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Tran Quyet Chien wins world title for second time
Updated: 13:59, 04/07/2023
Vietnam’s No. 1 player Tran Quyet Chien on July 2 won the Three-Cushion World Cup - Porto 2023 in Portugal after beating Egypt’s Sameh Sidhom in the final.
This is the second time the Vietnamese player has secured the Three-Cushion World Cup. Previously, he won the world title when Vietnam hosted the tournament in 2018.
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Vietnam’s No. 1 player Tran Quyet Chien. |
This championship brought Chien 16,000 EUR (over 17,400 USD) while runner-up Sidhome got 10,000 EUR. Two third prize winners Chiem Hong Thai of Vietnam and Jeremy Bury of France received 6000 Euros each.
After facing several challenges from the Egyptian opponent in the opening minutes, he swiftly showed his talent by taking a lead of 22-12.
Chien retained his good form in the next 13 moves and won the game with a final score of 50-30.
Coach Mai Duc Chung and his assistants have agreed on the list of 23 players who will depart for New Zealand to compete in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Finals, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).
More than 1,000 people took part in a mass yoga performance in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on July 2 to mark the 9th International Day of Yoga.
Three Vietnamese women footballers showed different sides of themselves on the cover of the June issue of local fashion magazine Dep.
In recent years, the image of Truong Thuy Tien, a young woman wearing a blue martial arts uniform bearing the words "Thang Long Vovinam”, has become popular among the Overseas Vietnamese community in District 13 of Paris, France. Tien is the only Vietnamese-born female Vovinam martial artist in France who has contributed to the promotion of the Vietnamese martial art in the host country.
A total of 120 children, including 100 from Japan and 20 from Vietnam, will take part in the upcoming Japan Football Association (JFA) Uniqlo Soccer Kids slated for July 1 and 2 in Vietnam.
Source: NDO
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