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Vietnam Football Federation will have to pay CHF6,000 ($6,482) after six Vietnam players got booked in the World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia. In the home game of Vietnam at My Dinh National Stadium on Nov. 16, 2021, referee Hattab Hanna handed yellow cards to six Vietnam players: Que Ngoc …

Renowned football site Transfermarkt revealed Nguyen Hoang Duc has a 68 percent chance to join Latvian club Riga FC. Transfermarkt predicted Duc had a 40 percent chance of joining Riga last Saturday. On Sunday, it went up to 60, and has now hit 68 percent. Of course, it’s just a …

The upcoming World Cup qualifiers match between Vietnam and China will welcome 20,000 fans to the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi. For the February 1 match, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) will allow half of the stadium’s capacity to be filled. The VFF has submitted its proposal on hosting …

Kiatisuk Senamuang won his first title with Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) at the Emperor Quang Trung 2022 exhibition tournament Sunday. After four days of the tournament, HAGL were in the lead with nine points and only needed one more point in the last game to secure the title. Without …

The Motorkhana Vietnam 2022 tournament, the first-ever car racing contest in the country, will take place January 15 on My Dinh National Sports Complex’s F1 track. The racers will compete in two rounds in the knockout format on an 800-m track. After the qualifiers, the top 16 will advance to …

Futsalplanet Awards 2021 has named Ho Van Y among the nominations for Best Men’s Goalkeeper in the World. Futsalplanet Awards 2021 has nominated Ho Van Y for Best Men’s Goalkeeper in the World, the second time he has been shortlisted for the honour after 2018. Y will compete for the …

Coach Park Hang-seo has called up many fresh faces to the national team in preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifying game with Australia. The list of 30 players was announced by Park on Friday. Besides key players, the head coach added new names like defender Nguyen Huu Tuan (Hoang …

Head coach Park Hang-seo talked about changes and direction of the national football team post-AFF Cup on Thursday. “On the first day of the new year, we have taken a look back at the journey in 2021. There were many challenges that we had to face as a team. While …

Head coach Park Hang-seo will implement big changes in the national team after their AFF Cup failure, starting with the captain. “I want to make some changes. Que Ngoc Hai will no longer be captain of the national team. I want him to focus on the field more,” Park said. …

With 1,178 points, swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang has won the Vietnamese Athlete of the Year award. Hoang was one of two swimmers to represent Vietnam at Tokyo Olympics last year. Although he didn’t make it past the heat round of the 800 and 1500 m freestyles, this was not considered …