The Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) has had a working session with a delegation from Japan’s Mimasaka city in Hà Nội as part of the programme to boost culture and sports activities towards the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Việt Nam’s national football team beat Pocheon FC, defending champions of the K3 League, 5-2 in their third friendly match in South Korea yesterday.

Lý Hoàng Nam suffered a shock defeat in the second round of the Việt Nam Men’s Futures F8 tennis tournament’s singles event yesterday in the Bình Dương Province.

The Toyota Mekong Club Championship football tournament will be held from November 5 to January 8 next year in each of the five Mekong countries with their augural match to be played in Laos on November 5.

All the teams are prepared for the National Road Race Cycling Championships, which is scheduled to kick off on October 29 in the northern mountainous province of Hòa Bình.

A much-weakened Real Madrid went goal crazy in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, smashing third-division minnows Cultural Leonesa 7-1 away from home in the first leg of their last-32 encounter.

Roma defender Alessandro Florenzi could be set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after being stretchered off with a suspected knee ligament injury in a 3-1 win at Sassuolo.

Chinese sports equipment producer Li Ning has inked a five-year sponsorship contract with the Việt Nam Athletics Federation (VAF).

Kids in age groups of four to 12 years old will compete in a chess tournament for primary and junior secondary schools students in the central city on November 5-12.