Saigon Heat came from behind to beat table leader Chong Son Kung Fu of China 96-93 in their ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) match on Saturday in HCM City.

Vietnamese Ngô Dũng won the men’s professional 42km category, with a time of 2hr 42min at HCM City’s International Marathon, Taiwan Excellence, yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam requested to make football a transparent sport, at a seminar to discuss Việt Nam football on Saturday in Hà Nội.

 Early bird registration for the sixth Manulife Đà Nẵng International Marathon on August 12 opens today.

Nguyễn Quang Hải’s win brought Việt Nam’s historic 1-0 victory over Australia in the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship yesterday, and opens a door to all Group D teams competing in the quarter-finals in Kunshan, China.

Võ Quốc Uy and Dương Thiên Quang won the boys’ double category at the International Tennis Federation’s Asia U14&U Development Championship, Division 2, on Saturday in HCM City.

Park Hang-seo is worried about the physique of his Vietnamese players when they play Australia in their second match at the Asian Football Federation U23 Championship in Kunshan, China, on Sunday.

The fifth Taiwan Excellence marathon will be organised on Sunday in HCM City. More than 8,000 runners are expected to participate.

No 1 seed Võ Quốc Uy booked a berth in the final of the International Tennis Federation Asia U14&U Development Championship, Division 2, after an easy win on Friday morning in HCM City.

Lionel Messi put on a masterclass in front of new recruit Philippe Coutinho as Barcelona trounced Celta Vigo 5-0 Thursday to ease into the Copa del Rey quarter-finals 6-1 on aggregate.

Branden Grace launched his bid for back-to-back European Tour victories on home soil by firing a lead-sharing 65 in the South African Open at Glendower Golf Club near Johannesburg on Thursday.

Võ Quốc Uy of Việt Nam had an easy win at the International Tennis Federation Asia U14 and U Development Championships, Division 2, in HCM City on January 10.

Việt Nam lost to arch rivals South Korea 1-2 in the first match of Group D at the finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship held in China yesterday.

Vietnamese players were ousted from the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters badminton tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.

Nguyễn Thị Ngoan and Nguyễn Thị Phương will represent Viet Nam in Karate 1-Premier League Paris 2018, to be held in Paris from January 26-28.

Dutch cyclist Jelle van Gorkom, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was in a coma on Wednesday following a crash which left him with a damaged skull, officials said.

Neymar scored a second-half penalty as four-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain toiled before overcoming 10-man Amiens 2-0 to reach the semi-finals of the French League Cup on Wednesday.

Former midfielder Trần Anh Khoa, who is famous in Việt Nam after suffering a severe injury two years ago, is now strong enough to get married on Thursday in the beach city of Đà Nẵng.