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That team was the first golden generation of Vietnamese footballers, with players like Nguyen Hong Son, Nguyen Huu Thang and Le Huynh Duc. After beating Laos 4-1, Vietnam held Singapore to a goalless draw and won their last group stage game 1-0 against Malaysia. After advancing to the semi-finals, Vietnam ran into arch rivals Thailand. Riedl led the team to a 3-0 victory, the first ever by the national team against Thailand in an official tournament. However, in the final, the Golden Dragons lost 0-1 to Singapore. … [Read more...] about Alfred Riedl: the man who kickstarted Vietnamese football’s ascent

More than 20,000 coronavirus tests will be carried out during the virus-hit Indian Premier League, the Twenty20 tournament's medical partner said Thursday. The world's richest cricket league, starting on September 19, is being held in United Arab Emirates this year because of the pandemic, and likely with no spectators. Most of the 200 players from the eight teams arrived last month and spent six days in isolation in their hotel rooms. They were tested for the coronavirus on their arrival and then again two days later. After a final test two days after that they moved into a secure "bio-bubble". The same rules apply for support staff, match umpires, officials from organisers the Board of Control for Cricket in India and others, who together number several hundred. VPS healthcare, the tournament's Abu Dhabi-based official medical partner, said Wednesday that 3,500 tests have been done so far. "During the course of the tournament, we will be conducting over 20,000 tests," a … [Read more...] about More than 20,000 coronavirus tests planned during IPL

Vietnam could wait until 2022 for World Cup qualifiers FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have revealed that they are set to reschedule the Vietnam national team’s remaining 2022 World Cup qualifying fixtures against Malaysia, Indonesia, and the UAE to next year. … [Read more...] about AFC Cup, AFC Futsal Club Championship 2020 cancelled

Other tournaments have been pushed back to next year, including the remaining matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifying round in Asia, the 2020 AFC U16 Championship and the 2020 AFC U19 Championship. — VNS … [Read more...] about AFC Cup 2020 scrapped due to COVID-19 epidemic

At around 12:00 pm on Wednesday, the VFF announced its plan for the national team’s call-up in Hanoi from August 16 to 28, with a list of 36 players chosen by head coach Park Hang Seo, in preparation for the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. … [Read more...] about Vietnam suspends national team call-up as World Cup Asian qualifiers delayed again