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Liverpool will set up football training establishments around the globe in the next three years, with priority given to some Asian countries including India, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Vietnamese stars Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son are set to leave for Russia on August 25 to take part in the World Chess Cup.

Liverpool cruised into the League Cup third round with a 3-1 win over minnows Exeter City.

Vietnam’s national football team has jumped from 144th to 129th in the August rankings, the International Federation of Association Football announced.

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Vietnam will now be added to the list of potential Manchester United Far East tour destinations.

The UK’s leading football team, Manchester United, has signed a three-year partnership with Beeline, Vietnam’s mobile telecoms company.

Having once been the major power in European and world club football, Italy is rapidly becoming the sick man of Europe in footballing terms.

Tiger Woods has fallen further in the latest golf world rankings and is now down in 35th place.

Song Lam Nghe An became the new Vietnamese League champions Sunday after drawing 1-1 with defending champions Hanoi T&T in the final round.

The 2011 National Boat Racing Championships kicked off in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on August 19.

US sprinter Mike Rodgers was handed a provisional suspension after a positive drug test and won't race at the athletics World Championships, according to the US Anti-Doping Agency.

Novak Djokovic has breezed through his 3rd round match but Rafael Nadal was pushed to the limit before he reached the quarter-finals in Cincinnati.

Vietnam's futsal (indoor football) team will play against Malaysia in the opener in the Asian Football ConfederationFutsal Championship qualifiers.

Vietnam will play in Group B of the ASEAN Zone qualifiers, which will take place from November 26 to December 1, 2011.

Novak Djokovic barely broke a sweat as he routed American Ryan Harrison 6-2, 6-3 to breeze into the 3rd round of the ATP and WTA tournament.

Roger Federer, playing in his final event before the US Open, surged into the 3rd round of the ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament.

Novak Djokovic won the ATP Montreal Masters on Sunday, his ninth title of the season, after a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 defeat of Mardy Fish.

The Military team successfully defended their title at the 17th National Youth Karatedo Championships, which concluded in Can Tho City.

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the 2012 Olympic organising committee, expressed confidence Thursday that the riots in the capital over the past week will not tarnish the image of next year's Games.