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Nicholas Olsen will be Saigon FC’s last signing for 2022 V. League, joining the club from A-League side Brisbane Roar. Olsen, 27, can play well as a winger on both flanks. The deal between Olsen and Saigon is only three months, with the goal to help the club avoid the …

Vietnam’s number one chess player Le Quang Liem defeated world cup champion Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the third round of Champion Chess Tour event FTX Crypto Cup in Miami on Wednesday. After losing the first two rounds against the world top six including Levon Aronian and Alireza Firouzja, Liem finally got …

FIFA Elite referee Ngo Duy Lan has been suspended for making an error in a V. League match between Hanoi FC and HAGL last Sunday. The Vietnam Football Federation Referee Committee determined that Lan’s mistake affected the outcome of the 12th round match on August 14, which Hanoi ended up …

Bitexco Financial Tower, Vietnam’s fourth tallest building, will once again host “HCMC Skyrun” on October 30. Runners will start on the tower’s ground floor and ascend 49 floors to the observation deck, facing the challenge of running up a total 1,002 steps to a height of 178 meters. At the …

Ngo Duy Lan, the only FIFA Elite referee in Vietnam, made a wrong call that directly affected the result of a game in V. League. In the 33rd minute of the game on Sunday, Hanoi FC defender Do Duy Manh stepped on the foot of Hoang Anh Gia Lai forward …

National goalie Dang Van Lam joined V. League side Binh Dinh on Monday after two years at Japanese club Cerezo Osaka. Lam has completed all procedures and signed a three-year deal with Binh Dinh, making him one of the highest paid players in the club. “I was looking for opportunities …

Two Vietnamese pro freestyle footballers won the silver medal at the 2022 Super Ball championship held in the Czech Republic. The performance of Nguyen Danh Quang and Nguyen Anh Tuan in the Double Routine event was scripted and designed by coach Do Kim Phuc, former Asian freestyle football champion. The …

Registration for the fourth VnExpress Marathon Quy Nhon is now open with special discounts for runners participating in previous years and running clubs. VnExpress Marathon Sparkling Quy Nhon will commence on June 11, 2023. Annual runners (participating in at least three VnExpress tournaments) will enjoy a discount of 30%. To …

Vietnam placed second in Davis Cup Cup Asia-Oceania Group III and advanced to the playoff of Group II. In the final of Group III in southern Vietnam’s Tay Ninh Province on Saturday, Vietnam faced Pacific Oceania. In the first match, Trinh Linh Giang played Clement Mainguy. Although Giang took the …

National goalkeeper Dang Van Lam is set to join V. League club Binh Dinh after his stint in Japan with Cerezo Osaka. “We are in the final stages of negotiation to acquire Dang Van Lam,” said Nguyen Duc Thang, Binh Dinh head coach in a press conference Friday. Lam is …