Posts Tagged ‘ The Second Round ’

Tien Minh favored to win gold at SEA Games 

November 4, 2011
Tien Minh favored to win gold at SEA Games 

  Vietnam’s best badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is favored to win the gold medal of the men’s singles event at the 26th South East Asian Games beginning November 12. The 28-year-old Minh, ranked 8th in the world, is favored because the world number one Malaysian Lee Chong Wei has withdrawn from the Malaysian team [...]

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Vietnamese women win second match at Olympic qualifiers 

April 1, 2011
Vietnamese women win second match at Olympic qualifiers 

  Vietnamese women beat Myanmar 2-0 Sunday in their second game of the 2012 Olympics Women’s Football qualifiers in Taiwan. They won their opening match against Hong Kong 4-0 Friday. Midfielder Nguyen Thi Muon scored a brace in the first game and the opener in the second match. She also made a neat pass to [...]

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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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Badminton ace past first hurdle in South Korea Super Series

January 15, 2010
Badminton ace past first hurdle in South Korea Super Series

Nguyen Tien Minh moved into the second round of the VICTOR Korea Open Super Series in Seoul on Wednesday with a hard fought 2-0 victory over Joachim Persson of Denmark. The 11th-ranked Minh had some difficulty in counterattacking the 18th-ranked Danish player who was bigger and had more powerful smashes.At 17-17 in the first set, [...]

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Nhung advances in Grand Prix

October 8, 2009
Nhung advances in Grand Prix

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s top badminton player Le Ngoc Nguyen Nhung scored her first international win since returning to circuit earlier this year Deft touch: Le Ngoc Nguyen Nhung beat unseeded Indonesian Melicia Kurniawan in the first round of the Yonex-Sunrise Viet Nam Open Grand Prix yesterday to enter the second round of the women’s [...]

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Rio wins bid to host 2016 Olympic Games

October 3, 2009
Rio wins bid to host 2016 Olympic Games

Rio de Janeiro of Brazil was chosen here on Friday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. President of International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge, President of Rio 2016 Bids Carlos Nuzman and Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes (L-R) prepare to sign the host city [...]

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Badminton star Minh into Taiwan Open quarters

August 28, 2009
Badminton star Minh into Taiwan Open quarters

Vietnam’s badminton hero Nguyen Tien Minh, ranked 10th in the world, advanced to the quarterfinals at the YONEX Chinese Taipei Gold Grand Prix after beating Saensomboonsuk Tanongsak of Thailand 2-1 Thursday. Earlier the same day, third-seeded Minh defeated the world’s 78th Kozai Kazuteru of Japan 2-0 in the second round after beating the world’s 71st [...]

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Vietnam badminton ace confident about Chinese Taipei Grand Prix

August 21, 2009
Vietnam badminton ace confident about Chinese Taipei Grand Prix

Top-ranked Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has a good chance of moving higher in the world rankings as he competes in the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Tournament Nguyen Tien Minh.The 24-year-old, who won the SCG Thailand Grand Prix Gold last month, is seeded third for the US$170,000 Chinese tournament, and will face a [...]

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Minh confident about Chinese Taipei Grand Prix

August 21, 2009
Minh confident about Chinese Taipei Grand Prix

LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese No 1 Nguyen Tien Minh should be able to move higher in the world rankings as he has been drawn to play South Korean Shon Wan-ho Nguyen Tien Minh.The 24-year-old, who won the SCG Thailand Grand Prix Gold last month, is seeded third for the US$170,000 Chinese tournament, and will face a [...]

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Binh Duong enters AFC Cup’s second round

May 6, 2009
Binh Duong enters AFC Cup’s second round

Binh Duong has become the second Vietnamese team to make the second round of the AFC Cup after trouncing Singapore’s Home United at Go Dau Stadium, Binh Duong province on May 5. Duc Thien and Kesley (red), who scored two goals for Bnh Duong in the match against Singapore’s Home United on May 5. Binh Duong [...]

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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...