The Vietnam national team finished the group stage of the 2026 ASEAN Cup with top spot, 10 points, 13 goals scored, and only one goal conceded. Those numbers demonstrate the overwhelming strength of the defending champions, and Dinh Bac has also been a standout.

The Malaysian team will once again choose the KLFA Stadium in Cheras as their home ground for the first leg of the ASEAN Hyundai Cup semi-finals. This means the Bukit Jalil National Stadium is still unavailable due to the ongoing renovation of the running track in preparation for the 2027 SEA Games.

The Vietnamese team is creating an interesting paradox at the 2026 ASEAN Cup. If only looking at the results, many people might think that coach Kim Sang Sik's squad performs better away from home.

On August 10, Beijing time, the Snooker China Open is in full swing. According to the latest schedule, four matches will be held today to determine four more round-of-16 spots. Four Chinese players will take the stage: Chang Bingyu faces Robertson, a member of the "80s Five Tigers", aiming for an upset; Si Jiahui and Jiang Jun clash in an all-Chinese derby, ensuring one advances to the last 16; and Pang Junxu challenges four-time world champion Selby, with a loss looking highly probable.

After the 22nd round of the 2026 Chinese Super League season, the league landscape has become a tale of two extremes. With leader Chengdu Rongcheng basically securing the title with a 13-point advantage, the biggest suspense in the CSL is no longer "who will win the championship," but "who will become the runner-up."

According to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Kuala Lumpur, interim head coach Tan Cheng Hoe believes that the Malaysian national team has nothing to lose when facing defending champions Vietnam in the ASEAN Cup 2026 semifinals, urging his players to enjoy the opportunity to compete in the top four round.

With the rapid development of Zhidan football in recent years, there are more football matches, and He Qihua sometimes goes to watch the children play. He Qihua's words reflect the simplicity of the people in northern Shaanxi. Behind this sentence lies a memory that the Chinese people must not forget, nor can Chinese football afford to forget.

By Nan Nan. In 2003, the Zhidan County Football Association was established. Ding Changbao clearly remembers that at that time, fewer than 60 people in the county regularly played football. In the same year, the Chinese professional league was on the eve of the gold rush.

Reported by Wang Wei — Nestled among the rugged ravines and ridges of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi lies a red city etched with profound revolutionary history: Zhidan County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province.

Reporter Lu Mi reports — The Century-Old Elite Schools Football Exchange Tournament (Primary School Division) hosted by Soccer News has landed in Zhidan. Young players from all over the region gathered on this red soil, honing their skills and sweating it out on the pitch.