Ernesto Valverde defended resting key players after Barcelona's shock 2-1 defeat to Leganes on Wednesday but admitted his team have fallen into in a "very difficult moment".

Chelsea assistant manager Gianfranco Zola hailed Eden Hazard as one of the world's best after the Belgian's spectacular winner sent the Blues into the last 16 of the League Cup at Liverpool's expense with a 2-1 victory at Anfield.

Hà Nội triumphed at the National Fencing Championship which concluded in the northern province of Hải Dương on Tuesday.

The Việt Nam team continued their opening success on the second day of the 43rd Batumi Chess Olympiad in Batumi City, Georgia.

Seeds continued to progress on the second day of the VTF Pro Tour 4 – Hưng Thịnh Cup 2018 on Tuesday night at Phú Thọ Tennis Complex, Hồ Chí Minh City.

Stockily built Mohammad Shahzad knocked a brilliant hundred as spirited Afghanistan pulled off a last over tie against India in the Super Four match in Dubai on Tuesday.

Paul Pogba has been stripped of the vice-captaincy of Manchester United by manager Jose Mourinho as tensions between United's star midfielder and manager continue to rise.

 The 45th Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) Newspaper Run is scheduled to start at Hoàn Kiếm Lake on Sunday.

 Top Vietnamese artistic gymnastics athlete Lê Thanh Tùng won a silver medal at World Challenge Cup 2018, which concluded on Monday in Hungary.

U16 Việt Nam drew with U16 Indonesia in the second match of Group C in the final round of the Asian Confederation Cup (AFC) U16 Championship, held on Monday at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia.
 

Luka Modric ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's decade-long domination of football's individual awards by being crowned FIFA's best player of the year on Monday.

UEFA said on Monday it had ordered accusations that Paris Saint-Germain has broken its financial fair play rules to be referred to its financial unit "for further investigation".

The Việt Nam national chess team arrived in the Batumi City of Georgia to compete in the 43rd Batumi Chess Olympiad, which was launched yesterday.

Although being defeated by U16 Bangladesh 0-2 in the last qualifying match in Group F qualifying round for the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s U16 Championship, held yesterday in Bangladesh, U16 Việt Nam was still qualified for the second qualifying round of the tournament.

Hanoian Nguyễn Tiến Hùng won the men’s 100km event at the Việt Nam Mountain Marathon (VMM), the country’s biggest ever mountain race, concluded in Sa Pa, Lào Cai Province over the weekend.

Việt Nam national women’s volleyball team defeated South Korea 3-0 (25-22, 25-10, 25-16) in their final match of the sixth Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Cup for Women at the Chartchai Hall in Thailand on Sunday.

Việt Nam’s U19 team lost to Uruguay 2-1 in the last match of the four-nation international friendly tournament held in Qatar on Saturday.

Việt Nam’s top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam is through to the men’s singles quarter-finals at the Spain F28 Futures tournament in Madrid.