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Nguyen Tien Minh yesterday defeated South Korean Lee Dong-keun 21-13, 20-22, 21-15 in the first round of the Total Badminton World Federation World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Festival – Thang Long Cup – began on Sunday in Hanoi.

Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem is placed third at the Asian Continental Chess Championships 2015 in the United Arab Emirates.

Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien failed in the semi-final of the women's individual 200m medley of the 2015 World Swimming Championship in Kazan, Russia.

The chairman of the SHB Bank, Do Quang Hien, says he incurred big losses sponsoring a "friendly" match between Vietnam and Manchester City.

The 22nd Open HCM City International Athletics Tournament will open on August 1 in HCM City.

Vietnamese chess masters will leave for the United Arab Emirates on July 31 to participate in the 2015 Asian Continental Chess Championships, scheduled to take place at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain from August 1 to 13.

Vietnam will meet Thailand's U23 squad in the semi-final of the International Women's Volleyball Tournament – VTV Cup in the southern province of Bac Lieu on July 31.

A mountain climb race is scheduled to take place in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province from August 5 to 20 in conjunction with the local cave festival season.

The central city and Clipper Ventures, the UK-based operator of the Clipper Race, yesterday officially signed a sponsorship agreement for the Da Nang-Vietnam team.

Dominating the match with skills, a perfect performance and world-level power, the English Premier League runners-up Manchester City soared to an 8-1 win over Viet Nam in a friendly match at Ha Noi's National My Dinh Stadium.

Ticket prices for the friendly between Vietnam and Manchester City tonight are being slashed with only a few hours to kick off.

Toshyia Miura of Vietnam's national football team said nothing could make a difference with Manchester City in their friendly match today, but he hoped his players would score goals.

European giant Manchester City on Thursday sent their official list of players who will visit Viet Nam next Monday.

The 29th Golden Racket table tennis championship kicked off at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City on July 23, drawing Asian competitors.

Ticket sales for a "friendly" football match between Vietnam and Manchester City have been slower than expected, forcing organisers to look at new ways to attract the crowd.

Nguyen Thi Huyen will be Vietnam's sole representative to compete at the Athletics World Championships in China next month.

Manchester City FC is worried about security at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium, where it will play a friendly match on July 27, its main concern being the throwing of flares by fans during play.

Ly Hoang Nam has become the first Vietnamese tennis player to earn a Grand Slam junior title after winning the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships with partner Indian Sumit Nagal on July 12.