Việt Nam News

Vietnamese players were ousted from the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters badminton tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.

Nguyễn Thị Ngoan and Nguyễn Thị Phương will represent Viet Nam in Karate 1-Premier League Paris 2018, to be held in Paris from January 26-28.

Dutch cyclist Jelle van Gorkom, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was in a coma on Wednesday following a crash which left him with a damaged skull, officials said.

Neymar scored a second-half penalty as four-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain toiled before overcoming 10-man Amiens 2-0 to reach the semi-finals of the French League Cup on Wednesday.

Kyle Julius, head coach of Saigon Heat, is considered one of the most well-known names that Canadian basketball has ever had.

Former midfielder Trần Anh Khoa, who is famous in Việt Nam after suffering a severe injury two years ago, is now strong enough to get married on Thursday in the beach city of Đà Nẵng.

Coach Park Hang-seo said Việt Nam’s three rivals in Group D at the Asian U23 Championship were powerful opponents. Among them South Korea, who play Việt Nam today were formidable, but Park said he knew their playing style and hoped to succeed at the match in Kunshan, China.

Michael Williams’s outstanding performance helped Saigon Heat beat defending champions Hong Kong Eastern 121-115 in their ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) match on Tuesday.

Japan’s Yokohama Football Club will play a friendly match against local SHB Đà Nẵng at the city’s Hòa Xuân Stadium on January 20th, a representative of SHB Đà Nẵng said yesterday.

Phạm Cao Cường of Việt Nam made a big impression at the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters badminton tournament, beating No 5 seed Ygor Coelho of Brazil in the men’s singles, first round, yesterday in Bangkok.

Lê Tuấn Minh of Việt Nam brought home a silver medal from the Laos International Open Chess Tournament which closed on Monday in Vientiane.

Former world number one Angelique Kerber says she is looking for more confidence-boosting matches ahead of next week's Australian Open after knocking Venus Williams out of the Sydney International.

Atletico Madrid booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday after seeing off third-tier Lleida, while new signing Luciano Vietto's hat-trick fired Valencia past Las Palmas. 

Around 15,000 people will take part in the annual Lawrence S. Ting Charity Walk on January 20 in HCM City, the organiser Phú Mỹ Hưng Development Corporation has announced.

The Vietnam Top 500 CEO Golf Championship (VCG500) will be organized for the first time in Hà Nội later this month.

Mekong United will be Việt Nam’s representative at the Thailand Basketball Super League this season.

Canadian golfer Brad Fritsch has been suspended for three months for a doping violation that he reported himself to the US PGA Tour, the tour said on Monday.

Philippe Coutinho said he is targeting titles at Barcelona after finally completing his "dream" 160 million-euro (US$192 million) move from Liverpool on Monday.