Vietnam women's team determined to beat Thailand; Japanese 'Messi' is priced incredibly high
That was the sharing of coach Mai Duc Chung before the match between the Vietnamese women's team and Thailand; Tottenham Club is trying to bring back the Japanese "Messi" even though the amount of money to be spent is not cheap. Those are the outstanding sports news in the past 24 hours.
Vietnam women's team determined to defeat Thailand
That was the sharing of coach Mai Duc Chung before the match between the Vietnamese women's team and Thailand, which took place at 4:30 p.m. on August 19, in the third-place match of the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship.
On the afternoon of August 18, in Hai Phong, the Vietnamese women's team had their final training session at the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship, before facing the Thai women's team.
Sharing before the training session, coach Mai Duc Chung said:
“The Vietnamese women’s team still has a third-place match. Before the training session, I reminded the whole team to focus on their activities and practice well for tomorrow’s match. I hope the players will bring their best to the competition with the highest spirit to aim for victory, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution and National Day September 2nd.”
U21 Vietnam returns home, Dang Thi Hong's punishment is unknown
On the afternoon of August 18, Dang Thi Hong and the members of the U21 Vietnam team returned to Hanoi, concluding their journey at the 2025 U21 Volleyball World Championship.
The flight carrying U21 Vietnam landed at Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi) at 3:30 p.m. Coach Nguyen Trong Linh and his team arrived at the airport lobby at 4:30 p.m. after entering the country.
The issue that received the most public attention after the U21 Vietnam team returned home was the penalty from the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) related to an athlete of the team, believed to be the main striker Dang Thi Hong.
However, according to Mr. Le Tri Truong, VFV has not yet received any notice from FIVB, while the members of the U21 Vietnam coaching board are also unclear about the reason for the heavy penalty from the World Volleyball Federation.
Japanese "Messi" is being sold for an unbelievable price
Tottenham Club is trying to bring back the Japanese "Messi" even though the amount of money to spend is not cheap.
According to Fichajes, Real Sociedad midfielder Take Kubo is Tottenham's top transfer target. The Japanese star has made a strong impression in La Liga and is attracting the attention of many European teams.
Under the leadership of coach Thomas Frank, Tottenham wants to strengthen their attacking depth in the new season and they are targeting the player nicknamed "Japanese Messi".
However, Sociedad have no intention of letting Kubo go as they have set a price of no less than 70 million euros for the Japanese player. However, Tottenham are still willing to meet this transfer fee to soon have the Japanese star in the coming days.
HAGL suffered the biggest loss in round 1 of V-League: What does Mr. Duc have left to be proud of?
HAGL, owned by Mr. Duc, suffered the heaviest defeat in round 1 of LPBank V-League 2025/26, with a score of 0-3, despite playing at home in Pleiku, predicting another difficult campaign.
Last season, although HAGL could not avoid relegation at the end, they played extremely well in the first rounds when they still had pillars like Chau Ngoc Quang, Minh Vuong, Dung Quang Nho, Bao Toan, Ly Duc...
That's why the heavy defeat at home made many people exclaim.“if only”"With the above mentioned framework, HAGL will probably find it difficult to lose to an opponent that is not superior in terms of ability like B.TPHCM.
When there are no longer enough resources and voices to keep the army, now the fans of the Mountain City may have to accept the harsh reality: In the 2025/26 season, HAGL will once again participate in the escape from 2 relegation tickets.
Football results today August 19: Premier League closes first round
Today's football results, August 19, received the attention of fans with the final match of round 1 of the English Premier League.
Playing at home, Leeds was the team that deployed a more proactive style of play and created many dangerous opportunities towards Everton's goal.
However, Everton's disciplined play made it very difficult for Leeds to approach the goal. The turning point of the match came when Tarkowski let the ball touch his hand in the penalty area.
After consulting VAR, referee Chris Kavanagh awarded a penalty to Leeds. On the 11-meter mark, Lukas Nmecha made no mistake when he successfully executed the kick to bring the only goal of the match, thereby helping Leed win with a minimum score of 1-0.
