Kurash is a form of upright jacket wrestling native to Uzbekistan.

Do Thu Ha won the sole gold medal in the women's 44kg weight class, while To Thi Trang in the 48kg class and Trần Thị Thanh Thủy in the 78kg class received silver medals.

Bronze medals were awarded to Le Thi Tinh in the 57kg class and Nguyễn Thị Lan in the 70kg class.

The Chinese Taipei women's team came in first place.

In the men's category, Le Tien Thanh won a bronze medal in the 66kg class.

The first place rankings were awarded to Uzbekistan's men's team and to Chinese Taipei's women's team.

In addition to Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan, more than 100 players representing India, South Korea, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Japan, Singapore and others fought for 25 sets of medals.

Viet Nam's Kurash team had eight athletes represented during the championship, including three men and five women. 

Ha Noi lead boxing tournament medal table

The Ha Noi women's team gave an outstanding performance at the National Boxing Championships that ended in HCM City.

The team brought home three gold, two silver and two bronze medals and led the medal table. The Military team came second with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals. The hosts HCM City finished third with two gold medals.

Hanoian Ha Thi Linh won the gold medal in the women's 64kg category. Linh had won the gold in this division at the Southeast Asian Games in 2013 in Myanmar. Linh's teammates Ngo Thi Chung and Ca Thi Huyen bagged gold medals in the women's 75kg and above 81kg categories, respectively.

The achievements at the national event are a driving force for Hanoian women boxers in their bid to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

On the men's side, the Military team topped the medal tally with four gold and two silver medals and a bronze medal. The People's Police came second with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Da Nang and Nghe An shared the third place with one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

The tournament attracted 209 boxers from across the country, including 118 women. There were 11 categories each for the male and female competitors. 

Thien moves to SHB Da Nang

Hoang Anh Gia Lai's captain Le Hoang Thien has signed a three-year contract to play for SHB Da Nang from next V.League 1 season.

Thien, 25, has played 18 matches for Hoang Anh Gia Lai this year and scored four goals.

The VND3 billion (US$113,000) transfer deal is the first action of the former champion team to prepare for the next season.

SHB Da Nang did not have their best form in recent years.

They finished ninth out of 14 teams in the 2014-15 tournament. 

FLC cup to be held at Sam Son

The FLC Tennis Cup 2015 will be held at FLC Sam Son Beach and Golf Resort in Thanh Hoa from tomorrow until Sunday.

Many top Vietnamese tennis players, including Pham Minh Tuan and Trinh Linh Giang, who played in the final of this year's Viet Nam Men's Tennis Championships in the men's singles category, will attend the event.

The match between Tuan and Do Minh Quan, who has been champion 10 times and has just come back from the United States, will be held on a tennis court floating on the surface of a 5,000 square metre pool .

Other Vietnamese tennis players, including Hoang Thanh Trung, Tran Hoang Anh Khoa, Nguyen Dac Tien and Hiroki Horikiri, a guest player from Japan, will also compete for first prize worth VND30 million (US$1,340) and second prize of VND20 million ($890).

The FLC Tennis Cup is jointly organised by the FLC Group and Sport and Culture newspaper. 

 VNS