Vietnam women's volleyball team finished second for the 5th time in SEA V-League; USA regained the number 1 position from China
Losing 1-3 to Thailand, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team finished second for the fifth time; the US won its 40th Gold Medal and officially ended the 2024 Olympics with the leading position overall. Those are the outstanding sports news in the past 24 hours.
Vietnam women's volleyball team finished second for the 5th time at SEA V-League
Losing 1-3 to Thailand, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team finished second for the 5th time at the Southeast Asian Volleyball Championship (SEA V-League).
On the evening of August 11, in Nakhon Ratchasima, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team faced host Thailand in the decisive match for the championship of the second stage of SEA V-League 2024.
Despite playing well in set 3, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team struggled in set 4 when they were led 6-0 by their opponents. With first-step errors and the attackers constantly being caught out, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team lost quickly 15-25.
With a 3-1 victory, Thailand won the SEA V-League 2024 championship for the 7th time; meanwhile, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team finished second in the tournament for the 5th time.
Shocked by the amount of compensation MU paid to make the expensive full-back "tear up" his contract with the club
In 2019, MU recruited Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Crystal Palace for a fixed fee of 55 million Euros. Currently, the 26-year-old player holds the record for the most expensive full-back in the history of the Old Trafford team in terms of purchase.
According totalkSPORT, because they pushed AWB to leave before the end of his contract, the Red Devils had to compensate him. Specifically, the amount the Red Devils had to pay to terminate Wan-Bissaka's contract was more than 5.8 million Euros.
Race to lead the overall standings of the Paris Olympics: The US regained the number 1 position from China in the last seconds
The race to the top of the 2024 Paris Olympics standings has unfolded in an unimaginable scenario, with China making the US sweat until the very last minute.
The entire American sports delegation had to rely on the women's basketball team, who played the final against France. The US needed to win one more gold medal to surpass China in the overall rankings. Because at that time, they had the same 40 gold medals as China but were superior in the total number of silver medals and total medals (125 compared to 91).
The US basketball team finally came back successfully against France with a score of 63-61. The US won its 40th Gold Medal and officially ended the 2024 Olympics with the overall lead.