Rafael Nadal brushed aside Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov with a 6-4, 6-1 victory at the Italian Open as Novak Djokovic showed he is on the comeback trail by reaching his first quarter-final of 2018 on Thursday.

The last Vietnamese players was blasted out of the Vietnam F3 Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Huế.

Team managers of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai said they would try their best to finish in the top five of the V.League competition.

Nguyễn Nhật Nam finished first at the eighth stage of the Return to Countryside cycling tournament to steal the yellow jersey of the leading athlete yesterday.

Việt Nam champions Thái Sơn Nam will meet with two old rivals in the Group B of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship after a draw yesterday in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Alexander Zverev got his Rome title defence underway at the Italian Open on Wednesday with a straight-sets win over Italy's Matteo Berrettini as the German bids for back-to-back Masters triumphs after success in Madrid.

Việt Nam will send 11 athletes to take part in the Taiwan Athletics Open which will be organised on May 25-26.

Antoine Griezmann was the hero for Atletico Madrid as the French striker scored twice in their 3-0 win over Marseille in Wednesday's Europa League final in Lyon, allowing his club to win the trophy for the third time in nine seasons.

Nguyễn Minh Thiện of Premium Cycling Vĩnh Long won the seventh stage of the Return to Countryside tournament yesterday.