Football megastar Cristiano Ronaldo appears in court near Madrid on Monday accused of evading millions of euros in taxes, the latest player to fall foul of Spain's taxman.

Caeleb Dressel brought the curtain down on the world championships with an historic seventh gold medal in Budapest on Sunday, equalling the record of swim legend Michael Phelps.

Vietnamese top female swimmer Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên failed in the qualifying round of her strong category -- the women’s 400m medley category of the FINA World Championships.

Fifteen-year-old chess player Nguyễn Anh Khôi won the men’s standard category title at the National Chess Team Championship in HCM City.

Việt Nam dominated the Southeast Asian Senior and Junior Rowing Championships, which concluded in Đà Nẵng yesterday.

Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn set a new national arecord in the men’s 1,500m freestyle event while swimming in the FINA World Championships, which concluded in Hungary yesterday.

Việt Nam defeated archrivals Thái Lan 3-2 in their classification round yesterday at the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship in Indonesia.

Nguyễn Văn Phương grabbed his second title in 10 days by winning the boys’ single event at the International Tennis Federation Junior Becamex Cup in Bình Dương Province yesterday.

Nguyễn Lê Minh Phú won a silver medal at the 13th Asian Schools Chess Championship, which concluded in Panjin City, Liaoning Province, China, yesterday.