VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national futsal team will play several fixtures as part of a friendly tournament in Spain from August 28 to August 31 in preparation for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

VOV.VN - Fixtures in the Southeast Asian (ASEAN) Zone for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup 2021 involving Vietnamese representatives Hanoi FC and Sai Gon FC will be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic worsening throughout the region.

VOV.VN - V-League champions Vietel FC lost their chance of entering into the knock-out stage of the 2021 AFC Champions League following their 1-3 defeat by BG Pathum United of Thailand in a Group F match on July 5.

Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem is due to play Dutch GM Benjamin Bok in the quarterfinals of the Banter Blitz Cup online chess tournament on July 5.

VOV.VN - The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has decided to remove one of Vietnam’s places at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics because of previous doping fines.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam has become the country’s latest Olympian to qualify for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s under 51kg category, taking the total number of Vietnamese participants in the global competition up to 18.

VOV.VN - V.League 1 champions Viettel FC suffered a 2-0 defeat to BG Pathum United of Thailand in the third game of the group stages in the AFC Champions League (ACL), with the fixture taking place on July 2.

Top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in her third Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, next month.

Vietnam can cause some shocks on its first appearance in the final stages of World Cup 2022 qualifiers, said an article on Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald on July 1.

VOV.VN - It would be a big challenge for Vietnam as coach Park Hang-seo’s men will clash against strong opponents such as China and Japan, at the third and final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.