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Vietnamese star Le Quang Liem, the world number 25 with an Elo rating of 2717, finished competition at the first leg of the invitational Spice Cup.

Paragliding has been officially recognised in Vietnam with a national paragliding team for the 26th Southeast Asian Games scheduled for November.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is competing at the 2011 Open Badminton Tournament, which kicked off in Denmark on October 18.

Some of the best golfers from Asia have arrived in South Korea to compete at the $750,000 C.J. Invitational hosted by Players Championship winner K.J. Choi.

Vietnam took the lead at the Southeast Asian Vovinam Championships in Cambodia over the weekend, with nine gold and 10 silver medals.

Roger Federer has dropped out of the top three in the ATP rankings for the 1st time since just before winning the 1st of his 16 Grand Slam titles.

Twenty-year-old Phan Thi Ha Thanh won a bronze medal in the pommel horse event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

The Vietnamese national women’s football team left for Laos on Friday to take part in the 2011 ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championship.

Nguyen Thanh Tung of Vietnam took home a gold medal today at the World Wushu Championship taking place in Turkey.

Wayne Rooney has been banned for three matches by UEFA for his red card against Montenegro.

Super International Grand chess master Le Quang Liem left Ho Chi Minh City to attend the SPICE Cup in the US from October 15-25.

France survived a tense night at Stade de France to send Laurent Blanc's side to Euro 2012 after drawing 1-1 with Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Vietnam’s U19 women team was defeated by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea team in the 2011 Asia U-19 Women’s Football Championships.

Vietnamese junior Nguyen Hoang Thien won the men's singles and doubles titles at the Hong Kong Open Junior Tennis Championships on Saturday.

Germany's Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest back-to-back world champion on Sunday when he finished third in the Japanese Grand Prix.

Tiger Woods carded his 2nd straight 68 but found himself well off the pace in third round of the US PGA Tour's Frys.com Open.

The International Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament-Khang Linh Cup 2011 opened in Vung Tau City on October 7.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's Shanghai Masters due to troublesome back injury, said organisers.

Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi My Linh has won two gold medals at both Asian and world championships.