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The Myanmar national football team ( Burmese: မြန်မာ့လက်ရွေးစင်အမျိုးသားအသင်း) represents Myanmar in men's international association football and is governed by the Myanmar Football Federation. [ 4] It was known as the Burma national football team until 1989, when Burma was renamed ...
Myanmar is known by a name deriving from Burma in Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Greek. [53] French-language media consistently use Birmanie. [54] [55] There are at least nine different pronunciations of the English name Myanmar, and no single one is standard. Pronunciations with two syllables are found most often in major British and American ...
Watercolour painting from 1897 depicting a 19th century boxing match. All fighters wear longyi and Htoe Kwin tattoos. The traditional martial arts of Myanmar are regrouped under a term called "thaing", which includes bando, banshay, naban, shan gyi and Lethwei. According to researchers, thaing can be traced in its earliest form to the 12th ...
Myanmar (Burma) is an ethnically diverse nation with 135 distinct ethnic groups officially recognised by the Burmese government. These are grouped into eight "major national ethnic races": Bamar. Kayin. Rakhine. Shan. Mon. Chin. Kachin.
Football governance. The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) is the governing body of football in Myanmar. It was formed in 1947 as Burmese Football Federation and governs men's football since then and women's football since 1995. The MFF joined FIFA in 1952 and AFC in 1954.
Myanmar competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth appearances at the Summer Olympics, since the official debut at the 1948, which competed mostly under the name Burma, except for 1976. Myanmar failed to win a medal at the Paris Olympics 2024.
None. Home. Away. The Myanmar national basketball team represents Myanmar (Burma) in international basketball competitions and is controlled by the Myanmar Basketball Federation. [2] Myanmar is the world's most populous nation to never qualify for one of the Big Three international basketball competitions. (including the Summer Olympics, FIBA ...
Myanmar national under-20 football team is the under-20 football team of Myanmar.It was known as the Burma national youth football team before 1989. During a ten-year span between 1961 and 1970, Burma thoroughly dominated the U-19/U-20 Asian Cup, reaching the finals eight times and winning the tournament seven times.