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The captain and goalkeeper of Long An FC said they may retire following the imposition of two-year bans by the governing Vietnam Football Federation following a refereeing dispute in a recent match with HCM City FC.

China's football association is planning for the country to have 50,000 football academies by 2025 as part of an ambitious blueprint to grow into a soccer superpower.

About 7.2 million people are expected to take part in Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017, which will begin at 7 am on March 26.

Long An FC's chairman, Vo Thanh Nhien said he would ask the police to investigate the referee after his team were left on the end of a controversial 5-2 defeat, triggered by a weak 80th minute penalty decision.

Vietnam’s chess star Pham Le Thao Nguyen continued her exceptional performance at the ongoing 2017 FIDE Women’s World Championship in Tehran, Iran by beating world No. 21 Alexandra Goryachkina to book a place in the third round.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will vie in the China F1 Futures scheduled to take place in Yunnan Province on February 15-21.

The LienVietPostBank Cup 2017 International Volleyball Championship has kicked off in the northern province of Bac Ninh, with the participation of 100 athletes from four Vietnamese teams and four foreign ones.

The Vietnam national men’s football team is now ranked No.136 internationally, according to the latest FIFA world ranking table.

Vietnam will host a group of the qualifying round of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship in July, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has confirmed.

Six Vietnamese athletes will compete in the eighth Asian Winter Games from February 19 to 27 in Sapporo, Japan, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration.

Vietnam have lost to Hong Kong (China) in the first round of Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia Oceania zone, held in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam are placed in Group C, along with Japan, Thailand and the Philippines, after a draw of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, which is slated to be played on February 14-19 in HCM City.

Vietnam expect to beat Hong Kong for the third time in a row in the first round match of Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia Oceania zone, on Friday.

Horse racing and motorcycle races will kick off on January 29 in Bình Dương Province’s Đại Nam Course.

Italian motorcycle racing icon Valentino Rossi will visit Vietnam on February 12, Yamaha Vietnam announced on its Facebook fan page.

The men football team of Vietnam dropped two steps to the 136th position in the FIFA ranking in the first month of 2017, said officials of the Vietnam Football Federation.

David Haggerty, President of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), has said that Vietnam has the capacity to successfully organise the ITF Congress 2017 in August.

The Asian Football Confederation says the continent deserves to be among the chief recipients of extra World Cup places following FIFA's decision to expand the event to 48 teams.

The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017 is scheduled to begin across the country at 7am on March 26, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration.