Vietnam
HANOI (29 Oct 2011) – The Vietnam national Futsal squad are currently in Spain – underlining their seriousness to challenge Thailand for the SEA Games gold medal. Under new chief coach Sergio Gargelli from Italy, he has added further dimensions to their game and where the 17-member squad will be hoping that their trip to…
HANOI (28 Oct 2011) – The onus in Group B of the SEA Games this year would be on the rest of the competing teams to show that they can at least do more than just put up token resistance to 2009 runners-up Vietnam. Nguyen Trong Hy, the president of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)…
HANOI (24 Oct 2011) – Vietnam finished second in the VFF Cup behind Uzbekistan to inject further confidence for their campaign in the SEA Games early next month. A 1-1 draw against Malaysia in their final round robin game last night gave them the runners-up spot as the former ended up third and Myanmar fourth…
HANOI (20 Oct 2011) – Shortly after signing Choi Yoon Gyum as their new chief coach, Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) have signed Nigerian national team goalkeeper Bassey Akpan on a two-year contract. The 27-year-old Bassey Akpan stands at 1.86m and had previously played for Heartland FC in Nigeria before coming to Vietnam. In 2001,…
HANOI (16 Oct 2011) – One of Vietnam biggest clubs Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) have signed a year’s contract with Choi Yoon Gyum from South Korea to be their new chief coach. Yoon Gyum will replace current coach Huynh Van Anh. The 49-year-old Yoon Gyum had previously played for Korean club Jeju United and…
HANOI (10 Oct 2011) – Le Hung Dung, the chairman of the Eximbank, has offered an additional USD500,000 to the Vietnam team to win their first ever gold medal at the SEA Games next month. Add to the same offer from the Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group earlier, the total amount offered is now USD…