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Iranian team to represent Asia in world club volleyball championship after victory in VN

Sarmayeh Bank of Iran will represent Asia to compete in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship after taking the overall trophy at the 2017 AVC Men’s Club Volleyball Championship in Ninh Binh province on July 6.

Vietnam football drops two notches in FIFA rankings

 Vietnam’s national football squad has fallen two notches from a month earlier, ranking 133rd with 231 points in the latest FIFA rankings, the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) announced on July 6.

Broadcasters have to pay participation fees at SEA Games

 Eight years after the 25th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 25) hosted by Laos, television rights are reminded at SEA Games 29 scheduled to take place in Malaysia from August 11-30.

Beijing Baic Motor beat Vietnam in volleyball tournament

 China’s Beijing Baic Motor beat Viet Nam in a match to determine the fifth to eighth positions of the SMM 2017 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship on July 5.

Quang Liem to compete with former world chess champion Kasparov

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been invited by Grand Chess Tour (GCT) to participate in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament on August 14 - 19.

Khanh Hoa earn ticket to compete in AFF futsal event

 Viet Nam’s Sanna Khanh Hoa yesterday beat Australia’s East Coast Heat FC 6-2 in the last match of Group B to earn a ticket to compete in the semi-finals of the AFF Futsal Club Championship in Bangkok .

Ly Hoang Nam out of China F11 Men’s Futures

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was ousted from the ongoing China F11 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

Vietnam wins taekwondo gold in South Korea

 Vietnamese martial artist Ho Thi Kim Ngan won a gold medal at the second competition day of the Chuncheon South Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships on Tuesday.

VN Grandmaster finishes second in World Open chess

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem finished second in the World Open 2017 chess tournament which wrapped up in the US on July 4.

Vietnam sends roughly 476 athletes to SEA Games 29

 The Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism has unveiled that the country will participate at SEA Games 29 with nearly 476 athletes.

Le Quang Liem ties in sixth and seventh round of World Open

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem had draws in both the sixth and seventh round of the World Open 2017 chess tournament in the US.

‘Action packed’ VTV women’s volleyball fest gets underway July 8

Teams from six Asian countries will highlight the VTV Women’s Volleyball Cup that gets underway July 8 at the Hai Duong Competition Hall in the northern city of Hai Duong, according to a press conference.

Khanh Hoa beat Vientiane Capital at AFF futsal champs

 Vietnam’s Sanna Khanh Hoa crushed Vientiane Capital of Laos 9-2 at the AFF Futsal Club Championship in Bangkok on July 4.

Ly Hoang Nam wins first tennis match in China

 Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam won his first match at the China F11 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, on July 3.

Vietnamese cueists aim for world glory

 Nine Vietnamese cueists will compete in the three-cushion World Cup championship in Porto, Portugal.

Le Quang Liem defeats Jianchao Zhou at World Open

 Le Quang Liem defeated Jianchao Zhou in the fifth round of the World Open 2017 chess tournament in the US on July 3.

Ly Hoang Nam among world top 500 tennis players

 With the trophy at the Thailand F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, Vietnamese tennis star Ly Hoang Nam leapt 62 places to 475th in the latest rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on July 3.

Top chess prodigies head to Da Lat for junior champs

 The nation’s elite junior chess players are all heading to the city of Da Lat in the central highland province of Lam Dong July 5 for this year’s National Junior Chess Championship.

Hoang Xuan Vinh tops world’s 10m air pistol men

 Hoang Xuan Vinh has retained his position as the world’s top 10-metre air pistol shooter with 2,542 points, according to the July 2017 men’s rankings from the International Shooting Sport Federation.

Young badminton players improve world rankings

 Two young Vietnamese badminton players Nguyen Thuy Linh and Pham Cao Cuong have leapt up the latest Badminton World Federation rankings.