National U23 hero to start against Global Cebu in AFC Cup

The Winter Olympics sparked to life in a vivid, colourful ceremony of fire and ice in South Korea yesterday, and the diplomacy was just as choreographed in the stadium where leaders from nations that are sworn enemies sat close together.

World No 1 Dustin Johnson got off to a hot start, but it was Kevin Streelman and Beau Hossler who shared the first-round lead on seven-under par on Thursday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Philippe Coutinho came off the bench to score his first goal for Barcelona in a 2-0 win at Valencia on Thursday that saw his new club ease into another Copa del Rey final.

More than 31,000 entries are open for domestic and foreign runners to compete in the Đà Lạt Ultra Trail 2018 on March 17-18^th.

Viet Nam’s Huỳnh Minh Nghĩa brought home a bronze medal from the Asian Road and Para Cycling Championship in Myanmar yesterday.

Wasted chances were the main reasons that Việt Nam failed to repeat their record of entering semi-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship in Chinese Taipei.

All eyes are on the 23^rd Olympic Winter Games and 12^th Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang this February. Top athletes will carry their national flags in an opening ceremony which has come to epitomise the international community.

British football magazine FoutFourTwo has announced a new category -- Fan Favourite 2018 -- in its first Southeast Asian region’s football awards.