The first professional golf tournament of the year, the Heron Lake VPG tournament, as part of the VPG Tour system, will be held at Heron Lake Golf Course and Resort in Vinh Phuc from January 16 to 18.

 Amateur marathoner Chia-Che Chang, from Chinese Taipei, won the HCM marathon 2019, which concluded yesterday in Phu My Hung, HCM City.

 V.League 1 defending champions Hanoi FC will compete in the Thailand’s most prestigious pre-season tournament next week.

 The northern province of Nam Dinh will host the National Wrestling Tournament on March 15.

 The Garmin Run Hanoi will be held for the first time on March 24 at Gamuda Yen So Park.

 Coach Nguyen Quoc Tuan has called up 30 players for the ASEAN U22 Football Championship in Cambodia next month.

 The Vietnam Tennis Open Da Nang City 2019 closed on January 12 after seven days of competition, with the trophies in the singles and doubles going to Spain’s Marcel Granollers and duo Cheng-Peng Hsieh and Christopher Rungkat.

 Vietnam suffered a 0-2 defeat to Iran, which has been seen as the strongest team in Group D, in their second encounter at the AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates on January 12.  

 V.League 1 defending champions Hanoi FC will compete in the Thailand’s most prestigious pre-season tournament which takes place from January 12-26.

 Coach Kevin Yurkus has bid farewell to defending national basketball champions Cantho Catfish after two years.

 Fox Sports Asia football website has named Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai one of the 10 best performers from the opening round of matches at the AFC Asian Cup 2019.

 A ball and jersey bearing signatures of the entire team that helped Vietnam become the champion of the 2018 ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup will be put up for a fundraising auction on January 13.

 V.League 1 side Viettel have signed three-year contracts with two Brazilian footballers to prepare for the upcoming season.

 Fox Sports Asia has named Cong Phuong as the “Player of the Day” thanks to his outstanding performance in the Group D match between Vietnam and Iraq in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 on January 8.

 Vietnamese national football team’s player Nguyen Quang Hai has been named one of the top 15 best footballers in Asia in 2018 following a vote by Fox Sports Asia and Titan Sports.

 Right after the Vietnam-Iraq match at Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates, Fox Sport Asia said Vietnam suffered heartbreak as Iraq snatched last-gasp victory.

 Vietnamese duo Ly Hoang Nam and Le Quoc Khanh failed to win their first men’s doubles match at the Vietnam Tennis Open Da Nang City 2019 on January 7 against Ayeni Alafia of the US and Stefan Vujic of Australia.

 Vietnam lost 2-3 to Iraq in their first match of Group D in the AFC Asian Cup 2019, which took place in Zayed Sport City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on January 8.

 Difficult as it may be, Vietnam will strive to attain the best possible result against Iraq, coach Park Hang-seo told a press conference on the evening of January 7.

 Vietnam’s head coach Park Hang-seo is confident of picking up at least a point when his team play Iraq in their opening match of Group D at the Asian Cup campaign today in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.