Former US women’s national team footballer Linda Hamilton, who won the World Cup in 1991, and coach Lisa Berg had a training session with Vietnamese female footballers as part of the Sports Envoy programme in Da Nang today (25 April).

Former US women’s national team footballer Linda Hamilton in Viet Nam (Photo: VNA)

Twenty-five students from football faculty at the Da Nang University of Physical Education and Sports participated in a training course from the US envoys on how to play and organise sport events.

The sport programme was rounded off in the city with a football festival for a total of 100 pupils at Da Nang’s SOS Children's Village and the Nguyen Dinh Chieu Special School for Disabled Children.

The Sports Envoy programme is a global sports mentoring programme of the US Department of State. It mobilises professional athletes, coaches and administrators in a range of sports to engage underserved youth, particularly girls.

(Source: VNA)