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IOC and COC emphasise collaboration on Olympic affairs

  • Olympics

Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach visited China

warm welcome from Gao Zhidan, President of the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), upon his arrival in China

IOC President Thomas Bach was present in China ahead of Paris 2024.

At the university campus, he toured the China Table Tennis College (CTTC), meeting aspiring Olympians


China Women and Uruguay Men reach Madrid Grand Final in Rugby Sevens

  • Rugby Sevens

China Women and Uruguay Men were crowned champions of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenge 2024 with

An exhilarating day of international rugby sevens came to an end as China Women and Uruguay Men were

of the standings with 56 points.Uruguay defeated Germany 21-19 in a pulsating final, while Hong Kong China

Meanwhile, China completed a near-perfect campaign in the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenge 2024 women's

China had lost just one of their 17 matches in Dubai, Montevideo and Krakow before the main final, demonstrating

Argentina, Belgium and Poland will join China in the HSBC SVNS women's play-offs, while Uruguay, Chile


Kobe 2024 Para Athletics Day 3: Leon Schaefer and Sabrine Fortune star in Japan

  • Athletics

Despite the rain, the excitement persisted on the third day of competition in Kobe on Sunday, from the initial starting gun to the last jump, particularly the final one.

new Americas record with a 40.35-meter throw, earning the silver.In the women’s javelin throw F34, China

With ten gold, eight silver, and eight bronze medals, China maintains its lead on the medal table, boasting

a total of 26 medals.Complete results from Sunday can be found here.Medals Table | Day 3🇨🇳 China tops


Last places for Paris 2024 in 3x3 Basketball decided in Hungary

  • 3x3 basketball

The FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournamentcame to an exciting conclusion with France, Lithuania and Poland finishing on the podium in the men's competition to secure their places at Paris 2024, while Germany, Spain and Canada did the same in the women's competition.

that have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are:MEN: Serbia (Ranked), United States (Ranked), China

(Ranked), Latvia (UOQT 1), Netherlands (UOQT 2), France (OQT), Lithuania (OQT), Poland (OQT)WOMEN: China


Ethiopian women secure 1500m double at Kobe 2024 Para Athletics Worlds

  • Athletics News

Yayesh Gate Tesfaw smashed the women’s 1500m T11 world record, with fellow Ethiopian Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu taking the T13 title on day two of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships.

That saw the South American nation draw level with China on six golds, although the Chinese lead with



Macron's pleas for Olympic truce suffer double rejection

  • Olympics

A day after Vladimir Putin spurned down the French president's call for a ceasefire during the Paris 2024 Games, Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky did the same in an interview with AFP on Friday.

Earlier in the day, Putin was asked during a visit to China whether he backed Macron's idea, and he quickly


Breaking records at Paris 2024: The dream of many, achievement of a few

  • Paris 2024

From the swimming pool to the ever-improving athletics track, from the climbing wall to the basketball hoop or the football pitch in the various French stadiums, the Paris 2024 Games, which begin at the end of July, could see many records broken.

world record eight times, with his latest leap of 6.24m at the Wanda Diamond League opener in Xiamen, China

established himself as the man to beat by breaking the world record twice in one hour at a World Cup event in China


Olympic Qualifier Series Skateboarding prelim results released

  • Skateboarding

Friday at the first-ever Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai was packed with preliminaries ahead of a weekend of finals, with skateboarding packing the stands with young spectators. 

Rayssa Leal also advanced, along with Cui Chenxi, 14, leading the way for the People's Republic of China

Yuanling, Zhang Yan, and Zeng Wenhui also made it the semifinals. pic.twitter.com/SVw9YrZKkU— Sports China


Dick Pound chimes in USADA-WADA war of words

  • Sports

The former World Anti-Doping Agency President discussed the fall-out from the Chinese swimmers doping scandal and accused the agency from the other side of the border of seeking to undermine the global body with "lies and distortions".

we call on WADA to actually lead by taking action and to provide real answers by producing the full China

the deliberate lies and distortions coming from USADA, including that WADA has swept doping cases in China

"The claim that WADA has in some way inappropriately favoured China is completely false.

Athlete Council, please find linked here a statement in relation to the case involving swimmers from China

"What evidence has been produced to suggest that China has benefited in any way?


Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships Day 1: Four golds for Brazil

  • Athletics News

The 2024 Para Athletics World Championships got underway in Kobe, Japan on Friday with 1,000 athletes from 101 nations set to take part. For the first time, the world's largest single Para sport event is being held in the same year as the Paralympic Games.

China swept the podium in the men's T11 long jump with Chen Shichang setting a championship record 6.62m


Brazil beat Europeans to host the Women's World Cup in 2027

  • FIFA

Brazil will host the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup after outbidding a joint European bid from Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, world football's governing body announced at the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand.

To date, there have been 2 in Asia (China), 3 in North America (2 in the United States and 1 in Canada


IWF President in Baku to enhance weightlifting development in Azerbaijan

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Mohammed Jalood was this week in Azerbaijan, where he had the opportunity to discuss new ways of developing weightlifting in the country with the national authorities. While in Baku, Jalood met with Prime Minister Ali Asadov, the Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov, and representatives of the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee and Weightlifting Federation.

World Championships), so that it can eventually integrate the IWF Academy project, already active in China


Paris 2024 Paralympics: Najlah Imad's dreams of gold after surviving bomb attack

  • Paralympics Pages

In 2008, an explosion destroyed her father's car in Baquba. She was just three years old. She lost the greater part of her right leg, the knee of her left leg and the forearm of her right arm. Against her family's wishes, she started playing table tennis at the age of 10 and now, at 19, after learning at Tokyo 2020, she will be competing for the top prize at Paris 2024.

to Tokyo for the Paralympic Games, and in 2023 she won a gold medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games in China


Olympian Joanna Evans’ suspension increased to four years

  • Swimming

Bahamian double Olympian Joanna Evans expressed her frustrations with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday via social media. 

destroying one honest athlete from a small country while overlooking 23 positive tests from Olympic giant China