The Phnom Penh Post News in Brief

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Last 16 round Cup ties

Friday, 05 February 2010 15:00 Dan Riley

WEEKEND matches at the Olympic Stadium will conclude the last 16 knockout round of the 2010 Samdech Hun Sen Cup. Takeo based club Kirivong will be favourites against impressive Kampong Chhnang team Rithi Sen Saturday at 2:00pm, while the later kickoff of 4:00pm sees talented provincial side Koh Kong face the might of the National Defence Ministry. On Sunday, inaugural Cup winners Khemara Keila meet Prek Pra Keila in the early kickoff before 2008 runners up Preah Khan Reach look to brush past last 16 debutants Oddar Meanchey.

AFF hold coach course

Friday, 05 February 2010 15:00 Ung Chamroeun

Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) deputy general secretary May Tola, FFC official Keo Sareth, and Cambodian national team coach Scott O’Donell, completed a four-day seminar for technical directors in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Wednesday, co-organised by the Asean Football Federation (AFF) and the French Football Federation. According to the official AFF website, a total of 18 representatives from all Asean countries except Brunei, and including Timor Leste, participated in the course which saw them work through practical sessions and intense theoretical classroom lessons with French coaching experts Gerard Houllier and Eric Mombaerts.

Game week 24 winner

Friday, 05 February 2010 15:00 Dan Riley

ANOTHER dozen fixtures were crammed into gameweek 24, but a relatively tepid set of scores kept the Post Fantasy league tallies low. A platonic menage a trois of managers made the top grade this time out, including Sok Bunneang’s Sangha FC (who also won game week 22), Chelsea Senior’s Chelsilia and the unconventionally named V.remee Y.U with his side Cam-sport. The tactician trio scored a total of 83 points each to claim their US$20 phone card voucher and T-shirt from Cellcard, with all teams featuring the unstoppable Nicolas Anelka of Chelsea for 10 points, while Sangha fielded Leyton Baines for 9 points and the other two picked Stephen Hunt for 12 points. Deadline this Saturday is the usual 6:30pm for transfers.

Boxing tourney at TV5

Friday, 05 February 2010 15:00 Ung Chamroeun

KAO Roomchang faces Sarim Vanthan, and Loek Vibol meets Keo Bunheng at the TV5 boxing arena in Takhmao Sunday for the last round of preliminaries in the 63.5-kilogram championship sponsored by K-Cement. Though the first match is relatively insignificant, with Kao Roomchang already qualified for the semifinals and his opponent already out, the second crucial bout sees veteran Loek Vibol making his 80th appearance in the ring against the 23-year-old from Preah Khan Reach club.

New commerce ministry

Friday, 05 February 2010 15:00 Soeun Say

PRIME Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the new US$5 million Ministry of Commerce building Thursday in Phnom Penh. The new ministry, located in the capital’s Toek Thla commune, Sen Sok district, was completed in December after nearly two and a half years of construction, according to a ministry press release Thursday. The Attwood Company completed construction of the two ministry buildings which sit within a 13,650-square-metre compound. The site includes a library and a video conference room.