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National silat team ready for new rules

National silat team ready for new rules
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT will be a different affair for the national silat team heading into the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam this month. The seni events, which were previously contested in a pool system, has been changed to a knockout system. Brunei returned with one bronze medal in the last…
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Know Your Athlete: Nina Juna

Know Your Athlete: Nina Juna
Nina Juna, Brunei’s five-time fittest woman, became the latest YOU.C1000 ambassador and became the only Bruneian to make it into the semi-finals of the CrossFit Games 2022. Don’t let her petite frame fool you as the 30-year-old Temburong native can deadlift a weight of 143kg. Despite graduating in Computer Networking from Politeknik Brunei, she decided…
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Four wushu athletes to represent Brunei at SEA Games

Four wushu athletes to represent Brunei at SEA Games
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN PREPARATIONS haven’t been the easiest for the national wushu team going into the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam. The national wushu team produced their best showing at the last edition of the Games with a haul of one gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Despite no competitions…
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Game On! Brunei set for eSports debut at SEA Games

Game On! Brunei set for eSports debut at SEA Games
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI is looking to make their debut in eSports at the upcoming 31st SEA Games in Vietnam. The Sultanate will be sending a total of 10 PUBG MOBILE players to contest in both the individual and team events. The players are divided into two teams with each fielding four players…
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Nina Juna advances to CrossFit Games semis

Nina Juna advances to CrossFit Games semis
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NINA JUNA made it back-to-back appearances in the semi-finals of the CrossFit Games after finishing 27th in the Asian region in the quarter-finals recently. The 30-year-old completed her workouts with a total of 174 points – placing her in position 1093 in the world among over 5000 athletes. The Games…
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Nina Juna joins the YOU.C1000 family

Nina Juna joins the YOU.C1000 family
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN YOU.C1000 has added Brunei's fittest woman Nina Juna as an ambassador for isotonic water. Katherine Hii, the manager of Hui Huang Enterprise, the sole distributor of YOU.C1000 in Brunei, believes this collaboration will enhance the brand further. “We have ventured out into Crossfit and we believe that Nina is…
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Wasps go down fighting against Laos

Wasps go down fighting against Laos
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI put up a commendable performance and went down fighting 3-2 against the Laos SEA Games team in a friendly on Sunday night. The national football team looked down and out after falling behind by three goals within 34 minutes at the Laos National Stadium. Azwan Ali Rahman and…
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Tabuan Muda ready to sting at AFF meet

Tabuan Muda ready to sting at AFF meet
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWANPictures: Courtesy of FABD THE national under-23 football team (Tabuan Muda) are eager to get in on the action at the AFF U-23 Youth Championship in Cambodia. It has been more than two years without international competition for Brunei as they are drawn in Group A with Cambodia, Timor Leste and…
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FABD intends to participate in AFF Competitions 2022

FABD intends to participate in AFF Competitions 2022
THE Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (FABD) is planning to participate in several competitions hosted by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) this year. This however will be subjected to the national teams’ capability to train in full conditions, and the approval from the Brunei Darussalam Government to travel outside of the country — in light…
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Nikles glad to be back in competition

Nikles glad to be back in competition
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL swimmer Christian Nikles is delighted to be back in competition after contesting at the recently concluded 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Abu Dhabi. The tournament was the first in over two years for Nikles since the FINA World Cup in Doha in October 2019. He clocked a…
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