Sport

Vietnamese chess player Nguyen Van Quan defeated former world champion Indian Shashikant Kutwal in the first Online Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities on November 23.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem is joining 15 other leading players in the Skilling Open rapid chess tournament being played on Chess24 between November 22 and 30.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hanoi People’s Committee on November 21 jointly held a ceremony to mark. Vietnam’s hosting the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) next year.

Thai legend coach Kiatisuk Senamuang is returning to Vietnam to take the position of head coach at Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club in the 2021 season.

More than 2,200 runners will race up to 100km in Vietnam’s highest mountains at the Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) 2020 in Sa Pa, Lào Cai Province this weekend.

The saola, a rare animal first found in Vietnam in 1992, has been chosen as the official mascot of the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the 11th ASEAN Para Games, to be hosted in Vietnam next year.

Nearly 1,000 people participated in the "Run for those we love" race, held at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi on November 15, wishing to spread the spirit of sport in the community and express warm sentiments to those they

Nguyen Thi Oanh won the women's 10,000-metre category in 34 minutes 08 seconds 54 at the on-going 2020 National Athletics Championship on Friday afternoon, breaking a 17-year record.

Hit by a coronavirus-sparked match freeze and huge pay cuts, Indonesia's out-of-work footballers have been forced to take up menial jobs like selling street food or working as security guards, with little end in sight.

The Longbien Marathon 2020 took place at Viet Hung New Urban Area in Hanoi on November 1, attracting nearly 6,000 runners from 21 countries and territories worldwide.

A countdown event for the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is scheduled to be held by the General Department of Sports and Physical Training in Hanoi on November 15.

The Vietnamese men’s national football team have remained in 94th position following the release of the world rankings for October by FIFA.

Kim Hyun-tae from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will take up the position of goalkeeper coach with Vietnam’s young national football teams, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) revealed on October 23.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has refused to allow the U22 team to take part in the Toulon Tournament in France.

The organiser of Vietnam's first Formula One grand prix has decided to officially cancel the race due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some 5,500 people will join in the VPBank Hanoi Marathon ASEAN 2020 (VPHM).

The draft for Sri Lanka's upcoming Premier League tournament has been postponed, the cricket board said Thursday, as the island nation battles to contain its biggest-ever coronavirus outbreak.

Qatar will host East Zone matches for Asia's Champions League after the West Zone games were successfully staged in the Gulf state following a long coronavirus hiatus, officials said Friday.

Over 700 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the Korean Ambassador Taekwondo Cup 2020 which will be held in Thua Thien-Hue Province from October 12 to 20.