Expected lineup Timor Leste vs Vietnam: Although the opponent is much weaker, coach Kim Sang Sik is predicted to still field the strongest squad aiming for a resounding victory, creating psychological momentum and an advantage in goal difference.

The official announcement of the 25-player squad for the Vietnam national team to participate in the ASEAN Cup 2026 campaign immediately sparked lively discussions across social media forums. Alongside the regrets over personnel decisions, fans are expressing great optimism about the "devastating" power of the forward line.

Difficulties and challenges await coach Anthony Hudson and the Thailand national team at the 2026 ASEAN Cup.

Coach Kim Sang Sik currently holds a comprehensively upgraded squad, featuring high-quality naturalized players and overseas Vietnamese combined with a generation of exceptionally mature young talents. All of this promises to create a new look and an explosive playing style for the Vietnam national team at the 2026 ASEAN Cup.

The organizing committee of the 20th Asian Games (ASIAD 2026) will hold the draw ceremony for team sports on July 23 at the Hilton Nagoya Hotel (Japan), marking one of the important milestones in the preparation for the Games, which will take place from September 19 to October 4, 2026.

Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho has confirmed his move to Aston Villa, initially on a season-long loan with a mandatory buyout clause. According to David Ornstein of The Athletic, Garnacho has passed his medical and is in Birmingham completing the final formalities of the transfer. This means the 22-year-old Argentina international's career at Stamford Bridge ends after just one year.

The LPL third stage group stage has officially started. On the first match day, the summit group LGD and EDG played the opening match. EDG, who changed their mid laner and support during the transfer period, seem to be not fully integrated. The performance of mid laner BuLLDoG was even worse than DaAn's. LGD only needed two games to 2-0 sweep EDG, securing their first win of the third stage. The support player, who hasn't played for a long time, was in better form than expected.

At 11:30 AM today, July 23 (Vietnam time), the organizing committee of the 2026 Asian Games will conduct the group draw for men's football in Nagoya, Japan. As a top seed, the Vietnam U23 team is expected to get a favorable draw on their journey to advance deep into the Asian Games.

U23 Vietnam and the Vietnam women's national team will discover their opponents when the football draw ceremony takes place at noon today, July 23.

Arsenal has confirmed that William Saliba will be out for an extended period due to a back injury sustained at the 2026 World Cup. Although surgery is not required, the absence of the French center-back is a significant blow to manager Mikel Arteta ahead of the new season.