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A scuffle between players marred a semifinal match at the national women’s football tournament in HCMC on Friday night. Ho Chi Minh City 1 FC and Than Khoang San FC fought for a spot in the final last night but the game ended in a literal, physical fight between the …

Ngo Son Dinh won Vietnam’s first gold at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, lifting a total of 262 kilograms. On the first day of the tournament, the 17-year-old athlete shone in the 56 kilogram men’s category, particularly in the snatch, with three successful lifts. He lifted 114kg in his third …

The Vietnam national women’s football team have risen up one spot to No 36 in FIFA’s latest world rankings. The team entered the quarter-finals of the Asian Games in Indonesia in August. This result helped VN improve their rankings with 1,638 points. Vietnam remain seventh in Asia, behind rivals Thailand …

This year’s Nam Ky Khoi Nghia bike race course will run through Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in 12 stages. The annual Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Bike Race will go international for the first time by including Laos and Cambodia on its routes. The race will last 12 days, from December …

Viettel FC has officially been promoted to Vietnam’s top-tier football league, V.League, after beating Binh Phuoc 2-0 at home in the penultimate round of the 2018 First Division tournament to confirm themselves as the champions with one game in hand. The victory helped Viettel to achieve 38 points after 17 …

Two Vietnamese male and female players, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong have delivered impressive performances at the ongoing 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. In the sixth round on September 30, Vietnam’s male team held host Georgia 2 to a draw with a score of 2-2 …

Vietnamese Becamex Binh Duong lost 3-1 to FC Tokyo in the second round Group E match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. Although, they earned the first goal 24 minutes into the game and were leading in the first half, Binh Duong …

SHB Da Nang came from behind to beat Hoang Anh Gia Lai 2-1 in the second match of the V.League yesterday in Pleiku City. Gaston Merlo scored twice after Nguyen Van Toan opened the scoring. Toan connected with a corner in the head penalty area and his strong header went …

Viet Nam leave for Indonesia on February 25 to prepare for the first round of the Davis Cup Asia/Ocenia Zone Group II matches. Captain Truong Quoc Bao will lead Ly Hoang Nam, Nguyen Hoang Thien, Pham Minh Tuan and Vu Artem in the tournament. The matches will be held from …

Coach Mai Duc Chung has announced the names of 20 players of the national women’s football team who will compete in the coming Olympic qualifying round in Japan. The squad comprises three strikers, six midfielders, eight defenders and three goalkeepers. They will leave for the third qualifying round in Osaka …