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Vietnam's national football team has dropped seven places to No 123 in the June rankings, the International Federation of Association Football announced.

An increasing number of clubs have been threatening to leave the V-League, and fans place blame on both the clubs and their organisers for being unprofessional.

Top Vietnamese swimmers Nguyen Thi Anh Vien and Hoang Quy Phuoc will compete in the 38th Southeast Asian (SEA) Age-Group Swimming Championship, which started on June 6 in Singapore.

World elite badminton athlete Nguyen Tien Minh has maintained his position in the top 10, although he has dropped in the rankings by a remarkable number of points.

Iwashimizu Azusa buried the winning goal in the final moments of the second 15-minute extra time to help Japan edge out China 2-1 in the semi-final match at the AFC Women's Asian Cup yesterday at Thong Nhat Stadium in

Two terrible mistakes from captain Le Thi Thuong and goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh handed Thailand a 2-1 victory over the home team Vietnam in the fifth-place play-off match at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup last night.

Vietnamese women will face their Thai rivals on May 21 in a play-off match to determine the fifth Asian ticket to the Women’s World Cup 2015 in Canada.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has become the first Vietnamese swimmer winning a berth to the world championships after her outstanding performance in the US.

'Running man' Nguyen Xuan Tien has decided to auction his T-shirt which has with the autographs of European giant Arsenal's star footballers.

Vietnam Television has officially won broadcast rights for the World Cup 2014, at the price of USD7 million.

Coach Chen Yun Fat of the Vietnamese women's football team has been motivating his players with the promise of greater things to come, like a chance to play in the World Cup.

Toshiya Miura of Japan has penned a two-year contract with the Vietnam Football Federation to coach the national football squad and the national Olympic team.

The VFF will pay USD15,000 a month for the new Japanese coach of the national squad, much lower than what previous foreign coaches have received in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Football Federation is speeding up procedures to sign a contract with a Japanese coach to lead the national football team.

The National Traditional Boat Racing Tournament will kick off on May 5, on the Con Son Lake of the Con Son-Kiep Bac Tourism Site in Hai Duong Province.

Vietnam lost 1-3 to Bulgaria in their last group series of the on-going 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo on May 1.

Police in Ninh Binh Province recently arrested two footballers from the provincial football club for betting on the results of a recent football match.

Vietnam will compete against strong rivals in Group C at the final round of the U19 Asia Football Tournament 2014, according to a draw held in Myanmar on the evening of April 24.

Twenty two teams from Vietnam, Japan and Malaysia are set to participate in a cycling tournament from May 1-6 to mark the 60th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonialism.