Maria Sharapova set up a mouth-watering second-round clash with Eugenie Bouchard at the Madrid Open on Monday after battling back from a set down to beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 on Sunday.

Việt Nam will play Thailand in their opening match of the Southeast Asian Women’s U15 Football Championship in Vientiane, Laos, on May 8.

Tim Van Berkel, from Australia, and Anna Eberhardt from Hungary took out the men’s and women’s professional titles of the Ironman 70.3 Việt Nam 2017 in the biggest triathlon of the year in Việt Nam yesterday.

Coach Hoàng Anh Tuấn announced yesterday which players are to compete in the FIFA U20 World Cup.

Việt Nam earned three gold medals at the first World Tae kwon do Beach Championship, which closed in Greece on May 6.

HCM City will host the Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup for the third time in a row on May 22-28.

Coach Hoàng Anh Tuấn of Việt Nam U20 team said the upcoming friendly match between his team and Argentina on May 10 will be a dress rehearsal for the FIFA U20 World Cup set to transpire in South  Korea between May and June 2017.

Việt Nam ended the Southeast Asian Karate Federation Championships with 22 gold medals and was ranked second behind hosts Indonesia in the medal tally.

Sixteen volleyball players have been called for training to prepare for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will be organised in Malaysia in August.