Referee Nguyễn Ngọc Châu of Bình Dương won the 2016 Golden Whistle Award, the Việt Nam Football Federation announced yesterday.

Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson will get to be part of the US Ryder Cup team after all, even though the seventh-ranked star was not selected as a captain’s pick.

Team Sky chief Dave Brailsford has insisted British cycling great Bradley Wiggins did nothing wrong in receiving a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for otherwise banned drugs.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam has advanced 173 places to reach world No. 1,002 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s doubles rankings. 

Hà Nội triumphed at the National Fencing Championships, which ended at the city’s Trịnh Hoài Đức Gymnasium on Sunday.

Phạm Cao Cường of HCM City beat his teammate Nguyễn Tiến Minh to win the men’s singles category of the National Individual Badminton Tournament which wrapped up at the weekend in the northern province of Thái Bình.

US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love named Ryan Moore on Sunday as his final captain's pick to the American squad that will meet holders Europe starting Friday at Hazeltine.

France's Lucas Pouille won his first career title on Sunday when he downed top seed Domminic Thiem of Austria 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 in the Metz ATP final.

 Petr Novotny of the Cezch Republic won the 100km event at the Việt Nam Mountain Marathon, which closed in Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai yesterday.