The Build Your Future Today Centre (BFT) has become an important resource for disadvantaged, homeless and orphaned children, providing, with the support of both local and international donors, training in crucial life skills, among other programmes. Siem Reap-based BFT, which was established in 2006 by Long Sedtha, manages programmes designed to help impoverished children – including orphans – within the local communities there and in other provinces. BFT this month extended its partnership with sports NGO Happy Football Cambodia Australia (HFCA) to ensure that the children and young people they serve access academic and sporting opportunities as part of their…
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All ASEAN countries have expressed their support and commitment to assist Cambodia in hosting the first ASEAN Para Games in 2023. They have pledged to ensure that the event – which will be held after next year’s SEA Games – is a successful tournament. At a July 11 ASEAN Para Sports Federation Council meeting, Vath Chamroeun, secretary-general of the Cambodian SEA Games Organizing Committee (CAMSOC), confirmed that Cambodia plans to host 12 events and that preparations to the games’ village were underway. The Kingdom showcased the complex and the preparations they had made to welcome the disabled athletes. In response,…
Cambodia is less than 300 days away from hosting the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) for the first time in the 60-plus years since the country first began participating in the biennial multi-sport event, along with the 12th ASEAN Para Games. Prime Minister Hun Sen said the Kingdom’s ambition is to provide a warm and welcoming hospitality and service environment for all of the delegations of athletes from other nations and their fans. He also suggested that the small school vacation be extended next year to allow students to attend the games both as spectators and as volunteers. Hun Sen…
As The Phnom Penh Post celebrates the historic milestone of its 30th anniversary, Cambodia’s athletes are training in earnest. The Kingdom is preparing to host the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) for the first time in history. As a country that suffered from foreign colonisation before being torn apart by a series of bloody civil wars over decades, Cambodia struggled for decades to recover from its dark and bitter days. Today, it enjoys comprehensive peace and freedom. Having gained independence from France on November 9, 1953, Cambodia in the 1960s enjoyed a Golden Age of optimism, marked by a surge…
Prime Minister Hun Sen told the disabled athletes who will be travelling to the 11th ASEAN PARA Games in Indonesia to strictly avoid the use of drugs or banned substances in sports in order to maintain the values and honour of the nation on the international stage. During a meeting with Para Games delegates at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on July 6, Hun Sen, who is president of the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia, warned that if such a case happened, it would leave a stain on the nation which could never be erased. “The most important thing…
Thai boxing ‘king’ Buakaw Banchamek, who has been out of action for three years, revealed his intention to impress against Belarusian champion Varats Dzmitry at the World Fight Tournament on July 6. Bukhav arrived in Phnom Penh on July 4 and posted the message ‘See you on the 6th Kun Khmer’ to social media. He also posted several videos of intense workouts. “I have competed in Cambodia before, but due to the Covid-19 crisis, I missed three years. However, I have not been resting, but training,” he said. “I have never met this fighter, but I have watched footage of…
Casey Barnett, managing director of CamEd Institute, places a high value on the experience gained from playing sports. All of the obstacles, pressures, pain, and endurance that come with competing are considered important lessons for students who go on to work or start a business after they graduate. As a professor who has been very successful in training students at CamEd, Barnett claimed that most students who play sports are good learners who have a strong drive and are able to persevere in overcoming obstacles on their journeys to success. Barnett, who holds a Masters Degree in Accounting from the…
Cambodia – through the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), the Cambodia Boxing Federation (CBF), and sponsorship from the private sector – is excited to host the World Fight (WF) tournament. It is expected that the event will promote the precious cultural heritage that is Khmer martial arts. The tournament is scheduled to take place at the Morodok Techo National Stadium on July 6. Despite WF being newly established, many famous international fighters are on their way to the Kingdom. The twin purposes of the event are to put the spotlight on Cambodian…
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is encouraging all high school and higher education institutions (HEIs) to participate in physical education and sports programme development, saying that physical education and sports are regarded as important components of a well-rounded educational curriculum and highly beneficial to the health of students. At the closing ceremony of the 2022 National Higher Education and Technical High School Student Sports Competition at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) on June 30, the ministry’s deputy secretary-general Bou Chum Serey spoke about the importance of physical fitness and athletic competition for the Kingdom’s students. “This…
Prime Minister Hun Sen requested support from the Japanese to help promote the sport of judo in Cambodia and assist with training the Cambodian national team in advance of the Kingdom hosting the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in 2023. Cambodian Judo Federation (CJF) president Heng Ly expressed his appreciation for the prime minister’s support and said that having the backing of the national leadership would help judo to stand out among the other sports and increase the team’s chances of winning a medal in 2023. Hun Sen’s request was made during his meeting on June 30 at the…