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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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Wushu team prepped for SEA Games

Wushu team prepped for SEA Games
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national wushu team are all prepped up ahead of the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia. The team are nearing the end of their 36-day training camp in China and will send seven athletes to the biennial Games in Phnom Penh. Back-to-back SEA Games gold medallist Mohd Adi Salihin…
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Brunei Silat team produce good showing

Brunei Silat team produce good showing
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI had a good outing at the Sarawak Premier International Silat Championship after returning home with two silver and one bronze medals recently. Nur Wasiqah Aziemah Rosihan bagged the first medal as she took the runners-up spot in the women’s tunggal event at the February 27th – March 5th…
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Brunei pencak silat team bag two bronze medals

Brunei pencak silat team bag two bronze medals
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will return with two bronze medals from the 19th World Pencak Silat Championships 2022 in Melaka, Malaysia. Both medals came from the men's and women's regu events at the 26th - 31st July competition. In the men's category, the team of Mohd Ali Saifullah Abdullah Mohd Suaimi, Mohd Hazim…
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Basma wins historic gold at World Games

Basma wins historic gold at World Games
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL wushu athlete Basma Lachkar made Brunei proud as she clinched a historic gold at the World Games 2022 in Birmingham, USA. She finished on the top of the podium of the women's combined taijiquan and taijijian event after tallying a total of 19.040 points (9.517 + 9.523) in the…
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Adi Salihin wins back-to-back SEA Games gold

Adi Salihin wins back-to-back SEA Games gold
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN “NEVER stop to make the country proud. Brunei Yakin!” Those were the words from Golden boy Mohammad Adi salihin Roslan after clinching gold in the men’s nanquan event at the 31st SEA Games on Saturday. The national wushu athlete ensured that the Brunei national anthem will be played at the…
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SEA Games: Pencak Silat team bag one silver and one bronze

SEA Games: Pencak Silat team bag one silver and one bronze
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT was a successful campaign for the national pencak silat team at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as they delivered one silver and one bronze medals. The trio of Anisah Najihah Abdullah, Norleyermah Hj Raya and Nur Wasiqah Aziemah Rosimah finished runners-up in the women’s seni regu event after…
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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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SEA Games: Anisah motivated to be flag-bearer

SEA Games: Anisah motivated to be flag-bearer
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL pencak silat athlete Anisah Najihah Abdullah is proud to be named Brunei's flag-bearer at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA Games) in Vietnam. Anisah, who won bronze in the women's tunggal event at the last edition, never expected to be chosen to lead the country out at the opening…
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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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