Seoul has granted rival North Korea's women's ice hockey team permission to play in the South next week, the Unification Ministry said on Wednesday, a positive sign ahead of next year's Winter Olympics.

Top seed Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Miami Open on Tuesday falling 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to German young gun Alexander Zverev, who booked his first Masters 1000 quarter-final.

In-form Roger Federer powered his way into the fourth round of the Miami Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro on Monday.

On the invitation of the Việt Nam Hockey Federation, the Australian country national field hockey men and women teams will be in HCM City from March 31 to April 7 to promote field hockey in the country.

Vietnamese players Nguyễn Tiến Minh and Lê Đức Phát will compete at the Orleans International badminton tournament in France on March 30-April 2.

Việt Nam women’s football team drop one place to No 33 in the world ranking in the first quarter of 2017.

Việt Nam ranked first at the 12th SEA Youth Athletics Championships which closed yesterday in the Philippines.

Nguyễn Lan Anh of Việt Nam on Tuesday won a gold medal in the 12th SEA Youth Athletics Championships’ girls’ high jump event in the Philippines.

England manager Gareth Southgate has taken issue with Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish's views on the international tug-of-war involving Ivory Coast winger Wilfried Zaha.