‘The Burmese Python’ comes home
Aung La Nsang, the Myitkyina-born mixed martial artist known as “the Burmese Python,” will have his first professional match in Burma tonight.
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Rangoon skaters realise half-pipe dream
Pushing Myanmar has given keen Rangoon skaters a new park to hone their craft.
Karen refugee signs for English football team
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Burma’s footballers qualify for pensions
The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) will begin providing monthly stipends of 50,000 kyat (US$50) to selected retired national team players as from next month.
Kanbawza FC returns to Rangoon
Kanbawza Football Club will relocate from Taunggyi, Shan State to Rangoon for the next season of the Myanmar [Burma] National League.
HIV positive cyclist on awareness tour
Sarako, a 35 year old Mandalay native living with HIV since 2005, has visited over 40 towns to date on his cycle tour across Burma to promote HIV awareness.
Burma’s para-archers shoot to win
Precision and nerves of steel is a recipe for success in archery, something that Burma turned out to possess. The Burmese Paralympic archery team led the charts for men’s compound archery on Thursday, at the Para Games.
ASEAN Para Games 2014 opens in Naypyidaw
The opening ceremony for the 7th ASEAN Para Games – hosted in Burma for the first time ever – was held at Wunna Theikdi Stadium in Naypyidaw on Tuesday evening.
Prepping for the Para Games
After the success of the SEA Games, Burma is now preparing to host the ASEAN Para Games for the first time ever. With only a few days until the opening ceremony in Naypyidaw, the teams were more than ready.
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DVB Debate: How prepared is Burma for the SEA Games?
Now just a few weeks until the opening ceremony, opinions diverge whether or not Burma has prepared well enough for hosting the SEA Games. Expectations of gold medals are high, as is pressure on the athletes.
Thein Sein inspects SEA Games stadiums
With just 50 days left until the opening ceremony of the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, Burma’s President Thein Sein on Sunday inspected preparations at the games’ main sports venue, the 30,000-capacity Wunna Theikdi Stadium in Naypyidaw.
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Para Games athletes slam ‘unfair’ conditions
Burma is due to host the ASEAN Para Games for the first time this December but athletes say the training facilities are substandard and lack proper equipment.
Record prize money for Burmese boxing match
Feb 20, 2009 (DVB), A traditional Burmese boxing competition which promises the highest prize money in the sport's history in Burma is to be held in Rangoon at the end[…]
