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Five gigantic screens have been set up at the Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City for a free public viewing of the 2019 King’s Cup opener between Vietnam and Thailand tonight, June 5. The four-team competition, the 47th edition of the annual event, will take place in the northeastern Thai province of Buriram from June 5 to 8, with the other two contenders being India and Curacao. The Vietnam - Thailand game will take place at 7:45 pm (Vietnam time), hours after the India - Curacao match. The two winners will challenge with each other for the King’s Cup trophy in the tournament final, while the other two play for the third-place title on June 8. Besides the five large screens at the walkway in District 1, football fans in Ho Chi Minh City can also watch the Vietnam - Thailand game live on different TV channels, including the national radio station Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and VTC digital television. Public screening of football matches is common … [Read more...] about Giant screens installed at Saigon walking street for Vietnam-Thailand clash at King’s Cup

  Việt Nam national U19 team. – Photo netnews.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam's national U19 team will compete in the Toulon Tournament to be held in France in the summer of 2020, the Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) has announced. “Việt Nam U19 team will compete in the Toulon Tournament in France, which attracts many strong teams. In Asia, only Japan and Qatar often take part in this event. The event also drew many South American teams such as Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina,” said Trần Quốc Tuấn, vice chairman of the VFF. According to the VFF, the summer tournament will begin at an ideal time for the national U19 team as many members of the squad will be finishing the V.League 1 season. The annual tournament, officially known as the ‘Festival International Espoirs – Tournoi Maurice Revello’, was first held in 1967. It is deemed the most prestigious of all friendly tournaments involving … [Read more...] about Việt Nam U19s to compete in Toulon Tournament in France

Qatar's regional foes Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates took part in the 2017 Gulf Cup but only after the venue was switched from Qatar to neutral Kuwait (Photo: AFP) The three Gulf states as well as Egypt cut relations with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of bankrolling Islamist extremist groups and of being too close to regional rival Iran. Doha denied the accusations. In a U-turn, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation said on Tuesday (Nov 12) that it had accepted the invitation to take part in the tournament, due to be held between Nov 24 and Dec 6. "The Saudi Football Federation has received a letter from the Arabian Gulf Cup federation, which includes a renewal of their invitation to participate in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup championship," it said in a statement on Twitter. "The (Saudi) federation has decided to agree to participate." In separate but near verbatim statements, the football federations of the UAE and Bahrain announced that they will take part too. … [Read more...] about Saudi, UAE, Bahrain to play in Qatar, signalling thaw