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Female defender wins 2019 football fair play award

Defender Chuong Thi Kieu from the national women’s football team won the 2019 Fair Play Award at a ceremony in HCM City on June 9.
Female defender wins 2019 football fair play award ảnh 1Defender Chuong Thi Kieu (second from left) wins the 2019 Fair Play Award (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) - Defender Chuong Thi Kieu fromthe national women’s football team won the 2019 Fair Play Award at a ceremonyin HCM City on June 9.

Kieu earned 695 points from the votes of 155 experts,coaches, referees, and football reporters.

She suffered an injury during the final againstThailand at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in 2019 but stillbattled throughout the 120 minutes of regular and extra time, which Vietnam wonand were crowned champions.

Referee Ngo Duy Lan was second in the awards, after savinga player from swallowing his tongue following a collision in a 2019 V.League match.

Two police officers in the northern province of NamDinh also received recognition for helping a young child suffering a seizure amonga sea of supporters at Thien Truong Stadium during another match of thedomestic competition.

Also honoured were the U-22 men’s football team at the30th SEA Games, two female fans who brought food to support the Vietnamesesquads at the regional event in the Philippines, and the women’s team coach MaiDuc Chung.

The annual awards, initiated by the Ho Chi Minh CityLaw newspaper, were launched in 2012 and honour fairness in Vietnamese football./.

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