Posts Tagged ‘ Table tennis ’

Tardy Vietnamese table tennis players forfeit matches 

May 24, 2011
Tardy Vietnamese table tennis players forfeit matches 

  Three out of four Vietnamese table tennis players failed to turn up for qualifying matches at the World Table Tennis Championship from May 8-16 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. With the main purpose of gaining match experience in big tournaments, four of the best Vietnamese men’s table tennis players were sent to participate in the [...]

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Kien Quoc makes last 32 at World Table Tennis Championships 

May 14, 2011
Kien Quoc makes last 32 at World Table Tennis Championships 

  Doan Kien Quoc has made it to the last 32 places at the ongoing 2011 World Table Tennis Championships taking place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from May 8-15. In the first qualifying round, the 254th-ranked Quoc competed in the 43rd group among 102 groups of three players each. He topped the group after beating [...]

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HCMC tops national table tennis championship 

April 25, 2011

  Ho Chi Minh City players won four gold medals and topped the 2011 National Table Tennis Championships that ended in Hai Duong Province on Friday. After ensuring their team won gold medals in the women’s team and doubles events, Mai Hoang Mai Trang and Tran Huy Bao beat Huy Hoang-Hong Tam of T&T Club [...]

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HCMC table-tennis players’ problem to be solved soon

February 6, 2010
HCMC table-tennis players’ problem to be solved soon

Deputy director Nguyen Hung of HCMC’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Department has promised members the city’s table tennis team and their parents that their grievances will be addressed soon. His assurance that the problems they have complained about will be resolved before the Tet holidays (February 13-15) came at a meeting with the players and [...]

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Vietnam hub table-tennis team protest official’s behavior

February 6, 2010
Vietnam hub table-tennis team protest official’s behavior

Mai Xuan Hang, a player of Ho Chi Minh City’s table-tennis team Most members of Ho Chi Minh City’s table-tennis team have asked to stop playing for the city, upset with the behavior of the sport’s department chief. The players and their parents on Tuesday sent a letter expressing their discontent to newspapers, the management [...]

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Ping-pong parents protest about chief’s behavior

February 5, 2010
Ping-pong parents protest about chief’s behavior

Parents of many table-tennis players in HCM City sent a petition to the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism complaining about the behavior of the ping-pong division’s chief. HCM City’s table-tennis player Mai Xuan Hang. The petition, signed by parents of senior players Mai Xuan Hang, Mai Hoang My Trang, Tran Ngoc Quynh Tram, [...]

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SEA Games 2009: VN targets gold medals in 21 events

December 6, 2009
SEA Games 2009: VN targets gold medals in 21 events

Vietnam is targeting gold medals in 21 events at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Laos. Swimmer Huu Viet. The teams strengths and weaknesses have been weighed up before reaching the figure. Traditionally, however, while there are plenty of medals to be won for athletics and swimming these events are not Vietnam’s forte.  In the swimming [...]

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5th East Asian Games opens in Victoria Harbor

December 6, 2009
5th East Asian Games opens in Victoria Harbor

A spectacular performance on the water in Victoria Harbor lifted the curtain on the 5th East Asian Games in Hong Kong, one of the busiest commercial centers in the world. Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbour during the opening ceremony of the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 5, 2009. (Xinhua/Liu [...]

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Quynh cruises at All-Star tourney

October 21, 2009
Quynh cruises at All-Star tourney

Tran Tuan Quynh of Ha Noi had a perfect start on the opening day of the National All-stars Table Tennis Championship at Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium on October 20. Paddle wheel: Tran Tuan Quynh beat Vu Thai Ngoc Trinh 3-1 on the opening day of the National All-Star Table Tennis Championship on October 20.Quynh beat [...]

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SPORTS IN BRIEF 20/10

October 20, 2009
SPORTS IN BRIEF 20/10

Top players to compete in Ha Noi; Vinh scores historic European goal; Chess star Thang to train abroad; Badminton star to get new coach The National Top Table Tennis Players Championship will start today, October 20, at the Ha Noi’s Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium.The best 24 athletes will take part in round-robin format competition for [...]

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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...