Sport

Vietnam aims for achievements in SEA Games 2019 and Olympics 2020.

Tennis player Thái Sơn Kwiatkowski, ATP world rank 275, will become a naturalised Vietnamese citizen to take part in the Southeast Asian Games later this year.

The Vietnam men’s national football team has climbed one place from 100th to 99th in the latest FIFA rankings thanks to their excellent results at the Asian Cup 2019, according to the website Footy Rankings.

Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem recently got 7 points after 10 matches, a performance which placed him sixth on the rankings at Gibraltar Masters Chess Festival 2019 and receiving a bonus of US$2,200 in prize money.

Celebrations were set to go on all weekend in Doha as thousands of jubilant Qataris took to the streets within minutes of the country's astonishing Asian Cup final victory Friday.

United Arab Emirates fans vented their anger on Tuesday as they slumped to an embarrassing Asian Cup defeat by bitter Gulf rivals Qatar -- in a blizzard of shoes, boos and water bottles.

Park Hang Seo will coach Vietnam’s U22 football team at the SEA Games 30 scheduled to take place in the Philippines later this year.

Japan cashed in on a defensive mix-up and a controversial penalty as they stunned favourites Iran 3-0 in the Asian Cup semi-finals to move one win away from their fifth title on Monday.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has said goodbye to Haiphong Football Club to join Thailand’s Muangthong United.

The first Vietnam Memory Championships 2019 will begin with the preliminary selection round on April 20, announced the Vietnam Records Organization (Vietkings).

Vietnamese forward Nguyen Cong Phuong came first in a vote to determine the best goal scored in the Round of 16 at the AFC Asian Cup 2019 being held in the United Arab Emirates.

Although Vietnam’s journey at the ongoing 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup has now ended following a 0-1 defeat to Japan on January 24, the national team and goalkeeper Dang Van Lam in particular earned praises from international media.

Vietnam lost 0-1 to Japan the first quarterfinal match of the ongoing 2019 Asian Footbal Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, which took place at the Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on January 24.

Football managers used to screaming themselves hoarse during games are finding little need to reach for a post-match lozenge at the Asian Cup - where their voices echo around sparsely-populated stadia.

The Vietnamese attacking midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has been voted by football fans worldwide as the best player of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Group Stage.

Vietnam Television has announced a sharp price of VND800m (USD34,500) for a 30-second ad package during the Japan-Vietnam match in the Asian Cup quarter-final, an increase by VND200m compared to the Jordan-Vietnam match.

Many travel companies have designed tours to Dubai for Vietnamese fans for their quarter-final clash against Japan.

Vietnam will face Japan in the first quarterfinal match of the ongoing AFC Asian Cup 2019, which will take place at the Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on January 24 at 8pm (Vietnam time).

The Vietnam Football Federation is planning to invite European giants Liverpool to play in Hanoi this summer.