RI's sepak takraw tour to Myanmar

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian sepak takraw teams are set to go for a try-out tour which covers China and Myanmar next August, said an official of the Indonesian sepak takraw association yesterday.

Denny Muslim told newsman that the tour will be used to filter the players required for the upcoming Asian Games in Hirosima, Japan next October.

Muslim said that at that event around 16 countires will send sepak takraw contenders, which include the six ASEAN countries, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan and Korea.

The Indonesian National Sports Committe (KONI), however, is yet to decide whether the country's sepak takraw atheletes will be send to Hirosima. (hdj)