VOV.VN -On December 30, the jury for the Golden Ball Awards unveiled the shortlist for the best candidates for each sports category.

VOV.VN - Our roundup of the top moments of 2016 continues with the best coaches and athletes of the year, as chosen by sports journalists. Here they are in no particular order.

The Hanoi Buffaloes will take part in the Thailand Basketball Super League, which kicks off on January 7.

VOV.VN - Quang Ninh Coal Football Club defeated Hanoi T&T in the final match of the National Super Cup on December 29 at Hang Day Stadium, Hanoi.

VOV.VN -The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) found themselves in hot water for the misbehaviour of Vietnamese fans following their attack on an Indonesian bus earlier this month at AFF Suzuki Cup 2016.

All Vietnamese players were knocked out of the Thailand F6 Men’s Futures tennis tournament on December 28 in Hua Hin.

VOV.VN - Quang Nam will host the 2017 RS: One World Championships, the sixth of its kind and Vietnam Open Windsurfing Race during Quang Nam Heritage Festival next year, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

An 87th minute header by Keitaishii gave Yokohama the goal it needed to beat Thailand and win the Thanh Nien U21 Cup in Ho Chi Minh City on December 27.

VOV.VN - Ly Hoang Nam and teammate Kittiphong of Thailand have defeated the Russian duo of Aleksandr - Maksim in the first round of the men’s doubles at the Thailand F6 Futures tournament.

VOV.VN -Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam dropped two spots to world No 662 in the men’s singles category, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on December 26.

World football governing body FIFA has ranked Vietnam at No 32 in the women’s category.

The newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Kunio Umeda has pledged to spare no effort to contribute to the development of football of the two countries.

VOV.VN - 2016 was a jam-packed action year for sports fans. There was so much to cheer about despite some real heartbreakers. Here’s VOVs list of the 10 best sporting events of 2016, in no particular order. 

Thailand will meet Yokohama in the final match of the International U-21 Football Tournament, to be held in HCM City on December 27..

Vietnam won a silver and bronze medal at the 10th Southeast Asia Table Tennis Championships 2016 in Indonesia on December 23.

Striker Nguyen Cong Phuong and midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will return to Japan to compete for their clubs Mito Hollyhock and Yokohama FC in 2018, confirmed HAGL president Doan Nguyen Duc.

Vietnamese representative SHB Danang were eliminated from the Toyota Mekong Club Championship after their 2-2 draw to Yadanarbon of Myanmar on December 23 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam national men’s football team are now ranked No.134 internationally, No. 21 in Asia and No. 3 in Southeast Asia, according to the latest FIFA/Coca world ranking table.

Takehiro Hattori scored the only goal in his team Yokohama FC’s 1-0 win over Vietnam in the second round of the International U-21 Football Tournament on December 22 in HCM City.

Vietnam won their second gold medal at the 10th SEA Table Tennis Championships on December 22 in Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) FC beat Gangwon FC 3-1 in the second round of the International U21 Football Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22.

VOV.VN - It was announced today (Dec. 22) that former Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC midfielder Luong Xuan Truong has signed to play for Gangwon FC in the Korea Professional Football League for the 2017 season.

VOV.VN - Vietnam won the men’s team title at the Southeast Asia Table Tennis Championships 2016 in Indonesia on December 21.

Ly Hoang Nam came from behind to defeat Jeong Young-Hoon of the Republic of Korea in the second round of the Thailand F5 Futures in Huahin on December 22.

The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) held a ceremony to celebrate its 40th anniversary (December 20, 1976) and received the Labour Order, third class from the President of Vietnam in Hanoi on December 20.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam national football team will compete in four international tournaments during the 2017 football season, the league announced on December 20 as part of the unveiling of the full conference schedule.

Vietnamese top striker Le Cong Vinh has been named in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 team of the tournament by the website fourfourwo.com (Singapore version).

Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam eased into the second round of the Thailand F5 Futures in Huahin on December 20.

Vietnam are in Group A of the 2017 ASEAN Football Federation U15 girls’ football tournament, according the event’s draw.

Fox Sport Asia has selected the Team of the Tournament after the end of the AFF Suzuki Cup, with two Vietnamese in the line-up.