Sport

All eyes turn to London on Friday for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.

Stars of sport and screen gathered in London to honour legendary heavyweight boxer and Olympic champion Muhammad Ali as the countdown to the 2012 Games neared its finale.

Vietnamese sole Olympic badminton representative Nguyen Tien Minh will compete in group D following a draw held yesterday in London.

Thousands of VIPs including some 120 national leaders have jet into London for Friday's Olympic opening ceremony.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has been seeded No.10 at the London 2012 Olympics.

Bradley Wiggins has been crowned Britain's first Tour de France champion, becoming an instant sporting hero at home just ahead of the London Olympics- in which he hopes to star again.

Former Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci and ex-basketball star John Amaechi will carry the Olympic flame as it begins a seven-day tour of London on Saturday.

The Vietnamese sports delegation has left the country for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Second-round play began Friday at the British Open with Rory McIlroy among the early starters chasing 18-hole leader Adam Scott and Tiger Woods among the last of the leaders out at Royal Lytham.

England will defend their ranking as the top Test team in the world when they come up against a strong South African side in the first of three Test matches at the Oval on Thursday.

A Vietnamese martial art is claiming its place beside karate and taekwondo, now that the Southeast Asian Games will allow athletes to compete in vovinam.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that world football's governing body has adopted a new code of ethics.

When finances at the Ho Chi Minh City Football Club turned sour, the chairman looked to none other than himself.

Thousands of athletes and officials are to begin arriving in London for the Olympic Games, as questions remain about recruitment of security staff.

The Vietnamese team grabbed three gold medals in the final round of the 2012 Asian Muay Thai Championships which started in HCM City on the evening of July 12.

Eight teams from across the country are competing at the U17 National Football Championships in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from July 11-20.

The winner of this year's ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup will receive a prize of USD200,000, double that of previous years.

A ceremony to wish the Vietnamese team every success at the 2012 London Olympic Games was held in Hanoi.

Vietnamese athletes will face tough competition at the 19th HCM City International Track and Field Championships as countries in the region are sending their best athletes.