Vietnam's No 1 tennis player Ly Hoang Nam dropped to 901st place from 870 in the ATP rankings, which were released earlier this week.

  “Sabre queen” Nguyen Thi Le Dung won a ticket to the Rio Olympics yesterday after her victory against Taiwanese fencer Tiffany Dell’Aquila in the sabre final of the Asia-Pacific zone qualification.

 The first-ever auto-racing circus to meet international standards will open soon in the southern province of Long An.

  The Asian Football Federation (AFC) has announced the seeds for the 2016 AFC U19 Championship final round draw to be held in Bahrain on April 30.

 Vietnam pocketed two Olympic slots in fencing during Asia-Pacific zonal qualification matches in China yesterday.

 Hai Phong carried on with their stunning winning streak in the 2016 V-League, defeating Hoang Anh Gia Lai 4-2 in the fifth round of play at Lach Tray Stadium on April 10. 

 Top Vietnamese shuttler Nguyen Tien Minh was not able to claim the top title in the men's singles at the Finnish Open 2016 after suffering a bitter 0-2 loss to Kanta Tsuneyama from Japan in their final clash on April 10.

 This year's Yamaha Motor Show 2016 in Ho Chi Minh City on April 7, attended by thousands, saw some downright thrilling performances by two Japanese professional stunt riders.

Unranked Vietnam lost to world No. 19 China 11-0 in Pool A of the FIH Hockey World League at Seng Kang Stadium in Singapore on April 10.  

  Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh advanced into the final of the men’s singles at the ongoing Finnish Open 2016 after beating Kestutis Navickas from Lithuania 2-0 on April 9.

 Vice chairman of VNPayTV, Le Dinh Cuong, spoke with Dan Tri about negotiations over the English football Premier League’s broadcasting rights.

 Powerful athletes will race in the VNG Ironman 70.3 Vietnam in the coastal central city on May 8.

 Amateur kayakers will compete in the Da Nang Kayak Open Race in the sea along coastline of My Khe beach on April 30, 2016.

 Vietnam finished the Asian Nation Cup chess tournament with team silver and bronze medals in the blitz chess event on April 7 in the United Arab Emirates.

  VTV Binh Dien Long An Volleyball Club said its player Tran Thi Thanh Thyy has received a four-year scholarship worth US$160,000 from Oregon State University in the US.

 The UEFA Champions League Trophy tour, part of the “Stirring football jubilation – Bring cup to Vietnam” progamme organised by Heineken, started its trip to five cities in Vietnam on April 8.

 The national men’s football team of Vietnam has advanced to 144th place in the FIFA world rankings this April, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

 Vietnam’s U22 team will take part in a four-side football tournament in Malaysia in June.

 Vietnam’s No. 1 player Ly Hoang Nam will play Mercelo Tomas Barrios Vera of Chile in the first round match of the 2016 International Tennis Federation Junior Masters at the Sichuan International Tennis Centre in Chengdu starting today.

 Captain Nguyen Anh Duc’s double helped Becamex Binh Duong beat South Korean Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 3-2 in the fourth round of the Asian Football Confederation Champions League’s Group E yesterday.