Weightlifter Ngo Son Dinh brought home the first gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Argentina after finishing triumphant in the men’s 56kg category on October 7 (local time).
HBO – Mai Chau district’s Association of the Elderly recently coordinated with the district’s culture-sports centre in organising the third soft volleyball tournament for elder people, in response to the action month for the elderly in Vietnam and the 27th International Day of Older Persons.
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Home favourite Kei Nishikori defeated Frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6(2) 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Japan Open on Saturday, setting up a final against Russian qualifier Daniil Medvedev.
Former world number one Garbine Muguruza was beaten 7-5 6-4 by Aryna Sabalenka in the China Open second round on Tuesday (Oct 2) while an ailing Jelena Ostapenko lost 6-0 6-0 to Wang Qiang.
The Vietnamese delegation arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 1 to compete in the third Asian Para Games scheduled for October 6-14.
The delegation is comprised of 75 members, including 52 athletes and 11 coaches and caretakers, led by Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Paralympic Association Vu The Phiet.
US Open champion Naomi Osaka got her China Open off to a winning start in Beijing on Monday.
Nearly 1,500 athletes competed in the 45th Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) Newspaper Run in pedestrian space around Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi on September 30.
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Germany will host the Euro 2024 football tournament after comfortably beating the only other bidders Turkey in a two-horse contest on Thursday.
Round two at the 2018 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open brought more mixed results for local players and a number of major upsets.
(HBO) - In response to the campaign of "All people practice exercise following the example of our Great Uncle Ho ", the mass movement of sports and physical training in the province has always been concerned, directed and developed strongly with many diversified forms, expanding to most locality, attracting a large number of local people.
Vietnam will welcome the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup in October ahead of the event that will take place from November 8 to December 15.
The annual Sa Pa international mountain marathon 2018, the sixth of its kind, took place in Sa Pa district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on September 21-23, as part of the Sa Pa autumn festival 2018.
The Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA) and the Vietnam Athletics Federation (VAF) held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 19, to commend and reward track and field athletes for the achievements they recorded at the recent Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD 2018).
(HBO) – The 12th table tennis tournament of Vietnam Journalists’ Association took place in Hanoi from September 13-16 with the participation of more than 230 athletes of 44 delegations nationwide.
(HBO) – The Hoa Binh city Club held the Mizuno table tennis tournament or Kamito Cup Hoa Binh Open on September 15-16. This was the biggest-ever table tennis tourney organised by the club.
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Formula One announced a sponsorship and data rights deal with Interregional Sports Group (ISG) on Tuesday that it said will enable the development of live in-play betting. The Financial Times newspaper reported earlier that the deal to sell betting sponsorships was worth at least US$100 million over five years.
(HBO) – After four day of competition, the volleyball tournament of Mai Chau district, which was held on the occasion of the 73rd National Day and the victory of the August Revolution (September 2, 1945-2018), concluded in the district’s stadium on September 1.
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France’s Kevin Mayer set a new decathlon world record on Sunday when he finished with 9126 points at the Decastar event in Talence, France. He threw a personal best of 71.90 metres in the javelin, Sunday’s penultimate event, then finished the decisive 1,500 metres in four minutes 36.11 seconds, having needed to clock 4:49 to break the record.
(HBO) - Determining to build the physical training – sports movement as a foundation for high-achievement sports development, in the past years, the recruitment and training of athletes has always been paid attention by Luong Son district Sports Center.
Former world number one Angelique Kerber became the second player to qualify for next month’s season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore, the WTA said on Monday.
More than 800 runners from Vietnam and 16 other countries and territories raced in the first Trang An Marathon at the Trang An Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh on September 9.
Vietnamese striker Nguyen Van Toan’s goal in the 108th minute of the quarter-final against Syria was chosen as one of the four most memorable moments in the men’s football at the Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD), according to Football Tribe.
FLC Thanh Hoa claimed the first place in the final match of the 2018 Vietnamese National Cup after demolishing Song Lam Nghe An 4-0 in the semifinal second leg on September 5, to seal a 6-3 victory on aggregate.
Three footballers from the U23 Vietnam squad made their names in the Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD) team of the tournament, according to FOX Sports Asia.
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Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro celebrated her 30th birthday in style at the US Open on Monday by beating Russian Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-3 to book her place in the quarter-finals.
