Sport

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.

Vietnam will play host to a number of international sport events, including football, badminton, chess and Taekwondo tournaments, this year.

Vietnamese martial artists secured second place at a Muay Thai World Championship, which concluded in Bangkok.

Swimming talent Hoang Quy Phuoc has been accused as an arrogant superstar, and the main cause for all of the troubles the Vietnamese swimming squad has been facing in the US.

The Vietnam Football Federation has turned down the proposal to hire international referees to work in the V-League.

John Isner pulled off the biggest upset of his career at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday before Roger Federer imperiously outplayed long-time rival Rafa Nadal in the other semi-final.

The Union of European Football Associations has officially granted rights to Vietnam Television to broadcast the final rounds EURO 2012 in Vietnam.

Rafael Nadal raced into the Indian Wells quarter-finals with a dominating win, while Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer needed three sets each to beat unseeded opponents.

Domesco Dong Thap has taken lead in the second International Women’s Cycling Race, which concluded in southern Binh Duong province on March 14.

Bayern Munich marched into the Champions League quarter-finals by smashing FC Basel 7-0 in the second leg of their last 16 clash.