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Abyan Aqila finished first in the fourth round of Gokart Eshark Rok Cup National Championship at Sentul Karting International Circuit on Sunday (26/06). The 8-year old racer was also the fastest in the Entry Level. Therefore, he got the Double Winner title for Podium 1 and Fastest of the Day.

Abyan will join an international go kart championship at South Garda Karting, Italy for one month. He wants to be the entry level national champion to be held in the next two rounds in August and September.

Indonesia seized one victory title in the Nantes International Challenge 2022 after mixed double pair Amri Syahnawi/Winny Oktavina Kandow defeated the pair from Thailand Ratchapol Makkasasithorn/Jhenica Sudjaipraparat in the final with score 21-15 and 21-18 on Sunday (26/06).

In the first game, Amri/Winny received a strong fight from Ratchapol/Jhenicha, and ending the game with 21-15. Then in the second game, Amri/Winny dominated the second game. They locked the victory in the second game with scores 21-18.

This is the third victory for mixed-double pair Amri Syahnawi/Winny Oktavina Kandow in the last three weeks in Europe. Previously, they won in Lithuania International Challenge 2022 and Bonn International Challenge 2022.

Gladies Lariesa Garina is the only Indonesian athlete to join the 19th FINA World Championship Budapest 2022 that has taken place from June 17 to July 3, 2022. The athlete from East Java joins the women's 1 meter category and 3 meter category against athletes from 47 countries. Gladies will also be the youngest athlete to join the event.

Gladies debuted in National Sports Week Papua 2021 and won gold in three categories namely women's 1 meter, women's tower, and women's 3 meter. Then Gladies finished in the top 10 of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2019 Malaysia.

President Director of PT Liga Indonesia Baru, Akhmad Hadian Lukita said on Thursday (30/6) that the company is considering to open the Liga 1 2022-2023 quicker on July 23. The earlier kick off is considered that the existing schedule on July 27 is on Wednesday or weekday, while 23 July is weekend. 

Akhmad Hadina Lukita ensured the kick off decision was also based on discussion with clubs. Realized or not, the company will wait for further coordination with the police.

If the competition kicks off sooner, some clubs will have shorter resting time. This is because the pre-season of President's Cup 2022 will end on July 17.

Madrasah Ibtidaiah Negeri -MIN 1 Pekanbaru student, Chania Alifia Zahra won a gold medal at the Asia Pacific Shitoryu Karate Foundation (APSKF) Virtual Competition in Kazakhstan, which was held from November 6-8, 2020.

Chania won 1st place in the 8-9 year old class. Caca or Chania along with other Indonesian athletes brought a total of 9 gold medals, 11 silver, and 10 bronze.Head of Public Relations at the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of Riau, Musdhalifah, in Pekanbaru, Tuesday (Nov 17) said that Chania, this tiny girl is now in grade 4 B.At the age of 9, Caca has received various awards in the field of karate up to the national level. In February, Caca won 1st place in the Individual Words for early childhood at the Shindoka Karate National Championship in Jakarta.Her achievements include Champion 3 kumite - 20 kg pre-early age women Karate championship III 2016 kids championship at Tribuana Pekanbaru Sports Arena,3rd place with kumite -20 kg pre-early age women, Riau Province Karate Championship IX year 2018 and INHU Regent Cup 2018 at Rengat, 3rd place for female individual Kata, 2nd 2019 Siak Open Karate Championship at Tualang Siak Sports Arena Champion 1 for young women individual Kata, and 2020 Shindoka Karate National Championship in Jakarta.

The East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government will hold a NTT Governor's Cup Horse Race from 19-22 November 2020 which will be centered in Babau, Kupang Regency, Timor Island.Head of the East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Tourism and Creative Economy Office, Wayan Darmawa in Kupang, Monday, as quoted from Antara, explained that this horse racing activity is part of the efforts of the regional government (Pemda) to revive tourism activities by implementing the Covid-19 health protocols, which every visitor is required to undergo a number of protocols, such as body temperature checks, washing hands, wearing masks, and maintaining a safe distance to avoid Covid-19 transmission.Furthermore, Wayan explained that in addition to horse racing competitions, creative economy exhibition activity is also carried out as an effort to revive the community's economic business sector.

