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Vietnam finished first at the 2023 Southeast Asia Karate Federation Championships (SEAKF) with 23 gold medals, which nearly tripled the number of Thailand. After three days of competition, Vietnam won 23 gold, 20 silver and 22 bronze medals. Thailand finished second with eight gold, 10 silver and 18 bronze medals. …

Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam beat Kazakhstan’s Kyzaibay Nazym, a former world champion, at the Women’s World Boxing Championship in India on Sunday night. Tam earned the victory in the round of 16 in the 48-50 kilogram category, in which Nazym won the world championship in 2014 and 2016. Nazym …

Uzbekistan held their nerve to claim the nation’s first under-20 Asian Cup title with a 1-0 win over Iraq thanks to a second-half Umarali Rakhmonaliev penalty in front of a sold-out crowd at Bunyodkor Stadium on Saturday. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was among the 34,000 capacity crowd to turn out to …

The women’s national football team will receive $1.5-1.87 million just for playing the group stage of the 2023 Women’s World Cup as a result of the increase of the prize pool to $110 million. At the previous Women’s World Cup in France in 2019, the prize pool was $30 million. …

The VnExpress Marathon Imperial Hue 2023 shirts feature triangular stripe patterns inspired by Nhat Binh dress, an imperial attire under the Nguyen Dynasty. Green remains the theme color of VnExpress Marathon Imperial Hue running outfits this year like in the previous two tournaments. “The color is emblematic of a rising …

Families with more than three members when registering for a minimum 36 km in total at VnExpress Marathon Hue next month will have the opportunity to win valuable prizes. Prizes are divided by age group: 10 to 14 years old, 15 to 19 years old, 20 to 29 years old, …

An Indonesian court jailed a police officer for 18 months on Thursday over negligence contributing to one of the worst stadium disasters in the history of football. Last year’s crush in the city of Malang killed 135 people — including more than 40 children — after a 3-2 defeat for …

Nguyen Tien Minh is no longer Vietnam’s number one badminton player after being nudged aside by Nguyen Hai Dang, 23. Dang climbed to 163rd in the world ranking, according to the ranking of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), after advancing to the second round of the Thailand International Challenge. Meanwhile, …

Saigon Heat missed the chance to win their first ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) title after losing to Hong Kong Eastern in game three of the final on Tuesday night. The record was 1-1 after each team got one victory in the first two games. In the third and final game, …

The 2026 World Cup will have 104 matches instead of the traditional 64 games due to the expanded format with 48 teams taking part, global football governing body FIFA said on Tuesday ahead of its Congress in Kigali, Rwanda. The 2026 edition, which will be co-hosted by the United States, …