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Vietnam has won two gold medals at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Kuwait, marking its best performance ever at the tournament. Nguyen Khanh Linh, 16, won a gold medal on the opening day Thursday by finishing the girls’ 1,500 m in 4:51:61 minutes, surpassing Thailand’s Piyapat Pongsapan, the only …

In their first time playing the Women’s World Cup, Vietnam were placed in pot 3 thanks to their good FIFA world ranking. The October update of FIFA rankings put Vietnam at 34th in the world. The position is a criterion for seeding 32 teams at the 2023 Women’s World Cup. …

Three more Vietnamese athletes have tested positive for banned substances, bringing to five the number of Vietnamese athletes failing doping tests at SEA Games 31 hosted by Vietnam. The Vietnam Anti-Doping Agency informed Wednesday about the new three cases: one male and two females. All five belong to Vietnam’s track …

Fenced off to the public and dotted with plastic waste, the circuit built for Hanoi’s Formula One Grand Prix debut lies abandoned. The city was set to make its F1 debut in 2020 but the inaugural Vietnamese Grand Prix was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and Hanoi has not …

Three more athletes from Vietnam tested positive for banned substances at SEA Games 31 in May, of whom two were gold medalists. The Vietnam Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday informed authorities in the sporting field about the new three cases: one male and two females. With the new doping cases, there …

Ngo Duy Lan, the only FIFA Elite referee in Vietnam, was suspended after making a mistake in the V. League game between Saigon FC and Thanh Hoa FC. With three minutes left until the final whistle of the Saturday match, Saigon got a freekick outside the box. Nguyen Huu Son’s …

Pham Thi Hong Thanh dominated the women’s 64-kilogram event at the Asian Weightlifting Championships, winning three gold medals. Thanh easily won the snatch competition Tuesday evening by lifting 91 kilograms on first try, 96 kilograms on the second, and 100 kilograms on the third to ultimately claim gold. Silver medalist …

In the last five years Thailand have not been able to beat Vietnam at the youth level after 17 attempts. The 0-3 loss in the last match in group F at the U17 Asian Cup qualifiers on Sunday in fact marked the 17th attempt. Their last win came in the …

Quang Thi Tam won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the women’s 59 kg event of the Asian Weightlifting Championships on Monday. Tam was the only competitor who could lift 93 kg in the snatch event and won gold. In the clean and jerk event, she lifted …

Ly Hoang Nam, Vietnam’s number one tennis player, has a great chance to attend the Australian Open for the first time in his career following recent achievements. Since May, Nam has shown great progress in ATP world rankings thanks to his success at international tournaments. With the recent M25 Tay …