Swimmers perform at the National Age Groups Swimming Championship in Đà Nẵng yesterday. — Photo thethaovanhoa.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The National Defence Sports Centre 5 topped the medal tally after the first day of competition of the National Age Groups Swimming Championship in Đà Nẵng yesterday. The centre’s swimmers shone with eight golds, two silvers and two bronzes. HCM City are second with six golds, four silvers and four bronzes, while Quảng Bình sit third with six golds, two silvers and one bronze. The event saw 10 national records broken, of which four were smashed by swimmers of National Defence Sports Centre 5. Meanwhile, in the boys’ 50m breaststroke aged 14-15, Trần Hùng Nguyên of Centre 5 seized a gold medal after clocking a time of 31.51secs. Lê Hoàng Minh Anh of HCM City and Nguyễn Hoàng Khang of Vĩnh Long took silver and bronze, respectively. … [Read more...] about National Defence Sports Centre 5 top nat’l swimming event
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Sporting Lisbon in shock after horrific gang attack
A shocked Sporting Lisbon will play in Sunday's Portuguese Cup final despite a horrific ordeal that saw a 50-strong gang of masked and hooded men brutally attack players and officials at training. Sporting Lisbon's Dutch international Bas Dost needed stitches to his neck after the attack AFP/GABRIEL BOUYS Wearing t-shirts bearing the club's emblem the mob invaded Sporting's training ground on Tuesday (May 15) and went on the rampage, terrorising players and personnel and vandalising dressing rooms. Dutch international Bas Dost, Sporting's top scorer this season, required stitches to his neck. A photograph of his bloodied face appeared on social media. "It was a distressing situation and we are all shocked," the striker, with 27 league goals to his name this season, told Dutch news website Algemeen Dagblad. "This is a drama for everyone, I am empty," the 28-year-old added to Portuguese website Ojogo. He had scored in Sunday's 2-1 loss to Maritimo Funchal which left Sporting in … [Read more...] about Sporting Lisbon in shock after horrific gang attack
A sports enthusiast’s love affair with Hà Nội
Viet Nam News By Thanh Nga I met Britisher David Lloyd by chance during a mountain marathon in Sa Pa in Lào Cai Province last year where he was the race director. I was surprised to learn that besides his love for sport, the tall, thin and brisk man was also a cyclist, travel journalist, photographer and writer. I have had the chance to meet him again in Hà Nội. I got to know that he has been living in Việt Nam for seven years and has fallen in love with the country. “I moved here with my wife in 2011. At that time, we had planned to stay for perhaps a year, but we both soon fell for this country. It was my wife’s idea to come here; she had visited before and was confident that we would both enjoy living here. It’s fair to say seven years later that she was right,” says Lloyd, director of sports for Topas Travel, a Danish and Vietnamese travel company that organises unique sports events in Việt Nam, … [Read more...] about A sports enthusiast’s love affair with Hà Nội
HCMC speeds up construction of Rach Chiec sports complex
The city’s government has also asked the People’s Committee of district 2 to delegate the project construction investment management board of the district to finish site clearance and compensation payment for the affected households for the sport complex project soon. The city’s authorities has conducted the Department of Investment and Planning to coordinate with relevant departments to call on investors into deployment, and operating and investing works in the complex. The Rach Chiec Sports Complex following the international modern standard will be built in district 2 of Ho Chi Minh City. The construction covers over 180 hectares of land with total investment capital of VND 34,000 billion, aiming to serve sport and culture activities of the city and the country, contributing to boost the city's economic, society and culture development . it can be called the two-decade project because it has been launched since 1994 but just approved until now. Rach Chiec … [Read more...] about HCMC speeds up construction of Rach Chiec sports complex
HCM City Sport Games opens
The opening ceremony of the 8th HCM City Sport Games 2018 was held on Nguyễn Huệ Walking Street on Saturday (March 24). – Photo sggp.org.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The opening ceremony of the 8th HCM City Sport Games 2018 was held on Nguyễn Huệ Walking Street on Saturday evening. The event, which will end on May 19, has attracted more than 6,500 athletes from 24 districts in HCM City, performing in 31 different types of sports. Nguyễn Thị Thu, deputy chairwoman of HCM City People’s Committee, said the games play an important role in promoting and improving the quality of physical education and sport science in the city. In November, the top-performing members of the HCM City team will take part in the 8th Việt Nam National Games in Hà Nội. The HCM City Sport Games is a multi-sport event involving participants from all city districts held every four years. -- VNS … [Read more...] about HCM City Sport Games opens