Vietnamese top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam defeated Japanese Yamasaki Jumpei in the men’s singles first round of the Việt Nam Men’s Futures F6 tennis tournament in the southern province of Bình Dương on September 27.

Serena Williams will headline the Auckland Classic in January, organisers said on Wednesday, hailing her appearance as a major coup for the New Zealand tournament.

World famous basketball tournament American National Basketball Association (NBA) will be telecast live in Việt  Nam for three seasons starting from this year.

The national U19 women’s football team have gathered in Hà Nội in preparation for the 2017 AFC U19 Women's Championship’s qualifying round to be in Hà Nội from October 29 to November 6.

The Việt Nam Open 2016 will take place at Lan Anh Tennis Club in HCM City on October 8-16.

Trio Nguyễn Thái Linh, Trần Hồng Nhung and Đỗ Thị Nguyên helped Việt Nam beat Myanmar in the Women’s Trio final of the Sepak Takraw event for a gold medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games yesterday.

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.