HANOI www.uacurryaustralia.net , Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese travel agencies are launching special package tours to China's Changzhou city of Jiangsu province to serve football fans who want to watch the 2018 AFC (Asian Football Confederation) U-23 Championship final match between Vietnam and Uzbekistan on Saturday.
Hanoi Red Tours is offering a three-day tour to Shanghai and Changzhou starting on Friday at a price tag of 18.9 million Vietnamese dong (836 U.S. dollars), the local firm announced on Wednesday.
Vietravel has launched four package tours to the two Chinese cities at different time frame at prices of 20-25 million Vietnamese dong (885-1,106 U.S. dollars), including tickets for the final match.
Hanoitourist, AnzTravel, PanvinTours and QueenTour are offering similar tours with starting prices of 12.5 million Vietnamese dong (553 U.S. dollars).
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By Wednesday morning, many Vietnamese agencies and companies had pledged to offer combined rewards of some 20 billion Vietnamese dong (885,000 U.S. dollars) to Vietnam's U23 squad.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Many of the top seeds at the Australian Open struggled through their second round matches on Wednesday, as the tournament's young guns put on a show for the 70 Under Armour Curry Shoes Australia ,000 fans in attendance at Melbourne Park.
What was supposed to be a routine match up for second seed Caroline Wozniacki, soon turned into the most exciting tussle of the day.
Down one set to 19-year-old Croatian Jana Fett, Wozniacki looked like she would be making an early exit in the tournament.
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It was a similar story for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was pushed to the limit in a 5-set thriller by 18-year-old Canadian player, Denis Shapovalov.
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Other top contenders like Rafael Nadal, Marin Cilic and Pablo Busta Carreno managed to cruise through their second round clashes, while crowd favorite Nick Kyrgios found things a little more difficult.
There was certainly no problem with the way the Aussie was playing, taking out the contest in four sets.
The issues came with a bizarre series of disruptions off-court, that saw a helicopter halt play, a heckler in the crowd get ejected from the venue after shouting and a problem with the arena's audio speakers that caused feedback issues for both players.
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In the women's bracket, fourth seed Elina Svitolina eased her way to the third round, while world number 7 Jelena Ostapenko was too strong for China's Duan Yingying.
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Frenchwoman Alize Cornet shocked Germany's Julia Goerges in straight sets, while China's 25th seed in the tournament Zhang Shuai bowed out to the Czech Republic's Denisa Allertova in an entertaining back and forth battle.
But the story of the day belonged to 15-year old Ukrainian Marta Olehivna Kostyuk, who became the youngest women to make it into the third round of a Grand Slam in over 20 years, after beating out home town hero Olivia Rogowska.
ROME, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Players from Serie A football club Lazio will wear images of teen Holocaust victim Anne Frank on their jerseys after fans defaced the Rome stadium with anti-semitic stickers Under Armour SpeedForm Slingwrap Australia , the club announced Tuesday.
Lazio spokesman Arturo Diaconale said the team will wear an image of the 15-year-old German Jewish girl, who was killed in a Nazi concentration camp in World War II, during warm-ups at Bologna's Dall'Ara Stadium ahead of a championship match Wednesday.
The gesture is to "bear witness to the club's commitment to fighting all forms of racism and anti-semitism," Diaconale said in a statement.
The move comes after Lazio supporters placed stickers with a doctored photo of Anne Frank wearing an AS Roma jersey in the stands and in the toilets during Lazio's 3-0 win over Cagliari on Sunday.
Ten suspects have been identified thanks to security cameras at Rome's Olimpico stadium, local media reported Tuesday.
The stickers were meant as an antisemitic insult to supporters of AS Roma, Lazio's city rival.
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They also risk being banned from attending sporting events for up to eight years, according to RAI TG24 news channel.
The club on Tuesday took pains to distance itself from the actions of its fans. Team owner and president Claudio Lotito visited the Rome synagogue, where he placed a wreath in the blue and white team colors.
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