Power-lifter Le Van Cong has won the first-ever gold medal at a Paralympics for Vietnam and set a new world record of 183kg in the men’s 49kg category. 

 Vietnamese women’s masters tied with No 5 seed India in the fifth round match of the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaizan, yesterday.

Vietnam’s futsal team have arrived in Cali, Colombia, commencing their campaign to make it into the last 16 of the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, where they are one of 23 teams qualifying from six separate continental competitions.

+Vietnam No 1 Le Quang Liem won his first match at the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaizan, yesterday.

 Vietnam dominated the Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Championships’ men’s individual sabre event in Singapore on September 4.

 Vietnam’s women players tied with title candidate China 2-2 in the third round match of the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaizan, yesterday.

 Gaston Merlo is favoured to win the title of  "best scorer" this season after the 24th round match of the V.League last weekend.

 Nguyen Thuy Linh received a bronze medal at the Asian Wushu Championships in Chinese Taipei on September 4.

 Tran Quyet Chien finished in second place at the Guri Carom Billiards 3-Cushion World Cup in South Korea, which ended on September 4.

 Vietnam's Thong Tin Lien Viet Post Bank topped the Pool A of the Asian Volleyball Confederation Women’s Club Championships after their second win yesterday in Binan City, the Philippines.

A technical delegates’ meeting and draw for team sports at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5) took place in central Da Nang city on September 5. 

Vietnamese Muaythai boxers won two gold medals, two silver medals  and six bronze medals at the 2016 International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) Youth World Championship, which wrapped up in Thailand on September 1.

Vietnam and the central city of Da Nang in particular are sparing no efforts to make the fifth Asian Beach Games successful and free from cigarette, said Vuong Bich Thang, Director of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

 Toni Claveria, Director of projects for Barcelona football school in Asia and Oceania (FCBEscola), has paid a working visit to SHB Da Nang to discuss constructing an academy in the central city. 

 Olympic Rio 2016 gold medalist Hoang Xuan Vinh is ranked first in the world men’s 10m air pistol event, according to the latest International Sport Shooting Federation ranking.

 Tran Thi Khanh Ly won a gold medal at the ongoing Asian Wushu Championships which began in Taoyuan City of Chinese Taipei on September 1.

 Vietnam won four gold medals on the first day of competition of the 2016 SEAGZone Artistic Junior & Age Groups Championships at Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi yesterday.

 Vietnam advance to the final of the KBZ Bank Cup after their 1-1 draw against Consadole Sapporo Club’s U18 team yesterday in Myanmar.

 About 50 cyclists from United Kingdom organisations in Vietnam, and teams from Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam will join the ’Cycle a Difference’ ride from Quang Nam to Da Nang on September 1-3.

 About 100 athletes from four Southeast Asian countries are showing off their gymnastic skills at the 2016 SEAGZone Artistic Junior & Age Groups Championships in Hanoi.