Health and Fitness

Maisha Katz faces Souris Manfredi for the World Lethwei Championship (WLC) women’s bantamweight title. (Supplied)
Lethwei will get its first female world champion tomorrow

Combat sports will hit a milestone tomorrow with the crowning of the first female world lethwei champion.
Fighters clash at a World Lethwei Championship event. (WLC)
Fighters set to battle at Myanmar’s first amateur MMA tournament

The search has begun for the next “Burmese Python” as competitors prepare for Myanmar’s first amateur mixed martial arts tournament on October 19.
Local surfer Lwin Ko Ko Htet rides a wave on a beach near Ngwe Saung. (Csiga Balazs)
An eye on the Southeast Asia Games, Myanmar surfers prepare for national championships

In Ngwe Saung, the heart of the country's emerging surf scene, things are heating up.
A fruit stand in downtown Yangon. (Photos by Myanmar Mix)
6 superfoods you can buy at your local market

The wide choice of fruit and vegetables brought in fresh from the countryside means your average zay (or market) is teeming with shoppers.