Login Register

Logo of Phnom Penh Post newspaper Phnom Penh Post - Briefs: Cambodia beat India

Briefs: Cambodia beat India

| Publication date 03 June 2009 | 15:00 ICT

Briefs: Cambodia beat India

CHONBURI, Thailand - The Cambodian women’s national rugby team defeated

India, 7-5 Saturday for their only victory in the International Rugby

Board (IRB) Asian Women’s Rugby Sevens tournament, held this past

weekend at the Royal Thai Navy Stadium. Cambodia competed in the Second

Division of the two-day tournament, along with India, Iran, Laos, and

Malaysia. The Cambodian women were defeated by Malaysia twice 17-5 and

22-0, lost to Iran, 24-0, and were edged in the final seconds by Laos,

7-5. China won the First Division, beating host Thailand, 24-14 in the

Cup Final. In the Plate Final, the United Arab Emirates beat Guam,

12-7, while in the Bowl Final, Singapore topped Iran, 10-7. Teams

representing Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan

also took part in the tournament.

MOST VIEWED

  • Archaeologists find ancient remnant

    A team from the Apsara National Authority (ANA) has discovered a gatekeeper statue’s foot fragment at the Tonle Snguot Temple, within a metre of the toe of a statue found in 2017. ANA spokesman Long Kosal told The Post on Wednesday that the fragment was

  • Hun Sen to the rescue

    Cambodia has won praise for allowing passengers of the MS Westerdam cruise ship to dock at Preah Sihanouk port, thanks to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s humanitarian act. In a message via Twitter on Wednesday, the director-general of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu

  • EU partially withdraws EBA

    The EU Commission on Wednesday announced the partial withdrawal of the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, citing a serious and systematic violation by Cambodia of principles in the four core human and labour rights. The suspension affects one-fifth or €1 billion ($1.08 billion) of Cambodia’s annual

  • Japan calls for policy changes

    Representatives of Japanese companies and investors on Wednesday submitted a list of policy recommendations to the government concerning 21 challenges to the Kingdom’s business climate. Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Masahiro Mikami and leaders of the Japanese Business Association in Cambodia (JBAC), Japan International Cooperation Agency

  • Trump tweets praise for Kingdom docking ship

    Cambodia continues to earn praise for its humanitarian act of allowing the MS Westerdam cruise ship with more than 2,200 passengers and crew on board to dock at the Preah Sihanouk port. The praise this time comes from none other than US President Donald Trump. “Thank

  • Hate worse than virus, PM says

    Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday criticised countries that have cancelled flights with China following the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), arguing that such moves amounted to discrimination against the Chinese. In a speech delivered during the groundbreaking ceremony for work on national roads 2