Khmer kickboxing is an ancient martial art that proponents say predates the more popular and widely known Muay Thai, or Thai boxing. The sport, also called Pradal Serey, is said to date back to the ...

Thailand will boycott a kickboxing event at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, officials confirmed Tuesday, in a bitter row with the hosts over what to call the sport: Muay Thai or Kun ...

The Khmer Boxing Federation, led by Khov Chhay, issued an urgent announcement this morning, Friday, June 13, instructing all television stations and partner organisations operating boxing arenas to ...

Thailand will boycott a kickboxing event at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, officials confirmed on Tuesday, in a bitter row with the hosts over what to call the sport: Muay Thai or Kun ...

As Southeast Asia’s finest athletes descend on Phnom Penh for the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), Thai and Cambodian keyboard warriors are duking it out online over who owns the origin story to the ...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for an end to the "pointless" bickering over whether traditional boxing should be called Muay Thai or Kun Khmer, the term used by Cambodians hosting the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thailand has threatened a boycott of the upcoming 2023 Southeast Asian Games after Cambodia announced that the games will use the ...

Thailand have pulled out of the kickboxing competition at this year's Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia because a different name to Muay Thai is being used ©Getty Images The National Olympic Committee ...

The Cambodian SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC) – together with the Kun Khmer International Federation (KKIF) and Khmer Boxing Federation – have achieved a “great success” by including Kun Khmer ...

BANGKOK – Thailand will boycott a kickboxing event at the upcoming SEA Games in Cambodia, officials confirmed on Tuesday, in a bitter row with the hosts over what to call the sport: Muay Thai or Kun ...

Bangkok (AFP) – Thailand will boycott a kickboxing event at the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia in May, officials said Tuesday, in a row with the hosts over what to call the sport. Thai officials ...