Sports

169 athletes attend National Pentaque Champs
17/04/2013 08:49
The championships comprise nine different events, including men’s and women’s triples, men’s and women’s doubles, men’s and women’s shooting, and mixed doubles. The tournament hopes to encourage as many localities as possible to invest in the development...
Legendary goal keeper to arrive in Vietnam
15/04/2013 05:14
He will attend the signing of a cooperative agreement between his club and BIDV in Hanoi on April 24 before meeting with fans at an event to introduce the BIDV-Manchester United Bronze Card in Ho Chi Minh City one day later. Manchester United players’ gifts including the...
Vietnamese football still tops SEA
12/04/2013 12:17
The main cause of downgrading was it lost 0-1 to the Hong Kong team in the�qualifyinground of�Asian Cup�2015. Vietnam’s biggest rival Thailand has also fallen five notches to 140th after being defeated 2-5 by Lebanon. EvenSingapore, champion of the Asean Football Federation AFF Cup...
Women’s national team prepares for the Asian Cup 2014
12/04/2013 12:13
The team will have one and a half month of training before competing at the 2014 Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers against�Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan and Bahrain in Group C. The matches will take place from May 22 to 26 at Manama Stadium in Bahrain.�The list�includes 23 players, 1 head coach,...
Bikers tour Vietnam to help charity
09/04/2013 02:52
The rally which started in Hanoi on April 8, headed south, following the famed Ho Chi Minh Trail as far as UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hoi An.� Rally drivers exclusively use a fleet of fully restored Soviet-era 650cc Ural motorcycles. The bikes, all belonging to Hanoi-based Explore...
Minh seeded No.2 at Australian Badminton Open
02/04/2013 02:12
The event, held in Sydney from April 2–7, has gathered a talented field of competitors including Malaysia’s Daren Lew and Wei Feng Chong (seeded third and fourth), Indonesia’s Simon Santoso and Taufik Hydayat (seeded fifth and sixth), Chinese seventh seed Huan Gao, and eigth...
Football tournament for Vietnamese students in Paris
02/04/2013 02:10
It had attracted 24 football teams from France, including two from the Vietnamese Student Association in Italy and the National Union of Students of France (UNEF). In the men’s event, the “Only-Lyon” from Lyon city won the championship title while the Toulouse FC team got...