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The 21st World Karate Championships 2012 will officially mark the return of Vietnam's former world champion Nguyen Hoang Ngan after a two-year absence.

Mark Cavendish said in an interview that he hopes to end the opening stage of next year's 100th Tour de France in the race leader's coveted yellow jersey.

Vietnam’s Chinese chess team won a silver medal after beating West Malaysia 2-1 at the Asian Team Chess Championship held in the Philippines.

Victoria Azarenka secured the year-ending world number one ranking on Friday when she reached the semi-finals of the WTA Championships.

Vietnam has met all conditions to host the 18th Asian Games in 2019, says Wei Jizhong from the Olympic Council of Asia.

Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has climbed one notch up in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings to return to world’s top ten.

English heavyweights Manchester City and Arsenal slumped to surprise Champions League defeats leaving the former staring at a second successive exit at the group stage.

Germany defender Marcel Schmelzer hit a second-half winner as Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid 2-1.

South Korea's skating star Kim Yu-Na is reuniting with two of her childhood coaches as she returns to competitive skating ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, her agency said.

Lance Armstrong's epic fall concluded with the loss of seven Tour de France titles, leaving cycling with a gaping hole in its record book and grasping for a way to move past a drug-tainted era.

Vietnamese chess GM Le Quang Liem was placed second after a draw with Phillipine rival Wesley So in his last match of the US Spice Cup Festival.

Tiger Woods said he was looking forward to a "decade" of battles with US PGA champion Rory McIlroy as the world's top two prepare to go head-to-head in China next week.

Malaysia triumphed at Thanh Nien (Youth) Newspaper International Under-U21 Football Championships at Pleiku Stadium in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.

Sir Ferguson said Rio Ferdinand "will be dealt with" after not wearing a Kick It Out T-shirt in a protest against the campaign group.

More than 150 martial artists are participating in the 2012 Southeast Asian Judo Championships, which opened in Bac Lieu Province on October 19.

Vietnam overwhelmed Sydney 3-0 on October 19 to clash against Malaysia in the final match of the ongoing International U21 Football Championships.

Twelve Vietnamese martial artists will take part in the Asian Vovinam Championships at Kish Island, Iran, starting today.

Singers should take the initiative in reminding event organisers to pay copyright fees for songs that they perform, Vietnamese music copyright chief urged.

Defending champion Le Quang Liem experienced his fifth draw on Oct 16 at the ongoing Spice Cup Chess Festival in the US.