The 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games’ organising board held the flag-raising ceremony for the 11 competing nations at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, this morning.

Young female rugby players from Việt Nam, Laos and the Philippines will compete against the girls' team from Belfast at the ChildFund Pass It Back Cup 2017. The game will be played at the Belfast Harlequins RFC on August 21, a day before the Women’s Rugby World Cup semifinal. 

Veteran Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been named as one of three nominees for the 2016-17 UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, European football's governing body announced on Tuesday.

Serena Williams, feeling "new power" from her pregnancy, is already preparing for an Australian Open title defense in January.

Việt Nam is taking some of their best athletes to the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia this August, but it is little known that many have some interesting tales to tell.

Nguyễn Tiến Cương is expected to win the country’s first gold medal in the men’s individual three-string bow (compound) event at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia today.

Việt Nam lost to Japan 22-25, 21-25, 16-25 in the quarter-final round of the SMM 19th Asian Women’s Senior Volleyball Championship held in the Philippines yesterday.

Loic Desriac won the fourth stage of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament, the Hạt Ngọc Trời Rice Cup, yesterday.

Việt Nam athletes today will leave for the 2017 Summer Universiade, the world sport games for students which will be organised in Chinese Taipei from August 19-30.