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Head coach Philippe Troussier said Vietnamese football needs to better use players of Vietnamese-origin from around the world. At a press conference held Monday to discuss the upcoming June training period for the Vietnam national and U23 teams, Troussier said that coaching alone will not be enough to level up …

Midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has ended his contract with Ligue 2 club Pau FC one year early and will return to playing in Vietnam. “We have reached an agreement,” Pau FC president Bernard Laporte Fray told French newspaper La Rep des Pyrenees on Sunday. “Quang Hai will leave as a …

Futsal Khổng Đình Hùng (left) celebrates when he scores Việt Nam’s first goal during the FIFA Futsal World Cup Group D match against Brazil at Klaipeda Arena on September 13, 2021 in Klaipeda, Lithuania. Hùng is invited to play in Thai league for two months. Photo of FIFA HÀ NỘI …

Japan’s Miyu Kato and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the French Open after Kato struck a ball down the court between points, hitting a ball girl, during their women’s doubles third-round match on Sunday. Umpire Alexandre Juge gave Kato a warning before Czech Marie Bouzkova and Spain’s Sara Sorribes …

Badminton women’s singles world number two An Se-young smashed home victory at the final of the Thailand Open in Bangkok on Sunday, overcoming China’s He Bingjiao. The 21-year-old South Korean came out roaring and was in knock-out form throughout the 21-10, 21-19 victory in the Thai capital. World number five …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese visited and engaged in an exchange with the women’s football teams of the two countries in Hanoi on Sunday. The activity, part of Albanese’s official visit to Vietnam on the weekends, followed the two PMs’ talks and joint press …

Fifty members of the LGBTQ community in Chile’s capital Santiago receive free lessons in self-defense from Muay Thai martial artists to help them protect them against potential hate incidents.     Thai boxing masters teach self-defense to Chile’s LGBTQ community Thai boxing masters teach self-defense to Chile’s LGBTQ community

Vietnam will send a 16-strong team to compete at the 25th Asian Athletics Championship in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 12-16. “We have registered 16 athletes and six coaches to participate at the Thai Asian Championship. The final list will be announced later,” said Nguyen Manh Hung, General Secretary of the …

Head coach Philippe Troussier has decided to call up midfielder Nguyen An Khanh, who plays for Czech club Sigma Olomouc, to the Vietnam U23 team. Khanh, 18, was born in the Czech Republic to Vietnamese parents. He started playing football at five and got into the youth team of local …

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) held a ceremony on Thursday to announce its new technical director Koshida Takeshi. The director, born in 1960, had played 19 matches for the Japanese national team in the period of 1980-1985. In the club shirt, Takeshi used to play for Nissan Motors Club (1983-1989) …