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Thái Sơn Nam controlled the game since the opening whistle and they scored all three goals in the first half. — Photo sggp.org.vn HÀ NỘI — Defending champions Thái Sơn Nam beat the Sanatech Khánh Hòa 3-0 in the second round of the National Futsal Championship in Khánh Hòa Province on Thursday. Thái Sơn Nam controlled the game since the opening whistle and they scored all three goals in the first half. Earlier, Thái Sơn Nam began the event with a 2-0 win over Quảng Nam. Both goals were scored by Minh Trí who said after the match: "My teammates and I played very well in this game. I “I hope we will also play well in next matches. Anything can happen in football so we will try our best in every game to defend our title.” In the other match, Quảng Nam beat Thái Sơn Bắc 3-1. The qualifying round was held in April and four teams the four teams who progressed to the … [Read more...] about Thái Sơn Nam beat Khánh Hòa at national futsal champs

Võ Thanh An from RDCO Vĩnh Long finished first in the 133km stage from Đà Nẵng to Quảng Ngãi with a time of 3:27.55. — Photo sggp.org.vn HÀ NỘI — Võ Thanh An performed solo in the last 40km to win the sixth stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Cup on Thursday. An from RDCO Vĩnh Long finished first in the 133km stage from Đà Nẵng to Quảng Ngãi with a time of 3:27.55. It is the first time An has won a stage in this annual tournament. Lê Nguyệt Minh of MM MegeMarket and Lê Văn Duẩn of VUS-HCM City were the runners-up. Nguyễn Tấn Hoài of Domesco Pharmacy Đồng Tháp won the green jersey award as the best sprinter. Although Huỳnh Thanh Tùng of Military Zone 7 didn’t rank in top three in this stage, he still defended his yellow jersey for the best overall time after six stages. Today, cyclists will compete in the … [Read more...] about An wins sixth stage of HCM City cycling event

  Walker Nguyễn Thị Thanh Phúc returns to the 30th SEA Games targeting to win her fourth title after four years rest. — Photo tintucvietnam.vn HÀ NỘI — Philippines, hosts of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, have added six events in the competition list after coming under heavy pressure from participating countries and the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). The Philippines Olympics Committee announced last December they would organise 56 sports with 523 events in the Games which will be held later this year. Although it would be the record number of sports, other countries, including Việt Nam, complained after a number of disciplines were omitted. In track-and-field, they wanted to hold mixed 4x100m and mixed relay 4x400m for the first time but refused 10 events including women’s high jump and long jump which Vietnamese are the champions. After meetings,  organisers did a U-turn and brought the events back. AAA did … [Read more...] about Philippines add more athletic events in SEA Games competition

  Nguyễn Công Phượng from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai is playing for Incheon United. — Photo sohanews.com HÀ NỘI — More Vietnamese footballers could be playing their trade abroad next season, thanks to South Korea’s top-flight league. The K League board of directors announced on Thursday that from 2020, each team’s overseas quota would be increased from four players to five, according to Yonhap news agency. Crucially, the extra spot will be reserved for players from ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Việt Nam. At present, teams are allowed to include one player from another Asian country and three from the rest of the world, alongside domestic footballers. The K League said the change aimed to expose the league to new markets, which is exactly what Incheon United’s loan signing of … [Read more...] about Korea calling for Vietnamese football stars

  HCM CITY — Two people were killed and another injured at around 5 am on Thursday (April 18) after a truck collided with a crane truck on Võ Trần Chí Street in HCM City’s Bình Chánh District, according to district police.   After the crane truck, which was travelling on Võ Trần Chí Street, broke down near the Chợ Đệm Bridge in the district, the driver stopped the truck in the lane closest to the median for inspection.  While the driver and his assistant were making a repair, another truck travelling in the same direction struck the crane truck. The impact killed the drivers of the two trucks, Ngô Triều Mến, 27, from Cà Mau Province, and Nguyễn Thành Công, 31, from Vĩnh Long Province.  The assistant of the crane truck suffered minor injuries after being thrown over the median. The accident, which seriously damaged both vehicles, caused traffic … [Read more...] about Traffic accident kills two, injures one in HCM City