Vietnamese billiards players, Quyet Chien and Quoc Nguyen, ready for World Championship (Photo: Thanh Nien) The Vietnamese team will meet Dick Jaspers and Raimond Burgman of the Netherlands in the opening match at 20:00, Vietnamese time, on March 14. The championship is a professional carom billiards tournament that takes place in three-cushion billiards. Each nation is represented by a team of two players. The four-day competition will see the participation of the globe’s top billiards players from 16 different countries. GM_EN_PC_ARTICLE_Native_ads This year, Vietnam will compete in Group C, along with the Netherlands, Greece, and Denmark. GM_EN_PC_ARTICLE_Inpage_Banner … [Read more...] about Billiards players ready for World Championship
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Thu Trang wins three gold medals at Youth World Championships
Trang came away with three gold medals in the women’s 45kg with results of 66 kg and 75kg in the jerk and clean, raising her total lift to 141kg. Earlier in the competition, Bui Dinh Sang had dominated the men’s 61kg category with one gold medal in the jerk (113kg), one bronze medal in the total lift (243kg), and was ranked fifth in the clean (130kg). In the men’s 49kg, Do Tu Tung won three gold medals in the jerk (95kg), clean (125kg), and total lift (220kg). GM_EN_PC_ARTICLE_Native_ads So far, the Vietnamese delegation at the event has obtained seven golds and one bronze medal at the tournament. The IWF Youth World Championships are set to run until March 15. GM_EN_PC_ARTICLE_Inpage_Banner … [Read more...] about Thu Trang wins three gold medals at Youth World Championships
Ariya leads as Wie quits HSBC Women”s World Championship with hand injury
World number one Ariya Jutanugarn joined a five-way tie for the round-one lead at the HSBC Women's World Championship on Thursday (Feb 28) as reigning title-holder Michelle Wie withdrew with a hand injury. US golfer Michelle Wie with strapping on her right hand at the 2018 Women's British Golf Championships. (Photo: AFP/Paul Ellis) Australia's Minjee Lee, China's Yu Liu, American Amy Olson and Celine Boutier of France were level with Ariya on four-under-par 68, but it was a brutal day in Singapore for Wie and Amy Yang. Yang, last week's winner at the LPGA Thailand, lasted just three holes before pulling out due to flu, while Wie's title defence was also cruelly cut short. The 29-year-old American only returned to action last week after wrist surgery but she struggled to 10 over par through 14 holes, including a double bogey followed by a triple bogey, before calling it quits. No further details were given about the hand injury and Wie did not speak to reporters as she left … [Read more...] about Ariya leads as Wie quits HSBC Women”s World Championship with hand injury
Vietnam competes at “yoga on a pole” world championships
Mallakhamb resembles gymnastics and is often described as "yoga-on-a-pole". (Photo: AFP) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese yoga practitioners joined 100 others from 14 countries worldwide at the first-ever “yoga on a pole”' world championships (Mallakhamb World Championships) in Mumbai, India, on February 16-17. Mallakhamb is one of the ‘fastest growing traditional sports’ in the world. Although, Mallakhamb started as a complementary exercise for wrestling, it soon proved to be complementary exercise for all other sports disciplines, as it improves strength, stamina, speed, endurance, flexibility, neuro – muscular coordination, balance, courage, confidence and many more abilities. It is a martial art, competitive sport, performing art, dynamic yoga as well as a circus apparatus too. Now regular coaching of Mallakhamb has been started in many countries abroad. -VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam competes at “yoga on a pole” world championships
India hosts first “yoga on a pole” world championships
MUMBAI: Wearing only underpants, Pavel Kalina twists his body up a wooden pole before performing a handstand at the top in the first world championships of an ancient Indian sport. Mallakhamb resembles gymnastics and is often described as "yoga-on-a-pole". (Photo: AFP) The 55-year-old from the Czech Republic practises Mallakhamb, a gymnastics-like discipline that originated in western India in the 12th century and is often described as "yoga on a pole". "I do it because I'm a crazy man," Kalina tells AFP, struggling to catch his breath after two minutes performing poses on the pillar, which is covered in castor oil to stop friction burns. "To be honest it is like torture but I have to do it because I need to spend my energy," adds the former gymnast who took up Mallakhamb 10 years ago. Competitors from several countries took part in the event and organisers hope Mallakhamb will become more popular abroad. (Photo: AFP) Kalina was among some 100 competitors from 15 … [Read more...] about India hosts first “yoga on a pole” world championships