VietNamNet Bridge – Gymnast Dang Nam defended his title in the men’s rings event at the 29th Southeast Asian Games on Tuesday morning. Dang Nam performs in the Sea Games. — Photo zing.vn Nam displayed a perfect performance and scored 13.400 points. His veteran teammate Pham Phuoc Hung came second with 13.550 points. Both athletes had secured the same positions at the Singapore SEA Games two years ago. The bronze went to Dwi Samsul Arifin of Indonesia. Coach Truong Tuan Hien said he was not surprised with Nam’s victory. His high score was expected because Nam has reached world level. Earlier, Vietnamese gymnasts did not succeed in the floor and pommel horse events. In wushu, Pham Quoc Khanh bagged his second silver in the men’s nanquan (southern-style boxing), earning 9.66 points. Mun Hua Ho of the hosts won the gold, … [Read more...]

NDO – U22 Vietnam had a hard game against the solid ten-man U22 Indonesia, failing to score despite creating a range of opportunities and accepted a 0-0 draw in their fourth Group B matchup at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia on August 22. >>> Cong Phuong strikes once as Vietnam dismantle Philippines Entering the fourth match at the 29th SEA Games, U22 Vietnam temporarily take the lead of their group with nine points after three games. If winning three points against U22 Indonesia tonight, Coach Huu Thang’s players will officially enter the semi-finals with a game in hand. With Xuan Truong and Van Hau back after their absence from the previous match, U22 Vietnam had their strongest squad. Right after the start, Vietnam actively pushed attacking at a relatively fast speed but U22 Indonesia’s solid defence caused a lot of difficulties for the red-shirts. Like in the previous match, Vietnam continued … [Read more...]

MANCHESTER: Raheem Sterling came on to score an 82nd-minute equaliser as 10-man Manchester City rescued a 1-1 draw against Everton in their opening Premier League home game on Monday (Aug 21). Everton's English striker Wayne Rooney (right) scores his team's first goal past Manchester City's Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson (left) during the English Premier League football match. (Anthony Devlin/AFP) Wayne Rooney put Everton ahead with his 200th Premier League goal before City home debutant Kyle Walker was contentiously shown a second yellow card following a collision with Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Sterling, a half-time substitute, rewarded heavy City pressure by slamming in a late equaliser and Everton also finished with 10 men after Morgan Schneiderlin, too, was given a debatable second caution. "I am pleased with … [Read more...]

The Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese Association in Mozambique organised a friendship football tournament from August 19-20 to mark national celebrations. (Photo: Vietnamese Embassy in Mozambique) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese Association in Mozambique organised a friendship football tournament from August 19-20 to mark the 72nd anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2). The event, the third of its kind, saw the competition of four teams from Viettel’s Movitel joint venture, Vietnamese businesses and people, Mozambican Institute for Defence Studies and Maputo police. It was organised to consolidate friendship and solidarity between the two nations while promoting exchanges, experience sharing and connections between their people, contributing to building a strong Vietnamese community in the … [Read more...]

NDO – Vietnamese top swimmer, Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, won a gold medal in the women’s 100m backstroke category for the first time at the ongoing 29th Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 29) in Malaysia. >>> Fencer secures Vietnam seventh gold medal in Kuala Lumpur This is the first time “Little mermaid” Vien has won a gold in this event. Minutes earlier, she failed to get a positive result in the area of her strength, the women’s 200m butterfly category. The 100 m backstroke is not the strength of Vietnamese swimmers in the SEA Games. Singapore’s legendary Tao Li dominated the category in the last six SEA Games. Tao Li defeated Vien in both SEA Games 2011 and 2013. In SEA Games 2015, Vien did not even compete in the event as Tao Li was still there. The opportunity only came for Vien in Malaysia this year when Tao Li did not attend this category. The Vietnamese came in first with a time of 1:01.89, leaving second place Nurul Fajar … [Read more...]

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to Thailand was fruitful, with the two PMs discussing frankly cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral frameworks, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) welcomed by his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-o-cha (Photo: VNA) During the visit from August 17-19, PM Phuc and his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-o-cha sought collaboration measures to build the ASEAN Community and maintain the association’s central role on the occasion of ASEAN’s 50th founding anniversary, as well as ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation within sub-regional programmes and projects. The two sides discussed long-lasting issues such as how to minimise conflicts at sea, illegal fishing and smuggling on each other’s waters, and illegal Vietnamese … [Read more...]

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) welcomed by his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-o-cha (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to Thailand was fruitful, with the two PMs discussing frankly cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral frameworks, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy. During the visit from August 17-19, PM Phuc and his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-o-cha sought collaboration measures to build the ASEAN Community and maintain the association’s central role on the occasion of ASEAN’s 50th founding anniversary, as well as ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation within sub-regional programmes and projects. The two sides discussed long-lasting issues such as how to minimise conflicts at sea, illegal fishing and smuggling on each other’s waters, and illegal Vietnamese workers in Thailand. They … [Read more...]

The win helps the team have a go to the event title. Earlier, they also beat the Philippines 3-0. Vietnam’s head coach Mai Duc Chung said the key to victory was the calm display by the team. “We played calmly. When our rivals leveled the score at 1-1, we were still very composed,” Chung said, adding the match was tense but both sides played fairly. Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy celebrates goal scoring in the match between Vietnam and Myanmar at SEA Games 29  Meanwhile, coach Reijners Roger Johannes Joseph Hu of Myanmar said he was unsatisfied with the result. “I am very disappointed with the result and the performance of Myanmar in this game,” he said. With this result, it will be difficult for Myanmar to win a gold medal, he added. Although Myanmar is considered stronger in the region, Vietnam still played confidently. In the 18th minute, taking full advantage of … [Read more...]

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam crushed Myanmar 3-1 in the second match of the women’s football event at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia yesterday. Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy celebrates scoring a goal in the match between Viet Nam and Myanmar in the SEA Games yesterday. — Photo: VNA/VNS The win will help the team have a go at the event title. Earlier, the team also beat the Philippines 3-0. Viet Nam’s head coach Mai Duc Chung said the key to victory was the calm display by the team. “We played calmly. When our rivals levelled the score at 1-1, we were still very composed,” Chung said. “The match was tense, but the two sides played fairly,” Chung added. “Viet Nam [today] had good tactics. We studied Myanmar and knew that they often play with all their strength in the first half, so I had made … [Read more...]

The win will help the team have a go at the event title. Earlier, the team also beat the Philippines 3-0. Vietnam’s head coach Mai Duc Chung said the key to victory was the calm display by the team. “We played calmly. When our rivals levelled the score at 1-1, we were still very composed,” Chung said. “The match was tense, but the two sides played fairly,” Chung added. “Vietnam [today] had good tactics. We studied Myanmar and knew that they often play with all their strength in the first half, so I had made adjustments,” Chung said. Meanwhile, coach Reijners Roger Johannes Joseph Hu of Myanmar said he was unsatisfied with the result. “I am very disappointed with the result and the performance of Myanmar in this game,” Hu said. Hu said his players made errors, giving the opponentthe chance to … [Read more...]

BARCELONA: Barcelona got their La Liga season off to a winning start on Sunday (Aug 20), beating Real Betis 2-0 at a emotional Camp Nou following a pair of terrorist attacks in Catalonia. Real Betis' forward Alex Alegria (left) vies with Barcelona's forward Gerard Deulofeu during the Spanish league football match. (LLUIS GENE/AFP) Twin vehicle attacks on Thursday killed 14 people and wounded around 120 in Barcelona's bustling Las Ramblas thoroughfare and the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils. A minute's silence was held before kick-off, whilst Barcelona players wore black armbands and shirts with 'Barcelona' replacing individual names on the back. The decision for the match to go ahead with increased security measures put in place was part of a desire to "recover normality" in the words of Catalonia's president Carles Puigdemont. A defiant attitude was on show in the stands, although in common with … [Read more...]

BARCELONA: Spanish police said on Sunday (Aug 20) they had uncovered a cache of 120 gas canisters at a house believed to be the bomb-making factory of suspects in terror attacks that claimed 14 lives, as Barcelona mourned victims of the rampage. A police officer stands guard as people sit next to candles and flowers placed on the ground, after a terror attack that killed 14 people and wounded over 120 in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) The suspected militants had been preparing bombs for "one or more attacks in Barcelona", regional police chief Josep Lluis Trapero told reporters, revealing that traces of TATP explosive had also been found. But the suspects accidentally detonated an explosive at the house on the eve of Thursday's attack in Barcelona - an error that likely forced them to modify their … [Read more...]

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur made a losing start to life as Wembley's full-time tenants after Marcos Alonso's double earned Premier League champions Chelsea a 2-1 victory on Sunday (Aug 20). Chelsea's striker Michy Batshuayi (2nd left) scores an own goal during an English Premier League football match against Tottenham Hotspur. (AFP/Ian KINGTON) The Spaniard struck either side of a late Michy Batshuayi own goal to get Chelsea back to winning ways after their opening 3-2 loss at home to Burnley and end Spurs' club-record run of 14 successive home wins. Spurs went unbeaten throughout their final league campaign at White Hart Lane, but struggled at Wembley in the Champions League and have now lost eight of the last 10 matches they have played there. Mauricio Pochettino's men appeared to have avoided the worst when … [Read more...]

PARIS: Neymar starred from beginning to end on his home debut for Paris Saint-Germain, scoring twice in a 6-2 thumping of Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Sunday (Aug 20). Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar (right) drives the ball during the French L1 football match against Toulouse. (Bertrand GUAY / AFP) The Brazilian superstar had a hand in everything else his new side did at the Parc des Princes as they recovered from the shock of falling behind early on to a Max Gradel goal. Neymar got the equaliser and the €222 million (US$261 million) man later completed the rout in stunning style after further goals from Adrien Rabiot, an Edinson Cavani penalty, Javier Pastore and Layvin Kurzawa. Marco Verratti was sent off for PSG midway through the second half and Toulouse at one point came back to 3-2, but … [Read more...]

