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Former Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi. (Photo: TEMPO.CO/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on September 27 announced it had detained former Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi after questioning him for several hours related to a corruption case. The former minister is detained for the initial period of 20 days, said KPK spokesperson Febri Diansyah. Last week, Nahrawi resigned from his ministerial post a day after being declared as a suspect in the case related to a grant package the Ministry of Youth and Sports had given to the National Sports Committee (KONI). He was declared a suspect along with his personal assistant. Nahrawi allegedly received a 26.5 billion rupiah (1.88 million USD) commitment fee in disbursement of the grant proposed by the KONI. The money had allegedly been used for his personal purposes through his personal assistant. Representatives of the KONI are accused of giving some of the money to Nahrawi … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s anti-graft agency detains former sports minister

Vietnam will send a delegation of 856 members, including 28 officials, 22 physical therapy technician and 803 experts, trainers and athletes, to the upcoming 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines. The sport contingent has been established pursuant to the Decision No. 3541/QD-BVHTTDL issued by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on October 11, 2019. Accordingly, Tran Duc Phan, Deputy Director of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training, has been appointed as the head of the delegation. Vietnamese athletes will compete for medals in 43 of the total 56 sport events, including track and field, swimming, shooting, gymnastics, weightlifting, taekwondo, archery, judo, cycling, boxing, karate, wushu, wrestling, pencak silat, petanque, football, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, sepak takraw, billiards, badminton, chess, rowing, canoeing, aerobic, diving, artistic gymnastics, handball, golf, jujitsu, muay, arnis, kurash, dance sport, kick-boxing, bowling, … [Read more...] about Vietnam to field an 856-member contingent for SEA Games 2019

Hung finished the men's 100km ultra marathon in a time of 14:33.45. He broke his own record from the previous year (14:45.44) and became the first runner to win two consecutive VMM races. The second and third places went to Nguyen Si Hieu and Nguyen Duc Quang, respectively. Meanwhile, Chaimaime Thompson of Australia won the women's 100km in a time of 19:18.23, followed by Coline Drain-Martin of France and Tian Qi Ong of Malaysia. In the men's 70km, Mads Louring from Denmark too the first place, while Do Nhon Trong and Tran The Anh from Vietnam came in second and third. In the women's 70km, Joy Ho from China's Hong Kong came first in a total time of 10:37.48. Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Duong was in second place. The annual event was co-hosted by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Topas Travel Company under the auspices of the Danish Embassy in Vietnam. It attracted over 4,000 athletes from 46 countries and territories who competed in 10km, 15km, 21km, 42km, 70km and … [Read more...] about Tien Hung wins Vietnam’s biggest mountain race in Sa Pa

Vietnam's wushu taolu artist Duong Thuy Vi (Photo: VNA) According to the International Wushu Federation, “Wushu taolu (performance) is a set of connecting stylized movements choreographed according to certain laws, embodying the philosophical connotation of attack and defense.” Female martial arts athletes in the performance/non-contact categories have won fame for Vietnam at international competitions in recent years. Some of them include kata “queen” Nguyen Hoang Ngan in Karate and poomse “hotgirl” Chau Tuyet Van in Taekwondo. In Wushu, we have the taolu “golden girl” Duong Thuy Vi. It’s not an exaggeration to call Vi the “golden girl” of Vietnamese sports as the 27-year-old athlete has collected gold medals at the SEA Games 2013, 2015, and 2017, the Wushu World Championships in 2013 and 2017, and notably, the only member of the Vietnamese team to collect gold at the ASIAD Incheon 2014. Duong Thuy Vi - the … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s best wushu taolu artists and preparations for SEA Games

Murray, who won his first ATP tour singles match in nine months in Tuesday’s first round, battled for two hours and 42 minutes on court before his 20-year-old opponent prevailed. Meanwhile, top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was forced to retire from his last-16 encounter with Adrian Mannarino before the deciding third set after he complained of shortness of breath. * Australian Adam Scott birdied two of his final three holes to grab a one-shot clubhouse lead over former British Open champion Francesco Molinari in the first round of the Safeway Open in Napa, California on Thursday. Former Masters winner Scott, who started on the back nine at the Silverado Resort, mixed an eagle with six birdies and a bogey for a seven-under-par 65. * The first ever esports cycling world championships will take place next year after a deal between governing body the UCI and the popular online training platform Zwift. Announced at a pop-up bar in Harrogate on Thursday during the UCI Road World … [Read more...] about Murray bows out in Zhuhai, Tsitsipas forced to retire