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Quyet ruled out for 2017 Golden Ball award

 Midfielder Nguyen Van Quyet of Hanoi FC has been eliminated from the list of candidates for the national 2017 Golden Ball award for the best player of the year, according to organisers.

Le Cong Vinh among five best regional scorers: Fox Sports Asia

 Fox Sports Asia has listed Vietnamese striker Le Cong Vinh as one of ASEAN football’s five greatest-ever international scorers on its website.

Trinh Van Vinh earns Vietnam’s fourth gold at world championships

Vietnam continued to receive good news from the ongoing IWF World Weightlifting Championships 2017 in the United States, as Trinh Van Vinh brought home the fourth gold medal for the country in the men’s 62kg category, early this morning.

Vietnamese football honoured at AFC Annual Awards

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) was honoured with the AFC Developing Member Associations of the Year award at the AFC Annual Awards 2017 ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 29.

Thach Kim Tuan grabs three gold medals at World Weightlifting Championships 2017

 Vietnamese weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan excellently won three gold medals at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the United States of America yesterday.

Ly Hoang Nam back in world’s top 500 tennis players

 Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has jumped 27 places to 495th in the world top 500 of the Association of Tennis Professionals men’s singles rankings.

Hanoi FC's midfielder banned and fined for elbowing

 Key Hanoi FC midfielder Nguyen Van Quyet has been suspended for two matches because of his foul during a V.League match last Saturday.

Vietnam third in Asian archery champs event

 Vietnam pocketed a bronze medal at the 20th Asian Archery Championships in Bangladesh on Wednesday morning.

Vietnamese boxer qualifies for 2018 Youth Olympics

 Female Vietnamese boxer, Do Hong Ngoc, has booked her place in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Quang Nam may lose AFC Champions League slot

 V.League champions Quang Nam FC are faced with the possibility of not qualifying for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League 2018.

Catfish beat Warriors in third leg of finals

 Cantho Catfish came closer to winning the Viet Nam Basketball Association trophy after beating Thang Long Warriors 77-74 in the third leg of the finals on Sunday.

Vietnamese to box at Youth Olympics 2018

 World youth boxing championships silver holder Do Hong Ngoc of Vietnam has bagged a slot to participate at the Youth Olympics next year.

Arjun Kadhe wins VN F3 Future tournament

 23-year-old Arjun Kadhe of India stunned spectators by winning the Viet Nam F3 Future tennis tournament, Becamex IDC Cup, which wrapped up in the southern province of Binh Duong on November 26.

Kenya dominate int’l marathon event in Hanoi

 Kenya’s athletes dominated at the 2017 Techcombank HCM City International Marathon held in HCM City on November 26.

Vietnam wins championship at Southeast Asian Wrestling Championships

 The Vietnamese team of 48 wrestlers won the championship with 24/24 sets of gold medals in the men’s freestyle and classical categories and the women’s freestyle event at the 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Freestyle and Classical Wrestling Championships.

Over 5,000 runners join HCM City International Marathon

 More than 5,000 athletes from 44 countries participated in the 2017 Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon on November 26.

Sports betting–a potential sector for investment

 Many foreign investors jumped on the opportunity when the Vietnamese government has completed normative legal documents on the betting business.

Vietnam to compete in US weightlifting champs

 Vietnamese weightlifters are ready to compete in the World Weightlifting Championships which is scheduled from November 28 to December 5 at the Anaheim Convention Centre in Anaheim, California, United States. 

Ly Hoang Nam drops in quarters at F3 Futures tourney

 Vietnamese player Ly Hoang Nam dropped in the quarter-final round of the Viet Nam F3 Futures tennis tournament in the southern province of Bình Duong yesterday.

VBA final: Thang Long Warriors beat Cantho Catfish

 Thang Long Warriors defeated Cantho Catfish 73-68 in the second game of the final of the Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League in Hanoi on November 23.