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Anisah targets competitive return next year

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL pencak silat athlete Anisah Najihah Abdullah is on the long road to recovery. She had surgery on her right knee in May and is expected to be out of competition till at least next year. This is the second time she went under the knife on the same…

August 1, 2023

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Four swimmers to represent Brunei at CYG

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will be sending four swimmers to the 7th Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in Trinidad and Tobago. This was confirmed during a flag handing over ceremony at the Digadong Hall of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports on Monday morning. The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Yang Berhormat Dato Seri…

July 31, 2023

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Medal rush for Brunei Poomsae team

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT was medals galore for the national taekwondo Poomsae team at the Sehan University President Taekwondo Championships over the weekend. Four athletes – Siblings Hyde Nathania, Nachman and Natrisha Hijium and Ahmad Zahid Borhan – amassed a total of two gold, three silver and one bronze medals at Yeongam-gun in South Korea.…

July 31, 2023

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Basma wins silver at World University Games

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BASMA Lachkar added another medal to her cabinet after taking second place in the women's taijijian event at the World University Games. She tallied a total of 9.680 points to home silver at the Chengbei Gymnasium in Chengdu, China. Chen Xiaoli of China won the gold with 9.746 points…

July 30, 2023

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Brunei draw Indonesia in Round 1 of Asian Qualifiers for World Cup

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI has been drawn against Indonesia in Round 1 of the Preliminary Joint Qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027. The draw was held on Thursday at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The first leg is scheduled to be contested in Indonesia on Oct…

July 28, 2023

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BJSA Runabout Jet Ski Race 2023 scheduled for 6th August

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Brunei Jet Sports Association (BJSA) will be organising the Runabout Jet Ski Race 2023 on 6th August at the Serasa Sports Complex. A total of three open categories - 300, 200 and 100 - will be contested during the one-day event. Cash prizes are up for grabs for the top-three finishers…

July 26, 2023

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Chan breaks 100m backstroke national record

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN ZEKE Chan (Pictured L) swam to a new national record in the men's 100m backstroke event at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan on Monday. The 15-year-old finished sixth in Heat 2 with a time of 59.61 seconds at the Marine Messe in Fukuoka. The time beats his previous…

July 26, 2023

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Dynamic Sports opens second branch at The One

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN DYNAMIC Sports reached another milestone after opening their second branch at The One in Batu Satu on Tuesday. The opening ceremony was officiated by Yang Berhormat Lau How Teck and his sons Soon Tiong, Soon Hau and Soon Ai. This comes after they celebrated their fourth year anniversary recently. The second store…

July 25, 2023

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Brunei taekwondo team win 1 gold and 1 bronze

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE national taekwondo team marked their return to the global stage with a haul of one gold and one bronze at the 2023 Seongnam World Taekwondo Hanmadang. Juliana Abas finished the top of the podium for the gold in the Long Jump Kick Junior 2 category with a height…

July 22, 2023

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Third time’s the charm for Rubillar

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THIRD time's the charm for Robert Rubillar as he finally finished top of the podium in the YOU.C1000 Cup. Having played the role of the bridesmaid in the previous two editions where TK Teahouse finished runners-up, he guided D'Barkadz to a 105-102 victory over Easyway on Saturday. He credited…

July 16, 2023

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