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These events defined Vietnamese sports in 2023

These events defined Vietnamese sports in 2023

Vietnamese sports provided a bevy of colorful triumphs and dramatic challenges in 2023, as well as many firsts.
No excuses for Asian Games failure: former coach

No excuses for Asian Games failure: former coach

Vietnam's poor Asian Games performance predictable: sports director

Vietnam's poor Asian Games performance predictable: sports director

Asian Games medal tally: Host China finishes tournament with record 201 golds

Asian Games medal tally: Host China finishes tournament with record 201 golds

China won a record 201 gold medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou that wrapped up on Sunday, to finish top of the medals table.
October 8, 2023 | 09:00 am PT
Record-breaking China brings curtain down on biggest Asian Games

Record-breaking China brings curtain down on biggest Asian Games

Hosts China racked up a record 201 gold medals before the curtain came down on two weeks of tears and triumphs at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday.
October 8, 2023 | 07:30 am PT
PSG's Lee helps South Korea to third straight Asian Games gold

PSG's Lee helps South Korea to third straight Asian Games gold

Paris Saint-Germain star Lee Kang-in has a "responsibility" to take South Korean football forward after earning a military exemption with Asian Games gold on Saturday, coach Hwang Sun-hong said.
October 7, 2023 | 09:00 am PT
Vietnam's sepak takraw athletes bag Asian Games silver in women's group 3 event

Vietnam's sepak takraw athletes bag Asian Games silver in women's group 3 event

Vietnam's sepak takraw squad have added a silver to their medal haul at the 19th Asian Games in China following a match with Thailand in the finals of the women's group three event.
October 7, 2023 | 05:10 am PT
Seeing double: twin sisters win Asian Games gold together

Seeing double: twin sisters win Asian Games gold together

Twin sisters Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi won Asian Games gold on Saturday -- then said they hope to stand on the podium together at next year's Paris Olympics.
October 7, 2023 | 05:05 am PT
India win Asian Games cricket gold without having to bat

India win Asian Games cricket gold without having to bat

A proud and emotional India were crowned Asian Games men's cricket champions on their first attempt and without needing to bat in an anti-climatic finish Saturday, consigning Afghanistan to a third consecutive silver.
October 7, 2023 | 04:00 am PT
'Coolest thing': breakdancing wows Asian Games ahead of Olympic bow

'Coolest thing': breakdancing wows Asian Games ahead of Olympic bow

When South Korean Kim Hong-yul was a teenager in the late 1990s, hip-hop ruled the airwaves and breakdancing was "the coolest thing in the world", he says.
October 6, 2023 | 09:04 pm PT
Joy and pride as Philippines wins basketball gold after 62 years

Joy and pride as Philippines wins basketball gold after 62 years

Filipinos roared in joy and relief as their men's basketball team ended decades of heartbreak in winning their first Asian Games gold medal in 61 years.
October 6, 2023 | 06:12 pm PT
North Korea call themselves 'world leaders' after weightlifting golds

North Korea call themselves 'world leaders' after weightlifting golds

North Korea proclaimed themselves "world leaders" after winning a sixth Asian Games weightlifting gold on Thursday to cap their return to international competition after a four-year absence.
October 5, 2023 | 06:50 pm PT
K-pop star leaves Asian Games tantrum tennis player

K-pop star leaves Asian Games tantrum tennis player

Korean entertainer Yubin broke up with her boyfriend, tennis star Kwon-Soon-woo, after he smashed his racket to pieces in a televised tantrum after an early upset defeat at Asian Games.
October 5, 2023 | 07:10 am PT
Three Asian Games players fail doping tests in 24 hours, suspended provisionally

Three Asian Games players fail doping tests in 24 hours, suspended provisionally

Uzbek cyclist Aleksey Fomovskiy and Philippine mountain-bike rider Ariana Evangelista both failed doping tests at the Hangzhou Asian Games, officials said Wednesday, making it three announced in 24 hours.
October 4, 2023 | 07:14 pm PT
Rapid Indonesian speed climbers push boundaries and smash records

Rapid Indonesian speed climbers push boundaries and smash records

Smashing records and nabbing multiple medals at top international events, Indonesia are an unlikely powerhouse in sport climbing ahead of next year's Paris Olympics.
October 4, 2023 | 02:38 am PT
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