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Trio Vu Ba Dong, Nguyen Tien Phuong and Tran Thu Ha will join 370 athletes from 36 nations at the World Championships in aerobic gymnastics in Sofia, Bulgaria, from May 31-June 3. They will compete in the individual men’s and women’s, mixed pairs and trios events. The three Vietnamese will be up against powerhouses China, [...]
A painting featuring the Palace of Westminster drawn by an 8-year-old boy from Ho Chi Minh City on January 30 has just won the first prize at an art contest held by the British Council for its worldwide learners. Song Anh’s painting labeled ‘Big Bang Clock’ At the council’s Young Learner’s Art competition, Song [...]
Robin van Persie has now scored 25 goals for Arsenal this season Robin van Persie scored twice from the penalty spot as Arsenal staged a remarkable comeback to knock Aston Villa out of the FA Cup. Villa led 2-0 at the break through a Richard Dunne header and a finish from an acute angle by [...]
Cardiff goalkeeper Tom Heaton celebrates after his penalty heroics Cardiff City keeper Tom Heaton proved the penalty shoot-out hero to inspire the Bluebirds to the Carling Cup final. Heaton saved Crystal Palace’s first two penalties from Jermaine Easter and Sean Scannell to book the home team’s fourth trip to Wembley in as many years. Cardiff [...]
Lennon celebrates his first-half strike to give Spurs the lead Tottenham drew level on points with second-placed Manchester United, just three behind leaders Manchester City, after comfortably beating Everton. The hosts suffered an early scare when Louis Saha fired wide, but took control and opened the scoring when Aaron Lennon cut in from the left [...]
Young Hanley rose highest late on at Old Trafford Sir Alex Ferguson suffered the ignominy of watching his Manchester United side lose to basement club Blackburn on his 70th birthday. Yakubu gave Rovers the lead from the spot after Dimitar Berbatov had pulled down defender Chris Samba. The Nigerian made it 2-0 when he made [...]
Berbatov was the Premier League’s top goalscorer last season Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat-trick as Manchester United thrashed 10-man Wigan to move level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City. Park Ji-sung coolly slotted the hosts into an early lead before Wigan striker Conor Sammon was harshly sent off for catching Michael Carrick in [...]
Arsene Wenger took Arsenal to the Champions League final in 2006 Arsenal have been drawn against AC Milan in the pick of the last 16 Champions League match-ups, while Chelsea will play Napoli. Arsenal and Chelsea, the only remaining English sides in the competition, both face first legs in Italy. Defending champions Barcelona face German [...]
Etherington made 51 appearances as a Spurs players between 1999 and 2003 Tottenham’s 11-match unbeaten league run ended as Matthew Etherington scored twice against his old club to hand Stoke a third straight league win. One of four former Spurs players to feature for the hosts, Etherington tapped in to open the scoring. He doubled [...]
Manchester City picked up 10 points but will now face a Europa League campaign Manchester City’s Champions League campaign ended in disappointment as they beat Bayern Munich but finished behind Napoli, who secured the win they needed against Villarreal. The odds were always against City after their defeat in Napoli – but they were offered [...]