Serbian international midfielder Nemanja Matic signed for Manchester United on Monday from Premier League champions Chelsea, the buying club announced, for a reported fee of 40 million pounds (US$52.7 million).

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo denied hiding millions of euros in income at a court hearing near the Spanish capital on Monday where he was charged with tax evasion.

Việt Nam will take part in the fifth World Vovinam Championship scheduled to be held in India on August 2-5.

Twenty-four players left for South Korea yesterday to attend a 10-day training session to prepare for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

Tô Nhật Minh won the rapid chess category of the ongoing National Chess Team Championship in HCM City.

Việt Nam’s Lý Hoàng Nam advanced to the second round in the Thailand F4 Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi Province yesterday.

Football megastar Cristiano Ronaldo appears in court near Madrid on Monday accused of evading millions of euros in taxes, the latest player to fall foul of Spain's taxman.

Caeleb Dressel brought the curtain down on the world championships with an historic seventh gold medal in Budapest on Sunday, equalling the record of swim legend Michael Phelps.

Vietnamese top female swimmer Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên failed in the qualifying round of her strong category -- the women’s 400m medley category of the FINA World Championships.