Seoul has granted rival North Korea's women's ice hockey team permission to play in the South next week, the Unification Ministry said on Wednesday, a positive sign ahead of next year's Winter Olympics.

Top seed Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Miami Open on Tuesday falling 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to German young gun Alexander Zverev, who booked his first Masters 1000 quarter-final.

In-form Roger Federer powered his way into the fourth round of the Miami Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro on Monday.

On the invitation of the Việt Nam Hockey Federation, the Australian country national field hockey men and women teams will be in HCM City from March 31 to April 7 to promote field hockey in the country.

Vietnamese players Nguyễn Tiến Minh and Lê Đức Phát will compete at the Orleans International badminton tournament in France on March 30-April 2.

Việt Nam women’s football team drop one place to No 33 in the world ranking in the first quarter of 2017.

Việt Nam ranked first at the 12th SEA Youth Athletics Championships which closed yesterday in the Philippines.

Nguyễn Lan Anh of Việt Nam on Tuesday won a gold medal in the 12th SEA Youth Athletics Championships’ girls’ high jump event in the Philippines.

England manager Gareth Southgate has taken issue with Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish's views on the international tug-of-war involving Ivory Coast winger Wilfried Zaha.

Vietnamese coach Nguyễn Hữu Thắng yesterday affirmed his team would put in all efforts to win their first match at the 2019 Asian Cup’s last qualifier.

Nguyễn Diệp Phương Trâm was declared the best athlete in the National Short-course Swimming Championships, which closed yesterday in Huế.

Việt Nam added a bronze medal to its kitty at the Asian Archery Cup, which wrapped up on March 26 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Nguyễn Tiến Minh defended his tennis title at the CIPUTRA HANOI - YONEX SUNRISE Vietnam International Challenge, which closed in Hà Nội yesterday.

Vũ Văn Sơn passed defending champion Bùi Thế Anh to win the National Tiền Phong Newspaper Marathon yesterday in Ninh Bình Province.

The Hanoi Buffaloes sunk Madgoat to place third at the Thailand Basketball Super League yesterday in Bangkok.

Gymnast Lê Thanh Tùng snatched a gold medal with a perfect landing in the men’s vault finals with a score of 14.733 at the 10th edition of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Doha, Qatar yesterday.

Saigon Heat will meet the Singapore Slingers in the last match of the qualifying round of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) today.

Vietnamese top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam stopped at the semi-finals men’s singles category of the Japan F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Kofu City yesterday.