Cambodia’s jet ski national team won a gold medal in the second round of the Jet Ski World Series 2022 held in Lake Havasu City in the US state of Arizona last week. This has boosted the confidence of the sport’s governing body in the Kingdom – the Watercraft Federation of Cambodia (WFC) – of achieving its goal of winning at least two gold medals while Cambodia has “home field” advantage at the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2023. National team member Kai Vansiden won the gold medal in the Novice Ski Stock category while competing against jet ski…
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Raja Randhir Singh, acting president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), expressed his confidence in Cambodia, saying that he expected the historic 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be a great event. He also believes that the Kingdom will host the Asian Games in the future. After attending the 41st OCA General Assembly, held in Phnom Penh from October 1-5, Singh has clearly seen Cambodia’s progress and its dedication to its preparations for hosting the 2023 SEA Games and the ASEAN Para Games. He met face-to-face with Prime Minister Hun Sen before the two addressed the OCA General Assembly…
Officials from the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) and the Cambodian SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC) said the Kingdom benefited greatly from hosting the recent Olympic Council Asia (OCA) General Assembly. The 41st OCA General Assembly was held in Phnom Penh on October 4, strengthening cooperation with the international community as Cambodia gears up to successfully host the 2023 SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games. Having hosting the OCA General Assembly, NOCC secretary-general Vath Chamroeun said Cambodia had improved bilateral relations between the NOCC and the Olympic committees of other Asian countries. Minister of Tourism and NOCC president Thong…
Minister of National Defence Tea Banh said National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) president Thong Khon receiving an Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Merit Award was a great honour for Cambodia, its athletes and coaches. The accolade, said Banh, who is president of the Cambodian SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC), was also acclaim for all those involved in developing sport and the Olympic movement in the Kingdom. Banh had high praise for Minister of Tourism Khon receiving the Merit Award, saying the honour had historical meaning for sport in Cambodia. In a congratulatory letter, Banh said: “On this special occasion,…
In the wake of a tragic crowd stampede that killed 125 football fans at Kanjuruhan Stadium in the Indonesian landlocked city of Malang on October 1, Prime Minister Hun Sen called on all countries in Asia to do more to encourage sportsmanship on the pitch to avoid future tragedies. Speaking at the 41st Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly meeting in Phnom Penh on October 4, Hun Sen said that although the 45 countries in Asia are relatively weaker in sports compared to some other continents, they all should instead focus on sportsmanship and on jointly strengthening this issue…
Wissam Trkmani, projects and administration affairs manager at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), has said Cambodia will burnish its reputation by successfully hosting the body’s General Assembly ahead of the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. Cambodia was announced in May as host of the OCA General Assembly on October 4 after the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games in China were postponed until next year. Phnom Penh on October 2 also held the first OCA Fun Run outside China as part of promotions for the Hangzhou Games. The Kingdom is to host the 32nd SEA Games and the 12th ASEAN Para…
Vath Chamroeun, secretary-general of the Cambodian SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC), highlighted the importance of volunteers to Cambodia’s success in hosting the 2023 SEA Games. Quoting Minister of Tourism and CAMSOC permanent vice-president Thong Khon, Chamroeun said that for the upcoming SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games, Cambodia will need somewhere from 5,000 to 10,000 volunteers to participate in the events. “The more volunteers they have, the better Cambodia will do as host,” he told a September 20 Standing Committee meeting held at the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) headquarters in Phnom Penh. At the same time, Sok Sabayna,…
Ou Ratana, president of the Cambodia Vovinam Federation (CVF), reaffirmed that the national team has been training their athletes and expects to claim a record haul of medals when the Kingdom hosts the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games for the first time in its history next year. Vovinam is a martial art that originated in Vietnam. The three gold, two silver and nine bronze medals that they bagged at the 31st SEA Games in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi back in May were considered an outstanding achievement by the Vovinam team. “The federation is continuing to train athletes – both our international…
Vath Chamroeun, secretary-general of the Cambodian SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC), stated that referees and judges have an important role to play in maintaining transparency in the competition and in maintaining the value and reputation of their professional skills. In order to ensure this, Chamroeun said match officials and judges must eliminate the “four biases” in the code of ethics in order to be fair and just arbitrators of the competition’s outcomes. He said that referees and judges have two important roles. First, they have to protect the integrity of the game by enforcing the rules, which means that all…
The Volleyball Federation of Cambodia (VFC) on September 16 signed two experienced Cuban coaches to join the Kingdom’s national indoor and beach volleyball teams. With the addition of the two new coaches, the federation expressed confidence at being best prepared to win gold medals at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2023, which Cambodia is hosting for the first time in its history During the signing ceremony at the VFC headquarters in Phnom Penh, Karell Pena Ventoza was appointed beach volleyball team head coach and Berto Friol Barrios indoor volleyball team assistant coach. The signing was presided over by VFC…