Vietnam Volleyball Team Enters SEA V-League 2024 Finals; Southeast Asia Has First Gold Medal at Paris Olympics

Defeating Indonesia, Vietnam volleyball team enters the final of SEA V-League 2024

One day after struggling to overcome the Philippines women's team in four games, on the evening of August 3, the Vietnamese volleyball team continued to compete with Indonesia in the second match of the first week of SEA V-League 2024 taking place at Vinh Phuc Sports Stadium.

Compared to the opening match, the Vietnamese team in the match against Indonesia sent Tu Linh onto the field from the start to replace Kieu Trinh; or Bich Tuyen was returned to the role of opposite setter instead of main attacker... These changes helped the home team play more cohesively and coherently, the scoring was assigned to Bich Tuyen, Le Thanh Thuy, and Nguyen Thi Trinh, surprising the opponent. The convincing 25-19 victory in game 1 went to the Vietnamese team.

Indonesia started the second set better, leading by 4 points at one point thanks to Megawati's brilliance. However, when the score was 13-13, the Vietnamese team played better and better and won 25-17. In the third set, the addition of Vi Thi Nhu Quynh as the attacking midfielder made the Vietnamese team's game brighter and the home team won 25-19 and ended the match with a 3-0 victory over Indonesia.

Because Thailand easily defeated the Philippines with a score of 3-0, the confrontation between the two teams with two wins, Vietnam and Thailand, in the final match on the evening of August 4, accidentally became the "final match" to decide the championship title of the first week of SEA V-League 2024.

Southeast Asia has its first gold medal at the 2024 Olympics

On the evening of August 3, Philippine gymnast Carlos Yulo surpassed athletes from England and Israel to win the Gold Medal in the freestyle gymnastics event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Carlos Yulo was born in 2000 and is a leading Asian gymnast.

Carlos Yulo finished the men's freestyle final (all-around, floor and vault) with 15,000 points, followed by Artem Dolgopyat (Israel, 14,966 points) and Jake Jarman (England, 14,933 points).

In the all-around event, Yulo only ranked 12th. However, when he moved to his favorite floor event, he broke through and won convincingly at the highest difficulty level.

With this result, Yulo brought home the first Gold Medal for the Philippine sports delegation at the 2024 Olympics. This is also the first gold medal for Southeast Asian athletes in Paris this year.

Before Yulo, the Philippines only had one athlete win an Olympic gold medal, Hidilyn Diaz, in the women's 55 kg weightlifting category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Yulo can still win more medals for the Philippines on the evening of August 4 when he competes in the men's vault final. The medal tally of this Southeast Asian representative can still increase when the gold hope Diaz (weightlifting) has not yet competed with the boxers to advance further into the next round.

Carlos Yulo was born in 2000, is a leading Asian gymnast, a world and continental champion, but this is the first time he has won an Olympic gold medal.

Korean media "warns" coach Park Hang-seo about the Malaysian team

According to information from The Star newspaper, the Malaysian Football Federation is willing to pay a salary of 60,000 USD/month to coach Park Hang-seo to help the country's football return to its golden age, conquer titles and advance to the big sea.

The figure of 60,000 USD/month that Malaysian football plans to pay coach Park Hang-seo is even higher than the salary of 50,000 USD that the Korean strategist received when leading the Vietnamese team.

Previously, when coach Kim Pan-gong suddenly resigned as head coach of the Malaysian national team, the media and fans of this country quickly recommended Mr. Park Hang-seo as the most effective solution to help their football develop.

The Korean media also had warning analysis for coach Park Hang-seo. They said that coach Park needs to pay attention to the limitations of Malaysian football with this country's national team such as domestic clubs refusing to release players to the national team.

The Malaysian Football Federation is not determined to upgrade the team's strength.

Those are also the reasons why coach Kim Pan-gon even had to pay out of his own pocket to compensate for the contract and leave the Malaysian team in disappointment and frustration.

In recent days, Coach Park Hang-seo has returned to the land of Kimchi and, together with the young players of the Football Academy named after him, completed the friendly tournament Boryeong JS Cup in Korea with positive results.

Pep Guardiola reacts when Man City receives penalty

On August 1, Man City was fined more than £2 million for 22 late fouls before matches, as well as halftime in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons.

While Man City refused to comment when asked by the media about this issue, Guardiola had his own opinion.

"I knew about the (Man City) penalty because I read the news as soon as it appeared," said the English champions' captain. "I will try to shorten my half-time speeches."

According to the Premier League, Man City committed eight fouls in the 2022/23 season and 14 last season. The last time Pep's team committed this foul was in the final match of the 2023/24 season against West Ham, when they started the match 2 minutes and 46 seconds late.

Many English football fans suspect that Man City's late start may be part of Pep's tactics for the team. In many matches, Pep holds team meetings right on the field.

However, with the statement from the former Barca coach, in the 2023/24 season, Man City will have to play earlier. Times said the regulations related to the playing time of each team are to ensure the correct match time, serving the broadcasting of all matches.

Bayern rejects MU's offer for De Ligt and Mazraoui

MU spent nearly 100 million pounds to bring in two new players Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro in the summer transfer window of 2024. However, the Red Devils still do not want to stop, and are planning to recruit another central defender, when Leny Yoro has to sit out due to injury.

At the moment, Matthijs de Ligt is the top target of the Red Devils. Besides, coach Erik ten Hag also wants to strengthen a right-back. And another name of Bayern Munich, Noussair Mazraoui, has entered his sights.

According to The Athletic, MU has sent a double offer to Bayern, asking to buy Mazraoui and De Ligt. It is not clear how much the offer is worth, but it was immediately rejected by the Bundesliga team.

According to The Athletic, Bayern demanded a higher price for the duo. For their part, despite being rejected, MU is still quite optimistic and they will try to continue negotiating with Bayern to quickly resolve these deals.

Previously, the Red Devils had reached personal agreements with both Mazraoui and De Ligt. They and the two stars had agreed on a 5-year contract, with a 1-year extension option.

Not only MU, West Ham are also keeping an eye on Mazraoui. According to British media, The Hammers even reached an agreement with Bayern. However, this deal eventually fell through when West Ham could not reach a personal agreement with Mazraoui, because the Moroccan defender only wanted to go to Old Trafford.

West Ham are also targeting Wan-Bissaka from MU. MU is valuing this defender at 15 million pounds, but West Ham's offer is only around 10 million pounds.