Barcelona hailed Lionel Messi as "The King" and he handed Chelsea the royal punishment by scoring twice to reach 100 Champions League goals and end their quarter-final hopes.

World No 1 Roger Federer's remarkable run continued as he booked his quarter-final berth in the ATP Indian Wells Masters with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Jeremy Chardy on Wednesday.

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai FC’s striker Nguyễn Văn Toàn received the 2017 Fair Play Award at an annual event organised by HCM City Law newspaper yesterday in HCM City.

Sông Lam Nghệ An suffered their first loss at the Asian Football Confederation Cup yesterday after losing to Persija Jakarta 0-1 in the additional time.

The first youth tennis championship, Dunlop Cup, will be organised from March 16 to 23 in Hà Nội.

Defending champion Lê Quang Liêm is close to the leading group of the HDBank International Chess Open Tournament after winning the seventh game in the morning session on March 14.

Vietnamese players continued their good performance at the ongoing Junior Davis Cup pre-qualification, Asia-Oceania zone, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Việt Nam defeated Saudi Arabia 3-0 on Tuesday.

Roma reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 10 years as Edin Dzeko edged them past Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday and allowed the Italians to win the tie on away goals.

World No 1 Simona Halep breezed through her WTA Indian Wells fourth round match on Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over China's Wang Qiang.