Sport

Vietnam’s national men’s football team ranks 134th in the latest FIFA rankings recently released.

Vietnam won the men’s team title at the Southeast Asia Table Tennis Championships 2016 in Indonesia on December 21.

As 2016 draws to a close, DTiNews picks out the most outstanding sports events of the year.

Midfielder Luong Xuan Truong is on top of an ongoing poll by goal.com voting for the best player of the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup.

The Vietnam U20 squad will fly to Germany to attend a long-term training camp to prepare for the FIFA U20 World Cup set to transpire in the Republic of Korea next year.

With the previous four consecutive victories without conceding any goals, title favourites Thailand proved their strength at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 and quickly took a 1-0 lead against the hosts in the final’s first leg at Pakansari Stadium

Hanoi’s chess star Tran Tuan Minh has brought home a silver medal at the 2016 Philippines International Chess Championship.

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino has said Asian countries backed his plan to expand the World Cup to 48 teams - and added that up to three countries should be allowed to co-host the tournament.

The International U21 Football Tournament is scheduled to kick off on December 18 in HCM City’s Thống Nhất Stadium.

Mistakes by the defensive line forced Vietnam to leave the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)’s Suzuki Cup 2016 after a 2-2 draw with Indonesia in the semi-finals’ second leg at home on December 7.

Vietnamese top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on December 7 was ousted from the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), which is taking place in Ontario, Canada.

Four Vietnamese swimmers will take part in the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), which is scheduled to be held from December 6-11 in Ontario, Canada.

Vietnam’s national football team lost 1-2 to hosts Indonesia in the first leg of the first semi-finals at the ASEAN Football Federation’s 2016 Suzuki Cup in Bogor, Indonesia.

Vietnam will take on Indonesia in one of the two semifinals at the AFF Cup after three straight wins in the group stage put them in the first position of Group B.

More than 800 Vietnamese and foreign runners have registered to compete at the 2016 Ha Long Bay Heritage Marathon, slated for November 26 in Ha Long city, northern Quang Ninh province.

Midfielder Trong Hoang scored the only goal at the 80th minute to help Vietnam beat Malaysia 1-0 and secure a place in the semi-finals of the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup 2016.

More than 5,000 athletes and tourists will participate in the annual Đà Nẵng International Marathon – one of the biggest sport events in central Vietnam – on August 6th, 2017.

Vietnam’s swimming star Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won two bronze medals in the women’s 200m individual medley and the women’s 800m freestyle event on the last day of competition at the 2016 Asian Swimming Championships in Japan on November 20.

Vietnam made a perfect start to their AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 campaign by defeating hosts Myanmar 2-1 in their Group B opener on November 20.