Sport

The first ever international junior golf tournament, Vietnam Junior Golf Open 2016, is scheduled to kick off on July 21 at the Bluffs Ho Tram Strip golf course in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped up five places from 877th to 872nd place in the latest world rankings.

German Jurgen Gede was yesterday introduced as the new executive director of the Vietnam Football Federation.

The national U16 football team will compete at the Southeast Asian Championship in Cambodia next month, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Around 50 fliers from clubs nationwide will compete in a paragliding race on Son Tra Peninsula in the central city of Da Nang on June 17-22.

Vietnamese sports has won 20 places in 10 sports to the 2016 Summer Olympics that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5-21, according to the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

France made a perfect start to the European Championship on Friday, with its national team beating Romania and its security forces ensuring that everyone stayed safe at the Stade de France.

An international marathon event will be held shortly in the southern island district of Phú Quốc in Kiên Giang Province.

Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên set a new Southeast Asian Games record in the women’s 400m freestyle event, with a time of 4min 7.96sec.

Bruno Garcia said Vietnam find themselves in a difficult group for the upcoming Futsal World Cup but his team are 99 percent ready to spring another surprise.

About 3,100 athletes will take part in the 5th Asian Beach Games, scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 3 in the central city of Da Nang.

Vietnamese footballers beat their Syrian counterparts 2-0 at an international friendly match at the My Dinh National Stadium on May 31.

The 17th Asian Junior Athletics Championships will be held at Thống Nhất Stadium in HCM City on Friday.

Both Vietnam and Syria considered their friendly match today at My Dinh Stadium to be a test for their upcoming tournaments.

With 18 official tickets for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Vietnam has fulfilled the target set before the Olympic qualification rounds: to earn from 15 to 20 places for the Games.

The world’s top 32 players in three-cushion carom billiards are showing off their skills at the World Cup in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam have been placed in Group C along with Italy, Paraguay and Guatemala at the upcoming 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, according to the team grouping held in Colombia.

The organising committee of the Đà Nẵng International Marathon 2016 has offered offline registration at Vietnam TravelMart, 68 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai street and Đà Nẵng Souvenirs & Cafe at 34 Bạch Đằng street.

Premier badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has made history as Vietnam’s first ever three-time Olympian after officially booking a slot in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.