The Fox Sport Asia website has named Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai as one of the top five players in the fifth qualifier round of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup 2019.
The Vietnam senior football team will face hosts Thailand in their opening match of the 47th King’s Cup, which is scheduled to take place at the beginning of June, according to the draw for the international tournament to be held in Bangkok on May 8.
Leading cueist Tran Quyet Chien has set a new milestone for Vietnamese billiards as he jumped three spots to take third place in the latest world rankings, as announced by the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) on May 4.
At the beginning of June, the national senior team and the U23 squad will all gather to prepare for their important goals in 2019. With the desire to improve the quality of both squads, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) leaders and coach Park Hang-seo have affirmed that they will seriously consider and create favourable conditions for talented foreign-born Vietnamese players who want to contribute to the country's football.
(HBO) - The Cycling Tournament "Back to Dien Bien Phu – People’s Army Newspaper Cup” officially kicked off in Hanoi on May 1.
(HBO) - Implementing the campaign "All people train their bodies to follow the example of great Uncle Ho", the movement of mass spots in Van Son commune (Lac Son) has been developing in the past years. Every year besides organizing sports tournaments such as volleyball, football, athletics and so on, the commune has been paying great attention to maintaining and preserving the national sports such as stick pushing and array hitting.
(HBO) - On the occasion of the 65th practical anniversary of Dien Bien Phu's historic victory (May 7, 1954 - May 7, 2019), the People's Army Newspaper, General Department of Sports and Physical Training, Vietnam Bicycle and Motorbike Federation and Mai Linh Group have cooperated with many other appropriate authorities and localities to organize the race "Returning to Dien Bien Phu - 2019, the Cup of the People's Army Newspaper".
(HBO) - Responding to the campaign "All people train the body to follow the example of the great Uncle Ho", the units and enterprises in the province always pay attention and focus on organizing many physical activities - sports (sports) for workers, employees.
(HBO) - The Centre for Culture, Sports and Information of Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh province, organised the 2019 badminton and table-tennis championship on April 24-25.
(HBO) - During the past years, the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" has been widely deployed in Lac Son district. It has been helping to arouse the power of the great unity of the entire people, making an important contribution to implementing the objectives of the economic, cultural and social development in the locality.
(HBO) - The Trade Union of provincial Industrial Parks cooperated with the Trade Union of the industry and trade to organize Sport tournaments to respond to the Workers Month and the Labor Safety and Sanitation Month in 2019.
Vietnamese athlete Quach Thi Lan secured a gold medal in the women’s 400m hurdles at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Qatar on the evening of April 22 (local time).
(HBO) – The 16th soft volleyball tournament of the banking sector of Hoa Binh province took place from April 20-21, drawing the participation of 180 athletes.
Female weightlifter Vuong Thi Huyen has excelled to win three gold medals in the 45kg weight class at the ongoing 2019 Asian Weightlifting Champions in Ningbo, China, on April 21.
The 20-member Vietnam U18 squad left Hanoi for Hong Kong (China) on April 17 to attend the International Youth Invitational Football Tournament 2019, hosted by the Hong Kong Football Association from April 19 to 22.
HBO - Ms. Nguyen Thi Nguyet from Trung Bao village, Cao Thang commune (Luong Son) was really happy when she witnessed her daughter (Trinh Khanh Ly, a school student of Cu Chinh Lan high school) taking the throne of winning the the championship of XD (men's and women's doubles) for table tennis at the 8th Phu Dong Sports Festival - 2019 of the province.
Rafa Nadal produced a claycourt masterclass to pick apart fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1 6-1, as the world number two began his Monte Carlo Masters title defense in stunning fashion on Wednesday.
Vietnam’s aerobic team won three medals of each colour at the newly concluded Suzuki Cup 2019 - FIG World Cup Series Tokyo International in Japan.
The eighth International Table-Tennis Tournament for Hoang Thach Cup kicked off in the northern province of Hai Duong on April 12.
Vietnam will face Japan and Tajikistan in Group C of the 2019 AFC U20 Futsal Championship following the official draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 11.
Vietnam’s no. 1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh progressed to the second round of the ongoing Ciputra Hanoi – Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge 2019 after overcoming Chong Yee Han 2-0 (21-15, 21-9) in their men’s singles opener on April 9.
The Vietnam Chess Federation has sent a team of prominent players to compete in the ongoing Zone 3.3 qualification tournament in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with the goal of winning places at the 2019 Chess World Cup (for men) and the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship.
(HBO) - Bui Van Nhat, the cyclist granted the national grandmaster, was born in 2001 in Chi Thien commune (Lac Son). Currently, he is a student of the High School for the Gifted in Sports Training and Competition of the province. Having taken part in the physical training and sports from the age of 11, having pursued athletics for 5 years but by the end of 2017, Nhat decided to test himself with a new sport, mountain biking. Although he is still quite young, Nhat has achieved high achievements in the national tournaments.
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Eden Hazard’s stunning individual performance earned Chelsea a 2-0 win over West Ham United which hoisted them into third spot in the Premier League on Monday.
The Vietnamese women’s national football team have taken one step closer to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as they beat Hong Kong 2-1 in their Group B qualifier in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 6.
