Defending world champion Wang Manyu of China suffered a shock defeat in the women's singles round of

Ukraine claimed the 25 metres rapid fire pistol mixed team title as action continued at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

in second on 14 points.Korostylova won air pistol gold at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China

National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark President Hans Natorp has accused Russian Olympic Committee leader Stanislav Pozdnyakov of using "inappropriate propaganda" during his video presentation at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly here.

Vladivostok.The Russian official claimed that 250 athletes from across Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Uzbekistan and China

States triumphed in today's team competitions at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo while India, China

The International University Sports Festival due to take place next year in Yekaterinburg is expected to attract up to 250,000 spectators, organisers in Sverdlovsk maintain.

of teams drawn from countries in the BRICS, SCO and CIS groups.BRICS involves Brazil, Russia, India, China

and South Africa.SCO, an acronym for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, involves China, Russia,

Both Olympic singles champions from Tokyo were in action on the first day of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions event in Macao.

Meng Chen swept aside Fu Yu of Portugal 11-5,11-3,11-7.Chen Xingtong, a world team gold medallist with China

Chinese sensation Eileen Gu scooped the best female athlete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics prize at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Awards here, while South Korean short track speed skater Hwang Dae-heon earned the men's equivalent award.

There was further success for Games hosts China in the form of the outstanding National Olympic Committee

, and silver in the slopestyle.Born and raised in the United States, Gu switched her nationality to China

Men's world number one Fan Zhendong is set to make his World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions debut in Macao with a total prize purse of $800,000 (£708,000/€812,000) on offer.

cabinet.He is coming off a high of recently claiming the World Team Table Tennis Championships title with China

pic.twitter.com/vW37nHqcZM— World Table Tennis (@WTTGlobal) October 18, 2022The star from China is due

Summer Series champion Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi, who finished runner-up, are both set to compete for China

also.The WTT Champions event is the second table tennis competition to be held in China in a matter

More than 500 events involving Russia and China will be held this year and next as part of a sporting

Russia and China are long-standing strategic partners," Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko

The Korea Football Association (KFA) has claimed that the "unconventional offensive and support of Middle Eastern countries trying to take the lead in Asian football" influenced the decision to award the 2023 Asian Cup to Qatar.

Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee yesterday awarded the tournament to Qatar to replace China

to AFC in order to overcome the financial difficulties caused by the withdrawal of the Asian Cup in China

Olympic champion Yang Haoran led another positive day for China at the World Shooting Championships in

Dayeong and Kim Sang-do in the final.The Chinese pair won the match 16-6.Zhang Yu and Sheng Lihao ensured China

against Austrians Sylvia Steiner and Richard Zechmeister.There was some more bronze medal success for China

as Jiang Ranxin and Zhang Bowen defeat compatriots 16-6.In the junior events, China maintained title-winning

been announced as host of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup tournament, replacing China

China won three of the four senior gold medals available today while India grabbed the remaining one

-10 in the final.Bronze was claimed by South Korea, who beat Turkey 17-13.The second gold medal for China

the final.Iran bagged the bronze medal after edging Mongolia 16-14 in their match.The last gold for China

Mike Keenan has been hired by the Italian Ice Sports Federation to coach Italy's men's ice hockey team at the home Winter Olympics.

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) as a coach.Keenan's last coaching engagement was with Kunlun Red Star - a China-based

Ella Bucio of Mexico and Bohdan Kolmakov of Ukraine won the women’s freestyle and men’s speed titles at the first International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Parkour World Championships in Tokyo.

freestyle saw Dimitrios Kyrsanidis bag the title in style.He scored 26 for gold before Gaozheng Teng of China