Belarus Sports and Tourism Minister Sergey Kovalchuk has hit out at politicians in the West urging their countries to boycott next year’s Winter Olympic Games over fears about China’s human rights record.
The University World Cup Football in Jinjiang has been postponed for a second time because of the COVID-19 pandemic and is now scheduled to take place in 2023, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced.
Turkey produced a stirring comeback against Canada to remain unbeaten at the women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Rimini in Italy - and are now one of only two sides that can say that.
The table tennis venue for the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu has received praise after hosting the China University Table Tennis Championships.
In a rare instance of a Chinese national team traveling outside the country during the coronavirus pandemic, China's women's volleyball side - the reigning Olympic champions - will compete in the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), starting tomorrow.
China and Britain topped the medal table at the second regatta of the Rowing World Cup series after notching three titles each in Swiss city Lucerne.
Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead after extreme weather hit an ultramarathon race in China.
World champion Liu Shiwen will focus her efforts on the doubles and team events in the table tennis competition at this year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after being left out of the singles.
The remarkable strength in depth of Chinese weightlifting was evident at the women’s National Championships - and for the first time in many months the athletes were watched by a live audience.
The President of China Xi Jinping and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, have discussed the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and preparations to make sure the Games can be held safely in a telephone call today.
China will not compete in the baseball event at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after the country withdrew from next month's final qualifier in Chinese Taipei.
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang could still compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, despite being left off the entry list for Chinese National Championships.
The Netherlands’ men’s volleyball team have stepped in to replace China following their withdrawal from the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Italian city Rimini.
China’s seemingly unbeatable weightlifters finished the opening weekend of the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent with three gold medals, two silvers and two world records.
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) plans to start immunising players due to appear at this year’s Copa América as soon as the arrival of the promised Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, due in May, takes place.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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New International Swimming Federation President Husain Al-Musallam has promised sweeping change of the organisation, including a renewed focus on athletes, an increase in prize money and not tolerating discrimination, as Mike Rowbottom reports.
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