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The Australian Olympic Committee called for an independent investigation into allegations that a weightlifter demanded cash to compete at a qualifying event.

A double by Fernando Torres inspired defending champions Spain to a 4-0 thrashing of Ireland in their Euro 2012 Group C match and ended Irish hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals.

Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Anh Vien proved her talent at the ongoing Southeast Asian Swimming Championships, moving closer to the coming Olympic Games.

Germany are on the verge of the Euro 2012 quarter-finals following their 2-1 win over Holland.

The 13th Southeast Asian Open Chess Championship is being held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Experimental England held in-form France to a 1-1 draw at Euro 2012, while co-hosts Ukraine edged Sweden 2-1.

Pham Phuoc Hung has won a gold medal in the men’s parallel bars event of the Challengers Cup 2012 International Gymnastics Tournament in Belgium.

Italy showed great character after a traumatic run-in to Euro 2012 by holding defending champions Spain to a 1-1 draw.

Russia's Maria Sharapova became the 10th woman in tennis history to win all four Grand Slam titles when she defeated Italy's Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final.

Denmark beat the Netherlands 1-0 while Germany beat Portugal by the same scoreline, as the tournament moved to Ukraine.

Russia took command of Group A on the opening day of the European Championships with a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic.

Poland take on Greece in the opening match of Euro 2012, with the match threatening to be overshadowed by fresh racism fears.

Manchester City Captain Vicent Kompany received a warm welcome from hundreds of Vietnamese fans after landing at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City.

The national women’s rowing team has clinched five gold, three silver and four bronze medals at the 2012 Asia Rowing Cup in Singapore.

The fourth ICFOOD Cup has been held at Chungnam National University in the Republic of Korea, by the Vietnamese Students’ Association and the Korean ICFOOD Company.

Miss Vietnam World 2007 Ngo Phuong Lan and international chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem will participate in the torch relay of the 2012 London Olympics.

Brendan Rodgers was appointed the new manager of Liverpool on Friday, the Premier League club announced, after joining from Swansea.

Falling out of the world top ten badminton players, Nguyen Tien Minh will not be seeded in the men's singles event at the Djarum Indonesia Open.

The list of 22 members of the national football squad has been unveiled to play friendlies against stronger China and Hong Kong teams.