Posts Tagged ‘ defeat ’

Local badminton hero crowned on home ground 

September 1, 2011
Local badminton hero crowned on home ground 

  Badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh beat Japanese rival Sho Sasaki to win the men’s singles championship at the 2011 Vietnam Open Grand Prix in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday. It took the 7th-ranked top seed Vietnamese 40 minutes to defeat the 9th-ranked second seeded Japanese 21-13, 21-17. It was Minh’s first international championship so [...]

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HAGL sets sights on first win

February 6, 2010
HAGL sets sights on first win

LookAtVietnam – Former champions Hoang Anh Gia Lai will look to make amends for their opening day V-League defeat when they host newly-promoted Hoa Phat Ha Noi tomorrow at the Pleiku Stadium.Hoang Anh Gia Lai, finishing sixth last season, had a disappointing start to the new season, suffering an ignominious defeat 4-2 against Khanh Hoa [...]

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A river with stakes deep in history

April 12, 2009
A river with stakes deep in history

A statue of Tran Hung Dao at Me Linh Square in Ho Chi Minh City There’s a reason that roads, canals, hotels and even ice cream shops in Vietnam are named Bach Dang. The site of two of Vietnam’s most important military victories over Chinese and Mongol invaders, Bach Dang River symbolizes national pride.But aside [...]

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Hai Phong fires coach Riedl

March 3, 2009
Hai Phong fires coach Riedl

Austrian coach Alfred Riedl’s coaching career at Hai Phong was cut short after only three games when he was fired Monday morning. The northern football club Hai Phong sacked coach Alfred Riedl Monday morning after suffering a 2-0 home loss to Nam Dinh at Lach Tray Stadium on Sunday. With the 1-0 away loss to [...]

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Ten Vietnamese men defeat Lebanon 3-1

January 16, 2009
Ten Vietnamese men defeat Lebanon 3-1

Vietnam’s goalkeeper Duong Hong Son (L) and Lebanon’s Akram Moghrabi fight for the ball during their AFC Asian Cup 2011 qualifying football match at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi January 14 Henrique Calisto took Vietnam’s national football team to new heights with an impressive win over Lebanon in the Group D opening match in the [...]

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Canadian PM suspends Parliament to avoid defeat

December 5, 2008
Canadian PM suspends Parliament to avoid defeat

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday won approval from the governor general to suspend Parliament until the end of January, in an attempt to avoid being defeated by oppositions in a non-confidence vote scheduled next week. Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper pauses before speaking at Rideau Hall in Ottawa December 4, 2008 after meeting [...]

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John McCain concedes defeat in U.S. presidential election

November 5, 2008
John McCain concedes defeat in U.S. presidential election

Republican candidate John McCain conceded defeat in the U.S. presidential election Tuesday night, clearing the way for Barack Obama to become the first African-American president in U.S. history. U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) waves to the crowd at a midnight campaign rally in Prescott, Arizona Nov. 4, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)McCain told a crowd [...]

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Barack Obama wins U.S. presidential election, McCain concedes defeat

November 5, 2008
Barack Obama wins U.S. presidential election, McCain concedes defeat

Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won a landslide victory in the U.S. presidential election Tuesday. His Republican rival John McCain conceded defeat minutes later. U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) gestures that there are four days left until the U.S. presidential election at a rally in Gary, Indiana, October 31, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Short of [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...