A total of 1,525 participants took part in the 2020 Ranau Gran Fondo cycling race in Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan Regency. This is an effort by the regional government to restore the economy and tourism affected by Covid-19.In a press release received by Antara on Monday (16/11), the participants who took part in the activities held in the Lake Ranau tourism destination area came from various regions in Indonesia and from abroad such as the United States. Governor of South Sumatra, Herman Deru, when releasing the cyclists directly, said that this is the initial milestone for the improvement and recovery of the national economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The number of participants this year has increased more than the first Sriwijaya Ranau Gran Fondo in 2019. In addition to recruiting talented cyclist athletes, Sriwijaya Ranau Gran Fondo was held as an effort to introduce and increase the number of tourist visits in South Sumatra as well as to encourage the community's economy.Furthermore, he said that the South Sumatra Provincial Government also continues to encourage infrastructure improvements in the Lake Ranau area. Lake Ranau is the second largest lake in Sumatra after Lake Toba. The Sriwijaya Gran Fondo 2020 event in the two-round road bike category was won by national athlete, Jauhari Johan who won first place, second place was won by Rian Septiawan and in third place was Rio Lambudi. Meanwhile, the MTB category went to Zainal Fanani from Lumajang Regency, Central Java, second place winner Maydanil Arhan from South Sumatra and third place winner Ade Agung from Lahat Regency, South Sumatra.

Indonesian male lifter, Rizky Juniansyah, who appeared in the 73-kg class, won three gold medals at the 2020 Virtual Youth Weightlifting World Championship held from Lima, Peru, Sunday (Nov 15) Western Indonesia Time. The three gold medals were obtained after Rizky managed to record a total force of 325 kg with details of snatch 145 and clean and jerk 180 kg.

Besides winning three gold medals, the 16-year-old lifter has also successfully surpassed the three youth world records in his own name that he won at the 2020 World Junior and Youth Championships in Uzbekistan last February. The world records for teenagers that Rizky managed to break are snatch force from 139 kg to 145 kg, clean and jerk weighing 180 kg or exceeding the world youth record standard, namely 171 kg, and total force from 307 kg to 325 kg.

Meanwhile, the Head Coach of the Indonesian Weightlifting Team, Dirja Wihardja said that he was proud of Rizky’s achievements. He said Rizky's class at the online championship was at the same level as the senior generation.

President Joko Widodo emphasized that Indonesia's candidacy to host the 2032 Olympics was not to be "dashing", but to raise the nation's image and dignity. This was stated by the President in a virtual limited meeting regarding Indonesia's plan to host the 2032 Olympics at the State Palace in Jakarta, Wednesday (4/11).

The President instructed his staff to prepare sports infrastructure, improve coaching for athletes, global visibility for Indonesia regarding potential hosts for the 2032 Olympics, and so forth. According to President Joko Widodo, the Asian Games and Asian Para Games in 2018 have been successfully held by Indonesia. This opens up the confidence and eyes of the world that Indonesia is capable of being a good host in international events. To host the 2032 Olympics, Indonesia is expected to compete with Australia, Germany, Korea Unification, Qatar, and China. The selection process for the 2032 Olympics will be held in 2023 and the results are determined in 2024.

The Indonesian e-sports team Bigetron Red Aliens (BTR) is determined to become world champion again at the PUBG Mobile Global Championship Season Zero (PMGC) which will be held online at the end of November. This was said by BTR player, Made Bagus "Luxxy" Prabaswara in a virtual press conference that was followed in Jakarta, Tuesday (3/11). When asked about the preparations for realizing their targets on this prestigious stage, Nizar "Microboy" Lugatio Pratama explained that currently, his team will only focus on practice and continue to analyze the strategies of all teams to find out the abilities of each player who will become rivals later.

Bigetron Red Aliens is the world champion of PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) Fall Split Global Finals 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With this status, BTR is optimistic that it can get rid of its competitors and defend its title as world champion. Bigetron Red Aliens previously had the right to represent Indonesia at the world level tournament after winning the PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) SEA Finals Season 2 for the Southeast Asia region last October. They successfully defeated 15 of the best teams in Southeast Asia in 15 matches that were held over three days. Apart from Indonesia, there are at least 21 countries that will participate in the tournament, including Thailand, China, Vietnam, Turkey, Japan, Brazil, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, France, and the United States.

The Executive Board of the Indonesian Fitness Bodybuilding Association (PP PBFI) announced that Indonesia will host the 2021 World Fitness Bodybuilding Championship. Secretary General of PP PBFI, Inge Inkiriwang in Jakarta, Tuesday, as quoted by Detiksport said, confirmation of hosting the World Championship was received after the general chairman PBFI, Irwan Alwi received a direct call from the President of the International Fitness Bodybuilding Federation (WBPF), Datok Paul Chua, who approved Indonesia to host the 2021 World Fitness Bodybuilding Championship.

In addition to informing Indonesia of the appointment of Indonesia to host the 2021 World Fitness Bodybuilding Championship, Paul Chua said that the Bodybuilding Fitness branch was officially competed in the SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, which is planned to be held in November 2021.

Inge Inkiriwang, who is also a former national women's bicycle racing athlete, said the World Fitness Bodybuilding Championship will be held in Yogyakarta in December 2021. For this reason, PP PBFI will soon have intensive communication and coordination with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Central Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) for the success of the first world championship held in Indonesia.

