Sports

Young football talent earns three-year scholarship in Qatar
26/03/2010 05:00
Nguyen Thai Sung, 16, Da Nang, passed a strict selection process to receive a 3-year scholarship at the Aspire Football Institute in Qatar. Nguyen Thai Sung. Vietnam had three representatives at the final round of the “Football Dreams”...
Nation sports heroes awarded
26/03/2010 05:00
Vu Thi Huong. Select athletes, para-athletes and their coaches who have excelled at the recent sports tournaments were honoured yesterday in Ha Noi. ‘Queen of Speed’ Vu Thi Huong “Queen of Speed” honored the most outstanding...
Star striker petitions for reconsideration
25/03/2010 05:00
Hanoi T&T’s Le Cong Vinh on March 24 asked the Vietnam Football Federation to reconsider its fine of sitting out six matches for his bad behavior at a match on Sunday, March 21. Le Cong Vinh (white). One day after the VFF announced its penalty, Hanoi...
Chinese coach says goodbye to women’s football team
25/03/2010 05:00
Chen Yun Fat, who recently led the Vietnamese women’s national football team to the championship of the Southeast Asian Games 2009, suddenly said farewell to the team. Before the coach returned home in February for the Tet holiday, he agreed to sign...
Five countries enter singles tournament
25/03/2010 05:00
Five countries in Southeast Asia will send players to Viet Nam’s Open Men’s Singles Tennis Championships, from March 31 to April 4 . . . Two players each from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos and Cambodia will compete against 35 local players,...
Big fine imposed on star striker
24/03/2010 05:00
The Vietnam Football Federation has decided to suspend Cong Vinh for six matches and impose a VND10 million fine. This is the price of Vinh’s controversial action at a match on Sunday. After a 3-hour meeting, the VFF’s Disciplinary Board concluded...
Dong Tam signs another Portuguese coach
23/03/2010 05:00
After two consecutive losing matches at V-League 2010, Cong Minh has had to return to his assistant position when Dong Tam Club on March 22 recruited another Portuguese coach. Coach Formosinho (right) and Dong Tam’s managing director. Dong Tam...