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The latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings have returned Vietnam’s number one badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh to the world’s top 20. The 20th position is also the highest ranking of Linh’s career to date. By entering the quarterfinals of the women’s singles event at the 2023 China Masters on …

Balance bike Balance bike riding can improve children’s health, confidence and determination. The Ander Saro Cup for 700 young cyclists will be held in Hà Nội on December 10. Photo courtesy of the organisers HÀ NỘI — The eighth Ander Saro Cup Việt Nam, a balance bike racing for children, will …

Ban Van Hoang from Vietnam’s ethnic Yao community will fight Vietnamese-Polish Kamil Michal Nguyen Van in the highly-anticipated Lion Championship 11’s 70kg event this month. This year’s Lion Championship 11 (LC11) will be the final event of the 2023 Vietnam professional MMA championship on Dec. 9 in Hanoi. The event …

Buriram United’s Ramil Sheydayev, who was beaten up badly in the brawl with players of Zhejiang FC in an AFC Champions League game, sent a provoking message to the Chinese club on social media. “I’m still here, just send me location,” Ramil Sheydayev wrote on his Instagram on Thursday and …

A highly successful year made sprinter Shanti Pereira the highest-rewarded athlete in Singapore in 2023. At the Major Games Award Programme ceremony on Wednesday night she received an award of S$315,000 (US$235,900) for winning the Asian Games 200m gold and 100m silver and SEA Games gold medals. Sailor Ryan Lo …

Players of China’s Zhejiang FC and Thailand’s Buriram United got into a fight after the group stage game of AFC Champions League on Wednesday night. Hosts Zhejiang beat Buriram 3-2 in an intense chase on the scoreboard, but there were a total of seven yellow cards given to both teams …

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he was responsible for his side throwing away yet another lead in the Champions League after they were pegged back to a 3-3 draw with Galatasaray on Wednesday. The three-time European champions blew a two-goal lead twice in Istanbul, with goalkeeper Andre Onana …

The 0-2 defeat against South Korea club Pohang Steelers on Wednesday night eliminated Hanoi FC from the AFC Champions League. After defeating Wuhan Three Towns 2-1 in an earlier group J match, Hanoi had held on to hopes of advancing, but needed at least a point in the clash with …

Title holders Urawa Red Diamonds kept their hopes of a place in the Asian Champions League knockout stages alive on Wednesday as Jose Kante’s 90th-minute strike earned Maciej Skorza’s side a 2-1 win over China’s Wuhan Three Towns. Kante’s winner at Saitama Stadium came after Alex Scholz’s 37th-minute penalty for …

Vietnam’s number one tennis player Ly Hoang Nam lost to world number 1032 Jumpei Yamasaki in the first round of the M25 Gold Coast in Australia. Nam is 469 places higher than Yamasaki on the ATP world ranking. The two players, who are both 26, met once at the Vietnam …