Việt Nam News

Player Trần Long Vũ has decided to retire after a successful Futsal World Cup in Colombia.

Vietnamese Nguyễn Kế Nhơn and his teammates bagged three bronze medals for Việt Nam in Muay Thai in the fifth Asian Beach Games yesterday.

The Main Media Centre including International Broadcasting Centre and Main Press Centre of the 5^th Asian Beach Games officially put into operation yesterday, providing location for over 600 reporters and journalists with the best facilities.

Khudyakov Vitaliy of Kazakhastan won the first gold medal at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5) after finishing first in the men’s 10km marathon swimming race in Đà Nẵng yesterday.

Lý Hoàng Nam has gone through to the semi-finals of the Việt Nam F5 Men’s Futures tennis tournament after beating Fujii Shinta 7-5, 6-2 yesterday in Bình Dương Province.

HCM City Wing defeated Saigon Heat 92-73 in their first meet at the Việt Nam Basketball Association League at the Hồ Xuân Hương Gymnasium on September 21.

The national futsal squad arrived home yesterday and received a bonus of VNĐ1.5 billion (US$66,700) for their effort at the ongoing World Cup in Colombia.

Second seed David Goffin eased into the ATP Metz Open quarter-finals but French third and fourth seeds Lucas Pouille and Gilles Simon were made to struggle on Thursday.

Olympian Nguyễn Thị Như Hoa won the women’s individual epee title at the National Fencing Championship on September 21 in Hà Nội.

V.League side Cần Thơ have extended their contract with coach Vũ Quang Bảo and the foreign players after the 2016 tournament ended last weekend.

Trương Thị Lệ Trinh has been invited to officiate at the upcoming FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup being held in Jordan from September 30 to October 21.

Three candidates have entered the final round of the 2016 Golden Whistle award for referees, the Việt Nam Football Federation said.

The Viet Nam Amateur Open Championship golf tournament is being organised on October 28-30 at the FLC Samson Golf Links in Thanh Hóa Province with the participation of some 100 athletes.

The national flag hosting ceremony of the fifth Asian Beach Games was officially launched yesterday in Đà Nẵng’s East Sea Park.

Lý Hoàng Nam booked a berth in the quarter-finals of the Việt Nam F5 Men’s Futures tennis tournament’s singles category yesterday in Bình Dương Province.

U16 Việt Nam advanced yesterday to the knock-out stage as the sole representative of the South East Asia region in the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship 2016 in India after a convinving 3-1 victory over Kyrgyzstan.

Top seeded US Open champion Stan Wawrinka made a successful Saint Petersburg Open debut on Wednesday, cruising comfortably into the last eight by beating Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic.

Jason Day has been careful in plotting his return from the back injury that forced him out the BMW Championship this month, but that doesn't mean he's lowering his sights at this week's PGA Tour Championship.