Viet Nam sends squad to World Student Games; Dung earns spot in Asian golf final in Australia; Scavi Rocheteau to seek links with Saint Etienne; Military team to test Bulgarian volleyballers

A squad of 15 athletes and 11 coaches and umpires will take part in athletics, table tennis and taekwondo competitions.

Nguyen Thi Thu Ngan, who won a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Championships in HCM City earlier this month, represents the country’s big hope in taekwondo.

The Universiade is expected to attract some 9,000 competitors from 140 countries who will compete in 208 events in athletics, judo, football, basketball, fencing, volleyball, swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, diving, artistic gymnastics, table tennis, archery, tennis, taekwondo and water polo.

Dung earns spot in Asian golf final in Australia

Vietnamese golfer Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dung earned a berth in the Asian final with a stellar finish at Viet Nam’s premier amateur golf tournament – the annual Mercedes-Benz Viet Nam – at the Ocean Dunes Golf Club in Phan Thiet city.

Dung was one of the seven best golfers out of 144 competitors at the tournament to qualify for this August’s Asian final in Australia.

The Asian final winner will take part in the World Final in Stuttgart, Germany this September.

At the Ladies National Championships in Da Lat city early this month, the Song Be golf club-based player finished third after two round with 256.

The Mercedes-Benz tournament is Viet Nam’s largest golf competition, with qualifying rounds at the club and country levels which lead up to international events at the regional and world levels.

Scavi Rocheteau to seek links with Saint Etienne

The youth football training centre, Scavi-Rocheteau, intends to seek future co-operation with French Ligue 1’s Saint-Etienne.

Dominique Rocheteau, former French footballer and a representative from Saint Etienne, will watch a friendly match between Scavi-Rocheteau and the Vinh Long youth team in HCM City on Saturday.

The Scavi Rocheteau Centre was established at HCM City’s Thanh Long Sports Centre by the HCM City Football Federation, the French Scavi Company and Rocheteau to offer quality training courses for young local footballers in the southern provinces.

Military team to test Bulgarian volleyballers

The Military Zone 5 volleyball team will test two Bulgarian volleyballers, Vasil Michkov Stoyanov and Tsvetan Rumenov, in HCM City today, the team said on Monday.

The two Bulgarians have played for the national team for the past six years.

The testing is part of the Military team’s preparation for the second stage of the national championship this September.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News