Japan stunned the England "golden girls" 1-0 in Johannesburg on Wednesday with Mami Karino scoring an early goal in a Women's Hockey World League tournament matchday 3 thriller.

Brazil international Dani Alves admitted the prospect of "making history" by winning the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain factored into his decision to join the French heavyweights.

Vietnamese Lý Hoàng Nam and Chinese Sun Fajing came from behind to defeat Purcell Rhett from England and Stevenson Kelsey from Canada 23-6, 6-2, 13-11 in the quarter-finals of the China F12 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, held yesterday in Shenzhen City.

Athletes from Bình Dương dominated the National Juniors Tennis Championships, which closed yesterday in Cần Thơ City.

An Soenjin of South Korean Seoul Cycling Club won the fifth stage of the An Giang Television Women’s Cycling Tournament yesterday.

Vietnamese representative Lê Quang Liêm pocketed his first win in the ongoing eighth Danzhou Super Chess Grandmaster in China.

Việt Nam defeated Brunei 2-1 for  their second win in the ASEAN Football Federation U-15 Championship yesterday at the IPE Campus Stadium in Chonburi, Thailand.

Phạm Cao Cường is the only male Vietnamese badminton player left contesting in the ongoing 2017 YONEX Canada Open in Calgary, Canada.

HCM City topped the National Junior Finswimming Championships following two days of competition at the Mỹ Đình National Sports Complex in Hà Nội on July 11.