Sport

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training has revealed 298 candidates have signed up to participate in the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea.

Japanese coach Toshiya Miura has chosen 26 players for the Vietnamese football team to prepare for the upcoming ASEAN Football Championship- 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup.

A delegation of 13 athletes on August 13 leaves for China to represent Vietnam at the second edition of the global competition for junior athletes - the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

The Vietnamese men’s chess team has moved up 15 notches to 17th place at the 2014 Chess Olympiad taking place in the Norwegian city of Tromso after defeating Peru 3.5-0.5 in the ninth round on August 12.

Doan Ngoc Hao of the Vietnam national futsal team has been hit with a two-year ban for a doping offence, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced.

The draw for the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup was held at the Sheraton hotel in Hanoi on August 5.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has suspended nine players of The Vissai Ninh Binh FC for their alleged engagement in an AFC Cup 2014 match-fixing scandal.

The Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam has decided to prosecute six Dong Nai FC players, who had been arrested for match fixing after a V-League match, for gambling and organising gambling.

Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh slid three places to the 20th spot in the world badminton rankings, according to the Badminton World Federation.

Six players of the V-League's Dong Nai FC will soon be prosecuted for match-fixing, major-general Ho Sy Tien, head of the Police Department for Investigation of Social Order-related Crimes, confirmed yesterday.

The chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation has vowed to investigate and address violations after some players were arrested for their alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal.

About 4,200 foreign and domestic athletes, both professional and amateur, are expected to participate in the 2014 International Marathon due to take place in the central coastal city of Danang from August 28-31.

Vietnam and Singapore have been selected to host the final round of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 – a football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation, according to a July 14 draw in Hanoi.

Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam overwhelmed Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan (China) in a final match of the US Open Badminton Championship in New York on July 13 (local time), defending his title.

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Japan Football Association (JFA) in Hanoi on July 11, opening up many opportunities for bilateral football co-operation in the future.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Tien Minh defeated Indian rival Chetan Anand on July 9, advancing to the third round of the 2014 US YONEX Open Badminton Championships.

The second event of the "Chess for Girls " series takes place in Ho Chi Minh City during July 2-7.

Two-time winner Hoang Xuan Vinh will head to Beijing this week to compete at the International Sport Shooting Federation World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in China.

Vietnam won three bronze medals in the age group event at the ongoing World Aerobic Gymnastics Championships and World Age Group competitions from June 23-29 in Cancun, Mexico.