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Arsenal has reduced their player number for the upcoming friendly match in Vietnam to just 22, from the initial 44.

US Open Badminton Championship No.3 seed Nguyen Tien Minh had no trouble thrashing Andres Lopez (underdog world no.244) from Mexico 2-0 in the first round of the tournament on July 9.

Dozens of football fans gathered at the headquarters of the VFF to get tickets for the friendly Vietnam-Arsenal football match.

Twenty-nine Vietnamese martial artists will be competing at the third World Vovinam Championships in Paris, France, over July 5–7.

Vietnam’s leading chess player Le Quang Liem has jumped from 34th to 4th in the FIDE’s most recent World Blitz Chess rankings for July.

14 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the 27th World Student Games festival, which is scheduled to take place in Kazan, Russia from June 30-July 20.

Vietnamese teenage swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien stormed to a gold medal at the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, South Korea, yesterday.

Arsenal Football Club has sent a list of 69 members who will participate in its friendly match with Vietnam on July 17, including its best players.

Vietnamese track-and-field athletes won seven gold, four silver and four bronzes on the second day of the 5th ASEAN School Games (June 26).

Student athletes from Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, the Philippines and Laos began their competitions in Hanoi on June 24.

The Vietnamese U14 female squad has been crowned the 2013 Asian Football Championship for Southeast Asian region after thrashing Cambodia 7-0 in its last match in Ho Chi Minh City on June 23.

Top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh secured a berth in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open after he beat Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in the second round.

An extraordinary row between South Korea and Iran highlights the tensions in Asia's World Cup qualifying ahead of Tuesday's final group matches, with Australia also urging caution before trying to book their ticket to Brazil.

The VFF has entered into a price war with My Dinh Stadium owners to ensure the go ahead of a friendly match between Arsenal and Vietnam.

The fifth National Motor Racing Cup will be held in southern Binh Phuoc Province this Sunday for both professional and semi-pro racers.

Authorities in Spain are investigating FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi and his father over suspicions they used offshore havens to avoid paying some €4 million in taxes on income from some of the star footballer's endorsement deals.

The Criminal Police Department has begun an investigation into the most recent bribery case, involving four VFF referees.

Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem outclassed most of his leading players at the World Blitz Chess Championship in Russia on June 10, securing top place for the first time.

Top chiefs from the VFF's referee department have been suspended after four referees were accused of receiving bribes.