Sport

Barcelona took a giant step towards the Champions League's quarter-finals with a 3-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen.

Vietnamese young chess star Le Quang Liem has failed to defend his champion title at the 2012 Open Aeroflot in Russia after his latest defeat on February 12.

Phil Mickelson won the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for the fourth time, denying playing partner Tiger Woods in his bid for a first official PGA Tour victory in over two years.

Four Vietnamese athletes will take part in the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Champs, to be held in Hangzhou, China, from February 16-19.

Tiger Woods returns to the site of two of his most stirring victories when he makes his PGA Tour season debut at the $6.4 million Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

U19 Vietnam will join 10 other teams from Southeast Asian countries at the 2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy to be held at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei from February 25-March 3.

Vietnam will organise three international chess competitions this year.

Vietnam’s national wrestling team will compete at the Asian Wrestling Championships as part of their preparations for the 2012 London Olympic qualifier.

Vietnam’s Nguyen Hoang Thien and his Hong Kong partner Wong Chun Hun won the men’s doubles event at the U18 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Tournament (Grade 4).

Vietnamese Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem completed the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK ranking 7th after a draw in the final match with Indian rival Negi Parimarjanon.

A delegation from the Vietnamese People’s Army has participated in the 10th Brunei International Skill-at-Arms.

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem was Tuesday defeated by China’s number 1 women player Hou Yifan at the 8th round of the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem defeated Israeli rival Tamir Nabaty in the seventh round at the ongoing Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in the UK.

The 19th English Premier League cup won by Manchester United will tour parts of Asia this year.

Back in Melbourne to defend his title, Novak Djokovic was nowhere near as untouchable as he was in 2011.

The programme of football for society was opened in Hanoi, under the witness of Vietnam Football Federation President Nguyen Trong Hy and Barcelona FC’s representative Marce Xavi.

Vietnam expects to host the 2012 U19 ASEAN Football Federation Championships, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has defeated Argentina’s Felgaer Ruben in his fourth game in the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.

Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis to claim his third Australian Open title.