Supermaxi yacht Black Jack led the Sydney to Hobart fleet out of the harbour on Tuesday, chasing a new race  record amid "dream" conditions in the gruelling annual dash down Australia's east coast.

Four-time major champion Ernie Els has received a special exemption to compete in next year's Masters golf tournament, multiple websites reported on Monday.

The National U19 Football Championship will feature 22 teams competing from January 8 to February 10.

Việt Nam will leave for China’s Asian U23 Football Championship on January 1, eight days before the tournament begins.

The strongest Vietnamese masters will take part in the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships that begins today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

FLC Thanh Hóa have introduced five new players, who were expected to help the team lift their performance at the next V.League season.

Paceman Jaydev Unadkat led a disciplined attack to set up India's five-wicket win in the third Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka as the hosts completed a 3-0 whitewash on Sunday.

Southampton striker Charlie Austin was Sunday banned for three matches after kicking Huddersfield goalkeeper Jonas Lossl in the face, the Football Association announced.

Sanna Khánh Hòa lost to Muangthong United of Thailand 1-3 in the first leg of the Toyota Mekong Club Championship finals held at Hàng Đẫy Stadium.