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Registration for the 21km distance at VnExpress Marathon Ho Chi Minh City Midnight 2023 will be closed by midnight Friday due to overwhelming demand. VM Ho Chi Minh City Midnight opened registration on September 6 and runners for the half marathon (21.0975 km) quickly reached capacity. The organizers decided to …

Seoul E-Land FC is negotiating to sign Vietnamese forward Nguyen Van Toan as a free agent. Seoul E-Land and Toan have reached a preliminary agreement for the 26-year-old forward to join the team as a free transfer after his contract with domestic club HAGL expires this season. Toan is a …

Many international runners were surprised to see the booth of VnExpress Marathon at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon expo this month, and wanted to try the race. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon is one of the biggest marathon tournaments in Southeast Asia with a scale of 50,000 participants. The booth of …

Portugal’s Goncalo Ramos was as surprised as anyone at being named in the starting lineup for Tuesday’s 6-1 hammering of Switzerland in the World Cup last-16 and managing to score a hat-trick was beyond his imagination. Making his first World Cup start, Ramos smashed three goals past the Swiss and …

Thousands of Morocco fans descended on the streets of Doha to celebrate their country becoming the first Arab nation to reach the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday. Despite some minor trouble outside the stadium, the victory over Spain became a celebration of “Arab pride” for supporters from across the region. …

Korean Yongjun Roh was elated after South Korea beat Portugal to advance past the group stage in the World Cup this week. It was just one of many upsets in which teams from the east have routed their western rivals this year. “The game was intense from the first until …

VnExpress Marathon Hanoi Midnight took 10,000 runners through a route of great historical and cultural value in the center of the capital, on November 27.     Iconic moments of Hanoi midnight marathon Iconic moments of Hanoi midnight marathon VnExpress Marathon

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol awarded the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit, Heungin Medal, to football coach Park Hang-seo for promoting friendship with Vietnam. Park received the medal at a state dinner hosted by the president for his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on Monday. Park became the head coach …

Any dreams of South Korea replicating their historic World Cup run from 20 years ago came crashing down with a last 16 humiliation at the hands of five-times champions Brazil as the Asian side’s luck finally ran out in Qatar. Korea had qualified for the knockout stages by the skin …

Japan will have much to remember from the World Cup, not least stunning upsets of Germany and Spain in the group stage, but ultimately they fell short of their cherished goal of making the quarter-finals for the first time. The heartbreaking loss on penalties to Croatia on Monday will not …