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Vissai Ninh Binh FC’s 1-0 win over Hong Kong league champions Leg Kitchee on the second leg match on August 26 could not help the Vietnamese Cup holders enter the semi-finals of AFC Cup 2014 due to their 2-4

Midfielder Van Son’s only goal helped U19 Vietnam overwhelm U19 Thailand in a dramatic match of the ASEAN Youth Football Championship in Brunei on August 20, earning them a ticket to the final game against Myanmar.

Midfield player Dong Trieu will not play in the Vietnamese U19 team's match with Thailand in the Southeast Asian U22 Football Championship in Brunei today.

Vietnam has advanced to the semi-final round of the ASEAN Youth Football Championships in Brunei after defeating Cambodia 3-0 and taking the top place in Group B.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien lived up to expectations as she brought home the Women’s 200m Medley gold medal on August 17, the first gold for Vietnam at the ongoing second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, and also Vietnam’s

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.