BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand will boycott a kickboxing event at the upcoming South-East Asian Games in Cambodia, officials confirmed Tuesday (Jan 24), in a bitter row with the hosts over what to call the sport: Muay Thai or Kun Khmer.
Thai officials are angry at plans by Cambodia to refer to the event -- which they regard as their national sport -- on the official programme as Kun Khmer instead of Muay Thai.
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