Sports

In a professional sports arena like the SEA Games 31, it is hard for athletes to make it onto the region’s biggest stage. Those too young lack the necessary experience or bravery and must wait for another chance, while those too old often lose some of their prowess to the passing …

Coach Brad Maloney doesn’t want to take the game between Vietnam and Malaysia into extra time when the two teams meet in the semifinals of SEA Games 31. “I want to finish the game in 90 minutes. Nobody wants to extend the game. It’s not that I’m confident, the main …

HÀ NỘI — Despite a dismal showing on the first day, Phan Văn Đông (Vicoi) remarkably bounced back to win another gold medal for Vietnamese e-sports in Games. The PUBG Mobile SEA Games men’s singles finals are played on 2 days, May 16 and 17. On May 16, Vicoi never even …

  With the great performance of Christian Juzang (left), Việt Nam took a victory against Singapore in the last minutes. — VNA/VNS Photo   Xuân Đăng HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese men’s 5×5 basketball team had a dramatic victory over Singapore in the last minutes with a score of 86-83 yesterday. This …

  Karate will kick off on May 18 in Ninh Bình Province, with all participating teams expecting high results. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Anh Thanh Hà The karate teams are ready to participate in 15 events of the SEA Games 31 competition days, which will be held from May 18-20 in the Ninh Bình Province’s …

  Vietnamese martial artists compete in a recent national vovinam championship. Vovinam is played in the SEA Games 31. — VNS Photo Giang Lê Thanh Nga The 31st SEA Games is a historic milestone for vovinam (Vietnamese traditional martial arts) to assert itself, and further show its strength as it …

  Trịnh Vũ Anh Huy. Photo thanhnien.vn Office workers becoming professional athletes is not uncommon throughout the world, but such cases are rare in Việt Nam. That’s why Trịnh Vũ Anh Huy, currently a senior manager of a “Big Four” company in Việt Nam, has drawn so much media attention by …

  Trần Văn Thảo beat highly rated Indonesian Kornelis Kwangu Langu in the first match of the men’s 52kg boxing event. VNA/VNS Photo BẮC NINH — Trần Văn Thảo beat highly rated Indonesian Kornelis Kwangu Langu in the first match of the men’s 52kg boxing event. The only Vietnamese competing in the …

  Wrestler Hà Văn Hiếu of Việt Nam celebrate his 52-second win in the men’s 130kg Greco-Roman on May 17. VNS Photo Quý Lượng Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese wrestlers won all six titles available on the first day of the SEA Games 31 Greco-Roman wrestling on May 17 in …

  Vietnamese Nguyễn Tiến Nhật (right) in the men’s epee team final of the SEA Games 31 against Singapore at the Hà Nội’s Indoor Athletics centre. Việt Nam lost 36-37. —VNA/VNS Photo Minh Sơn   HÀ NỘI — Fencers from Singapore won a gold medal after beating the Philippines 33-28 in the women’s …