France's Calmejane claims Vuelta fourth stage

Jamaica’s newly-crowned double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson will headline a strong field featuring 27 Rio medallists in Friday’s Diamond League meeting in Paris, event organisers announced on Tuesday (August 23).

India captain Virat Kohli made light of losing Test cricket’s top ranking to arch-rivals Pakistan in the aftermath of the abandoned fourth and final match of the series against the West Indies in Trinidad on Monday.

About 70 players from 13 teams will participate in the National Tennis Championship that will begin on August 25 in Đà Nẵng City.

Việt Nam lost 0-3 to host Myanmar in the opening Pool A match at the 2016 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship that began yesterday in Nay Pyi Taw City.

The Việt Nam Football Federation banned midfielder Trần Chí Công of Cần Thơ from playing in five matches due to his inappropriate language and threatening a referee in a V.League match on Sunday.

Thái Nguyên edged Sơn La 3-2 in round eight of the National Women’s Football Championship in HCM City’s Thống Nhất Stadium while Hà Nội 1 cruised to a 3-0 win over Hà Nội 2 in the all Hanoian game yesterday.

Aikido – a defensive martial art from Japan – has been included as a sport in regular physical training programme at the the Đông Á College in the central city in 2016-17.

The National U15 Football Championship will begin today in An Giang Province, with the hosts An Giang playing HCM City in the opener.