In Brief: National Wushu tourney
Written by Soeun Say
Friday, 19 June 2009
THE Chinese martial art of Wushu will be on display inside Olympic Stadium this weekend thanks to a national tournament organised by the Cambodian Wushu Federation and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. The four-day event, which starts today, features 232 male and female competitors belonging to 10 different Wushu clubs spread nationwide, and aims to find the top Cambodians to represent their country at the SEA Games in Laos this December. Cambodian Wushu Federation general secretary Mao Chan Thavuth said bouts will be held from 8am til 11am and 2pm til 5pm each day, with the tournament climaxing in final rounds held June 23.
In Brief: O'Donell shares vision
Written by ANDY BROUWER
Friday, 19 June 2009
Cambodian national football coach Scott O'Donell called together head coaches of Cambodian Premier League (CPL) clubs Monday at the National Sports Centre on the outskirts of Phnom Penh with the aim of seeking their cooperation and support for his plans to improve the country's standing in world football. Cambodia are currently placed 179th in the FIFA rankings, sandwiched between Samoa and Seychelles. The meeting was deemed a success by the Australian-born coach, with nine of the ten CPL clubs represented. O'Donell views the buy-in from the CPL coaches as an important step on the road to improvement, especially with the upcoming SEA Games in Laos in December. The national coach has now run the rule over each of the CPL teams in order to identify the pool of talented Khmer players at his disposal for the national team. With the SEA Games age limit set at 23, O'Donell feels that the U23 squad will form the nucleus of the Cambodia team for the foreseeable future.
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