Lionel Messi scored from the penalty spot as Argentina revived their World Cup qualifying campaign with a battling 1-0 win over rivals Chile on Thursday.

A 15-year-old canoeing athlete died during training at the Hải Dương Province Aquatic Sports and Training Centre on Thursday.

China-based midfielder Paulinho scored a hat-trick as Brazil thrashed Uruguay 4-1 to move to the brink of the World Cup finals here Thursday.

A record some 300 people will participate in the annual Tiền Phong Newspaper Marathon being held in Ninh Bình Province on Sunday.

Savanna Lý Nguyễn pocketed her second title at the National Women’s Tennis Championships which concluded yesterday in Đắk Lắk Province.

Vietnamese top player Lý Hoàng Nam entered the simi-finals of the singles of the Japan F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Kofu City yesterday.

The official website of FIFA, fifa.com has published an article about  U-20 Việt Nam team’s striker, Trần Thành, a promising footballer in the coming final round of the FIFA World Cup U-20.

Midfielder Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng failed to make it to the national team for the 2019 Asian Cup qualification in the last minute because of an injury.

Tops seeds Nguyễn Tiến Minh and Vũ Thị Trang of Việt Nam booked their quarter-final berths at the Ciputra Hanoi–Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge.