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Pearce takes charge as England mull Capello successor

Stuart Pearce will take temporary charge of England for this month's friendly against the Netherlands while the search for Fabio Capello's permanent successor as boss gets underway ahead of June's European Championship

Capello quits as England manager

Italian Fabio Capello's turbulent reign as England manager ended Wednesday when he resigned after meeting FA chairman David Bernstein and general secretary Alex Horne at Wembley stadium

Local chess star defending championship in Russia

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem is in Russia to participate in the 11th Aeroflot Open, a tournament in which he has won championships for the past two consecutive years

Match Play Champs set for next week

The Vietnam Match Play Championship is set to kick off at the Montgomerie Links golf course in Quang Nam province on December 22.

First International Dog Show a big hit

Vietnam Dog Show 2011 wrapped up on Sunday afternoon after a tough two-day challenge with Vietnamese handler Le Duy Bao from HCMC’s Pomeranian the winner of the first VKA FCI International Dog Show.

Euro 2012 draw throws up tasty ties

Traditional rivals Germany and Netherlands will lock horns in a tough group at the 2012 European soccer championship while co-hosts Poland will be hoping that history does not repeat itself when Greece provide the opposition on the opening day next June

Regional U21 champs to be re-organised

The Southeast Asian Under-21 Football Championship will be re-organised next year, according to the Asian Football Federation (AFF).

Vietnam women trounce Singapore 9-1

Striker Nguyen Thi Hoa scored the very first hat trick plus one and striker Huynh Nhu also added herself to the scorer list with another hattrick of the tournament

Training her way to gold medal podium

Nguyen Thi My Linh enters the sports history of Vietnam as the first Vietnamese woman to win a world bodybuilding and physical fitness title. The gold medal last week marks her surprising comeback at the age of 40 after a 2-year ban for doping

Army sharpshooters bang on target

Sharpshooter Nguyen Thi Phuong of the Army team took gold in the women's individual 50m prone rifle event after scoring 589 points on the first day of the National Shooting Championship yesterday.

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Documentary fest debuts in Dong Nai

DONG NAI — Two workshops concentrating on making documentaries for television will open the very first Southern Area TV Documentary Film Festival in Dong Nai Province today.The festival has been locked in Bien Hoa City's Buu Lengthy Tourist Park.The big event has attracted filmmakers and producers from 41 TV and r / c in addition to film companies in the area.The 3-day festival is organised through the Dong Nai Tv and radio and it is partners. It's designed: "Viet Nam and it is people while renewal and

Culture Vulture (May, 23 2012)

Composer Vu Nhat Tan intends to debut his work on the inaugural LA Worldwide Audio Festival in La from May 9 to 26.Tan spoke about his work.You stated that the latest piece for that orchestra was inspired by and modified in the book of poetry The Song of Napalm through the American poet Bruce Weigl. How was the collaboration setup?I met the Southwest Chamber Music orchestra in 2008 once they first co-operated with Viet Nam. This Year, I had been a guest artist in another