The national hockey team coach attended matches on the opening day of competitions to scout potential athletes for the national team from the players participating in the PON XX National Games, officials said. National hockey team coach Muhammad Dharma Raj Abdullah, accompanied by Jayapura district head Mathius Awoitauw and the

Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Zainudin Amali, has said that the Papua National Games (PON) XX could be an opportunity for talent scouting and finding young athletes for the national team. “This PON is also counted as a talent scouting event, we will see young athletes, we are monitoring them.

General chairman of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI), Marciano Norman, has urged the Indonesian Pencak Silat Association (IPSI) to continue developing the traditional martial art so that it can be included in the Olympics. “Pencak silat is an original Indonesian martial art, thus we have to work together to

People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo expressed hope that the 20th PON National Games being held in Papua Province would strengthen the sense of nationhood and nationalism among Indonesians. “There is a mutual relationship between sports and nationalism,” he told journalists after attending the opening ceremony of Papua’s PON

Bali’s Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi took the gold medal in women’s sport climbing with a record speed of 7.01 seconds at the Papua National Sports Week (PON) XX. Bali sport climbing coach Suhardi Eka Prasetya told ANTARA at Mikika, Papua, on Friday that the contingent was proud of Dewi’s performance, who

The government of Mataram city in West Nusa Tenggara Province will hold a Mandalika Fair to welcome the world motorcycle racing event World Superbike (WSBK) in November this year. The WSBK will be held at the Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok district from November 19-21, 2021. The government hopes the Mandalika