A draw for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship 2018’s final round took place in China on October 24.

 As many as 45 fencers will represent Vietnam to battle in all competition categories at the sixth Asian U23 Championships 2017, scheduled to take place in Hanoi between October 26 and 31.

 Viet Nam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will compete in the Yonex French Open 2017, which begins today in Paris.

 The Vietnam Open 2017 tennis tournament began on October 23 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The last matches in the 22nd round of the V-League 2017, on the evening of October 22, saw hosts Hanoi FC beat visitors XSKT Can Tho 4-0 to climb to the top of the rankings with 39 points after 22 matches played.

 Vietnam’s no. 1 tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam, has been drawn against Go Soeda of Japan, who ranks 387 places higher than Nam in the ATP rankings, in the first round of the Vietnam Open 2017.

 The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced that the 4x400m medley category for mixed teams will be included among the track events at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 and 2020.

 Eight Vietnamese chess players will attend the World Youth U14, U16, U18 Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2017 to take place in Greek from October 27.

 The sixth Asian U23 Fencing Championships will take place in Hanoi from October 26-31, attracting 21 foreign teams with 247 fencers. 

 Italy’s Mascalzone Latino team triumphed in the Volvo Hong Kong to Viet Nam Race 2017, which wrapped up  in Nha Trang City on Saturday.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s female football team lost 1-0 to a team from Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) at a friendship match in HCM City on October 22. 

 International sailors concluded their over 1,200-km journey from Hong Kong (China) to Vietnam’s central coastal city of NhaTrang on October 21, with the first prize awarded to Mascalzone Latino of Italy. 

 Danang Dragons pocketed their second win of the season, beating Saigon Heat 82-72 on their home turf in Đà Nẵng City on Thursday.

 Vietnam lost 1-3 to Croatia in their first match of the Chinese Football Association International Futsal Tournament yesterday in Changshu City, Jiangshu Province.

 Vietnam secured one silver medal on the last day of the Asian Canoe Sprint Championships on October 18 in Shanghai, China.

 Vietnam has set a goal of entering the final of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Futsal Championship and earning a ticket to the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Championship.

 Viet Nam suffered their second loss at the AFC U19 Women’s Football Championship yesterday in Nanjing, China.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam gave Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province permission to organize an international yacht race.

 Vietnam has set a goal of making the final of the AFF Futsal Championship – HDBank Cup 2017, scheduled to take place at Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City, from October 26 to November 3.

 The annual Vietnam Open tennis tournament will be held from October 21 to 29 in Ho Chi Minh City.