Sport

Australia's great Olympic swimming hope James "The Missile" Magnussen was struck by a chest infection which ruled him out of a three-day training camp with his teammates.

Four Vietnamese tennis players flew to Iran on April 20 to take part in the Davis Cup 2012 tournament.

Young female gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong has taken a berth to the coming 2012 Olympics in London.

Brendan Steele has recaptured the same focus that made him a winner last year in his rookie season on the US PGA Tour just in time to defend his crown starting Thursday at the Texas Open.

Pupils in Hanoi will have the opportunity to receive professional football training and participate in a major youth football tournament.

Nguyen Tien Minh is the only Vietnamese player qualifying for the second round of the singles event at the Badminton Asia Championship in Qingdao, China.

Asian football is facing a potentially momentous week as powerful regional chief Mohamed bin Hammam appeals against a lifetime corruption ban in a case with wide significance.

Vietnam’s top player Nguyen Tien Minh is scheduled to compete in China from April 17-22 as seed No7 at the 2012 Asian Badminton Championships.

Qualifier Michael Russell stunned top seed Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-1, thrilling his hometown fans as he booked a quarter-final berth at the ATP Tour US Men's Clay Court Championship.

Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has move two notches up to 10th position in the latest ranking of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) position after one month.

Vietnam’s young tennis hopeful Nguyen Hoang Thien has suffered another setback in his bid to become a player on the professional circuit.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh thrashed his Indonesian rival Yunus Alamsyah 2-0 to enter the semi-finals of the Yonex Australian Badminton Open.

Vietnam’s U19 team will take part in an international football tournament in Palestine in May.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh easily defeated Kaveh Mehrabi from Iran 2-0 to enter round 16 of an ongoing Yonex badminton tournament in Sydney.

Coach Mai Duc Chung of the U22 team has scheduled a training session in Europe this June to help the team prepare for the Asian Under-22 Football Championships 2013 qualifiers.

Vietnamese hopeful Nguyen Thi Lua has taken a berth to the world’s largest sporting event after wining a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualifiers in Kazakhstan.

The 2012 Men’s Futures – Tanimex Cup, a professional tennis tournament of the International Tennis Federation, will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 2-22.

National television station VTV has successfully acquired the rights to broadcast all 31 matches of the UEFA Euro 2012, and has set high requirement for sharing the rights.

Manchester City will look to return to the top of the Premier League and pile the pressure on title rivals Manchester United when they travel to Stoke on Saturday.