Players to contest badminton worlds

Viet Nam will send six top badminton players to compete in the World Mixed Badminton Championship, known as the Sudirman Cup in China's Quingdao, on May 22-29, the Viet Nam Badminton Federation said.

The team has been drawn in Group 3B with Bulgaria, Sweden, South Africa, and will compete in a round robin format.

As scheduled, Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh, who ranks ninth in the world, will play in the men's singles, while Vu Thi Trang is assigned to play in the women's singles. Each fixture will feature men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles matches.

Thai Binh to host U-11 tourney

Thai Binh will host the final round of the National U-11 Football Championships from June 26 to July 3.

Teams will begin their group qualifiers at locals nationwide from early next month, of which 16 teams will secure berths in the final round.

The five-a-side tournament will be played at indoor gymnasiums.

Last year, T&T Thai Binh won the championship after beating Viettel 2-0 in the final at Thai Nguyen Gymnasium.

Viet Nam to sign Falko Goetz

The Viet Nam Football Federation has finalised negotiations with German coach Falko Goetz, who will take charge of the national football team from next month, a source from VFF said.

It's expected that VFF would sign a two-year contract with the former Hertha Berlin coach early next month.

Earlier, the VFF invited coach Mai Duc Chung to take interim charge of the national men's football team during 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

The post was made vacant in March, following the departure of Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto.

Since 1996, Viet Nam has parted company with seven foreign coaches.

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