Hanoian athletes win up to 30 per cent of Việt Nam’s gold medals at international events, and they are expected to do the same in the upcoming Southeast Asian Games.

It may be her career’s first Southeast Asian Games (SEA), but all eyes are on 20-year-old Lê Tú Chinh, who is expected to bring back the 100m and 200m titles to the country later this month.

Coach Hoàng Anh Tuấn and his players have started training for their AFF U18 Championship in Hà Nội discrediting a rumour that Tuấn’s coach days were over after he led the country’s U20 team to its first world cup appearance in May.

Việt Nam topped the World Vovinam (a Vietnamese martial art form) Championships, which concluded in New Delhi, India, on August 5.

Japan’s Izawa Satoshi clocked in 2hr 39.53min to win the men’s 42km full marathon championship in the fifth annual Manulife Đà Nẵng International Marathon on coast track yesterday.

The National Women’s U19 Football Championship’s first leg is scheduled to kick off on August 5 at Thống Nhất Stadium in HCM City.

Vietnamese shooting sets a modest goal of earning three gold medals at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

Both Vietnamese women’s and men’s futsal teams will face defending champions Thailand in the opener of the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games held in Malaysia on August 18, according to the event’s draw.

Việt Nam Football Federation Vice President Trần Quốc Tuấn has been voted a co-opted member of the Asian Football Confederation’s Executive Committee in a term of 2017-19.