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Robin van Persie’s hat-trick helped Arsenal secure an astonishing 5-3 victory at Chelsea as the Gunners surged back into the race for a top-four spot.

Manchester City maintained its five-point English Premier League lead with a 3-1 win over Wolves as rivals Manchester United claimed a 1-0 win at Everton.

Everton manager David Moyes is bracing for a Manchester United backlash as the Premier League champions attempt to bounce back.

Nguyen Tien Minh suffered a sudden 2-1 loss to South Korea's Shon Wan Ho in the 2nd round of the French Open Badminton Tournament.

Nearly 200 athletes and coaches of 23 delegations from five countries have gathered for the Hanoi International Aikido Festival being held in Hanoi.

Manchester United shrugged off their mauling against Manchester City to book their place in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Sir Alex Ferguson insists MU will recover from the worst result of his career after the Premier League champions were thrashed 6-1 by Manchester City at Old Trafford.

Nearly 100 motorcycle racers from 19 clubs across the country will take part in the second Vietnam Motor Cub Prix -Rebel Cup in Binh Duong Province on October 29-30.

Vietnamese athletes are set to compete in 36 sporting events for a top three spot at the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia next month.

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.