Hanoi FC has announced that assistant Chun Jae-ho will replace Park Choong Kyun as the team’s new head coach because the latter is leaving for “personal reasons.” “Coach Park Choong Kyun will return to South Korea for personal reasons and assistant Chun Jae-ho will temporarily lead the club,” a Saturday …
Read More »Vietnam GM off to sluggish start in online chess tournament
Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem scored four points in four games Sunday, the first day of the Airthings Masters online tournament. The 31-year-old grandmaster beat Canada’s Eric Hansen, drew with India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and lost to Russia’s Vladislav Artemiev and China’s Ding Liren. At the end of the first day, …
Read More »Teen karate champion focuses on SEA Games after Asian success
Karate Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm (left) tries to land a kick on a teammate during a training course of the national karate team. Photo webthethao.vn Thanh Hà After making a bang for Việt Nam at the recent Asian Karate Championship, teenager Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm has set her eyes on …
Read More »SLNA aim for top three finish
SLNA players train in preparation for the upcoming V.League 1 season. — Photo SLNA FC Football HÀ NỘI Big spenders Sông Lam Nghệ An (SLNA) are banking their investments pay off this season, and are targetting a top three finish in V.League 1. Before last season was scrapped because of …
Read More »Vietnam thrash Singapore 7-0 in AFF U23 Youth Championship opener
Vietnam thrashed Singapore 7-0 in their Group C opener of the AFF U23 Youth Championship at Prince Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday. Due to Covid-19, Singapore only had three substitute players, including two goalkeepers. Vietnam opened the score in the third minute with a header from Nguyen Van Tung …
Read More »Players to take legal action against V. League club after bonus drop
Players are planning to take legal action against HCMC FC after it slashed their seasonal bonuses by 90 percent. On Feb. 16, HCMC announced it would pay full bonuses for the first leg of V. League 2021, but would cut 90 percent from the second leg. For those that had …
Read More »Football players, referees protected by PTI insurance
Players will be insured when training and competing at national football tournaments. Photo of VFF HÀ NỘI — Post and Telecommunication Joint Stock Insurance Corporation (PTI) will continue covering health insurance for Vietnamese players in the 2022 football season. PTI and the Việt Nam Professional Football Company (VPF) on Friday signed …
Read More »11th Para Games to take place in Indonesia
The Vietnamese contingent enters the Opening Ceremony at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium during the 2017 ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Indonesia will organise the 11th ASEAN Para Games that Việt Nam cancelled several months ago. The regional competition for athletes with disabilities is …
Read More »Vietnam chess grandmaster to play Chinese number one
Le Quang Liem will face many strong opponents in the online tournament Airthings Masters, including China’s top player Ding Liren. Airthings Masters is the first tournament of the grand series 2022 Champion Chess Tour. The event will take place from Feb. 19 to 26 with 16 players, of which six …
Read More »National women’s footballers and their side jobs
Since their income from football is not enough, many national women’s team players have looked to other jobs to support their families. Vietnamese women’s football has achieved great success in the region over the years. Recently, Vietnam have won tickets to 2023 Women’s World Cup after victories over Thailand and …
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