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Vietnam beat Thailand 2-0 in futsal to gain Group B lead

Viet Nam beat Thailand 2-0 in futsal to gain Group B lead; Football teams gear up for Toyota Mekong Club C’ship; UAE pose big obstacle to Viet Nam in U23 Asian Games; Competitors flock to Ha Noi Moi Table Tennis Open

Local bike racers train in RoK prior to ASIAD 17

Local bike racers train in RoK prior to ASIAD 17; Hercules Mach fails to defend Asian title; VN runners triumph at marathon; Vietnam second in world Xiangqi champs; Karate team earn medals in Japan

Vietnam aims for gold at first Chinese Chess world tournament

Vietnam aims for gold at first Chinese Chess world tournament; Tien Minh cruises into third round of BWF; Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open 2014 to kick off in HCM City

Sports News 6/8

 Uzbekistan women train in VN ahead of AFC U19 qualifiers; Vietnam favoured for ASEAN Championship Title; Local teams lose third round matches at World Chess Olympiad; Vietnamese shooters attend training camp in RoK

Minh Huy qualifies for Grandmaster title

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess master Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy has achieved his third Grandmaster (GM) norm after finishing supreme with 7.5 points at the fifth First Saturday – Borloy-Androvitzky Karoly Memorial,

Chess ace Huy triumphs in Hungary

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese master Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy was awarded a title at the Borloy-Androvitzky Karoly Memorial, which wrapped up in Hungary last week.

Chess for Girls comes to VN

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second event of the "Chess for Girls Asia" series will take place in HCM City on July 2-7.

Four players suspended from V-League

 The Viet Nam Football Federation's Disciplinary Board yesterday moved to suspend four players related to the scuffle between Ha Noi T&T and Hai Phong in the V-League's round 17 on Sunday.

VN's top chessman drops two places in world ranking

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has dropped two places to No 38 in the June's rankings of 2700chess.com.

Another player arrested for match fixing

 Police on Thursday arrested Phan Anh Tuan of Ninh Binh football club, who allegedly participated in a shocking match-fixing scandal recently in the Asian Football Confederation Cup.

Sports News Headlines 24/5

 Japan face Australia in cup final; Vietnam win berth in VTV Cup final; Samson scores a brace to hand T&T victory; VN chess players win bronze medals; Yamaha to train young footballers

Local footballers fly to Jakarta for charity match

 Three outstanding Vietnamese footballer’s Cong Vinh, Van Quyet and DinhLuat have been selected to play with a group of Asian stars in a friendly match against the Indonesian squad on May 11.

Sports News Headlines 26/4

 Foreign athletes join Dien Bien Phu cycling tourney; Vietnam defeat Guangzhou in a friendly match; International women’s beach volleyball tourney kicks off; Ninh Binh beat Yangon United in AFC Cup

Quang Liem’s team ranks first at chess tournament for US universities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s number one chess player, Le Quang Liem, and his teammates from Webster University were recently crowned with the championship at the President's Cup chess tournament, which took place on April 5-6.

Sports News Headlines 27/3

 U19 Viet Nam loses to U21 Lierse S.K.; Minh advances to second round of Hanoi Challenge; Chess masters gather for national competition

Studying in the US, Quang Liem may lose local funding

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vice Chair of the Vietnam Chess Federation Dang Tat Thang said the sponsorship deal for Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem may be ended because Liem did not comply with the agreement.

Sports News Headlines 18/3

 Women masters to compete in international championships; Viet Nam in Group A at Asian Volleyball Championship; HCM City hosts Asia U14 tennis champs; Top triathletes to race in Lang Co

Quang Liem drops to second at HCMC int’l chess tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – On March 12, Le Quang Liem got a win and a draw when holding the black pawns in the games against Zhang Zhong of Singapore and Duc Hoa of Vietnam.

Sports News Headlines 11/3

 Chess GM Liem draws first blood at HDBank Open; HCM City hosts traditional martial arts tourney; VTV Binh Dien to face Lien Viet Postbank; Loan wins fourth stage at women's cycling open

Quang Liem drops to the world’s 43rd

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the rankings released by FIDE on March 1, Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem maintained Elo 2709 but he slipped by five spots from the previous month.