Category Archives: Karatedo

SEA Games: National karate team bag two bronze medals

SEA Games: National karate team bag two bronze medals
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Brunei karate team secured two podium finishes for two bronze medals in the kumite events at the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand. Contested at the Multi-Purpose Space on the 2nd Floor of the Ratthaprasasanphakdi Building, Government Complex, Chaeng Watthana, Ak Ahmad Munib Aiman Pg Hj Md Hasimudin crushed…
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Seven athletes to represent Brunei at 6th ISG

Seven athletes to represent Brunei at 6th ISG
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will be sending seven athletes, contesting in three sports, to the 6th Islamic Solidarity Games to held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was confirmed during the flag handing ceremony at the Simpur Room, 1st Floor of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas on Monday. Pg Mohd Hasnan Pg Hj Ali…
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Brunei Karatekas rake in two silver and one bronze

Brunei Karatekas rake in two silver and one bronze
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Brunei karatedo team will return with two silver and one bronze medals from SUKMA XXI. Farhah Syahirah Mohamad Shamrin won the first silver medal in the women’s individual Kata event on Saturday after posting 38.6 points. She was 0.6 points behind eventual winner Lovelly Anne Robberth of Sabah…
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Brunei karatekas take home joint-bronze

Brunei karatekas take home joint-bronze
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI were awarded a joint-bronze medal in the women's team kata event at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Friday. The trio of Farhah Syahirah Mohd Shamrin, Rodhayatul Adwanna Bakar and Farhana Najeeh Abdul Rahman tallied 38.8 points at the LSC Gymnasium KTE Tatami. But it was not enough as…
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Brunei Karatekas ready for Asian Games

Brunei Karatekas ready for Asian Games
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will be represented by four karatekas to the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Farhah Syahirah Mohd Shamrin will contest in the women's individual kata event and then team up with Rodhayatul Adwanna Bakar and Farhana Najeeh Abdul Rahman for the team kata event. On the other hand,…
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Karate: Kuwait team lend Brunei a helping hand

Karate: Kuwait team lend Brunei a helping hand
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national karate team were handed a timely boost ahead of the 32nd SEA Games to train with the visiting Kuwait team over three days. The Kuwaiti contingent included Abdullah Shaaban, a two-time Asian Kumite champion, and the kata team made up of twins Mohamed and Salman Al Mosawi…
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Karatedo team all set for SEA Games

Karatedo team all set for SEA Games
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national karatedo team has worked to their best to prepare for the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam. Brunei will be sending five athletes to compete in the sport at the May 12 – 23 event. Muhammad Sufizan Mohd Sofian, who bagged a bronze medal in the last…
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Know Your Athlete: Muhd Sufizan Muhd Sofian

Know Your Athlete: Muhd Sufizan Muhd Sofian
National karateka Muhd Sufizan Muhd Sufian was the only one to bag a medal in the sport for Brunei at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines. The 22-year-old is the eldest of two siblings and is following in the footsteps of his father. BruSports News caught up with him to talk more about his…
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Brunei athletes for 30th SEA Games

Brunei athletes for 30th SEA Games
Picture: Courtesy of jbs.bn Polo HRH Prince Hj 'Abdul MateenHRH Prince Hj Jefri BolkiahHRH Princess 'Azemah Ni'matul BolkiahYAM Pg Muda Abdul QawiYAM Pg Muda BaharColonel Hj Mohd Huzaimi Pehin Datu Harimau Padang Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Hj HusinHj Abdul Azeez Pehin Orang Kaya Lela Pahlawan Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Hj Mohd…
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87 athletes to represent Brunei at 30th SEA Games

87 athletes to represent Brunei at 30th SEA Games
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will be sending a 140-member contingent - 87 athletes competing in 14 sports - to the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines at the end of November. This was revealed during a press conference at the Lecture Theatre of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas earlier today. Present at…
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