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Adam Johnson has been sacked by Sunderland after pleading guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming.

Quang Ninh Coal Football Club President Pham Thanh Hung has sounded out the former Vietnamese national team coach Toshiya Miura to lead his team.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently issued a circular on off-road car racing in Vietnam, including special regulations for the sport.

Despite the VFF claiming it wants to employ a local coach for the national team, they may be forced to look overseas for help as several domestic candidates seem reluctant to take over the vacancy left by Toshiya Miura.

The Binh Duong International Women's Cycling Tournament – Biwase Cup 2016 – is scheduled to kick off in the southern province of Binh Duong on March 8.

Seven million Vietnamese are expected to participate in Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2016, which will begin across the country simultaneously at 7 am on March 26.

Toshiya Miura has been dismissed as the coach of the Vietnamese national football team on January 28.

Young cyclist Phan Hoang Thai racked up a silver medal for Vietnam in the men’s U-23 individual massed-start event at the ongoing Asian Cycling Championships in Japan.

The sixth leg of the Clipper World Yacht Race will begin in Australia on January 18 and finish in the central city of Da Nang on February 17-21.

Young star swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has been voted as the best Vietnamese athlete of 2015 following her overwhelming victory.

Coach Toshiya Miura has announced the player list of the Vietnam U23 team to compete in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship's final round in Qatar.

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.