Andy Murray laboured past a determined Fernando Verdasco to reach the last 16 of the Paris Masters on Wednesday and keep the pressure on world number one Novak Djokovic.

England and Scotland have urged FIFA to "give the people what they want" by getting the global governing body to drop its opposition to players wearing poppies on Armistice Day.

Việt Nam coach Nguyễn Hữu Thắng said his team is not dependent on any one player for the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup, which starts later this month.

Hà Nội T&T defeated Sanna Khánh Hoà 2-1 to win the the Thanh Niên (Young People) Newspaper National U-21 Football Tournament at Cẩm Phả Stadium yesterday.

Participants from 22 countries have signed up for the three-day Việt Nam Mountain Bike Marathon which is set to take place on November 4-6 in the mountains surrounding Sapa in Lào Cai Province.

Nam, Ti qualify for doubles semi-finals

Tùng completes hat-trick at national cycling champs

Former Paris Masters champion Tomas Berdych kept alive his hopes of reaching the end-of-season Tour finals with a gritty 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Portugal's Joao Sousa on Tuesday.

Tiger Woods will make his long-awaited return from injury at next month's Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, the former world number one confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.