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Participating teams at the event (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – The first sports event of the Vietnamese People’s Association in the Republic of Korea was held at Osan city’s stadium on May 6. Through the event, the organising board hoped that the Vietnamese community will get closer and continue supporting each other in the host country. The event was expected to help local authorities and people understand more about the solidarity and friendship of Vietnamese people. According to the association, there are about 170,000 Vietnamese people living and working in the country. The number is forecast to increase sharply in the time ahead. Over the past years, the association has organised a lot of social, cultural and sport activities to connect the community.-VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnamese People’s Association in RoK holds first sports event

A shocked Sporting Lisbon will play in Sunday's Portuguese Cup final despite a horrific ordeal that saw a 50-strong gang of masked and hooded men brutally attack players and officials at training. Sporting Lisbon's Dutch international Bas Dost needed stitches to his neck after the attack AFP/GABRIEL BOUYS Wearing t-shirts bearing the club's emblem the mob invaded Sporting's training ground on Tuesday (May 15) and went on the rampage, terrorising players and personnel and vandalising dressing rooms. Dutch international Bas Dost, Sporting's top scorer this season, required stitches to his neck. A photograph of his bloodied face appeared on social media. "It was a distressing situation and we are all shocked," the striker, with 27 league goals to his name this season, told Dutch news website Algemeen Dagblad. "This is a drama for everyone, I am empty," the 28-year-old added to Portuguese website Ojogo. He had scored in Sunday's 2-1 loss to Maritimo Funchal which left Sporting in … [Read more...] about Sporting Lisbon in shock after horrific gang attack

US tennis superstar Serena Williams topped Forbes magazine's list of the highest paid women in sports for the fourth straight year on Tuesday (Aug 6). Serena Williams tops Forbes' list of sport's top women earners for a fourth straight year. (AFP/Ben STANSALL) The business publication calculated that the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion earned US$29.2 million in the 12-month period ending Jun 1 - with just US$4.2 million of that coming from prize money. Japan's Naomi Osaka, who burst to international stardom with a stunning upset of Williams in the 2018 US Open final and went on to win the Australian Open in January, became just the fourth woman to earn more than US$20 million in a year - after Williams and tennis stars Maria Sharapova and Li Na. Forbes pegged Osaka's earnings at US$24.3 million, putting her second on a list dominated by tennis players. Former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber was third on the list with earnings of US$11.8 million followed by this year's … [Read more...] about Serena again tops Forbes list of highest paid sports women

CMG.ASIA Group on August 4 signed a total sponsorship contract worth 1 billion VND to support the Vietnam sports in general and the Vietnam sport delegation participating in the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia. At the signing ceremony - Source: thethaovietnam Attending the signing ceremony were Tran Duc Phan, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Sport Administration, Chef-de-mission of the Vietnam sport delegation; Van Manh, General Serectary of the Vietnam Olympic Committee; Randy Dobson, President of CMG.Asia (California Fitness & Yoga Centres); and leaders, officials and athletes competing in the SEA Games. Theo VNA … [Read more...] about CMG.ASIA sponsors Vietnam sport delegation at 29th SEA Games

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday (Jul 27) dismissed an appeal by former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke seeking to overturn his 10 year ban from football over corruption. French former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke AFP/Fabrice COFFRINI "The panel concluded that the offences found to have been committed by Jerome Valcke were cumulatively of a serious degree of gravity and that, therefore, the sanctions of a ten-year ban and fine of CHF 100,000 (US$100,315) were wholly proportionate," the court said in a statement. Valcke, who served as top deputy to disgraced ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter, was initially banned in June 2016 and launched his appeal in February of last year. Valcke and Blatter were key figures in the massive graft scandal that rocked FIFA in 2015 and forced sweeping changes within world football's governing body. CAS said there was evidence supporting charges that Valcke breached FIFA's ethics rules "in the resale of FIFA World Cup tickets, in … [Read more...] about Sport court rejects appeal by disgraced ex FIFA official Valcke