Vietnam women's volleyball team enters world tournament semi-finals for first time; Bellingham suspended for indecent behavior

Beating the Philippines, Vietnamese women's volleyball team entered the FIVB Challenger Cup semi-finals for the first time

Actively preparing since winning the AVC Challenge Cup 2024 at the end of May, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team officially entered the FIVB Challenger Cup 2024, which opened on July 5 in the Philippines.

The Vietnamese team entered the game confidently and effectively. The powerful smashes of Bich Tuyen and Tu Linh, along with effective tactical moves, helped coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet's team quickly create a gap of 25-14 in the first set.

Positive and timely adjustments helped the home team play better afterwards, even creating significant pressure for the Vietnamese team in the second game.

The "double sword" performance between Thanh Thuy and Bich Tuyen was not smooth but with the overwhelming advantage, the Vietnamese team still continued to win 25-22 in this match.

Both sides chased the score more fiercely in the third set and the home team had the only time to take the lead 19-18 amid enthusiastic cheers from a large audience.

Unfortunately, the Philippines' hope of a comeback failed when they lost strength at the decisive moments and had to accept the third loss at 21-25.

The one who left the biggest mark in the opening victory of the Vietnamese team was none other than Bich Tuyen when the main striker from Vinh Long scored a total of 30 points (27 attacking points, 3 blocking points), quickly rising to the list of players with the most points at the FIVB Challenger Cup 2024.

Defeating the Philippines with a score of 3-0, the Vietnamese women's team won the right to continue to the semi-finals of the tournament in their second time participating.

This is a historic victory for Vietnamese women's volleyball at the world level.

Bellingham suspended for indecent conduct

Midfielder Jude Bellingham was suspended by UEFA for one match for indecent behavior in the match between England and Slovakia, in the round of 16 of EURO 2024.

In this match, Bellingham was the hero of the England team when he scored the equalizer 1-1 in the last minutes of injury time of the second half, before Harry Kane scored to bring back the 2-1 victory at the beginning of extra time.

After scoring, Bellingham had a remarkable action, when he celebrated by putting his hand down to the sensitive area and facing the Slovakia bench.

This rude action caused the Real Madrid midfielder to be heavily criticized. Bellingham later had to post a correction saying he was only joking with some close friends in the stands, not intending to insult his opponent.

However, Bellingham's behavior did not receive forgiveness from UEFA. In the latest development, the European Football Federation decided to fine 25 thousand pounds and suspend this star wearing the number 10 shirt for 1 match.

Athlete Tran Thi Nhi Yen received a special ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has approved the granting of a special ticket for Vietnamese athletics to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics (France). According to the latest document of this agency, the last ticket for Vietnamese sports to Paris was given to athlete Tran Thi Nhi Yen.

However, in order for the World Athletics Federation to complete the list and make an official announcement (expected on July 6), the Vietnam Athletics Federation is urgently coordinating with the Vietnam Olympic Committee to complete and send confirmation of Tran Thi Nhi Yen's participation in Paris 2024 to this agency.

Thus, Tran Thi Nhi Yen is the 16th athlete of Vietnamese sports to win a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics. With 5 cumulative results from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, along with being the only Vietnamese athlete to have entered the top 100 Olympic in the women's 100m event in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games qualifiers, Nhi Yen was chosen as the representative of Vietnamese athletics to receive a special ticket to Paris this summer.

VAR to be applied in the 2024/25 Southeast Asian Club Championship

The 2024/25 AFF Club Championship has many new features that make fans extremely excited.

According to the regulations of the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF), at the Shopee Cup 2024/25 Southeast Asian Club Championship, each team is allowed to register a maximum of 23 players, including a maximum of 6 foreign players.

Registered players must ensure that they are not currently serving any penalties from FIFA, AFC, AFF... The deadline for participating teams to register players is July 16.

In the 2024 Southeast Asian Club Championship, VAR technology will be applied in all matches to support the referee team in determining penalties, red cards, offside, fouls, etc.

This tournament has very strict regulations on penalties. Players are absolutely not allowed to use doping, participate in betting and match-fixing activities. Clubs and players involved in these activities will be fined and banned from participating in tournaments for 10 years.

The 2024/25 AFF Club Championship will take place from July 17, 2024 to May 21, 2025. Vietnamese football has two representatives, Hanoi Police Club and Thanh Hoa.