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Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods toiled as wind and rain lashed down on the opening round at Royal Portrush in the first British Open held in Northern Ireland for 68 years Tiger Woods struggled on day one of the British Open on Thursday AFP/ANDY BUCHANAN AFP Sport looks at four key moments from Thursday's play: MCILROY'S MISERY McIlroy's dreams of lifting the Claret Jug come Sunday barely made it beyond the first hole after a disastrous quadruple-bogey eight got the home favourite off to the worst possible start. The four-time major winner hooked his opening iron shot out of bounds, hitting a watching fan and reportedly breaking her mobile phone in the process. The world number three then pulled his second shot from the tee into the rough, had to take a drop after finding an unplayable lie next to the green and two-putted. After steadying the ship to reach the 16th just three over, worse was to come for McIlroy as he missed a gimmie putt to double bogey and then made a triple … [Read more...] about Four key moments from the first round of the British Open

Vietnamese runner Quach Thi Lan (Photo: VTC News) Kemi Adekoya of Bahrain failed a recent stanozolol test and was given a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) as punishment, the ban was backdated to come into effect from November, 2018. The AIU was founded by the International Association of Athletics Federations in April 2017 in order to combat doping in athletics. Back at Asiad 2018, Kemi Adekoya had won the gold medal in the women’s 400m hurdles with a time of 54.48 sec with Quach Thi Lan grabbing the silver with a time of 55.30 sec. … [Read more...] about Quach Thi Lan named as winner of 400m event at ASIAD 2018

  Vietnamese students and official at the ASEAN Schools Games in Indonesia. The team have won two golds and three silvers. — Photo giaoducthoidai.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam won their first golds at the ongoing ASEAN Schools Games in Indonesia on Friday. Bùi Thị Ngân won a gold in the girls’ 1,500m event and Lê Tiến Long in the boys’ 110m hurdle. The Vietnamese team also won silvers by Nguyễn Thị Linh the girls’ 100m hurdle; Lưu Đức Phước in the boys’ 1,500m and Phạm Quỳnh Giang in the girls’ high jump. Việt Nam have sent more than 100 athletes to the 11th Games, competing in six out of nine sports. The annual tournament will finish on July 25. — VNS … [Read more...] about Việt Nam secure golds at student games

  Athletes compete in the HCM City Open International Tracks and Field which closed on Friday. — Photo nld.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam won the most medals at the HCM City Open International Tracks and Field, which closed on Friday. The hosts earned 22 gold medals after three days of competition. They were followed by South Korea with nine and the Philippines on four. In the last day yesterday, national runner Phạm Thị Huệ won the women’s 10,000m with a time of 38min 22.14sec while Lê Quang Hoà championed in the men’s side, timing 33:58.38. Kim Woo Jeon of South Korea won the women’s discus throw with a result of 28.10m. Mariano Masano of the Philippines pocketed gold in the men’s 1,500m. The annual tournament lured more than 550 athletes from Việt Nam’s cities and provinces and eight other countries. They competed in 31 events for both men and women. — VNS … [Read more...] about Việt Nam No 1 at HCMC track and field meet

  Kim Hyun Ji celebrates her win on the podium of the An Giang Television International Cycling Tournament. —Photo sggp.org HÀ NỘI — The South Korean team secured all the titles at the An Giang Television International Cycling Tournament, which ended on Thursday. Ju Pha Som Net of Malaysia won the final stage, a 121km ride from the city of Vị Thanh in Hậu Giang Province to Long Xuyên in An Giang Province. The result did not change the final ranking, which was dominated by Kim Hyun Ji who bagged both the yellow overall leader's jersey and green sprint point leader's jersey. Kim won the six-stage race with a total time of 14 hours and 21.02 minutes. Her teammate Gu Sung Eun placed second and Ju Pha Som Net was third. On the Vietnamese side, Nguyễn Thị Thu Mai of Lộc Trời Group took the best result, finishing fourth. Đoàn Thị Cẩm Tú (Cần Thơ), … [Read more...] about Kim Hyun Ji wins An Giang Television International Cycling event