The National Table Tennis Championships is scheduled to kick off on June 10-18, the event’s organising board announced in a briefing on Wednesday.

 Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam lost in the men’s singles second round of the China F2 Men’s Futures tournament yesterday in Anning city.

 A 10-member Vietnam mixed team has arrived to participate in the 2017 Asian Cycling Championships that will take place February 26-March 2 at the Bahrain International Circuit.

 Vietnam won a berth in the semi-finals of the Junior Davis Cup, Asia Oceania Pre-Qualifying Tournament in New Dehli, India on February 23.

 Vietnam’s shooting team will be competing in the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, India from February 24 to March 1, the first stage of the 2017 ISSF World Cup Series.  

 Nguyen Hoang Yen of HCM City won the title in the women’s standard category of the National Chinese Chess Championships in Vung Tau City on February 21.

 Vietnam came from behind to defeat Thailand 3-1 in the last match of the 2017 Yunnan-ASEAN International Youth Football Tournament for U19s in Kunming, Yunnan province, China  on February 22.

 Long An FC were fined VND100 million (US$4,400) for their bizarre protest after conceding a soft penalty in the V-League Round 6 clash against hosts Ho Chi Minh City at Thong Nhat Stadium last weekend.

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam earned a berth in the second round of the China F2 Men’s Futures tournament in China yesterday.

 Trinh Dinh Thoi finished 18th out of 24 athletes in the Snowboarding’s men’s slalom event at the ongoing Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan.

 The “Nouveau Cirque du Vietnam” (Vietnam’s New Circus) troupe made its Australian debut with a circus dance “A O Lang Pho” which delighted the local audiences.

 The Vietnamese sport team started the first day of competition at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Japan’s Sapporo city on February 20, with athletes Trinh Dinh Thoi and Nguyen Thai Binh competing in single-board skiing. 

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has climbed three places from the 634th to the 631st in the latest world rankings announced on February 20.

 Le Trong Hoang won a gold medal at the Thailand Open International Jujitsu Tournament 2017 held February 17-19 in Bangkok.

Long An FC's chairman has backed his team and said he would ask the criminal police department to investigate the referee Nguyen Trong Thu after his team were left on the end of a controversial 5-2 defeat.

 Laguna Lang Co, winner of the 2017 IAGTO golf resort of the year award, will be hosting its first-ever Faldo Series Asia Grand Final for young golfers from March 15-17.

 The Japanese team has won the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017, beating the Republic of Korea team 3-0 at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium in HCM City.

 Vietnam lost to the Chinese province Sichuan 0-1 in the second match of an international football tournament for U19s in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, on February 20.

A motorcycle festival ‘Day of H.O.G’ was held on February 18 at Vinhomes Riverside Eco-Urban Area, Long Bien district in Hanoi, attracting thousands of bikers throughout the country.

 Saigon Heat could not extend their winning streak after losing 97-72 to the Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions on their home turf at CIS Arena in HCM City on February 18.