NDO – After the first two gold medals won by the wushu competitors Duong Thuy Vi and Hoang Thi Phuong Giang in the morning of August 20, archer Chu Duc Anh excelled in claiming the third gold medal for Vietnamese sports delegation at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia. >>> Wushu martial artists bring home first two golds As expected, Duc Anh defeated host’s athlete Khairul Anuar Mohamad 6-2 in the men’s one-string bow archery event to earn the first gold medal for the Vietnamese archery team in this year’s SEA Games. The team won two silvers and one bronze in previous competitions. Previously, Anh performed extremely well as he defeated another host player Muhammad Akmal Nor Hasrin with the score of 6-2 in the semi-final to reach the final match. Duc Anh is the only Vietnamese archer presenting in the semi-finals of the men's and women's singles. His teammate, Loc Thi Dao, who won the gold … [Read more...]

Le Van Do (holding guitar, center) and Stephen Abatiell (blue shirt, sitting by Do) posing with other Vietnamese AO/Dioxin victims at the Vietnam Friendship Village in 2012. Photo: Courtesy of Stephen Abatiell  I met Le Van Do during a volunteer trip at Vietnam Friendship Village (in Xuan Phuong ward, Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi) on a hot summer day. He was moving his wheelchair to the football field, where a friendly football match between some AO/Dioxin victims and students took place. Deep in his eyes was a longing for freeing himself from the wheelchair that has been tied to his life for more than 20 years now, to be able to stand on his own feet, to stride along the road and follow the ball on the soccer ground. Do, born in 1988, is the fifth son of war veteran Le Quang Vinh in Tuyen Quang province. He is one of the four siblings with muscular atrophy and paralysis due to the effects of AO/Dioxin from his … [Read more...]

PARIS: Monaco shrugged off the absence of want-away star striker Kylian Mbappe as skipper Radamel Falcao's late goal secured a 1-0 victory at Metz on Friday that saw them set a new French top-flight win record. Metz' midfielder Geronimo Poblete (R) vies with Monaco's defender Fabinho during the French L1 football match between Aug 18, 2017. (Photo: AFP/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen) Falcao's goal came with 12 minutes left at the Stade Saint-Symphorien, and the win makes it three in a row at the start of the new season for Leonardo Jardim's reigning Ligue 1 champions. It is also now 15 on the bounce going back to February as Monaco surpassed the previous mark of 14 in a row established by Laurent Blanc's Bordeaux in 2009. Mbappe had been left out of the squad completely amid intensifying speculation surrounding … [Read more...]

Real Madrid’s German midfielder Toni Kroos (left) vies with Celta Vigo’s Danish midfielder Daniel Wass during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) quarter-final first leg football match Real Madrid CF vs RC Celta de Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on January 18. Celta won 2-1. — AFP Photo Viet Nam News Football MADRID — Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane insists he is responsible for the European champions’ back-to-back defeats as they look to return to winning ways when Malaga visit the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Madrid hadn’t lost in 40 matches in all competitions stretching back nine months until conceding twice to lose 2-1 at Sevilla last weekend, and followed that up with a shock defeat by the same scoreline at home to Celta Vigo in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final on Wednesday. Zidane played down his concern, but admitted "something is wrong for sure" after Madrid lost on home soil for the first … [Read more...]

Some Olympic athletes could be at risk while training and competing because of heart defects or dysfunction that they may not even know about, Italian researchers say. About 4 percent of the Italian athletes studied over a 10-year period with MRI and CT scans as well as electrocardiograms (ECG) had cardiovascular disorders – a higher proportion than researchers expected to find. “Even though it’s a small percentage with abnormalities, the implications can be huge,” said lead author Dr. Antonio Pelliccia, scientific director of the Institute of Sports Medicine of the Italian National Olympic Committee in Rome. “Athletes may be healthy, but they may not be safe from certain risks such as sudden death syndrome.” Pelliccia and colleagues looked at screening results for more than 2,300 athletes during the period between the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia. As part of the heart screening process, the Italian medical team … [Read more...]

The upcoming Lunar New Year has struck a sad note in the coaching career of several sports managers in the northern Vietnamese city of Hai Phong, as they have gone from coaches by day to kumquat sellers by night in order to afford a decent holiday celebration. The upcoming Lunar New Year has struck a sad note in the coaching career of several sports managers in the northern Vietnamese city of Hai Phong, as they have gone from coaches by day to kumquat sellers by night in order to afford a decent holiday celebration. The special Tet kumquat sellers include taekwondo and aerobic coaches and a football referee, all of whom work at the Hai Phong athlete training center. With the center only granting meager cash bonuses for Tet, the sports coaches have jointly contributed to their unexpected business in order to earn extra money before the upcoming holiday. The trio now sells kumquat pots and Tet gift baskets on the sidewalk near the city’s youth culture house. “Our cash … [Read more...]