All the free tickets for the opening two games in group A of SEA Games 32 men’s football on Saturday ran out in one day. The Cambodia SEA Games Organizing Committee (CAMSOC) and the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) delivered 20,000 free tickets for the two matches this Saturday. Of …
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Coach Philippe Troussier said Vietnam’s U22 football team are under pressure to put on a great performance as they arrived in Cambodia for SEA Games Wednesday. Speaking to the media after landing in Cambodia, coach Philippe Troussier said: “We are here with the ambition to win the title and to …
Read More »Cambodia plans ‘Olympic level’ opening ceremony for SEA Games 32
The host Cambodia is expected to organize an opening ceremony for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) to the Olympic standard. All images related to the ceremony, which is slated for May 5 in Phnom Penh, will be kept secret until the last minute. The official Facebook page of …
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FIFA received four bids to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, the football’s governing body said on Monday, with the hosts set to be appointed at its Congress in May next year. Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have submitted a joint expression of interest to host the tournament while the …
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This year’s SEA Games will be free as host country Cambodia is planning to pay for every aspect of the event by itself, along with a little help. The Cambodian government announced on April 18 that they would cover all the expenses for all participating nations in the SEA Games …
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Coach Gilberto Bottiglieri was upset after his fighter Robson De Oliveira lost to Vietnamese opponent Tran Ngoc Luong despite dominating the match at an MMA event in HCMC. “This is the worst cheating I have ever seen in an MMA match,” Bottiglieri said after the LION Championship match at Rach …
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The Vietnamese national aerobic team successfully defended their gold medal at the Aerobic World Cup in Tokyo on Sunday. Vietnamese athletes Le Hoang Phong, Nguyen Che Thanh, Nguyen Viet Anh, Vuong Hoai An and Tran Ngoc Thuy Vi ranked first in the group of five final with 19,844 points. France …
Read More »Vietnam star footballer banned for eight matches after referee assault
Forward and captain of Hanoi FC Nguyen Van Quyet has received an eight-match suspension after he assaulted an assistant referee during a league game. In the seventh round of the 2023 V. League, Hanoi lost 1-3 to Topenland Binh Dinh. After the game, Quyet came to question the referee and …
Read More »Young golfer first Vietnamese to win Faldo Series Asia
Sixteen-year-old golfer Nguyen Anh Minh has become the first Vietnamese to win the Faldo Series Asia. Minh kept the top of the table through all three rounds of the prestigious youth golf tournament organized by the legendary golfer Nick Faldo at Laguna Lang Co course in Thua Thien-Hue Province. With …
Read More »Filipino pool legend Reyes to play SEA Games at age 69
Phillipines’ Efren Reyes, one of the greatest pool players of all time, is set to compete in SEA Games 32 in Cambodia next month. Robert Mananquil, president of the Billiards Sports Confederation of Philippines, confirmed Reyes, 69, would join Francisco Dela Cruz in two men’s carom events. Reyes and Cruz …
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