Goalkeeper Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh of the national woman’s team has quit after 14 years of association. — Photo news.zing.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Goalkeeper Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh of the Việt Nam national woman’s team has quit after 14 years of association. “I want the younger generation to take over the playing field,” Trinh said. “Currently, I am only playing for HCM City 1 club. I have put a lot of thought into my decision. I have a plan for my future. After finishing the first leg of the National Championship in June, I will join the coach training course organised by the Asian Football Federation and Vietnamese Football Federation in Đà Nẵng City,” she added. In April, Trinh was awarded the Labour Order, third class, for her significant contribution to women’s and national football. The 33-year-old from southern Đồng Tháp Province has … [Read more...] about Leading goalkeeper Trinh bids goodbye to national team
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More than a thousand Juventus fans injured in stampede in Turin
More than a thousand Juventus soccer fans watching the Champions League final on screens in one of Turin's main squares late on Saturday were injured when loud bangs created panic and mayhem. Around 1,400 people were treated for slight injuries, Italian media reported. About seven people were seriously hurt, including a seven-year-old boy who was trampled. Thousands of fans had gathered to watch the Champions League final on a giant screen in San Carlo Square. The match, between Turin club Juventus and Real Madrid, was being played in Cardiff, Wales. During the second half of the match, which Real Madrid went on to win 4-1, video cameras showed a sudden rush in the middle of the crowd in San Carlo square, and then a violent surge that flung people against barriers. Many fans then began to run out of the center of the square, screaming in fear. The panic may have been started by the explosion of a loud firecracker that was mistaken for a bomb, a Reuters witness said. Police … [Read more...] about More than a thousand Juventus fans injured in stampede in Turin
Vietnam knocked out at group stages on U-20 World Cup debut
Vietnam’s Quang Hai in the game with Honduras on Sunday. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong The youngsters may have been unable to find the back of the net, but should be proud of what they accomplished. Vietnam were knocked out of the U-20 World Cup in Korea on Sunday after losing to Honduras. The Vietnamese youngsters, making their debut at the flagship tournament, defended bravely in the first half but ran out of steam in the second, eventually going down 2-0 to their Central American opponents. Despite missing out on a ticket to the last 16, Vietnam made a strong impression on the global footballing community. In their first game on May 23, they managed to hold New Zealand to a 0-0 draw, prompting FIFA to call it a “historic” result for Vietnam, believed to be the underdogs before the match, for securing the country's first-ever point on their tournament debut. Three days later, they suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat at the hands of European Champions France, but … [Read more...] about Vietnam knocked out at group stages on U-20 World Cup debut
Z.com to be VN national football teams’ main sponsor
Z.com, the global brand by Japanese internet services provider GMO Internet Group, has become the Vietnamese national football team’s top star partner for the second year in a row. As per the contract signed by the Viet Nam Football Federation and Z.com, the company will focus on the national men’s and women’s senior teams, and the national U22 squad. Ngo Van Tau, director of GMO-Z.com Runsystem, said it was an honour to continue as the main sponsor of the national football squads. “Last year, we encouraged and fully supported all teams who tried their best, played great football and reached positive results in many tournaments, bringing happiness to local fans,” Tau said. “That is what Z.com wanted from the partnership. We decided to continue partnering with them for another year. We hope to see the players’ efforts for national football.” Apart from finance assistance, Z.com has also pledged to promote the teams’ activities … [Read more...] about Z.com to be VN national football teams’ main sponsor
Ly Hoang Nam, Prashanth win Futures’ first match in Singapore
Ly Hoang Nam and his Indian partner Vijay Sundar Prashanth won the first round match at the Singapore F1 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday. Ly Hoang Nam and Vijay Sundar Prashanth advance to the second round of the Singapore F1 Men’s Futures tennis tournament. The No 1 seed duo defeated Indonesia’s David Agung Susanto and Sunu Wahyu Trijati 6-2, 6-3 in a 65-minute match. They will next play the winner of the match between Japan’s Issei Okamura and Arata Onozawa and wildcard entrants Shaheed Alam and Hao Wan Ng from Singapore. Nam will compete in the single’s match today. Seeded No. 6, he will play against India’s Sidharth Rawat. In other matches played yesterday, No 2 Kento Kateuchi of Japan beat Dalwinder Singh of India 6-4, 6-4; No 3 Masato Shiga, also from Japan, defeated Roy Hobs of Singapore 6-3, 6-2, and No 7 seed Rawat lost 4-6, 2-6 to Japan’s Sho Katayama. The tournament, which is being played at Kallang Tennis Centre in … [Read more...] about Ly Hoang Nam, Prashanth win Futures’ first match in Singapore