Vietnam’s no. 2 chess player Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son welcomed 2016 with good news as he moved up 19 notches to 105th position in the world men’s rankings for January announced recently by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

 Strikers Nguyen Anh Duc and Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet have won the Golden Ball Award for the best footballers of 2015 in the men’s and women’s categories.

 Vietnam's U23 lost 1-2 to Yemen in a friendly match on January 4 in Doha, Qatar.

 The qualifying round in northern region of Motul Stunt Festival 2016 was held in Hanoi on January 3 with six bikers selected to enter the final round scheduled for March.

The national women's football team gathered on January 5 in Hanoi to prepare for the final qualifier for the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

 Vietnam's Becamex Binh Duong were one of Asia's five most successful clubs in 2015, according to the Football Channel Asia.

Tran Thi Thanh Thuy of VTV-Binh Dien Long An FC has been invited by the Bangkok Glass Club to compete in the Thai National League.

 The 18th National Men's Cycling Tournament-Ben Tre Television Cup is scheduled to begin in the southern Ben Tre Province on January 11.

 Head coach Bruno Formoso Garcia has called up 20 players to the national futsal team in preparation for the 2016 Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championships final in Uzbekistan.

  Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) midfielder Luong Xuan Truong signed a two-year loan deal with K-League's Incheon United in HCM City yesterday.

The Vietnamese women’s football team will join Japan, China, Australia, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the 2016 Rio Olympic final qualification round.

 Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) and the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) signed on December 24 a contract to sponsor the national premier league, which will begin on February 20, 2016.

 Talented young midfielder Nguyen Cong Phuong will play for Mito HollyHock Club in Japan's J2 League next year on loan.

 Badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh failed in the quarter-finals of the Mexico Grand Prix on Saturday.

 Saigon Heat suffered another defeat in the ASEAN Basketball League after losing 60-62 to Singapore Slingers on Saturday on home turf at the HCM City's CIS Stadium.

 Vietnamese athletes clinched nine gold medals as of 5:30 p.m. on December 6 at the ongoing eighth ASEAN Para Games in Singapore, bringing its gold tally to 24.

Malaysian Welson Sim and Vietnamese Lam Quang Nhat, both 18, broke two records each in the opening day of the Southeast Asia Age-Groups Swimming Championships yesterday.

 Regional swimmers will compete in the Southeast Asia Age-Groups Swimming Championships at Da Nang Swimming Club from December 4 to 6.

 The ninth Asia-Pacific Veteran Table Tennis Championships kicked off at Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City on December 3, drawing 869 players from 19 nations and territories in the region.

 The Asia-Pacific Veteran Table Tennis Championships will be held from December 3 to 6 at HCM City's Phu Tho Gymnasium.