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Võ Thị Kim Phụng took the lead of the Asian Continental Chess Championships’ Women’s Category in China yesterday.

The growing interest in central Việt Nam’s potential to become the world’s next great golf destination was on display earlier this week, when the first of two major golf conferences scheduled for Đà Nẵng this year took place.

Vietnam’s 2016 Olympic champion, Hoang Xuan Vinh, won a gold medal in his favourite 10m air pistol event at the ongoing 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Shooting Championships in Malaysia on May 9.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to set up a boat racing club at West Lake, as part of plans to promote tourism in the area in particular and the capital in general.

Vietnamese coach Hoang Anh Tuan on May 7 announced the official list of 21 players who will represent Vietnam at the 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup, taking place in the Republic of Korea (ROK) from May 20 to June 11.

Almost 1,400 contestants from 59 countries and territories worldwide took part in the multisport Ironman competition in the central city of Da Nang on May 7.

HCM City will host the Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup for the third time in a row on May 22-28.

Vietnamese top badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh remains at world No. 52 for the second month in a row in the latest rankings, reports the Badminton World Federation.

Rafael Nadal hailed a "dream start" to his clay court season after romping to his 10th Barcelona Open on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Austria's Dominic Thiem.

Vietnamese athletes secured two more gold medals at the Singapore Open Track & Field Championships on April 28.

The Vietnam Paralympic Association had a working session with authorities from the Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki to discuss the development of sports for people with disabilities in the two countries.

Tran Le Quoc Toan brought home a gold medal from the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships, currently underway in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Former Thai football chief Worawi Makudi has vowed to push FIFA to lift its ban on him after an appeals court in Bangkok overturned his conviction for forgery.

Việt Nam won two gold medals at the ongoing Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships in Kazakhstan.

U20 and U22 Vietnam football teams will have friendly matches against U20 Argentina in HCM City and Hanoi next month, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said a press conference in Hanoi on April 20.

Vietnamese football fans will have the opportunity to interact with some former football superstars such as Ronaldinho Gaucho, Ronald De Boer and Frank De Boer and especially the UEFA Champions League Trophy during the UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour.

Vietnam ousted Myanmar 2-0 in its last qualifying match of Group D to ensure the group’s solitary ticket to the final round of the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, scheduled to be held in Jordan from April 7 to 22.

Nearly 20 universities in the US have invited Vietnam’s top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien for study even with their full scholarship, said the Vietnam Water Sports Association’s General Secretary Dinh Viet Hung.

The Vietnamese Professional Football JSC is considering hiring foreign referees for the V-League following various disputes caused by local referees this season.