Sports News 13/8

K+ awarded broadcasting rights for all Premier League matches

K+ Satellite Digital Television yesterday announced that it has acquired the broadcast rights of the English Premier League (EPL) and other leading football league matches in the 2014-15 season.

As in the previous season, K+ subscribers will enjoy all 380 EPL matches. In Viet Nam, the best games on weekends are only available on K+ channels.

Speaking at a press conference, Cao Van Liet, general director of VSTV, said: “The new season is seen to be more interesting with big investments by clubs, and our mission is to bring the best football to Vietnamese fans.”

Besides EPL, K+ viewers will continue to enjoy other top football league matches, namely Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Champions Leagues, Europa League, Championship, League One, League Two and Carling Cup. New football leagues were added on K+ channels in the 2013-14 season.

Tennis players to compete at Malaysia Open

Four players from the HCM City tennis team will compete at the Malaysia Open 2014 from September 20-28.

Huu Vinh will compete in the men’s singles and team up with Quoc Khanh in the men’s doubles.

Tam Hao and Phi Khanh will compete in both the women’s singles and doubles.

The tournament will be a chance for the team to prepare for the National Sports Games scheduled for the end of the year.

Men move up, women lose at Olympiad

The Viet Nam men’s team defeated Peru 3.5 – 1.5 early this morning (Ha Noi time) in the ninth round of the Olympiad world chess tournament in Tromso, Norway.

Grandmaster (GM) Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son maintained his perfect performance with another win over GM Emilio Cordova.

His teammate GM Nguyen Duc Hoa defeated GM Jorge Cori while GM Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy beat Cristhian Cruz.

Two-time Aeroflot champion Le Quang Liem tied with GM Julio Granda Zuniga.

Their win lifted Viet Nam to the 17th position. They will play Armenia later today.

In the women’s competition, Viet Nam lost to Romania 1.5-2.5. The second loss kicked them out of the top 10, dropping them to No 18.

They will next play the US.

Binh Duong want sixth contract with coach Hai

V-League champion Becamex Binh Duong hope to retain coach Le Thuy Hai whose contract expires at the end of this month.

In case both parties agree, it will be the sixth time that Hai will be retained as coach of the team.

“I am happy in Binh Duong, but whether I stay here or not will depend on our meeting later,” Hai said.

Meanwhile Nguyen Minh Son, chairman of the board of directors of Binh Duong Football Jointstock Company was quoted as saying on bongdaplus.vn: “Hai is a special one. We want him to continue with the team. If it is okay we could sign a long-term contract with him, for three years, five years or 10 years. In short, we want him to stay here until he is still well. He could even go to the field leaning against a stick to guide our players.”

Hai, 68, came back to Binh Duong after the fourth round of the V-League when the team had earned only one point and led them to a third title, one round before the tournament ended.

Hai also coached Binh Duong to win their previous trophies in 2007 and 2008.

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