media on…