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Liverpool and Arsenal advance in the English League Cup
Liverpool beat Tottenham 3-1 and Arsenal defeated Ipswich Town 4-2 to reach the English League Cup fourth round. Sixteen-year-old Max Dowman scored twice for Arsenal.
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Garden Pier offers container housing for nearly 2,000 Asian Games athletes
Garden Pier at Nagoya port has about 200 wood-style container units, each roughly 70 square metres and able to house up to six people, as part of the 2026 Asian Games’ dispersed accommodation plan. The units are planned for reuse as temporary disaster-relief housing in Japan after the Asian Games and Asian Para Games.
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Vietnam Mixed Martial Arts Federation holds send-off for Asian Games team
Vietnam’s Mixed Martial Arts Federation held a send-off in Hanoi before its team travels on Sept. 18 to the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, with a target of at least one medal. The team includes Quang Van Minh in men’s 77kg traditional MMA and Lo Thi Phung in women’s 54kg modern MMA.
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Vietnam women cruise past Qatar at the 2026 Asian Games
Vietnam defeated Qatar 3-0 in the women’s volleyball opener at the 2026 Asian Games, winning 25-3, 25-8 and 25-9 in 49 minutes. Vietnam is targeting a top-four finish and will next face Hong Kong.
Vietnam economy
Vietnam and Austria exchange experience on financial-market supervision
Vietnamese Deputy Finance Minister Nguyễn Đức Chi met Austria’s FMA leader Mariana Kühnel in Vienna on Sept. 15 to discuss financial-market supervision and crypto-asset regulation. Vietnam says it has a pilot legal framework and plans to license its first crypto-asset service providers in 2026.
Vietnam economy
Vietnam State Treasury raises VND27.7565 trillion through August bond auctions
Vietnam’s State Treasury raised VND27.7565 trillion through 20 government-bond auctions in August, bringing eight-month issuance to VND228.9213 trillion, or 46% of the annual plan. Five-year and 10-year bonds accounted for 51.2% and 46.7% of the month’s issuance, respectively.
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FIFA Forward seeds football development in Timor-Leste
FIFA’s Forward programme provided US$1.85 million for the Football Federation of Timor-Leste’s Technical Centre in Dili, which includes a full-size artificial pitch, two smaller pitches and floodlights. The facility supports youth, grassroots, national-team and women’s football, as well as coach and referee development.
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Indonesia lose Serie A defender Jay Idzes for FIFA ASEAN Cup
Sassuolo defender Jay Idzes tore his left quadriceps and is expected to need about a month to recover, ruling him out of Indonesia’s home FIFA ASEAN Cup from Sept. 25 to Oct. 5. He left in the 80th minute of Sassuolo’s 3-2 win over Juventus on Sept. 13.
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Vietnam esports team heads to the 2026 Asian Games
Vietnam’s esports team held its Asian Games send-off in Ho Chi Minh City, with 23 athletes and six coaches set to compete in four events at ASIAD 20. The team is targeting three medals: two silver and one bronze.
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Messi set for Argentina farewell against Benin on Oct. 6
Argentina’s football association has confirmed Lionel Messi’s farewell appearance against Benin on Oct. 6 at the Monumental in Buenos Aires, which would be his 208th cap. Messi is being called up specifically for the friendly.
Culture & entertainment
Korean film Hope earns US$4.92 million in North American opening week
Hope earned about US$4.92 million in North America in its opening week and opened in roughly 1,560 US and Canadian theaters. Yonhap called it the region’s biggest Korean release since Parasite.
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Tunis hosts 13 teams for African Men’s Volleyball Championship
The 2026 African Men’s Volleyball Championship is scheduled to open in Tunis with 13 teams across four pools. The Sept. 25 medal matches will decide the champion, an Olympic berth and three 2027 World Cup places.