Turkey international Arda Turan scored a hat-trick as holders Barcelona thrashed third-division side Hercules 7-0 in the second leg of their Copa del Rey last-32 tie.

Việt Nam won the men’s team title at the Southeast Asia Table Tennis Championships 2016 in Indonesia on December 21.

Next month's Australian Open will offer Aus$50 million (US$36.25 million) in prize money, with the men's and women's singles champions both netting a cool $3.7 million, organisers said on Wednesday.

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

Vietnamese defender Vũ Văn Thanh’s goal in the second leg semi-final match between Việt Nam and Indonesia on December 7 was named among AFF Suzuki Cup 2016’s top 10 goals by the website affsuzukicup.com on Tuesday.

Lý Hoàng Nam defeated Jeong Young-Hoon of South Korea in the second round of the Thailand F5 Futures in Huahin today.

Eintracht Frankfurt went third in the Bundesliga with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Mainz on Tuesday, their first win in four on the final round of 2016 matches.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will need at least three months of rest after surgery to her left hand cut by a knife-wielding burglar on Tuesday, her spokesman said.

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