Midfielder Nguyen Van Quyet has been cut from the national team’s March summons, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

 Sailors of the Da Nang-Vietnam team recently completed the Clipper World Yacht Race’s 8th leg in Quingdao, Shandong province, China in 8th place.

 The Philippines and Myanmar will co-host the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Council decided at its meeting in Vietnam ’s Da Nang City on March 12, reported Hanoi Moi newspaper.

 Z.com, a Japanese GMO Internet Group providing Internet solutions, signed a deal with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi on March 11 to sponsor the national football team.

 Hai Phong monopolised the top spot of the 2016 V-League standings with 12 points as they extended their winning streak to four matches following a narrow 1-0 fourth-round win against QNK Quang Nam on March 12.

 Vietnam has been drawn in Group A along with Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines at the 2016 AFF Women’s Championship, to take place in Mandalay, Myanmar from July 26 to August 4.

 The international cycling championship Vietnam Victory Challenge 2016 wrapped up in Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 13.

 Chinese chess grandmaster Wang Hao (elo 2,707) has become the champion of the sixth HDBank Cup International Open Chess Championship 2016 held in Ho Chi Minh City from March 8-13.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is one of the markets with the most potential in Southeast Asia and the J.League clubs want to look for the brightest talents.

 Young masters Nguyen Anh Khoi and Tran Tuan Minh took big step in the ranking of the HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2016 Masters Tournament.

 New national head coach Nguyen Huu Thang yesterday named 32 players who will gather in Hanoi this weekend to prepare for the 2018 World Cup qualifying matches.

 The second international offroad bike race “Vietnam Victory Challenge” began yesterday in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

 Real Madrid FC will organize a football camp titled “Foundation Real Madrid Clinic Vietnam 2016″ for children in Hanoi from May 16 to 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – The CEO in Asia Pacific of Barcelona FC, Xavier Asensi, said at a press conference in Hanoi on March 8 that the FC will consider visiting Vietnam from 2017.

 Vietnam will host the Southeast Asian U19 football champs and the Southeast Asian beach soccer championship in 2016, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped one step to 883rd place in the world rankings - his career best.

 The Binh Duong International Women's Cycling Tournament – Biwase Cup 2016 – kicked off in the southern province of Binh Duong on March 8.

 Jr. NBA, the NBA’s global youth development programme that promotes basketball participation and an active lifestyle among children, has returned to Vietnam for the third consecutive year beginning March 5.

 Vietnam suffered yet another heavy defeat on March 7 at the AFC Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 qualifier, losing 6-1 to hosts Japan in a game where the only prize was honour.

 Right after the conclusion of the Lunar New Year holiday, members of the Vietnam taekwondo team got down to working on the target of booking one or two tickets to Rio this summer.