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  SEA Games champion Nguyễn Đức Tuân will lead Việt Nam’s 10-strong team at the coming Southeast Asian Table Tennis Championship in Thailand from June 21-29. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will compete in the Southeast Asian Table Tennis Championships, organised in Thailand from June 21-29. “This is an …

Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia entered the final of the U23 Asian Cup after respectively beating Japan and Australia in the semifinals on Wednesday night. Australia (in yellow) play Saudi Arabia in U23 Asian Cup semifinals on June 15, 2022. Photo by Reuters Two-time runners-up Saudi Arabia, who eliminated Vietnam with …

Marathon Thousands of people took part in the Mekong Delta Marathon – Hậu Giang 2020. This year tournament will be held on July 17. Photo of courtesy of the organisers HÀ NỘI  International marathon tournaments will officially return now the COVID-19 pandemic has been controlled. Organisers of the International Vietcombank Mekong Delta Marathon …

Le Quang Liem edged out the United Arab Emirates’ Salem Saleh in the sixth round of Prague Masters on Tuesday to further ascend world rankings. Liem played white and entered the game with an unorthodox approach to confuse the opponent. This match was heavy on tactics and both players made …

With two consecutive ITF M15 titles in the southeastern province of Tay Ninh, Vietnam’s number one tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has surged up the ATP world ranking. In the final on Sunday, Nam, ranked 447th, defeated Czech player Dominik Palan (637th) 2-0 to win his second M15 Tay Ninh. …

  Phạm Thị Kiều Giang (left) competes in the SEA Games 31 in Việt Nam last month. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Anh By Thanh Nga When Phạm Thị Kiều Giang won gold at the SEA Games 31 she fulfilled a 20-year dream. The martial artist, 32, took up vovinam (Vietnamese …

Indonesia humbled Nepal 7-0 and Jordan beat Kuwait 3-0 to round out the field for next year’s expanded 24-team Asian Cup finals in the final night of qualifying action Tuesday. Indonesia players celebrate a goal in the 7-0 victory against Nepal on June 14, 2022. Photo by the Asian Football …

Captain Bui Hoang Viet Anh and left-back Phan Tuan Tai are leading the 2022 U23 Asian Cup stats although Vietnam have been eliminated from the tournament. After four games, Anh had made 18 successful clearances, the most so far in the tournament. He shared that number with Turkmenistan’s Yhlas Toydjanov. …

Gong Oh-kyun, head coach of Vietnam U23, is set to return to South Korea to obtain his pro coach license before continuing to manage the team. Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and coach Gong Oh-kyun signed a one-year contract in March this year. Gong took over the team from national coach …

  U23 striker Nguyễn Văn Trường (left) will join the U19 squad to compete in the regional championship next month. Photo of VFF HÀ NỘI — Coach Đinh Thế Nam will strengthen his squad with rising stars ahead of the AFF U19 Championship next month. The new additions include midfielder Khuất Văn Khang …