Fourth-tier Newport County will take on Premier League champions Manchester City in the fifth round of the FA Cup after shocking Championship high-flyers Middlesbrough 2-0 on Tuesday.

Flu-hit Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund crashed out of the German Cup on Tuesday, losing a penalty shoot-out at home to Werder Bremen following a 3-3 draw after extra time.

Đặng Quang Anh is only 13 years old but he has made his name in Việt Nam’s golf following his impressive achievements in tournaments at home and abroad.

Tennis player Thái Sơn Kwiatkowski, ATP world rank 275, will become a naturalised Vietnamese citizen to take part in the Southeast Asian Games later this year.

Young Việt Nam national team midfielder Nguyễn Quang Hải has been invited to train with La Liga club Deportivo Alaves this March in Spain.

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Long jumper Bùi Thị Thu Thảo scored a double triumph at the Victory Cup gala for the best players and coaches of 2018 yesterday in Hà Nội, winning the awards for Female Athlete of the Year and Most Favourite Athlete of the Year.

Việt Nam's No 1 chess player Lê Quang Liêm ranked ninth on the table at Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019, concluded yesterday morning.

Barcelona have brought forward their summer move for Jean-Clair Todibo and will sign the defender from Toulouse immediately, the Spanish club announced on Thursday.