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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…

May 11, 2022

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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…

May 7, 2022

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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…

May 6, 2022

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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…

May 4, 2022

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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…

May 2, 2022

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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…

April 30, 2022

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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…

April 20, 2022

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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…

April 17, 2022

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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…

April 1, 2022

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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…

March 27, 2022

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