The rights to show English Premier League matches domestically were sold on Tuesday for £4.46 billion (US$6.43 billion), with two live packages still to be sold.

Big-name strikers such as Hulk and Alexandre Pato may have drawn a blank as the AFC Champions League last-32 group phase got underway but their Chinese Super League teams kicked off with vital victories on Tuesday.

Japanese short-track speed skater Kei Saito has tested positive for doping at the Pyeongchang Olympic Games, Kyodo news agency said, citing multiple sources.

Việt Nam’s U16 and U19 football teams will soon train in Japan to prepare for the finals of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Championships this year, according to the Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF).

Young cyclist Nguyễn Thị Thu Mai brought home one more bronze medal at the Asian Road and Para Cycling Championship which concluded in Myanmar on February 12.

Việt Nam’s Saigon Heat defeated Westports Malaysia Dragons 114-81 at the ASEAN Basketball League held at the MABA Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

A disallowed Luis Suarez goal summed up a frustrating afternoon for Barcelona as the leaders of La Liga dropped points for the second week running after a 0-0 stalemate with Getafe on Sunday.

French teenager Yann Karamoh scored the winner as Inter Milan ended a two-month victory drought to move back third with a 2-1 win against nine-man Bologna on Sunday.

Vietnamese clubs grabbed their victories at the first group round matches of the Asian Football Confederation Cup on Saturday.

Former V.League champions Hoàng Anh Gia Lai has signed contracts with two foreigners, in preparation for the coming season.

Marksman Hoàng Xuân Vinh was ranked second in the world in February in the men’s 10m air pistol category.

National U23 goalkeeper Bùi Tiến Dũng will auction his gloves to support billiard player Đỗ Hoàng Quân, who is suffering from cancer.

No 1 Vietnamese cyclist Nguyễn Thị Thật won a gold medal at the Asian Road and Para Cycling Championship in Myanmar yesterday.

National U23 hero to start against Global Cebu in AFC Cup

The Winter Olympics sparked to life in a vivid, colourful ceremony of fire and ice in South Korea yesterday, and the diplomacy was just as choreographed in the stadium where leaders from nations that are sworn enemies sat close together.

World No 1 Dustin Johnson got off to a hot start, but it was Kevin Streelman and Beau Hossler who shared the first-round lead on seven-under par on Thursday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Philippe Coutinho came off the bench to score his first goal for Barcelona in a 2-0 win at Valencia on Thursday that saw his new club ease into another Copa del Rey final.

More than 31,000 entries are open for domestic and foreign runners to compete in the Đà Lạt Ultra Trail 2018 on March 17-18^th.