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Leading Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has narrowly defeated Spain’s Pablo Abian 2-1 in their World Badminton Federation World Championship round of 16 match on August 8.

13-year-old player Nguyen Hong Son from the Promotion Fund for Vietnamese Football Talents has been selected by Serbian coach Bora Milutinovic to train in Qatar’s Sports Aspire.

The 18th Asian Games will cost Vietnam an estimated VND15-16 trillion to hold, said the Head of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

Arsenal Coach Arsene Wenger kept his promise to invite the Vietnamese Running Man to the Emirates Stadium, which has done wonders for the team’s image in Asia.

Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh outperformed New Zealand’s Joe Wu, earning a ticket to the 2nd round of the World Badminton Championships 2013.

French coach Grachen Guillaume has been chosen to lead the U19 Vietnam football team to the coming Southeast Asian tournament.

Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh has been named the best player in Southeast Asia in an online voting contest organised by sports online newspaper Goal.

Vietnam’s female football squad has defended its 28th place in the latest International Federation of Association Football rankings, its1654 points leading the Southeast Asian region.

The first international mountain marathon will take place in Sapa, Lao Cai province on October 5.

Chief coach Hoang Van Phuc has decided to only lead the national U23 squad in preparation for the upcoming 27th SEA Games in Myanmar later this year.

A series of contests and games were launched in Hanoi on July 22 in the lead up to the 17th Asian Games to be held in the Republic of Korea in 2014.

Cong Vinh confirmed that he has been invited by the Japanese football club, Consadole Sapporo FC, to play in the J-League Division 2.

Promising young cyclist Huynh Thanh Tung will start training at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland from next week.

Tran Manh Dung scored for Vietnam in their 7-1 loss to Arsenal at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi yesterday.

About 30,000 Vietnamese spectators saw with their own eye Arsenal FC players do a warm-up exercise in Hanoi on July 16, one day ahead of their friendly match against Vietnamese players.

The vice-captain of the Vietnamese National Football Team said that the team will try their best in the friendly match against Arsenal today.

Hundreds of Vietnamese football fans came to Noi Bai Airport and waited many hours to welcome their Arsenal team idols.

Vietnamese badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh triumphed over his Chinese rival, Wing Ki Wong 2-1 in the US Open Prix Gold’s final clash on July 14, winning the championship title.

Vietnamese badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh defeated Japanese rival Kento Momota 2-0 in the semi-finals of the US Open Prix Gold 2013 on July 13.