Minh wins world baduktitle

Vo Ha Duc Minh of Viet Nam triumphed at the World Youth Baduk (Go) Festival in Inje, Gangwon, South Korea.

Minh won all four matches to take the championship title in the Elementary School High Group. He was the only foreigner who won a title at the seventh festival, which was held from Saturday to yesterday (Aug 4). All seven other titles went to players from South Korea.

Viet Nam sent five competitors to the event, which lured more than 200 students from 12 countries between elementary school and college age.

Baduk or go is a two-player game in which you alternately place black and white pieces called stomes on the vacant intersections of a 19-by-19 board.

The objective of the game is to surround a larger total area of the board with one's stones than the opponent by the end of the match.

Digital satellite television station K+ has secured the rights to broadcast the 2015-16 Premier League season and Spain's La Liga from 2015 to 2018.

The 2015-16 Premier League season will be the sixth season that K+ will exclusively broadcast 380 matches.

K+ will also continue its exclusive broadcasts of La Liga, one of the most exciting leagues in the world, from 2015 to 2018.

U19 football champs to kick off

The National Women's U19 Football Championship kick off on Saturday at the Ha Nam Province Stadium.

Five teams will compete in a two-leg round-robin competition. The first leg runs from Thursday to August 15 and the second is August 20 to 29. The winner will enjoy a bonus of VND50 million (US$2,300).

The organisers will also give awards to the best player, best goalkeeper and best scorer.