Z.com, the global brand by Japanese internet services provider GMO Internet Group, has become the Vietnamese national football team’s top star partner for the second year in a row.

Investigators raided the headquarters of Paris Saint-Germain and the homes of the club’s Argentinian stars Angel Di Maria and Javier Pastore on Tuesday in a tax fraud probe, legal sources said.

Sam Allardyce announced on Tuesday he was stepping down as Crystal Palace manager after just five months at the helm of the Premier League club for family reasons.

Lý Hoàng Nam and his Indian partner Vijay Sundar Prashanth won the first round match at the Singapore F1 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday.

National champion Lại Lý Huynh took the lead after three rounds of the National Chinese Chess Team Championships, which is ongoing in Đà Nẵng.

Việt Nam yesterday grabbed their second win at the Total Badminton World Federation Sudirman Cup, the World Team Championships, beating Canada 5-0 in the Group 2A in Australia.

 Việt Nam won three silvers in the last day of the second Asian Youth Athletics Championships which closed in Bangkok yesterday.

Cao Võ Ngọc Long of Việt Nam won a gold medal at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships' high jumping event in Thailand on May 22.

Khamis Esmail claimed a crucial away goal for Al-Ahli of the United Arab Emirates in a draw with their Saudi namesakes, while Esteghlal left it late for a 1-0 victory over Al Ain in the first leg of the round of 16 Champions League on Monday.