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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.

Malaysian football fans were elated Tuesday to wake up to the news that their countryman had won FIFA's goal of the year award for his extraordinary swerving free-kick.

Diminutive Lauren Davis pulled off the biggest win of her career Saturday, collecting her maiden WTA title with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Ana Konjuh in the Auckland Classic final.

The Overseas Vietnamese World Golf Championship 2017 kicked off in Thanh Hoa province on January 4, attracting 160 expatriates from 20 countries and territories.

Pham Thanh Luong, a midfielder of Hanoi FC (previously Hanoi T&T), was named as winner of the 2016 Vietnamese Golden Ball at an awards gala in Ho Chi Minh City.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) ran an article entitled “World Cup successes inspire ambitious Vietnam” on its website on January 2 to honour the historic World Cup achievements that the Southeast Asian country attained in 2016.

The HCMC Peace and Development Foundation and Pulse Active will host the HCMC Run – The City Marathon 2017to support to people with disabilities and Agent Orange Survivors on January 14-15 in District 7, HCMC.

The Hanoi Buffaloes will take part in the Thailand Basketball Super League, which kicks off on January 7.

The Vietnam Football Federation has been fined USD38,000 after local football fans threw stones through the windows of a bus carrying the Indonesian football squad to their hotel in Hanoi earlier this month.

Quang Nam will host the 2017 RS: One World Championships, the sixth of its kind and Vietnam Open Windsurfing Race during Quang Nam Heritage Festival next year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.