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Tokyo-bound: Brunei to send 2 athletes to Olympics

Tokyo-bound: Brunei to send 2 athletes to Olympics
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI is sending two athletes to contest in two sports at the Tokyo Olympics. This was confirmed during a flag handing over ceremony at the VIP Room, 1st Floor of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas on Saturday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Hj Sufri Bolkiah, the president of…
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Know Your Athlete: Muhammad Isa Ahmad

Know Your Athlete: Muhammad Isa Ahmad
National swimmer Muhammad Isa Ahmad. who is more popularly known as Muis, is one of the hot prospects to represent Brunei at the Tokyo Olympics (which has now been postponed till 2021) and BruSports News got the chance to learn about his passion for the sport. Q: If you you didn’t swim, what would you…
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Two national open records smashed at 7th Brunei Sprints

Two national open records smashed at 7th Brunei Sprints
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWANPictures: Courtesy of BASA TWO national open records were broken during the 7th Brunei Sprints (LC) Swimming Championships over the weekend. Emma Yusuf (C) broke a 30-year-old record after recording a time of 1:19.74 in the women’s 100m breaststroke event at the National Aquatics Centre on Saturday. The 13-year-old, swimming under the…
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Brunei swimmers chase Olympic dream

Brunei swimmers chase Olympic dream
Brought to you by Standard Chartered Bank Brunei. We are now just a few months away from the Tokyo Olympics! Brunei last sent a swimmer to the world’s biggest sporting spectacle in 2012 and this was made possible with the International Olympic Council’s concept of universality. This year we got the duo of Muhammad Isa…
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Brunei swim team look to make a splash at SEA Games

Brunei swim team look to make a splash at SEA Games
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT HAS been 18 years since Brunei last sent a swim team to compete at the SEA Games and the duo of Muhammad Isa Ahmad and Nur Haziq Samil are looking to make it count. Muis is set to compete in the 50m and 100m breaststroke events while Haziq in…
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Nikles swims to 2 national open records in Doha

Nikles swims to 2 national open records in Doha
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT WAS a good outing for Christian Nikles as swam his way to two national open records at the FINA Swimming World Cup #7 in Doha last week. He started his campaign with a new record in the men’s 50m backstroke event after clocking 28.89 seconds on Friday at the…
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Three national open records crumble at 27th BAG Swimming C’Ships

Three national open records crumble at 27th BAG Swimming C’Ships
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWANPictures: Courtesy of BASA and Muis THREE national open records and nine age group records were broken during the 27th Brunei Age Group (LC) Swimming Championships over the weekend. National swimmer Muhammad Isa Ahmad, who is targeting a berth at this year’s SEA Games in the Philippines, set two of those open…
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BSRC Sports Camp from March 18-22

BSRC Sports Camp from March 18-22
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN ARE your kids spending too much time in front of screens and not getting enough sun? Sign them up for the BSRC (Brunei Shell Recreation Club) Sports Camp happening from March 18-22 at BSRC in Panaga. BSRC have teamed up with sports provider Omni Sports Sdn Bhd to bring their sports programmes…
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Record breakers honoured at swim awards ceremony

Record breakers honoured at swim awards ceremony
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Brunei Amateur Swimming Association (BASA) yesterday honoured four national swimmers for breaking national open records in the final quarter of last year at an awards ceremony held at Saffron Restaurant in Kiulap. Muhammad Isa Ahmad, Christian Nikles, Ashley Chai and Nur Haziq Samil became the first recipients of the…
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Muis breaks two national open short course records at World C’ships

Muis breaks two national open short course records at World C’ships
Caption: (From Left) Ang Beng Siong, honorary secretary of BASA, Muhammad Isa Ahmad, Christian Nikles and coach Harjimmey Zainal pose for a photo at the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, China. Picture: Courtesy of BASA Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN MUHAMMAD Isa Ahmad signed off 2018 in style after producing two new national…
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