Sport

The capital's first-ever street football tournament will kick off on Sunday in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Finance is gathering opinions on a draft decree on sports betting.

The Vietnam Football Federation has compiled a shortlist of three candidates to be elected as VFF's chairman.

Former Manchester United FC goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was greeted by crowds of football fans at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on April 24 upon his arrival at 09.00am.

Bayern Munich’s incredible season continued when they handed Barcelona one of their heaviest defeats for years, hammering the Catalans 4-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Manchester United has won the Premier League title with a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa.

Rafael Nadal will quickly bury his sorrows after the end of his eight-year title streak by turning his focus to the Barcelona Open.

Vietnam’s No.1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has surprisingly been disqualified from the first round of the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei (China).

Manchester United ambassador and former goalie Peter Schmeichel will visit Vietnam at the invitation of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam.

World No.10 Nguyen Tien Minh will join his Vietnamese teammates at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei, China from April 16-21.

The national men’s football squad has dropped three notches to 132nd in the latest April rankings of the International Federation of Association Football,, but still tops the region.

To lessen anticipation, the national team at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games will have lower targeted expectations.

Vietnam and Singapore will co-host the 2014 ASEAN Football Championship or AFF Suzuki Cup, the ASEAN Football Federation has announced.

Leading Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has been confirmed as the second seed at the Yonex Australian Badminton Open, only preceded by Malaysian World No.1 Lee Chong Wei.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will take part in the Asian Continental Individual Chess Championships in Manila, the Philippines, next month.

The Vietnam Football Federation has selected caretaker coach Hoang Van Phuc to train the national squad despite the team’s recent defeats at the 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Vietnamese gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh won a gold medal at the Challenge Cup in Doha, Qatar on March 29.

The image of Vietnamese football referees has been worsened after a member of the VPF referee board accused another member of embezzlement.

Gymnast Nguyen Ha Thanh has won a gold medal in the men’s parallel bars event at the Challenge Cup in Germany.