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Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will start the new year by competing in the 2012 Korea Open Super Series Premier in Seoul from January 3-8.

National karate team members will be provided with body protection in domestic and international competitions from next year.

The Vietnam Football Federation opened a training course for referees, supervisors and co-ordinators for new season of Vietnam's V-League.

Saigon FC, a new football club, made its debut in Ho Chi Minh City on December 12.

After her impressive victory at the SEA Games 26, artistic gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh continued her winning form to take another gold medal in Japan.

Seamer Doug Bracewell bowled New Zealand to a sensational seven-run victory over Australia in the second Test.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has held on to his 7th position in the Badminton World Federation’s rankings.

The Vietnam Professional Football Company will eliminate the right for a single person to own different football clubs.

Sir Alex Ferguson lashed out at Roy Keane after seeing his side consigned to a humiliating Champions League exit by Basel.

Top Vietnamese wrestler Nguyen Thi Lua will tussle with Asian counterparts at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualification in Kazakhstan.

Spain's fifth Davis Cup title party in 11 years fell flat when Rafael Nadal revealed he'd skip next year's title defence.

Vietnam has halved its target for Olympic berths in London next year to 10 after reconsidering its athletes’ qualifying chances.

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.