Filip Nguyen waits for a miracle to wear the Vietnamese national team jersey; FIFA spends half a million USD to support VFF
(Baonghean.vn) - Klopp wants to bring Mbappe to Liverpool; Filip Nguyen: "I'm waiting for a miracle to wear the Vietnamese national team's jersey"; Van Thanh has ambitions to go abroad like Van Hau and Cong Phuong; FIFA supports VFF and its members with half a million USD... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Van Thanh has ambition to go abroad like Van Hau and Cong Phuong.
The HAGL defender expressed his ambition to play abroad in the future to improve his skills and develop his career.
Van Thanh is considered one of the top defenders in Vietnam. In addition to his versatility, excellent physical strength and endurance to attack and defend, the player from Hai Duong has also maintained stable performance for a long time. Since 2017, several mid-level clubs in Europe have been interested in the HAGL star. Specifically, Serbian club FK Volvodina has sent a document to HAGL requesting to transfer the 24-year-old full-back from Hai Duong.
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Van Thanh. |
Klopp uses strange trick to convince Mbappe to come to Liverpool
Despite being only 21 years old, Mbappe has reached the level of one of the world's top players. Currently, there are many big clubs trying to convince this striker to change colors. Clubs pursuing Mbappe include Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and Liverpool.
According to Le10 Sport, to compete with his rivals, coach Juergen Klopp used a very strange trick. Accordingly, he directly contacted Mbappe's father, Mr. Wilfried, to discuss a blockbuster deal.
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Klopp wants to bring Mbappe to Liverpool. |
"What Liverpool are doing is amazing," Mbappe told the BBC. "They are like a machine, they find their rhythm and they keep playing, they keep winning. They don't lose a game and it gives the impression that everything is easy but it's not easy."
China's No. 1 swimmer faces 16-year ban
Super swimmer Sun Yang faces a 16-year ban after being called up to the national team for the Tokyo Olympics.
Previously, due to doping scandals, the 29-year-old swimmer received an 8-year ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Despite this punishment, Sun Yang was still included in the national team list by the Chinese Swimming Association (CSA), participating in training in Zhejiang since the beginning of April.
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Sun Yang. Photo: Getty |
In response to this issue, the CSA has canceled the summons for Sun Yang, but China's number 1 swimmer will still face a heavier ban from competition, which could be up to 16 years. Along with Sun Yang himself, the federation, coaches, and athletes may be held jointly responsible.
FIFA supports VFF and its membershalf a million dollars
FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke very clearly about the $150 million financial support for 211 member national football associations.
Accordingly, this support package does not distinguish between large or small football fields, or large or small losses, but any member of the "FIFA family" will receive support of 500,000 USD.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino and members. Illustrative photo |
The $500,000 is intended to help member national football federations address financial difficulties caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic. The top priority of this support package is to contribute to the fund to organize national men's, women's and youth football tournaments under the national football federations in 2019, 2020 and in the near future, i.e. 2021, 2022, if the pandemic continues to cause difficulties.
Filip Nguyen: "I'm waiting for a miracle to wear the Vietnamese national team jersey"
"Wearing the Vietnamese national team jersey is something I will never refuse. Currently, I am waiting for that miracle to come to me in the near future," goalkeeper Filip Nguyen confided on his personal page.
In a recent post on his personal Facebook, goalkeeper Filip Nguyen affirmed that he is very eager for a miracle to come to him in the near future, so that he can become a naturalized citizen and play for the Vietnam National Team.
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Filip Nguyen. |
Previously, the goalkeeper born in 1992 had completed the procedures to apply for Vietnamese citizenship and sent them to the authorities, however he had not yet met a number of conditions.