The Executive Board of the Indonesian Fitness Bodybuilding Association was established in June 2020 after separating from the Indonesian Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI) which has overseen so far.

We end Sport World for today with Mix Martial Art. Priscilla Hertati doesn't want to miss a moment in ONE Championship.

Indonesian female fighter, Priscilla Hertati Lumban Gaol will fight against Chinese fighters at the One Championship event which will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday (6/11). In an official statement from ONE Championship on Wednesday, at ONE: INSIDE THE MATRIX II, Priscilla will take on Meng Bo, a veteran of China's elite who is renowned for being the only woman in the world to beat current UFC women's straw-weight champion Zhang Weili. Meng is also the 2nd female atom-weight contender in ONE Championship.

If Priscilla could beat Meng, it would certainly catapult her name in the official rankings, and even allow her to break into the top five. Thus, it is certain that tough competition will occur. Victory over Meng could be the ticket to becoming world champion.

Minister of Youth and Sports, Zainudin Amali asked stakeholders regarding the planning of organizing recreational sports for 2021 to be completed and agreed upon by the end of this year. This was stated by Minister Zainudin Amali in a stakeholder coordination meeting of recreational sports organizers, which was held virtually in Jakarta, Monday (26/10). In a written statement quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Tuesday (27/1), he said that recreational sports must be prepared to support sports tourism, because this has become the theme of the National Sports Day and has been followed up by the MoU with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy.

Minister Zainudin Amali further explained that the plan must refer to the 37th National Sports Day theme, namely sport tourism. Sport tourism, according to Minister Amali, must be improved and developed because it is believed to be able to increase the bargaining power of Indonesian tourism in the global market industry. Through the sport tourism, it can also provide a multiplier effect or multiple economic impacts by utilizing and developing natural potential and the creative economy.

The Indonesian basketball national team will continue the second round match of the International Basketball Federation -FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualification in Manama, Bahrain in November. Advance qualification will initially take place in two countries. The Indonesian national team who are members of Group A are scheduled to visit Thailand on November 27, and South Korea three days later. However, due to the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic, FIBA decided that all matches in the remaining 2021 Asia Cup Qualification window will be played in a bubble format only in the three host cities. The three cities are Manama (Bahrain), Doha (Qatar), and Amman (Jordan).

As quoted by Antara from the FIBA website, the decision to play the game in a bubble format in three cities was taken because the Executive Committee along with the Medical Commission and the FIBA Competition Commission considered the health and safety of players, coaches and officials during the epidemic. With this bubble pattern, there will be no home-away formats in the next two windows scheduled for November 2020 and February 2021.

The Indonesian women's team won the runner-up position in the Asian Cup online chess championship after losing to the first seed India 2-6 (1-3 and 1-3) in the final round on Sunday (25/10). According to the captain who did not play the Indonesian team, Kristianus Liem, India, which fielded two chess players with International Master (IM) titles and two chess players with the title of Women's Grand Master (WGM), wa indeed superior to the Indonesian team that relied on IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar and IM Medina Warda Aulia. He said, only Irene at table one was able to record one draw and one win over WGM Vaishali R. While Medina who was in absolute superiority in the first party made a blunder and eventually lost 0-2. Kristianus saw that Indian chess players already have the top level of play in Asia and even in the world. Even though they failed to win the title, the Indonesian women's chess team has far exceeded the target of the Indonesian Chess Federation Board which only hoped that Irine and friends would qualify for the quarter-finals. The same target is also imposed on the men's team which stopped in the last eight after being beaten by Australia.

Another impressive achievement was recorded by the E-sports team from Indonesia, namely Bigetron Red Aliens - BTR RA, which was officially crowned as the champion of the Southeast Asia region of the PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) SEA Finals Season 2 tournament. The BTR RA victory eliminates the top position previously occupied by Yoodo Gank, the team from Malaysia, which won the PMPL SEA Finals Season 1. As quoted from Antara News Agency, Monday (26/10), one of the BTR RA members, Luxxy in his official statement said that the final match which took place on 23-25 October, competed for 15 rounds and was marked by fierce battles. Each team was very ambitious to be able to fight for the top position and four tickets to qualify for the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020 round.

For this success, the BTR RA team from Indonesia was entitled to win the grand prize worth US $30,000 or Rp450 million. Meanwhile, the second place was also occupied by a team from Indonesia, namely Aerowolf LIMAX, which is the first time participating in this competition. Aerowolf LIMAX received a prize worth US $20,000 or (Rp293 million), while the third place was Secret Jin, a team from Thailand who was entitled to a prize worth of US $15,000 or (Rp219 million).