Saigon Heat lost to Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions 97-110 on Wednesday in the penultimate match of the qualifying round of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

FIFA and UEFA have provided over 1.8 billion VND ($79,000) for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to develop a community-based football project.

 Coach Ljupko Petrovic of Thanh Hoa FC has been suspended for two matches in the 12th round of the ongoing V.League 1 after he reacted strongly to a referee’s decision.

 Coach Hoang Anh Tuan has agreed to give overseas Vietnamese footballer Tony Tuan Anh a trial to compete for the U20 team jersey during the preparation for the final round of FIFA U20 World Cup 2017.

 The Ciputra Hanoi – Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge 2017 opened on March 22 at the Cau Giay Gymnasium in Hanoi.

 Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam won two matches on March 22 to book a slot in the quarter-finals at the Japan F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament’s singles event in Japan’s Kofu city.

 Vietnam wasted many chances and ended with a 1-1 draw in a friendly march against Chinese Taipei on March 22 in Hanoi.

 Vietnamese athletes will take part in the 10th Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, which will be held in Doha, Qatar, on March 22.

 The Saigon Heat will meet the league-leading Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions in the penultimate match of the qualifying round of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) tonight.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam moved up five spots to No 630 in the latest men’s singles world rankings released by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

US-based global cable and satellite sports television channel ESPN has made a TV reportage on family life of Vietnamese famous footballer Cong Vinh and his wife, singer ThuyTien.

 The national under-19 football championship will take place in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh, from March 21-31.

 Vietnam basketball Saigon Heat team has defeated Singapore Slingers 88-71 to officially earn a ticket to compete in the playoffs of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) in the OCBC Arena.

 Coach Hoang Anh Tuan has called 30 footballers to train for the final round of the upcoming FIFA-U20 World Cup.

 Thailand’s Wilavan Apinyapong will compete for VTV Binh Dien Long An in the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, VTV9 Binh Dien Cup in April.

 Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat of Vietnam won his title at the first International Thai Martial Arts Games and Festival, which is currently on in Bangkok till March 22.

 Vietnamese representative Ly Hoang Nam was stopped at the Japan F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Nishi-Tokyo on March 17.

 The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship qualifiers draw finds Vietnam grouped in the East Zone alongside the Republic of Korea, Macau and Timor Leste in Group I.

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem became the champion of the for the third time at the seventh HDBank International Open Chess tournament 2017 which closed in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17.