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HÀ NỘI — Trương Thị Kim Tuyền will be Việt Nam’s sole representative competing at the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix to be held in Rabat, Morocco on September 22-24. 20-year-old martial artist Tuyền will compete in the women’s U49kg category against 32 rivals from around the world. She is …

HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Hoàng Minh clinched a double in men’s athletics at the ninth ParaGames in Malaysia yesterday. Minh took his first gold in the men’s T12 400m with a timing of 53.93sec. His teammate Nguyễn Văn Bình was close behind with a timing of 54.38sec to take the …

HÀ NỘI — Thạch Kim Tuấn won the first gold medal for Việt Nam at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Turkmenistan late Monday. Tuấn, who recently won a gold at the Malaysian Southeast Asian (SEA) Games last month, continued his winning streak to triumph at the …

HÀ NỘI — The matches against Australia and hosts Mongolia in the group stage of the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship qualification are important for Việt Nam, Coach Vũ Hồng Việt said. However, his team must beat Cambodia with high score in their Group I opener today. The Vietnamese players …

Vietnam’s swimming and athletic teams on September 19 pocketed four more gold medals at the 9th ASEAN Para Games held in Malaysia. Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung brought home a gold medal in the men’s 200m freestyle event for athletes with physical disability category of S5, clocking at 2’59”17. Tung’s teammates …

HÀ NỘI — Defending champion Lê Văn Công met with no difficulty while taking two gold medals in the men’s U49kg powerlifting event of the ASEAN ParaGames in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. It was his fifth gold in five times of taking part in the regional biennial tournament for people …

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Vi Thị Hằng won a gold medal and set a new record at the ninth ASEAN ParaGames Monday morning in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hằng topped the women’s S7 100m freestyle event with a time of 1min 23.99sec, beating the previous record of 1:36.11. The silver and …

PARIS — Australia’s hopes of reaching a first Davis Cup final in 14 years were shattered on Sunday when Belgium fought back from an overnight deficit to win their semi-final 3-2 and set-up a title showdown with neighbours France. Steve Darcis, the 33-year-old world number 77, held his nerve in …

HÀ NỘI — Cantho Catfish beat defending champions Danang Dragons 76-68 in their Việt Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League match on home turf in the southern province of Cần Thơ on September 15. Both sides had successful three-point shots in the first quarter. Two shots by Tâm Đinh helped the …

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese female karate martial artist Nguyễn Thị Ngoan now ranks among the world’s top 10 best female karate athletes, in the 61kg category, the World Karate Federation has announced. It is the highest ranking ever achieved by a Vietnamese karate martial artist at a combat event. Earlier, …