Vietnamese Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên shocked the world to become one of the top 16 chess masters at the FIDE World Women’s Chess Championship underway in Tehran, Iran.

Real Madrid boss Zinedine ZIdane hailed the impact of Karim Benzema after his compatriot lifted the European champions from the early blow of conceding to beat Napoli 3-1 on Wednesday.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted his side had "collapsed mentally" in their 5-1 Champions League rout by Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

Both hosts Hải Phòng and visitors Hà Nội FC will miss their top players when they meet each other in an early match of the V.League’s sixth round today.

Việt Nam suffered their second loss at the Robot Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship in the Group C action yesterday in HCM City.

Vietnamese Đạt Nguyễn will take a fight against Undefeated rising prospect Miguel Flores of the hosts in a 10-round super featherweight main event of Premier Boxing Champions, a well-known television boxing series, in Houston, the US on February 21.

Midfielder Phạm Mạnh Hùng of Sông Lam Nghệ An and striker Nguyễn Minh Vương of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai have to rest for the next V.League rounds because of injuries.

Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên tied with Aleksandra Goryachkina in the first match of the second round of FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship held on Tuesday in Tehran.

Lý Hoàng Nam faced little difficulty in going through to the second round of the China F1 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Anning City.