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Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem scored an impressive victory over England’s number one player Michael Adams in the ninth round of the 2012 World Chess Olympiad, earning a final 3 – 1 win for the national men’s team.

Fourth seed David Ferrer reached his second US Open semi-final after a quite brilliant five-set tussle against Janko Tipsarevic at Flushing Meadows.

With 352 points, FIFA-accredited referee Vo Quang Vinh won the 2012 Golden Whistle award for the year's best referee, the Vietnam Football Federation announced.

Roger Federer was knocked out of the U.S. Open when he lost a quarter-final thriller to Tomas Berdych just hours after his old rival Andy Roddick bid a tearful farewell to his tennis career.

The Belarusian world number 1 Victoria Azarenka will attend the Heineken Stars 2012 international tournament which kicks off on September 20, along with three other world-class players.

Nine Vietnamese players brought home 1 gold and 5 bronze medals at the 5th World Cup Woodball Championships in Malaysia.

Vietnam’s female chess team has trounced US players in the fifth round of the ongoing World Chess Olympiad in Turkey.

Oscar Pistorius was dethroned as young Brazilian stole his Paralympic T44 200m crown with a powerful run, topping a successful night on the track for the South American nation.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic stormed into the US Open last 16 as Andy Roddick stretched his long goodbye into a prime-time showdown.

Vietnam's top female sprinter Truong Thanh Hang had her right leg broken in a motorcycle accident during a regular practice along with her fellow athletes on a wide road along the seashore of Da Nang central city on Friday.

2003 champion Roddick stuck around at least a little longer by getting past 59th-ranked Fabio Fognini of Italy 7-5, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4.

European champions Chelsea crashed to a 4-1 Super Cup defeat to Atletico Madrid at the Stade Louis II stadium.

Vietnam men's and women's teams failed to claim a second win at the World Chess Olympiad in Turkey.

Badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is still placed 14th in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings, despite winning the 2012 Vietnam Yonex Sunrise Open.

The Prime Minister has approved a campaign for hosting the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Vietnam in 2019.

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 to lift the Spanish Super Cup before a full house at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The Vietnam football team has employed a physical strength coach in their preparation for the Southeast Asian Football Federation Cup later this year.

Nguyen Huy Thanh brought Vietnam a third gold medal at the Asian Wushu Championships in Ho Chi Minh City.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh beat Japanese rival Takuma Ueda 21-14 and 21-19 in the men’s singles final of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open in HCMC.