Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem will leave the Aeroflot chess tournament in Russia to compete in the UK’s Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 from January 22-31.
Cycling could be cut from the Olympic programme if the Lance Armstrong scandal implicates the sport's governing body of covering up a widespread doping scheme, the International Olympic Committee said.
Trainer Hoang Van Phuc has been assigned to lead Vietnam’s national football team in its two matches with the UAE on February 6 and Hong Kong on March 22 in the 2015 Asian Cup qualifying round.
Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has been selected as 2012’s most outstanding athlete (scoring 1570 points), followed by swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (1020 points).
Nicol David continued to make nonsense of the idea that a bevy of young challengers might be closing the gap on her as she reached her seventh World Open final in eight years.