Sports
The Cu brothers
Cu He (L) vies for the ball with Vo Ba Hung in a veterans’ match in Ho Chi Minh City recently.LookAtVietnam - Something seemed to happen to Cu Sinh when he entered a rival’s penalty area. In a way, it was his zone. He was very quick and able to get around opponent defenders in small areas and score lots of goals from difficult positions.Sinh was the... Read more
Owen completes stunning Manchester United move
England striker Michael Owen (L) is pictured after a medical at Bridgewater Hospital, in Manchester, northwest England. Michael Owen has joined English champions Manchester United on a two-year contract, the club announced here on Friday, in a remarkable turnaround for the injury-prone striker. England forward Owen,... Read more
Huynh Kesley enters world’s top ten scorers
According to the latest statistics of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), Becamex Binh Duong club’s striker Huynh Kesley ranked 9th in the top scorers in the world as of June 30, 2009. Huynh Kesley (red) ranks at a higher grade than world-famous footballers like David Villa (11), Wane Rooney (17) and Fernando Torres... Read more
SPORTS IN BRIEF 3/7
HCM City to host World Vovinam Championship; Da Nang show their stuff at marathon swimming event; U-19 football team head to regional tourney Vovinam is popular in over 35 countries and territories around the world, with hundreds of thousands of followers.HCM City will host the first World Vovinam Martial Arts Championship at Military Zone 7 Gymnasium from July... Read more
Minh advances to Philippine Open semis
LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh beat Chao Huang of Singapore in the quarter-finals yesterday to move to the semi-finals today, July 3 at the US$120,000 Bingo Bonanza Philippine Open Grand Prix Badminton Tournament. Nguyen Tien Minh.Minh, ranked world badminton No 13, successfully beat Chao 21-12, 21-13.The first Vietnamese... Read more
Binh Duong says Thanh Nien football tourneys will be top notch
This yearâs under-21 Thanh Nien newspaper national and international football tournaments will be well-organized competitions, said authorities in the host province of Binh Duong. As the competitionâs sponsor and organizer, Thanh Nien met with officials from the southern province Wednesday.Thanh Nien Managing Deputy Editor-in-chief Dang Thanh Tinh... Read more
Bulgarian big men try out for Vietnamese volleyball
LookAtVietnam - Two Bulgarian international volleyball players are expected to try out at Vietnam’s Fifth Military Zone tomorrow, the Vietnamese club said. If selected, they will play in the 2009 National Topflight Volleyball Championship in mid-July. Bulgarian national team player from 2001-2004, Tsvetan Rumenov, 29, stands at 2.03 meters and weighs... Read more
VN’s first football professional training course kicks off
LookAtVietnam - The Vietnam Football Talent Promotion Fund (PVF) has officially started the country’s first three month football training course for young players at HCMC’s Thanh Long Sports and Entertainment Center. The ceremony to launch the first training courseLookAtVietnam - The Vietnam Football Talent Promotion Fund (PVF) has officially started... Read more
SPORTS IN BRIEF 1/7
Viet Nam sends squad to World Student Games; Dung earns spot in Asian golf final in Australia; Scavi Rocheteau to seek links with Saint Etienne; Military team to test Bulgarian volleyballers Viet Nam has sent 26 athletes and officials to the 25th anniversary Universiade, or World Student Games, in Belgrade, Serbia to be held from today until July 12.A squad of... Read more
Discipline key for top time trialist
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese cyclist Mai Cong Hieu has dominated the men’s national cycling time-trial event with an astonishing 11 titles over 11 years of competition. Golden eyes: The national team’s Mai Cong Hieu of team Domesco Dong Thap wants to win at the SEA Games in Laos in December.Hieu, 32, donned the national jersey in 1988 and settled... Read more