The Cambodian Cycling Federation (CCF) has said that the 2022 National Cycling Championships being held in Siem Reap over December 26-27 will act as a key performance indicator ahead of next year’s 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. CCF secretary-general Nou Chamroeun said the championships will measure how far the performance of the athletes and the organisational abilities of the technical committee have come on the journey to the 2023 SEA Games, which the Kingdom is hosting for the first time. Under the guidance of Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce and president of the CCF, the technical officials have been working…
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Elbow specialist Thoeun Theara became the first Cambodian boxer to win a title at a Thai Fight event. Theara released his deadly elbow at the 2022 Thai King’s Trophy event, leaving a deep gash on the eyebrow of Thai veteran Saiyoknoi Sakchainarong – known as Saiyok – and forcing a doctor to stop the fight in the first round. Through the 72.5kg bout, held in Thailand on the night of December 24, Theara attacked the experienced Saiyok without fear. His opponent is one of the best Thai fighters on the circuit, and had just knocked out his compatriot Thorn Rithy…
National football team general manager Keisuke Honda has urged his players to focus on the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 clash with Indonesia on December 23, as Cambodia travel away for the first time in their Group A campaign. The Japanese football legend posted a message for fans after Cambodia’s 3-2 victory over the Philippines on December 20: “Thank you for your support. The next match against Indonesia is very important, and it will be a tough and tense game. “We will prepare the team well for this clash.” The Cambodia national football team made a fine start to the…
Cambodian kickboxers took home two gold medals, five silver and five bronze from the recent Asian Kickboxing Championships 2022 in the Thai capital Bangkok, with the record 12-medal haul boosting confidence ahead of the 2023 Sea Games the Kingdom is hosting next year. Heng Sokhorn, the president of the Cambodian Kickboxing Federation who was head of the Cambodian delegation, said upon their return on December 20 that teams from among the heavyweight nations participating in the championships were impressed with the strong showing of the Kingdom’s fighters. “We didn’t expect to get such good results, and the major countries taking…
Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism and permanent vice-chairman of the Cambodia SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC), urged all of the committees that are responsible for preparations of the 2023 SEA Games and the ASEAN Para Games to be hosted by Cambodia to monitor their progress and identify any challenges that may compromise the smooth running of the games. At a December 20 meeting of CAMSOC and ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee (CAMAPGOC), held at the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) headquarters, Khon reviewed the work of each committee in detail, according to CAMSOC secretary-general Vath Chamroeun. “Khon reviewed the…
Specialists from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have asked successful Kandal cattle farm i7 Ranch Cambodia to expand its cattle breeding programmes. The ministry is seeking to lead the transition from traditional family-based cattle raising to commercial production, using artificial insemination (AI). It encourages the ranch to cooperate with the ministry’s General Directorate of Animal Health and Production to step up cross-breeding of imported cattle with local animals. Hor Malin, ministry secretary of state, offered her congratulations to Srey Chanthou, i7 general manager, for her hard work and commitment to the ranch. “On behalf Minister of Agriculture Dith…
The Cambodian national wrestling team won 19 medals at the 2022 Southeast Asian Wrestling Championships hosted in the Kingdom this year, confirming the belief of senior officials from the United World Wrestling (UWW) that Cambodia is well prepared and capable of hosting the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in May, 2023. At the championship tournament held at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) from December 14-18, the national wrestling team won three gold, three silver and 13 bronze medals in both men’s and women’s Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. The achievements mean that not only has the Cambodia Wrestling Federation…
T.Y Media & Advertising, a local firm that organises and runs Esports events in Cambodia, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Esport Federation Cambodia (EFC) to establish the first dedicated centre of its kind in the Kingdom. The facility, to be called T.Y Media Esports Centre, is scheduled to be completed in 2023. The firm’s director-general, who was identified only as “T.Y”, expressed his pleasure at the signing held at the Ministry of Interior on December 18. He considered the MoU a symbol of the federation’s faith in his company’s ability to develop esports, ahead of the…
The President of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) and representatives of ASEAN member countries have expressed their commitment to assisting the next host country, Cambodia, to make sure the 12th ASEAN Para Games in 2023 are a success. APSF chief Osoth Bhavilai said the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Cambodia ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee (CAMAPGOC) has given the APSF increasing confidence that the biennial multi-sports event will be run on schedule and smoothly. The most recent games – the 10th in the Philippines in 2019 and the 11st, originally scheduled for Vietnam last August…
The Cambodia Wrestling Federation (CWF) – through the support of the Cambodian SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport – is preparing for the 2022 Southeast Asian Wrestling Championships at the hall of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) from December 16-18. For the event on its home soil, the CWF has strengthened the resources of athletes, referees, judges, coaches and information technology (IT) officials as the federation opened four separate training courses starting on December 7, with training for international refereeing, international coaching, IT training courses as well as joint training camps…