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V-League 2013 will begin on March 3 with 12 teams, two less than last year, said the Vietnam Professional Football Company.

FIFA has decided to provide the Vietnam Football Federation with 500,000 USD for training new under-15 talents following the success of the Goal Project in Vietnam, the VFF Chairman said.

Lionel Messi broke Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for the most goals in a calendar year on Sunday.

As many as 163 athletes will attend the 16th Asian Petanque Championship, to be held for the first time in Hanoi from December 12-16.

V-League Champions SHB Danang will take on archrilvals at the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup.

The Vietnam Football Federation has accepted the resignation of national team head coach Phan Thanh Hung after its dismal performance at the ongoing AFF Cup.

National athletes will compete at the 7th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, in Tujia, Colombia, from December 6–9.

French club AS Monaco are expected to meet David Beckham for talks in a bid to tempt the player to end his career with them.

A disappointed Vietnam was sent home following a dismal defeat by Thailand in its last group A match at the AFF Suzuki Cup.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism discussed expenses for the 18th ASIAD, which is to be held in Vietnam in 2019.

Vietnam martial artists won eight gold, nine silver and three bronze medals at the 15th Pencak Silat World Championships.

Vietnam's football appears to be in a slump after the national team lost the recent match in the Asian Football Federation Cup.

Achim Ecke from the German National Olympic Committee is running a training course in Hanoi for Vietnamese coaches.

Vietnam’s national team lost to the Philippines 0-1 in the second match of the ASEAN Football Federation of Suzuki Cup at Rajamangala Stadium in Thailand on November 27.

Vietnamese gymnasts won two golds and one silver at the 2012 Ostrava World Cup, which wrapped up in the Czech Republic.

Rangana Herath grabbed two big wickets to lead Sri Lanka's fightback on the second day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo.

Vietnam were held to a 1-1 draw by Myanmar in the opening game of the 2012 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup in Bangkok on November 24.

Harrison Dillard, who overcame racial prejudice to become the only man to achieve the Olympic double of 100m and 110m hurdles gold, and fought as a Buffalo Solider in the Second World War, was honoured on Friday.

Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh easily defeated host rival Ka Long in straight sets at the Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships 2012 on November 21.