U21 HAGL defeats U21 Việt Nam to win third at Thanh Niên Cup

Hà Nội FC’s biggest concern about Thursday’s National Super Cup match is Quảng Ninh Coal’s coach Phan Thanh Hùng.

Lý Hoàng Nam of Việt Nam won 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 over qualified player Maxime Cressy of France in the singles event’s first round match of the Thailand F6 Men’s Futures yesterday in Hua Hin.

Former champions Thái Sơn Nam enjoyed a win of 6-1 over Tân Hiệp Hưng in the first match of the National Futsal Cup yesterday in HCM City.

An unprecedented 24 boats were sailing on Sydney-Hobart record pace Tuesday as they flew down the east coast of Australia in favourable winds with eight-time winner and favourite Wild Oats XI in the lead, the organiser said.

Arsene Wenger hailed Olivier Giroud's fighting spirit after the Arsenal striker marked his first Premier League start of the season with the winning goal against West Bromwich Albion.

Quảng Ninh Coal have set a target of entering the V.League top three in the 2017 season.

V.League side Long An have signed a one-year contract with American Ashkanov Apollon for their upcoming tournament.

The country's top badminton players Nguyễn Tiến Minh and Vũ Thị Trang got married on December 26 in HCM City.

Strikers Hoàng Đình Tùng of FLC Thanh Hóa and Gaston Merlo of SHB Đà Nẵng will miss their first matches when V.League 2017 kicks off next week.

World football governing body FIFA has ranked Việt Nam at No 32 in the women’s category.

The favourite supermaxis led the fleet out of Sydney harbour heading for Hobart on Monday as a fine weather forecast brought a new record back into sight at the start of one of the toughest yacht races in the world.

The Vietnam Match Play and Professional Golf Championship will be organised from December 28 to December 31 at BRG Ruby Tree with the participation of 130 golfers in Hải Phòng.

Vietnamese striker Lê Công Vinh will be appointed deputy chairman of HCM FC, according to Chairman of HCM City Football Federation Trần Anh Tú.

Nguyễn Anh Tú brought home a gold medal in the men’s singles category at the 10th SEA Table Tennis Championships 2016, which wrapped up in Indonesia on Saturday.

U21 Thailand will meet U21 Yokohama in the final match of the International U-21 Football Tournament, to be held in HCM City tomorrow.

The Junior Golf Open Championship is scheduled to kick off at Tam Đảo Golf Course in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc on December 26-27.

Striker Nguyễn Công Phượng and midfielder Nguyễn Tuấn Anh of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will return to Japan to compete for their clubs Mito Hollyhock and Yokohama FC in 2018.