Beach football team to participate in AFF championship

The National Sports Administration has included 15 players in the national beach football team in preparation for the upcoming international events.

The players, who come from clubs in HCM City, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa and Hue, were the best performers at the National Sports Games, held last month in the southern province of Khanh Hoa's Nha Trang City.

Experienced coach Dang Quoc Hung will lead the team.

The team will train in Nha Trang for one month before competing in the 2014 AFF Beach Football Championship to be held from October 21 to 31 in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

According to the draw, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines and Felda United FC of Malaysia are in Group B.

After the AFF event, the team will take part in the Asian Beach Games in Thailand in November.

Vietnam to compete in Youth Chess Championship

Eight Vietnamese junior chess players will compete in the World Youth Chess Championship to be held in Durban, South Africa, from September 18 to 30.

World U10 champion Nguyen Anh Khoi will participate in the U12 division in the event.

All FIDE members and chess academies have been invited to participate in the event, which is being organised by the South African Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE.

The players will compete in the U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 categories for boys and girls. They will play in the format of the Swiss system with 11 rounds.

Defender Toan says goodbye to ASIAD after ankle injury

Defender Vo Huy Toan won't see any more play time in the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, South Korea.

Doctors of the Vietnamese Olympic team said it would take Toan at least three weeks to recover from an ankle injury, a timeframe that puts him back on the field after the ASIAD come to a close.

Toan scored Viet Nam's first goal in the first Group H match against Iran on Monday. Viet Nam built off Toan's goal to beat Iran by 4-1. He left the pitch in the first half after an Iranian defender clashed with him by error.

Viet Nam will play Kyrgyzstan for the second match on September 22.