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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Coach Hai appeals match ban

Coach Le Thuy Hai and his Lam Son Thanh Hoa team managers have sent a letter to appeal the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF)'s Discipline Department's decision to ban Hai from participating in two V-League matches.

According to the club's chair Nguyen Van De, the Discipline Department's decision to ban Hai for using improper language with a referee was not a convincing enough argument that explained why he was suspended.

De asked why the VFF waited 20 days before making their decision.

Hai was banned and fined VND5 million (US$230) after engaging in a verbal altercation with the referee Ngo Quoc Hung during a match between his team and Hoa Phat Ha Noi three weeks ago.

Hectic competition for tennis teen

Vietnamese teenager Nguyen Hoang Thien will compete in three international tournaments that will be held in Southeast Asia during the next two months.

He will compete at the International Tennis Federation's Malacca G4 tourney that will be held in Malaysia from February 28-March 4.

The ITF will be held in Thailand from March 7-12 where Thien will compete in the qualifying round.

He will compete at the Mitsubishi-Lancer from March 22-27 in Manila, the Philippines

Thien, who was the first Vietnamese player to compete at the Australian Juniors Open, will compete in France later this year.

Indonesia cuts events from Games

Indonesia will host the 26th Southeast Asian Games later this year. The country has decided to reduce the number of events at the event, including pencak silat. Vietnamese athletes have performed well in pencak silat events in the past.

Indonesia has also decided to eliminate six combat events, of which Viet Nam might have been able to win five. — VNS

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Vietnam to compete in Olympics 2012 football qualifiers

As one of 13 seeds, Vietnam -- the only team in Southeast Asia region -- directly comes to round two of the Asian qualifiers including 35 teams of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

They will fight it out for three spots in the men's competition to advance to the finals in London.

Participating teams in the men's competition are Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen. Jordan are the notable absentees.

Of them, 22 lowest ranked teams, based on the qualifiers and final round of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, were drawn to play in a home-and-away format on February 23, 2011 and March 9, 2011, with the winners making it to round two.

The 11 winners will join the 13 seeds in round two, which will also be played over two legs on June 19 and 23, 2011.

Winners from the 12 ties will be drawn into three groups of four for round three, with teams playing each other home and away across six matchdays from September 21, 2011 through to March 14, 2012. Top team in each group will automatically earn a place at the Olympics.

The runners-up in each group will then compete in the playoffs, with the three teams playing each other in a round-robin group at a centralized venue. The winners will then compete against the Confederation of African Football’s fourth-ranked team for a berth at London 2012.

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