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Vietnam’s tennis star Ly Hoang Nam is just one step away from the boys’ singles title at the 2015 Asian Closed Junior Championships (Grade B1) after rolling past Japanese Yosuke Watanuki 2-0 on Friday morning to secure a berth

Vietnam’s team have won 9 medals, including one gold and six silvers, during the first 7 competition days at the World Junior Weightlifting Championship in Peru, which will end on April 12.

Vietnam has jumped five places in April's FIFA rankings compared with March, standing at 125th worldwide and topping Southeast Asia.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is to rally U23 football squad on May 5 to prepare for SEA Games 28 and the national football squad on May 17 for World Cup 2018.

Vietnamese gymnasts have won two silver and two bronze medals at the Suzuki World Cup 2015, held in Tokyo, Japan.

Coach Toshiya Miura is confident Vietnam’s national football team can win gold at the coming SEA Games in Singapore.

Vietnam secured 12 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze medals to rank first at the fourth Southeast Asia Karatedo championship which has wrapped up in Vientiane, Laos.

Vietnamese weightlifters will take part in the 2015 IWF Youth World Championships that will begin in Lima, Peru, on April 6.

The central city will hold the Danang International Marathon 2015 on August 30, the city's culture and society department official Hoang Son Tra has said.

Vietnam's Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has jumped 13 spots to 52nd in the world rankings.

Vietnam has applied to host the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in 2021, two year's earlier than had been planned.

Vietnamese athletes have won 140 medals, including 62 gold, 43 silver and 35 bronze, in 25 international tournaments during the first three months of this year, said the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

Viet Nam's Ly Hoang Nam continued with his winning streak at the Indonesia F1 Futures tennis tournament, easy defeating host player Anthony Susanto 6-3, 6-1 yesterday in Tarakan City.

Vietnam are heading to Qatar for the AFC U23 Championship finals after crushing Macau 7-0 in their last Group I match at the Shah Alam Stadium in Sepang, Malaysia, on March 31.

Manager Toshiya Miura has urged Vietnamese players to practice on their straight shots to prepare for their match against Macau today during the AFC U23 Championship qualifier in Malaysia.

Former number one Tiger Woods has dropped out of the world top 100 for the first time in his career as he continues his battle against injuries and loss of form.

For India's female badminton champion Saina Nehwal, newly crowned world number one, it's been a tough climb to the top in a patriarchal country that has long neglected women athletes.

Vietnam beat Malaysia 2-1 in the first match of Group I in the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) U23 Championship Qualifier yesterday in Kuala Lumpur.

Coach Toshiya Miura says Vietnam's national U23 team is primed to face Malaysia in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification match in Kuala Lumpur today.