The Badminton Association of India (BAI) is willing to stage the Sudirman Cup Finals, it has been reported.

rights.The 2023 edition is scheduled to take place from May 14 to 21 but the COVID-19 pandemic situation in China

supposed to hold the tournament in 2021 but was not able to, due to strict COVID-19 restrictions in China

China are the defending Sudirman Cup champions ©Getty ImagesLast year, the World Tour Finals initially

Norway’s Marcus Kleveland claimed his third successive men’s snowboard Big Air gold at the X Games in Aspen.

saved his best runs until last as he scored 90 to secure second spot.Olympic champion Su Yiming of China

champion in Aspen as she seized her opportunity following injuries to freestyle skiing stars Eileen Gu of China

strong for American Maddie Mastro who claimed silver, while two-time world champion Cai Xuetong of China

The organisers of the Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games has sent out invitations to the heads of delegations of the 136 University Sports Federations expected to compete at the event.

this was delayed on several occasions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions in China

have announced a new partnership that will see the platform acquire exclusive digital media rights in China

content throughout.The agreement will see all 64 matches broadcast across the platform in the mainland of China

Shinai Sports, which will bring the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 to digital platforms across mainland of China

FIFA Women's World Cup eight times, earning a silver medal in 1999.At the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, China

A new world champion is set to be crowned in Astana, Kazakhstan, after the city was confirmed as host for the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Championship match in April.

Grand Master and world number two Ding Liren from China is scheduled to play Russian Grand Master Ian

draw.They had first played against one another in 2009, during an exhibition match between Russia and China

Four-time Paralympic gold medal-winning sitting volleyball coach Hadi Rezaei is again set to lead the Iranian men's team at the delayed Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games after coming out of retirement last year.

Oceania Zonal Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan in July as well as 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China

2023.The Asian Games and Asian Para Games were postponed by one year due to COVID-19 restrictions in China

China will hold its swimming trials for this year’s Asian Games at the country’s Championships in March

due to a drugs ban ©Getty ImagesAt the last Asian Games, five years ago, in Jakarta and Palembang, China

medallist last year lost an appeal against the suspension, which is not due to conclude until June 2024.China

Shun in the men's 200m individual medley ©Getty ImagesAt the re-arranged 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, China

Belgium's Joachim Gérard was on the end of the biggest upset on the first day of wheelchair tennis competition at the Australian Open, losing his men's singles tie to Chilean Alexander Cataldo.

Jiske Griffioen of The Netherlands thrashed Germany's Katharina Krüger 6-1, 6-0 and Zhu Zhenzhen of China

China's Olympic épée champion Sun Yiwen has returned to training from injury, and is striving for improvements to be in "even better form" for Paris 2024.

Fame last year.She had previously won individual épée bronze and team silver at Rio 2016, and helped China

the last eight ©Getty ImagesKarolina Pliskova dropped just four games as she defeated Zhang Shuai of China

The full list of nominees in six categories for the International Skating Union (ISU) 2023 Skating Awards have been announced, with the event scheduled to take place on February 5.

gold.Other Olympic champions Nathan Chen of the United States in the men's, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China

A museum which records the story of both the 2008 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing has been described as "uniquely placed to advocate the Olympic spirit," 

among the original artefacts on display at the Beijing Olympic Museum ©BJOMOther Olympic museums in China

Czech speedster Jan Zabystřan laid claim to be the new king of Whiteface Mountain after completing a hat-trick of Alpine skiing gold medals at the International University Sports Federation Winter World University Games while South Korean short-track queen Choi Min-jeong boosted her total to four titles here.

©FISUChoi then helped South Korea secure women’s 3,000m relay gold in 4:12.557, finishing ahead of China

bronze with a 0.79 margin over Ukrainian Vita Bodnaruk.There was also curling success for Britain and China

Chinese number one Zhang Shuai has said she hopes for Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments to return to her home country, although she insisted a possible meeting with Peng Shuai was "not in my control".

WTA events have not been held in China since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Xi Jinping's

expressed her hopes that restrictions have been eased sufficiently to allow WTA events to return to China

think nobody knows, but we saw a lot of different sports already start to play some tournaments in China

The WTA has not held an event in China since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic ©Getty ImagesIn November

2021, the WTA threatened to pull all of its events for the following year from China because of concerns

Eileen Gu returned to the slopes after a near-year absence, winning her first competition at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freeski World Cup in Calgary, winning the women's halfpipe - 11 months after winning the gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Gu became a national hero in China, winning two gold medals and a silver at the Games while representing

young American Hanna Faulhaber scored her 77.25 for the bronze.Canada's Amy Fraser and Zhang Kexin of China