Roger Federer held young pretender Alexander Zverev at bay in a gripping contest on Tuesday to reach the last four of the ATP Finals and stay on course for a seventh end-of-season crown.

Substitute Lars Stindl extended world champions Germany's unbeaten run to 21 matches with a 93rd-minute equaliser in a 2-2 friendly draw against France in Cologne on Tuesday.

The Bình Dương Television Cycling Tournament, Ống Nhựa Hoa Sen Cup, is scheduled to run from December 3-12 in the southern province of Bình Dương.

The National Top Table Tennis Players Tournament will be held in Đắk Lắk Province from November 15.

Lý Hoàng Nam scored another win over Australian Blake Ellis in the first round match of the Việt Nam F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, held yesterday in Bình Dương Province.

Park Hang-seo wanted a win in his debut match and Vietnamese players wanted a win under their new coach. However, the Afghanistan team did not let that happen, holding Việt Nam to a goalless draw in the Group C of the 2019 Asian Cup qualification yesterday in Hà Nội.

Trần Tuấn Minh of Việt Nam shared top place with other athletes following the first round of the World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championship in Tarvisio, Italy, on Monday.

Italy failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958 on Monday as they were held to a 0-0 draw in the second leg of their play-off at the San Siro by Sweden, who qualified with a 1-0 aggregate victory.

Rafael Nadal pulled out of the ATP Finals on Monday, admitting he had lost his fitness battle after crashing to defeat in three sets to David Goffin in a thrilling encounter.