Defending champions Vietnam make winning start to ASEAN Championship
Screengrab of the Vietnam-Timor Leste match in the ASEAN Championship on Friday (Jul 24).
Read a summary of this article on FAST.
Get bite-sized news via a new
cards interface. Give it a try.
Click here to return to FAST
Tap here to return to FAST
FAST
Vietnam kicked off the defence of their ASEAN Championship title with a 7-0 win over Timor-Leste in Chonburi on Friday (Jul 24), with Nguyen Dinh Bac scoring a hat-trick for Kim Sang-sik’s side.
Brazil-born forward Do Hoang Hen gave Vietnam a seventh-minute lead before Dinh Bac doubled his side’s advantage in the 31st minute with a curling strike into the bottom corner of Dylan Niski’s goal.
Hoang Hen and Dinh Bac scored and Nguyen Xuan Son was on target in stoppage time to give Vietnam a five-goal lead at the interval.
Dinh Bac completed his hat-trick in the 65th minute when he steered home Bui Hoang Viet Anh’s cutback and an own goal by Liam Farrugia completed the rout.
Guess Word
Crack the word, one row at a time
Buzzword
Create words using the given letters
Mini Sudoku
Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser
Mini Crossword
Small grid, big challenge
Word Search
Spot as many words as you can
Singapore needed a spectacular last-gasp strike by Ilhan Fandi to register a 2-1 win over Cambodia in Phnom Penh after Shawal Anuar’s 22nd-minute opener for the visitors had been cancelled out by Ouk Sovann in the 55th minute.
Ilhan claimed the points for Singapore 11 minutes into stoppage time when he flicked Song Ui-young’s pass into the air to set himself up for an acrobatic finish that gave Cambodian goalkeeper Hul Kimhuy no chance.
Catch the ASEAN Hyundai Cup 2026 from Jul 24 to Aug 26 live or on-demand on mewatch. Follow Mediacorp Sports on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook for the latest updates and trending content!
Source: Reuters/ss
Sign up for our newsletters
Get the CNA app
Stay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best stories
Get WhatsApp alerts
Join our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat app
Get bite-sized news via a new
cards interface. Give it a try.
Click here to return to FAST
Tap here to return to FAST
FAST
About The Author
