Sport

Vietnam’s tennis star Ly Hoang Nam will take part in two Men's Future events in Egypt later this month.

Nguyen Anh Duc won the Golden Ball statue, an award for the best football player of 2015.

Danang-Vietnam team, the Vietnamese-sponsored Clipper Round the World Yacht Race entry, has clinched first place in the Clipper 70 class of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR).

The Vietnam Chess Federation has reported the nation’s young male and female grandmasters had a strong showing at the recently concluded Southeast Asian Chess Championship in Indonesia.

Vietnamese cyclists will compete in the Asian Road Racing Championships that will be held in Japan on January 16.

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) and the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) signed on December 24 a contract to sponsor the national premier league, which will begin on February 20, 2016.

Talented young midfielder Nguyen Cong Phuong will play for Mito HollyHock Club in Japan's J2 League next year on loan.

Ly Hoang Nam has been described as the player who created tennis history for Vietnam on tennisworldusa.org.

VNpayTV has just sent a letter to the MP & Silva Company asking for negotiations over the broadcasting rights for English Premier League.

The National U19 Football Championship 2016 will be organised from January 11.

The Vietnamese disability sports contingent staged a successful end to the eighth ASEAN Para Games (APG2015), finishing in fourth place overall with a total of 48 gold, 58 silver and 50 bronze medals, meeting the target of winning 45-50

Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh qualified for the semi-finals in the men's singles at the US Yonex International badminton tournament.

Vietnamese swimmers on December 4 made a splash at the ongoing ASEAN ParaGames 2015 in Singapore, bringing home three gold medals while setting two new Games records.

The Singapore's ASEAN Para Games, which officially kicked off on December 3, is an exuberant celebration of the mental and physical strengths of people of all abilities.

Coach Nguyen Quoc Tuan of Hoang Anh Gia Lai said he knew how to tear through the South Korean net in the final match of the International U21 Football Tournament.

Asia's football chief has won unanimous backing from his executive committee as the man to "rebuild FIFA" as he strengthens his campaign to take over the corruption-tarnished world body.

Do Duy Manh of Hanoi T&T is the only footballer to be nominated for two categories of the 2015 Vietnam Golden Ball Awards – best male player and best young male player.

Over 5,000 local and foreign runners will race in the Da Nang Barefoot Run 2015-16 across central city's pristine white My Khe Beach on December 6.

Major Vietnamese TV stations have reached a pact on how much they are willing to pay for English Premier League football coverage for the 2016-2019 seasons.