Ly Hoang Nam will kick off Vietnam’s three-day Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia-Oceania zone campaign against Kittiphong Wachiramanowong of Thailand at the National Tennis Development Centre, Nonthaburi today.

Vietnam enjoyed their third win in a row at the ASEAN Football Federation U-16 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday. 

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team dropped six places to the 139th position in the International Football Federation (FIFA) ranking table, which was released on July 14.

 Vietnam will play Malaysia in the first match of the Southeast Asian Junior Women’s Volleyball Championship on July 16 in Thailand.

 Former Real Madrid star Butragueno has arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to attend the inauguration of the ‘NIVEA MEN CUP-Way to Real Madrid’ Tournament.

 Vietnam are taking part in the biennial ASEAN University Games (AUG) with 71 athletes and coaches competing in four sports in Singapore.

 FLC Thanh Hoa’s executive director Le Thuy Hai has been banned two matches and fined VNĐ5 million (US$220) for foul language during the match last weekend.

 Vietnam won four silver and three bronze medals at the Cambodian Southeast Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships that ended on July 12.

 Vietnam temporarily top Group A at the ASEAN Football Federation U16 Championship after two matches.

 An Seonjin from the Republic of Korea beat yellow jersey holder Nguyen Thi That to win the third stage of the National Women’s Open Cycling Tournament of the An Giang Television Cup on July 12.

 Nguyen Thị Nhan has won Vietnam’s 10th slot to compete at the upcoming Brazilian Paralympic Games later this year.

 Nguyen Trung Kien and Dinh Thi Hue lost to Singaporean rivals in the final moments of the Southeast Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships’ U18 mixed doubles final on July 11.

 Top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has climbed seven places to the 870th spot in the ATP world rankings despite not having played any matches during the past two weeks.

Thai Son Nam District 8 of Vietnam beat the Indonesian Jaya Kencana Angels 3-1 in the first women’s match in the ongoing ASEAN Futsal Championship in Myanmar yesterday.

 Ly Thi Hai Sai won a bronze medal for Vietnam in the girls’ high jump event at the ongoing Children of Asia International Sports Games in Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

 Vietnam made a good start at the ASEAN Football Federation U16 Championship when they beat Malaysia 3-0 in the Group A opener in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Sunday.

 Vietnam won three silver medals and one bronze medal at the ongoing Southeast Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships’ team events in Thailand.

 Vietnam rank ninth out of 45 teams at the ongoing Children of Asia International Sports Games in Russia’s Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

 Vietnam took home a bronze medal from the Thailand Open Track and Field Championships, which ended on Thursday near Bangkok, Thailand.

Wrestlers pocketed one gold and one bronze medal after the third day of competition yesterday at the sixth Children of Asia International Sports Games in Russia’s Sakha Republic (Yakutia).