Five golfers from the southern region will play in the TP Bank World Amateur Golfers Championship Vietnam 2016 (WAGC) final round, following a qualifying round held in Binh Duong Province.

 The International Badminton Championships Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open 2016 officially kicked off on July 18, drawing the participation of 300 players from 28 countries and territories.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has agreed to ​exempt visa fee for individuals participating in the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG-5) in central Da Nang resort city from September 24-October 3.

 HCM City bagged six golds in the first day of competition of the National Junior Swimming Championships in HCM City yesterday.

 Vietnam easily defeated Singapore 3-0 in the last Group A match of the ASEAN U16 Football Championships in Cambodia yesterday.

 Vietnam lost both its first singles matches to host Thailand in the Davis Cup Group II Asia-Oceania zone yesterday in Nathonburi.

 The Children of Asia Games ended yesterday in Sakha Republic (Yakutia) with Vietnam in the No 11 position.

 Vietnam’s Sanna Khanh Hoa advanced to the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club thanks to Nguyen Quoc Bao’s late goal, ensuring the team’s 3-2 victory over Al-Sadd of Qatar yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Vietnam finished in fourth position at the ASEAN University Games, following the final day of competition, yesterday in Singapore.

 The national tennis team failed to advance to the finals of the Davis Cup, Asia-Oceania zone, Group II, after losing to hosts Thailand yesterday in Nonthaburi.

 Vietnamese-born Tan Nico Düsterfeld from Germany aspires to represent his birth country in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Nguyen Thuy Linh reports.

 The Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) intendeds another fact-finding ‘study-trip’ to Europe as part of research to improve the Vietnamese football environment, despite the scant results of previous trips.

 Vietnam’s Sanna Khanh Hoa FC opened the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship in style by claiming a comfortable 3-0 victory over Taipower FC yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Nguyen Thi That grabbed the yellow to make it a double at the National Women’s Cycling Open, for the An Giang Television Cup, yesterday.

 Ly Hoang Nam will kick off Vietnam’s three-day Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia-Oceania zone campaign against Kittiphong Wachiramanowong of Thailand at the National Tennis Development Centre, Nonthaburi today.

Vietnam enjoyed their third win in a row at the ASEAN Football Federation U-16 Championship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday. 

 Vietnam’s national men’s football team dropped six places to the 139th position in the International Football Federation (FIFA) ranking table, which was released on July 14.

 Vietnam will play Malaysia in the first match of the Southeast Asian Junior Women’s Volleyball Championship on July 16 in Thailand.

 Former Real Madrid star Butragueno has arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to attend the inauguration of the ‘NIVEA MEN CUP-Way to Real Madrid’ Tournament.

 Vietnam are taking part in the biennial ASEAN University Games (AUG) with 71 athletes and coaches competing in four sports in Singapore.