Brunei team brings glory in SEAKF meet
Permanent Secretary (Culture) at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Mohd Hasnan Ali Hassan and Brunei Karate Federation Executive President Yura Kesteria Mohammad Yusof in a group photo with Mohamad Khalil. - BB/ANN
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei's karate team clinched one gold, one silver and seven bronze medals to be at sixth position in the 12th South East Asian Karate Federation (SEAKF) Championship that concluded on June 19.
Brunei's gold medal came from Mohamad Khalil Kamarulzaman in the junior kumite male 76+ kilograms (kg) category while the only silver medal is from Nur Damia Zawanah in the junior kumite female 66+ kg category.
Following the three days of competition, Vietnam's karate team emerged as champion with 28 gold, 31 silver and 17 bronze medals while Indonesia was in second place with 11 gold, nine silver and 24 bronze medals followed by Thailand in third place with eight gold, six silver and 27 bronze.
Permanent Secretary (Culture) at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Mohd Hasnan Ali Hassan witnessed the action-packed finale of the senior male team kumite.
Brunei Karate Federation Executive President Yura Kesteria Mohammad Yusof said, 'We are proud of Brunei Darussalam's achievement of having secured one gold, one silver and seven bronze medals. This commendable result reflects the growing strength and potential of karate in the country.'
A highlight of the closing ceremony saw the handing over of the flag to the next host of the SEAKF Championships.
Yura Kesteria presented the flag to Vietnam Karate Federation President Vu Son Ha. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Star
5 hours ago
- The Star
Brunei team brings glory in SEAKF meet
Permanent Secretary (Culture) at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Mohd Hasnan Ali Hassan and Brunei Karate Federation Executive President Yura Kesteria Mohammad Yusof in a group photo with Mohamad Khalil. - BB/ANN BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei's karate team clinched one gold, one silver and seven bronze medals to be at sixth position in the 12th South East Asian Karate Federation (SEAKF) Championship that concluded on June 19. Brunei's gold medal came from Mohamad Khalil Kamarulzaman in the junior kumite male 76+ kilograms (kg) category while the only silver medal is from Nur Damia Zawanah in the junior kumite female 66+ kg category. Following the three days of competition, Vietnam's karate team emerged as champion with 28 gold, 31 silver and 17 bronze medals while Indonesia was in second place with 11 gold, nine silver and 24 bronze medals followed by Thailand in third place with eight gold, six silver and 27 bronze. Permanent Secretary (Culture) at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Mohd Hasnan Ali Hassan witnessed the action-packed finale of the senior male team kumite. Brunei Karate Federation Executive President Yura Kesteria Mohammad Yusof said, 'We are proud of Brunei Darussalam's achievement of having secured one gold, one silver and seven bronze medals. This commendable result reflects the growing strength and potential of karate in the country.' A highlight of the closing ceremony saw the handing over of the flag to the next host of the SEAKF Championships. Yura Kesteria presented the flag to Vietnam Karate Federation President Vu Son Ha. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
New Straits Times
a day ago
- New Straits Times
Wilder sacked by Sheffield United after play-off failure
London: Chris Wilder was sacked as Sheffield United manager yesterday after the club's failure to win promotion to the Premier League. Wilder paid the price for United's agonising Championship play-off final loss against Sunderland last season. United finished third in the Championship and beat Bristol City in the play-off semi-finals before blowing the lead in a 2-1 defeat by Sunderland, who scored a stoppage-time winner through Tommy Watson at Wembley. Wilder leaves Bramall Lane for the second time after a previous succesful spell in charge of his boyhood team ended in 2021. The 57-year-old, who led the Blades into the Premier League in 2019, returned in December 2023 after Paul Heckingbottom was sacked with the club bottom of the top flight. "A Blade through and through, the legacy Chris and his staff have created here will never be forgotten, going right back to 2016 when he initially took the job with the club rooted in League One," a club statement said. United's play-off final loss was a massive blow after they had been heavily involved in the race for automatic promotion. Leeds and Burnley took the automatic promotion places after United won just two of their final seven regular-season games. American-based consortium COH Sports, who completed a takeover in December last year, had handed Wilder a new contract until the end of the 2027-28 season in January.
New Straits Times
a day ago
- New Straits Times
Hannah Yeoh: Two pro pairs have agreed to join RTG
KUALA LUMPUR: Their fellow independent Lee Zii Jia said no earlier, but badminton pairs Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai said yes yesterday. Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has confirmed that men's doubles world No. 1 Sze Fei-Izzuddin and mixed doubles world No. 6 Soon Huat-Shevon were the latest to join the Road to Gold (RTG) programme. The four shuttlers and their coach Teo Kok Siang met RTG coordinator Datuk Stuart Ramalingam at the National Sports Institute yesterday before signing their commitments. This makes badminton the sport with the largest number of players listed under the elite Olympic programme with 12. "Four professional badminton athletes Sze Fei, Izzuddin, Soon Huat and Shevon had pledged their commitment to the RTG programme on June 18," posted Yeoh on her Facebook today. "Through the RTG, these four will now receive extensive performance-related support as they aim to not only qualify for the 2028 Olympics, but also create history for Malaysia in Los Angeles. "RTG has always supported athletes who fulfil the criteria of the programme and we hope this additional support will spur them in their pursuit of excellence this year." Besides Sze Fei-Izzuddin and Soon Huat-Shevon, eight other shuttlers pledged their commitments last week. They are men's doubles world No. 2 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and world No. 7 Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun, women's doubles world No. 3 Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah and mixed doubles world No. 4 Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei. World No. 28 Zii Jia had turned down the Youth and Sports Ministry's offer to join the RTG programme with his management team saying the support should be given to his peers who are more deserving in the present time.
