Former world No 1 Maria Sharapova made a triumphant return to Grand Slam competition Monday after a 15-month doping ban, outlasting second-ranked Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the US Open.

French wonderkid Ousmane Dembele shrugged off comparisons with Neymar and insisted he still has much to learn, despite becoming the second most expensive player in history as he was presented by Barcelona on Monday.

Vietnamese weightlifter Trịnh Văn Vinh won a gold medal and broke two Southeast Asian (SEA) Games records in the men’s 62kg at the ongoing Games in Malaysia yesterday.

Veteran women’s volleyball player Phạm Thị Kim Huệ, 35, bid adieu to the national team after they brought home a bronze medal at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

Mai Đức Chung, acting head coach of the national men’s football team, has called 23 players for the qualifying round of Asian Cup 2019. Chung replaced coach Nguyễn Hữu Thắng, who announced his resignation after the men’s team was ousted from the qualifying round of the ongoing SEA Games.

Weightlifter Thạch Kim Tuấn won the gold medal in the men’s 56kg category at the Southeast Asian Games this morning.

Hà Thị Nguyên pocketed a gold medal for Việt Nam in the women’s taekwondo 62kg category in the Malaysian Southeast Asian Games yesterday.

The Việt Nam Football Federation has appointed Mai Đức Chung as the acting head coach of the national football team.

As judoka Nguyễn Thị Như Ý heads to this year’s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, she’s feeling more than a little pressure. Not only is the 36 year-old athlete a defending champion, she also knows that this will be her very last trip to the event.