Ly Hoang Nam has jumped to a new career-high 850th in the ATP world rankings, released on August 22.

 Over 800 golfers nationwide will compete at the golf tournament FLC Golf Championship 2016 at the 18-hole Golflinks course in Nhon Ly resort in the south-central province of Binh Dinh from September 30-October 1. 

 Nguyen Thanh Tam won the yellow jersey for best time at the Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament on August 20.

 Vietnam has achieved the best ever Olympic Games ranking at the Rio Olympics which closed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 22 morning (Hanoi time). 

 Vietnamese chess player Tran Tuan Minh finished 20th out of 80 players in the World Junior (U-20) Chess Championships which finished in India yesterday.

 Forty-eight cyclists withdrew from the seventh stage of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament due to bad weather yesterday, the event’s organisers announced.

 The 30th Golden Racket International Table Tennis Championship is scheduled to begin at the Nguyễn Du Gymnasium in HCM City on August 25.

International Master Tran Tuan Minh defeated Pirverdiyev Agil of Azerbaijan in the 10th round of the World Junior (U-20) Chess Championships in India. 

 The Vietnamese team won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the World Junior Xiangqi Championship, which closed in Germany.

 Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Lua fails to advance at the Rio Olympic Games yesterday in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. 

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has dropped seven places from world No 862 to No 869 in the latest ATP rankings.

 International Master Tran Tuan Minh dropped three positions to 27th out of 80 players at the ongoing World Junior (U-20) Chess Championship in India.

 U19 Vietnam on August 17 held their first training session in Hanoi in preparation for upcoming U19 Myanmar play and the 2016 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U19 Youth Championship.

 Taking up wrestling by chance, Vu Thi Hang has stuck to the sport meant for men all her life and has made her name at the Rio Olympics this summer.

 International Master Tran Tuan Minh tied with Harsha Bhrathakoti of India in the seventh round at the ongoing World Junior (U-20) Chess Championship in India.

FIFA-level referee Teetichai Nualjan will supervise the match between Dong Tam Long An and Hoang Anh Gia Lai in the 21st round of the V.League 1 today, the Vietnam Football Federation has announced.

 Vietnamese athletics officially wrapped up its Rio Olympic campaign on the morning of August 16 as sprinter Nguyen Thi Huyen failed to break through the preliminary round of the women’s 400m hurdles event. 

 A total of 64 international and domestic players will compete at the fifth BTV-Becamex IJD International Three-cushion Billiards Carom Tournament, scheduled in Binh Duong province on August 19-21.

 Nguyen Thi Huyen did not succeed in entering the next round of the women’s 400m hurdles at the Rio Olympics after losing in her qualifying heat on August 15 (local time). 

 Tran Tuan Minh lost to Alekseenko Kirill of Russia in the sixth round of the ongoing World Junior (U-20) Chess Championship in India.