The Local Game: When opportunity knocks

Yaya Toure and Yohan Cabaye were both linked with moves to the V.League 1 recently but neither has ended up in Viet Nam, with Toure taking a coaching role in Ukraine and Cabaye (who has Vietnamese heritage) retiring.

Bobsleigh athletes work hard to make Olympic dream

These exhausted activities are repeated day after day in their five months training bobsleigh and skeleton in South Korea. It is for the only goal of winning a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. If they make it, they would become the first ever Vietnamese representatives at the Games in history.

Linh sets sights on representing Việt Nam at Olympics

Though she's covered in sweat, Nguyễn Thùy Linh keeps working hard. Việt Nam's top female badminton player is back in training after Tết (Lunar New Year) to chase her dream of competing in the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Football will return despite pandemic

The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) Vice President Cao Văn Chóng insists national football competitions will soon resume despite the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing.

Professional e-sport players can earn high incomes

With countries around the world asking their citizens to stay at home to fight COVID-19, the gaming and e-sports (or electronic sports) industry has taken off. However, even before the pandemic, there were expectations that gaming would grow exponentially not only in developed regions but also in fast-developing countries like Việt Nam.

Flag football touches down in HCM City

Flag football does away with the bone-jarring hits that full-contact football has become infamous for and ball carriers are instead tackled by removing a flag hung on their belt.

Local talent eyes medals and new event

Following her bronze medal in the duathlon (run-bike-run) at the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines in 2019, Nguyễn Thị Phương Trinh is aiming for a better colour at the 31st Games in Việt Nam this year.

All over bar the shouting

The wheels well and truly fell off on the evening of February 3 (UK time) when Liverpool were outthought, outclassed and outplayed by Brighton.

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