Sports
Vietreader's Sports section covers local and international sports news, especially Vietnamese sports and athletes. It reports on football, tennis, swimming, athletics and more.
Football: Vietnam advance to final round of International U19 Tournament
NDO/VNA – Vietnamese U19 football team defeated their Malaysian rival 2-1 on August 7 to advance to the final round of the International U19 Tournament.
ASEAN Para Games 2022: More golds for Vietnamese swimmers
NDO/VNA – Vietnam’s swimming team earned five more gold medals at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia on August 2 morning, bringing their total to 11 so far.
Vietnamese students end regional university games with nine golds
NDO/VNA - Vietnam's students ended their competitions at the ongoing ASEAN University Games with nine gold medals in Thailand.
ASEAN Para Games 2022: Male swimmer secures first gold for Vietnam
NDO/VNA – Swimmer Vo Huynh Anh Khoa on August 1 won the first gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing ASEAN Para Games (APG) 2022 in Indonesia.
Vietnam wins world sepaktakraw championship
NDO/VNA - Vietnam were crowned winners of the 2022 King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship on July 27 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Vietnam wins three gold medals at 6th world vovinam championship
NDO/VNA – The Vietnamese team won three gold and one bronze medals at the 6th Vietnamese traditional martial arts (Vovinam) World Championship, which ended on July 23 in Paris, France.
Chess star Le Quang Liem wins Grandmaster Triathlon in Biel
NDO – Vietnamese chess ace Le Quang Liem clinched a well-deserved Grandmaster Triathlon title at the Biel International Chess Festival in Switzerland after holding direct rival Andrey Esipenko in the last round on July 22.
Vietnam beat Thailand to came third at U19 AFF Championship
NDO/VNA - Vietnam beat Thailand 5-3 in the penalty shootout and claimed the third place in the 2022 U19 AFF Championship in Indonesia on July 15.
Vietnam off to good start with 3-0 win over Cambodia
NDO – Vietnam got off to a flying start at the 2022 AFF Women’s Championship by comfortably finishing off Cambodia 3-0 in their Group B opener at Binan Stadium in Laguna, the Philippines on the evening of July 7.
Coach Mai Duc Chung: We attach great importance to the AFF Cup 2022
NDO – Head coach Mai Duc Chung has stressed that the Vietnamese women’s football team attaches great importance to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship 2022.
GM Liem back on FIDE standard chess ranking
NDO/VNA - Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been back on the International Chess Federation (FIDE) standard chess ranking after two-year absence as he had not competed in this category internationally since 2020.
International Day of Yoga marked in Ba Ria - Vung Tau
NDO/VNA – More than 600 yogis in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau gathered at an event on June 2 to celebrate the International Day of Yoga 2022 (June 21).