Vietnamese representative Saigon Heat will play Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Truth for their first win of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) season today at the Kaohsiung Municipal Senior High School.

Hoàng Nguyên Thanh defended his title in the men’s 7.7km category of the National Bà Rá Mountain Climbing Tournament in Bình Phước on Friday.

SCG, one of the leading conglomerates in ASEAN, on Thursday inked a two-year agreement to sponsor the capital’s football team Hà Nội Football Club (Hà Nội FC).

Athletic Bilbao held out with nine men to secure a first win over Barcelona in four years and carry a 2-1 lead into the second leg of their Copa del Rey last 16 tie on January 11.

Sanna Khánh Hòa have never been a powerhouse in the V. League, but have remained the ‘dark horse’ for several seasons and are arch-rivals of teams including the title favourites.

World No 1 Andy Murray claimed his 26th consecutive victory on Wednesday with a battling 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 win over Austria’s Gerald Melzer to reach the Qatar Open quarter-finals.

The Việt Nam Football Federation has decided to suspend coach Văn Sĩ Sơn of Hà Nội FC for four matches at the upcoming V League 1 for kowtowing to referee Võ Minh  Trí.

Sài Gòn FC of V.League 1 have inked a contract with Patrick Cruz of Brazil who arrived in HCM City yesterday.

V.League 1’s Quảng Ninh Coal have recruited midfielder Bùi Tiến Dụng of the Việt Nam U19 team.

In-form midfielder Dele Alli scored two near-identical headers as Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-0 on Wednesday to torpedo the Premier League leaders’ hopes of a record 14th consecutive victory.

Jason Day kicks off 2017 at the US PGA Tour tournament of champions on Thursday ranked number one in the world, and the Aussie is hoping his painstaking rehab of a back injury keeps him at the top.

Midfielder Phạm Thành Lương has set up a new record in the national football after winning his fourth Golden Ball statue for the best male player of the 2016.

The first Việt Nam’s Elite Table Tennis Tournament will be organised in Hà Nội on January 7-8.

A running event titled “Happy Feet: The Energetic Running Race” is scheduled to kick off on Sunday in Quang Trung Software Park in HCM City’s District 12.

Coaching great Pep Guardiola hinted to NBC his present post as Manchester City manager may be his last, saying he was 'arriving at the end' of his stellar career.

Vietnamese top shooter Hoàng Xuân Vinh is the world No 1 in the men’s 10m air pistol event, according to the latest International Sport Shooting Federation ranking in January.

The National Bà Rá Mountain Climbing Tournament is scheduled to kick off on Friday in the southern province of Bình Phước, the event’s organisers announced yesterday.

Everyone in the V.League is now well acquainted with the shopping habits of FLC Thanh Hóa, who have bought a number of quality players to dominate the national premier league.