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Vietnam will send more than 470 athletes to compete at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia in August.

The 2017 AVC Men’s Club Volleyball Championship officially commenced in the northern province of Ninh Binh on June 28, with the participation of 13 national teams and national champion clubs from countries across Asia.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam came from behind to beat number two seed, Jankovits Yannick of France, with a score of 2-1 in the Thailand F3 Futures final on June 24, thereby claiming the men’s singles title

More than 100 amateur cyclists will partake in the Sơn Trà Mountain race on Sunday (June 25) promoting the protection of the red-shanked douc langur in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve.

Việt Nam grabbed two golds on the last day of the Thailand Open Tracks and Field Championship in Bangkok on June 15. Vietnamese runners dominated the middle distance event, with Nguyễn Văn Lai and Nguyễn Thị Oanh winning the

The 2017 U15 International Football Challenge Cup funded by the Thieu Nien Tien Phong Plastic JSC kicked off in the central city of Da Nang from June 14 with four teams from Vietnam, Taiwan (China), Myanmar, and Indonesia competing.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped 42 spots to reach world No 559 in the latest men’s singles rankings, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on June 12.

China's football-mad President Xi Jinping will meet with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino in Beijing on Wednesday as the world's most populous nation harbours ambitions of hosting the World Cup.

Nearly 100 competitors from 30 countries and territories will race in the World Windsurfing Championship at An Bang beach in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam from June 12 to 15.

Simona Halep is targeting the world number one ranking in Saturday's French Open final but fast-rising Latvian upstart Jelena Ostapenko threatens to crash the Romanian's party as a first-time major champion will be crowned.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has signed a three-year contract with Miguel Rodrigo as the head coach of the national futsal team.

Vietnamese junior chess masters performed outstandingly at the first World Cadet Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2017 in Minsk, Belarus from June 2 to 4, racking up one gold, three silver and five bronze medals in both categories.

Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Lao Cai will team up with China’s southwestern province of Yunnan in organising an international cycling race in July, heard a meeting held by the provincial People’s Committee.

MADRID: Argentina superstar Lionel Messi is to branch out into the leisure industry and launch an amusement park in China in 2019, his partners in the venture said on Thursday (Jun 1).

Vietnam held its first ever field hockey coaching course for all hockey coaches from Asian countries.

Asia’s top 14 futsal clubs discovered their rivals for the AFC Futsal Club Championship Vietnam 2017 slated for July 17-30 after the tournament’s official draw in Ho Chi Minh on May 30.

Manchester United have been rated as Europe's most valuable club by a new report into the financial muscle of the continent's top teams.

Vietnam’s World Cup U20 adventure ended Sunday after they lost 0-2 to Honduras in the last match of Group E in Jeonju, South Korea.

Vietnam's U20 football team were thrashed by France U20 4-0 in the second match of Group E of the FIFA U20 World Cup in the Republic of Korea on May 25.