Manchester City face a charge of failing to control their players by the Football Association for their surrounding the referee Michael Oliver when he awarded a penalty in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Sunday.

World champions Germany host England in a prestige friendly in Dortmund on Wednesday with both coaches primed to give youth its head for one of football's great rivalries.

The National Kickboxing Clubs Championships kicked off yesterday in the southern province of Bình Phước.

Defending champions U19 Hà Nội team will face arch rivals PVF, Sanna Khánh Hòa and Sông Lam Nghệ An in Group B of the final round of the National U19 Football Championships on March 21-31 in Bình Định Province.

Việt Nam have been placed in Group 2A for the qualification round of the upcoming badminton tournament Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, Australia.

The Vietnamese team ranked second in the medal tally at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Pencak Silat Championships which wrapped up in Malaysia on Sunday.

Hanoi Buffaloes lost to Mono Thewphaingarm 89-98 in the second leg of semi-final match of the Thailand Basketball Super League in Bangkok on March 19.

Sharper finishing is all that is required to take Manchester City to the next level, manager Pep Guardiola said after his side's 1-1 draw with Liverpool.

Roger Federer claimed a record-equalling fifth ATP Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday, continuing his career resurgence with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Stan Wawrinka.