Kazakhstan’s Altay defeated VTV Bình Điền Long An 3-0 at the quarter-final of the National Junior Volleyball Champs, held at Bắc Kan’s Gymnasium on Monday.

Former runner-up Romain Bardet has played down his Tour de France hopes ahead of a crucial three-day block of climbing in the French Alps which he says could put Team Sky firmly in command.

Hundreds of thousands of Croatians took to the streets in Zagreb on Monday to greet their players as they returned home from Russia after losing the World Cup final.  

The Bamboo Airways Golf Tournament is scheduled to tee off at the FLC Hạ Long Golf Club in Hạ Long City, Quảng Ninh Province on August 25-26.

HCM City topped the medal tally of the National Youth Swimming Championship in HCM City yesterday.

Changpeng Nontasin of Thailand won the fourth stage of the National Women's Cycling Open for the An Giang Television Cup yesterday.

The 19th round match of V. League 1 between the top team, Hà Nội FC and Nam Định FC, ended in a draw yesterday.

Thailand's Thidapa Suwannapura edged two-time major champion Brittany Lincicome in a playoff on Sunday to win her first LPGA title at the Marathon Classic in Ohio.

John Degenkolb won the Arras-Roubaix ninth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday ahead of Greg Van Avermaet as dozens of falls and multiple withdrawals made for a slapstick spectacle amidst clouds of dust on its famed cobbled sections.  

France overpower Croatia 4-2 to win World Cup

France won the 2018 World Cup after defeating Croatia 4-2 in the final played in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow yesterday thanks to an own goal from Mario Mandzukic, a penalty from Antoine Griezmann and second-half strikes from Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe, while Ivan Perisic and Mandzukic scored for the Croatians.

All eyes will be on the match between Hà Nội FC and Nam Định in the 19th round of V.League 1 tomorrow at Hàng Đẫy Stadium in the capital.

Việt Nam won a bronze medal after beating Myanmar 3-0 in the play-off of the AFF Women’s Championships at Jaka Baring Stadium in Indonesia yesterday.  

The Việt Nam Football Federation has awarded German technical director Juergen Gede a two-year extension to his contract.  

Jutatip Maneephan of Thailand won the first stage of the National Women’s Cycling Open for the An Giang Television Cup on Friday.

Saigon Heat beat HCM City Wings 106-89 during a derby match in the Việt Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League.

Five-time major champion Phil Mickelson admitted on Thursday that last month’s incident at the US Open, when he stopped a moving ball on the green, was his fault and that he wishes he "could take it back".

Ireland's Dan Martin capped a daring, late attack on the steep Mur de Bretagne to snatch victory on the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, as several yellow jersey contenders lost precious seconds.

Vietnamese striker Lê Công Vinh has been named one of the seven best strikers in the history of the AFF Suzuki Cup, according to the tournament's official website.