Sport

Holland, Germany and Portugal will face off at the Euro 2012 finals in the toughest group of the tournament.

Le Quang Liem will be the only representative to compete in the blitz and rapid chess events at the Sportaccord World Mind Games in China.

Vietnamese young talent tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien was defeated in the first round of the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships in the US.

Tran Vuong Mai Khanh won a silver medal in the girls' U-8 category at the World Youth Chess Championships in Brazil on Sunday.

World No 4 badminton player Peter Hoeg Gade of Denmark will visit Vietnam to compete with local top seed Nguyen Tien Minh in a friendly match.

Manchester United were denied the chance to keep the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester City as Demba Ba's controversial penalty gave 10-man Newcastle a 1-1 draw.

Japan's former two-time world champion Mao Asada will bid to seal her ISU Grand Prix finals' place at the Cup of Russia - the sixth and the last event of the series.

In the FIFA rankings for men’s teams in November, announced on November 23, Vietnam’s position remained unchanged at 134th.

Barcelona dazzled as they beat AC Milan 3-2 at the San Siro to ensure top spot in Champions League Group H.

The 26 th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 26) wrapped up in Indonesia on Nov. 22 with Vietnam finishing third in the medal tally, after host Indonesia and Thailand .

Seventeen films will compete for the Golden Lotus award at the 17th National Film Festival to be held in Phu Yen Province next month.

Vietnam completed competitions at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia on November 22 with 96 gold, 90 silver and 101 bronze medals.

Four more gold medals were obtained at the ongoing 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia on November 20.

Eighty Vietnamese and foreign athletes are expected to take part in the Fansipan Mountain Climbing tournament 2011 scheduled for December 17-19.

Female fencers took a gold medal in the foil team event on November 18, bringing the total number of gold medals for Vietnam to 70.

A flurry of golds catapulted Vietnam into second place in the medals table at the Southeast Asian Games Wednesday as Thailand's momentum stalled.

Vietnam won additional nine gold medals in the second day of the Southeast Asian Games on Nov. 13, ranking third with 17 golds in the medal tally.

Tennis icon Roger Federer won the 800th match of his storied career on Friday.

The national shooting team gained another gold medal in Indonesia on November 14.