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Football star Ahn Jung-hwan set for friendly match in Vietnam  The HPL All Stars team will consist of a number of outstanding footballers who compete in the HPL championships, along with former Vietnamese players including Nguyen Manh Dung and Pham Thanh Luong. All of the money raised through the tie will be collected and given to a charity that supports poor people in Hanoi. Anh Jung-hwan’s imminent arrival will mark the second time that the Korean football star has visited Vietnam. His previous visit saw him come to the country to record a reality television show for MBC alongside Korean actors Cha In-pyo and Cho Tae-gwan. During their stay they also paid a surprise visit to Hanoi in order to watch their fellow countryman, Vietnam’s head coach Park Hang-seo, prepare Vietnam’s U23 team for their upcoming AFC Championship 2020 qualifiers. … [Read more...] about Football star Ahn Jung-hwan set for friendly match in Vietnam

Nguyen lost in the semi-final to Jeremy Bury from France, ranked 20th in the UMB.  Nguyen started the semi-final smoothly and led 15/7, then 16/11, but failed to capitalise. Many fans hoped he would beat Bury so for the first time in history Vietnam had a player in the final of the tournament. Last year, Ma Minh Cam also finished third. Coach Nguyen Viet Hoa said many Vietnamese players had a good start but lost eventually as “losing nerve and confidence after once and twice broken turns and then lost focus”. Meanwhile, Bury took an upturn at 33/16, scoring 22 points. Nguyen’s later efforts only got him four more points before accepting the loss. Previously, Bury also beat another top Vietnamese player Tran Quyet Chien in the quarter-final. However, after the tournament, Chien and Nguyen still entered the top 10 of the World UMB list, with Chien eighth and Nguyen ninth. … [Read more...] about Nguyen wins bronze at Three-cushion Champ

Vietnamese billiards player Tran Quyet Chien (second from left) Photo: Thanh Nien Chien’s new ranking is thanks to his bronze medal display put on at the three-Cushion World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, which wrapped up on February 17. During the tournament, Chien successfully beat Eddy Merckx of Belgium, world No.3, in the round of 16 and then Choi Sung Won of the Republic of Korea, world No.17, in the quarterfinals. Of his teammates, Ngo Dinh Nai also climbed two spots to 14th place in the world rankings, while Nguyen Quoc Nguyen remained in 9th position. The three Vietnamese billiards players will next compete at Survival 3 cushion Master fly in the Republic of Korea, which will be held between February 28 and March 3. … [Read more...] about Tran Quyet Chien ranked 6th in world billiards rankings

Ngo Dinh Nai is eliminated from Asian Carom Billiards Championship (Photo: Kha Hoa/Thanh Nien) Nai was defeated by fellow Vietnamese player Nguyen Trung Hau 39-40 in the final match of the qualifying round which took place on April 24. Elsewhere, four other Vietnamese billiards players qualified for the next round.  They include world number six Tran Quyet Chien, world number nine Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, world number 22 Ma Minh Cam who won first place in the one-cushion category of the tournament, and world number 35 Duong Anh Vu. Vietnamese billiards player Tran Quyet Chien  (Photo: Kha Hoa/Thanh Nien) In the knockout round, Tran Quyet Chien is set to face Ma Minh Cam while Korean player Choi Sung Won, world number 16, will play Kim Haeng Jik, world number 15. The two winners will then face off against each other in the quaterfinals. Nguyen Quoc Nguyen is also set to meet Cho Jea Ho, a strong Korean opponent, who he has not beaten in their previous four … [Read more...] about Ngo Dinh Nai eliminated from Asian Carom Billiards Championship

The 2018 Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup This year’s event will mark the 5th consecutive time that Vietnam has hosted the prestigious World Union of Billiards (UMB) tournament. In this year’s competition, 149 billiards players from 17 different countries will compete with a total of EUR106,000 of prize money on offer. The overall winner of the tournament will walk away with EUR16,000. In total, Vietnam will send 29 players to this year’s event. They include world number three Quyet Chien, world number 11 Quoc Nguyen, world number 13 Dinh Nai, world number 23 Minh Cam, and world number 31 Anh Vu. At last year’s event, Tran Quyet Chien became the first Vietnamese billiards player to win the Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup. Chien defeated his fellow countryman Ngo Dinh Nai in the final round with a score of 40/39.  Rounding off the top three was Nguyen Quoc Nguyen who finished in third place. … [Read more...] about HCM City set to host three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup