Olympic Rio 2016 gold medalist Hoang Xuan Vinh is ranked first in the world men’s 10m air pistol event, according to the latest International Sport Shooting Federation ranking.

 Tran Thi Khanh Ly won a gold medal at the ongoing Asian Wushu Championships which began in Taoyuan City of Chinese Taipei on September 1.

 Vietnam won four gold medals on the first day of competition of the 2016 SEAGZone Artistic Junior & Age Groups Championships at Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi yesterday.

 Vietnam advance to the final of the KBZ Bank Cup after their 1-1 draw against Consadole Sapporo Club’s U18 team yesterday in Myanmar.

 About 50 cyclists from United Kingdom organisations in Vietnam, and teams from Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam will join the ’Cycle a Difference’ ride from Quang Nam to Da Nang on September 1-3.

 About 100 athletes from four Southeast Asian countries are showing off their gymnastic skills at the 2016 SEAGZone Artistic Junior & Age Groups Championships in Hanoi. 

 Vietnam defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in their first match of the Asian Football Confederation U16 Women’s Football Qualifiers yesterday in Hanoi.

 HCM City Wings set a Vietnam Basketball Association league record for points after beating Da Nang Dragons 94-79 on August 24 on home turf in HCM City.

 Vietnam’s national futsal team beat Spain’s UMA club 2-0 on penalties in a friendly match during their training in Spain on August 23.

 Vietnam’s Asian Football Confederation U16 Women’s Championship 2017 qualification campaign kicks off on August 25 in Hanoi.

 Vietnam lost 0-3 to host Myanmar in the opening Pool A matchat the 2016 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship that began yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw City.

 Ly Hoang Nam has jumped to a new career-high 850th in the ATP world rankings, released on August 22.

 Over 800 golfers nationwide will compete at the golf tournament FLC Golf Championship 2016 at the 18-hole Golflinks course in Nhon Ly resort in the south-central province of Binh Dinh from September 30-October 1. 

 Nguyen Thanh Tam won the yellow jersey for best time at the Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament on August 20.

 Vietnam has achieved the best ever Olympic Games ranking at the Rio Olympics which closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 22 morning (Hanoi time). 

 Vietnamese chess player Tran Tuan Minh finished 20th out of 80 players in the World Junior (U-20) Chess Championships which finished in India yesterday.

 Forty-eight cyclists withdrew from the seventh stage of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament due to bad weather yesterday, the event’s organisers announced.

 The 30th Golden Racket International Table Tennis Championship is scheduled to begin at the Nguyễn Du Gymnasium in HCM City on August 25.

International Master Tran Tuan Minh defeated Pirverdiyev Agil of Azerbaijan in the 10th round of the World Junior (U-20) Chess Championships in India. 

 The Vietnamese team won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the World Junior Xiangqi Championship, which closed in Germany.