National football team head coach Park Hang-seo on Thursday donated US$5,000 to the Fund for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hà Nội.

Spanish sports stars Rafael Nadal and Pau Gasol launched a fund-raising drive on Thursday explaining they wanted to give something back to the coronavirus hit nation that nurtured them to greatness.

Italy's sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said on Thursday he was "very, very doubtful" that Serie A action would return as hoped in early May.

The national premier league has been delayed for the third time but clubs raise different ideas of the proposal plan of rescheduling the tournament.

Việt Nam will defend their ASEAN Football Federation Cup later this year after the regional football governing body (AFF) has announced the tournament will go ahead.

Italian football federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina said on Wednesday he was determined that the Serie A season would be concluded even going into August.

Europe's athletics governing body asked on Wednesday whether this year's European Championships in Paris can be held while the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues to spread.

The Tokyo Olympics has been officially postponed but Vietnamese athletes have no time to rest as they will have to prepare a double task for 2021.

Things really hit home for me a little after 7.30pm on Saturday night. It was at that point I realised just exactly what I had lost.