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Sunday, 23 November 2008

Silat tournament kicks off

THE first round of the 2008 Inter-Secondary Schools and Colleges Silat Championship was launched at the Multi Purpose Hall of the Nakhoda Ragam Vocational School in Lambak Kanan yesterday.Organised by the Co-Curriculum Department of the Ministry of...

Brunei bank on 3 sports

BRUNEI will be counting on futsal, sepak takraw and pencak silat to reap medals at next week's 2008 Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) Friendship Games. The deputy director of the Department of...

Saturday, 22 November 2008

Brunei ministries at 'war' Inter-Ministry

Tug-Of-War kicks off in rainTHE 15th Civil Service Day Inter-Ministry Tug-Of-War competition kicked off at the Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien field in the capital last night despite the rain which severely hindered play.Six teams from the 70kg and...

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Two local golfers for Pro-Am tourney in S'pore

LOCAL golfers Alfred Sim and Han Kiem Kwang will be playing alongside two Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) players at the Pro-Am tournament of the 2008 Lexus Cup at the Singapore Island Country Club next weekend.Sim and Han won the chance...

130 teams to take part in JIS football fund day

ABOUT 130 teams from 45 schools will be taking part in the Jerudong International School (JIS) TOTAL Football Fun Day this Sunday.According to a press release issued by TOTAL yesterday, schools from all over Brunei will come together at the JIS for...

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Chance to learn from Chan

DPMM FC'S new left-back is confident that he can use his years of experience playing for Perak to good use in Brunei's premier club.Chan Wing Hoong started his career playing for Perak as a left-back 10 years ago and the 31-year-old defender...

Monday, 17 November 2008

Karate exponents relying on speed

THE seven karate exponents to represent the sultanate at next month's 2008 Asean University Games in Kuala Lumpur will be counting on speed and confidence to make up for their lack of international experience.Four male and three female athletes have...

Sunday, 16 November 2008

DPMM's appeal rejected

Brunei club will have to play without foreign players IT LOOKS like DPMM FC's efforts to reverse the Football Association of Malaysia's (FAM) ban on imports for next season are not working out, with their team manager yesterday revealing that the...

Saturday, 15 November 2008

Bafa House will be ready in February

THE first sports association in the country to own its own headquarters, the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (Bafa) will be delighted to know that it will be able to move into its new 'home' sooner than expected.Construction of a new...

25 sports finalised for Laos Games

THE president of the Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council (BDNOC), His Royal Highness Prince Haji Sufri Bolkiah, recently attended the 25th SEA Games Council meeting in Vientiane, Laos, according to a Press release issued by the council...

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Calling all junior golfers

THE fourth edition of the Sabah International Junior Masters will be held at Sabah Golf & Country Club from Dec 9 to 11.The tournament is open to all boys and girls with a valid USGA Handicap Index.Entry forms can be obtained on its website www...

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Belait Pythons lose their crown

THE Belait Pythons' lack of players during last weekend's International Baram Trophy in Miri was the main reason they failed to defend their crown and only finished third.Winning two games and losing the other two over the course of the two-day...

Monday, 10 November 2008

Wushu team win gold in China

CONSIDERING that it was their first time competing in the event, the national wushu team who were at the recently concluded third World Traditional Wushu Championships in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, China, performed above and beyond expectations....

Sunday, 9 November 2008

Preparations go smoothly

PREPARATIONS for this month's 2008 Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines East Asean Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) Friendship Games are going according to clockwork.The final preparations for the three-day tournament, which kicks off on...

Muhaimin and Nakagun outlast rivals

MUHAIMIN AWANG and Shotaro Nakagun of Japan yesterday beat veterans Isa Latif and Pg Hj Md Ridzuan Pg Hj Yunos 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 to win the 2008 Brunei Darussalam Tennis Association Open Doubles Tournament at the National Tennis Centre, Hassanal Bolkiah...

Borneo Games: Brunei starts early

THE 2009 Borneo Games might still be more than a year away but the Sultanate is already in earnest preparation for the third edition of the Games which will be held here next December for the first time.A meeting chaired by the Acting Permanent...

Thursday, 6 November 2008

Top seed pair sails into semis of BDTA Open

THE top seeded pair of Muhaimin Awang and Shotaro Nakagun eased into the semi-finals of the second leg of the Brunei Darussalam Tennis Association (BDTA) Open Doubles Tournament after a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over Belinda Foo and Kim Glover at the...

Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Brunei win Densit Borneo 7-Aside tourney

THEIR glory days might be long gone but ex-national team players such as Mohd Brian Iman Abdullah Bothwell and Azmanuddin Hj Gillen are still doing the country proud.Winning the inaugural Densit Borneo 7-Aside football tournament in Kota Kinabalu,...

Monday, 3 November 2008

Zombies cruise to title

PLK Zombies wrapped up their seventh win to emerge champions of the 2008 Black Arrows Softball Carnival after stomping on their rivals Black Arrows I 16-7 at the Maktab Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah field in Gadong, near here, yesterday.The...

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Black Arrows I close in on championship match

BLACK Arrows I are just a game away from a berth in today's final of their namesake competition, the 2008 Black Arrows Softball Tournament, after emerging as the top team in Group A with two wins and a loss to end their group stage matches yesterday...


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