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The Vietnam Football Federation will limit the number of foreign players in the national football league from 2013, the federation's vice chairman Pham Ngoc Vien said.

International Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam has been invited to join the 2012 Olympics Torch Relay in Manchester, England in June.

Tran Le Quoc Toan has ranked in the top three of the men's 56kg division following the latest rankings issued by the International Weightlifting Federation

Serena Williams has fallen out of love with tennis despite recording an impressive comeback win over Chanelle Scheepers in the first round of the Brisbane International.

With 1,425 points, the Haiphong born gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh was awarded the “best athlete of the year”.

Audio Visual Global (AVG) has the exclusive broadcast rights to all the matches of the Super League for the 2011-2030 seasons.

Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is likely to face world No 1 Lee Chong Wei in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open Super Series 2012.

The National Coaching Council agreed with the VFF to fire Coach Falko Goetz for U23's poor performance at the 26th SEAGames.

The Vietnam Football Federation will employ a domestic coach if it sacks the German coach, Falko Goetz, said the federation chairman.

Vietnamese taekwondo martial artists have finalised their preparations for the coming London Olympics next August.

The National Coaching Council strongly opposed the Vietnam Football Federation's proposal to fire Coach Falko Goetz.

The Vietnam Football Federation signed a$1.65 million contract with Japan’s Dentsu Company to sponsor Vietnam’s national football teams for one year from 2012-2013.

Vietnam surprisingly defeated stronger Georgia 3-1 in the third round of the 2011 Women’s World Chess Team Championship in Turkey.

Vietnam’s national football team has jumped from the 134th to the 99th this December among the FIFA rankings.

Vietnam finished the 6th ASEAN ParaGames whose closing ceremony was held yesterday night in Solo, Indonesia at the 4th place with 44 gold medals.

The Vietnamese team bagged 31 gold medals on the fourth day of the 6th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia on December 18.

Lionel Messi grabbed a classy brace as Barcelona out-classed the Brazilians Santos 4-0 to lift the Club World Cup.

Ngo Lan Huong secured a second place finish, ahead of the final round in the women's category at the SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 in China.

The badminton team have won the first medal for Vietnam at the ongoing ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia.