Sports

Football friendly: Vietnam 2-2 Kashima Antlers
05/06/2013 10:02
In the build-up, the game had been billed as an important step in Vietnam’s preparations for approaching international tournaments, with many players being given a chance to impress new coach Hoang Van Phuc and stake their claim to a berth in the main national team. However, it was...
Vietnam hosts SEA Junior Athletics Championships
05/06/2013 09:59
Competitors from Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore, together with the host Vietnam, will compete for 60 sets of medals, including 36 medals for teenagers aged under 18, and 24 medals for those aged 18-21. The competition offers an excellent opportunity...
Chess grandmaster drops in world rankings
05/06/2013 09:57
As a result of his fourth place finish at the recent 2013 Asian Chess Championships in Pasay, the Philippines, Liem also lost two Elo points this month, said Nhan Dan Online Newspaper. Despite the slide, Liem remains the second youngest chess player in the world’s top 30, trailing...
Kashima Antlers to bring nine national players to Vietnam
17/05/2013 07:53
Midfielder Koji Nakata. The seven time J-League champion squad will go to Vietnam with nine players in the national squad of Japan and two Brazilian players, led by coach Toninho Cerezo. The seven national players include: goalkeeper Hitoshi Sogahata, defenders Daiki Iwamasa, Kazuya...
Football should be run by a businessman: ex-minister
07/05/2013 04:02
After 20 years of running a�social organization�like the VFF in the outdated mentality of placing its ‘own personnel’ as the leader, now is the time for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to change its ways, he added. Over the past 20 years, the management structure at...
Vietnamese wrestlers ready for Asian tourney
18/04/2013 10:08
The country’s main hopes for medals are women’s freestyle wrestlers including 2012 Olympian and 2010 Asian Games runner-up Nguyen Thi Lua (51kg), 2012 world youth silver medalist Vu Thi Hang (48kg), and reigning Southeast Asia champion Pham Thi Loan (55kg). They expect to be...
Tien Minh out of 2013 Badminton Asia Champs
18/04/2013 09:50
He was defeated 0-2 by Chinese rival Chan Yan Kit from Hong Kong in his first match of the men’s individual event. Minh’s fellow Do Duc Tuan also lost 0-2 to another Chinese rival named Lindan. In the meanwhile, two Vietnamese players, Pham Cao Cuong and Nguyen Hoang Nam, won...