Bui Huy Thong of Vietnam and his teammate, Azhar Mohd Noor from Singapore, triumphed in the first round of the Asia Road Racing Championship’s Asia Dream Cup, yesterday in Japan.

The duo started at 14th position, but passed eight other teams to win their victory.

After two hours, Thong and Azhar completed 41 laps, with their best time for a lap being 2’52.086min.

There are still three rounds to complete in the championship race.

Players called for intensive training

Coach Mai Duc Chung has called 26 players to prepare for the coming ASEAN Women’s Football Championship next month in Myanmar.

The squad includes both veteran and young members, in which Hanoi contributed eight players, while HCM City and Ha Nam have sent seven each.

Among them are three players – Nguyen Thi Van (VN Coal and Minerals), Tran Mai Tuyen (Thai Nguyen) and Tran Thi Phuong Thao (HCM City) who will make their debut on ethe national team.

Chung noted that they each had outstanding performances at last month’s first leg of the national championship. He hoped that the new players would bring a renewed mood to the team, who will gather together today and have one month of training in Hanoi.

They will then participate in a practice course abroad for two weeks before departing for Myanmar.

The championship is from July 26-August 5.

Vietnam has been placed in Group A with defending champions Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore. Group B will hosts Myanmar, U20 Australia, Malaysia and East Timor.

VNS