Chinese President Xi Jinping has insisted there will be no alteration to the country's "zero-COVID" policy, which has caused the cancellation or postponement of dozens of sporting events including the Asian Games.

come as a blow to International Federations and event organisers which rely on staging competitions in China

  Numerous events due to take place in China this year have been delayed due to coronavirus

Shanghai.World Taekwondo and the International Canoe Federation have been forced to move events outside of China

had first been due to take place in Wuxi last year.However, a select few events haven taken place in China

Jinyao Liu came from behind to win the all-Chinese final of the men's 10 metres air pistol event at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo, beating Yifan Zhang 17-15.

certain of gold as Zhang could only manage 10.3.Lu Kaiman, left, completed a day of double gold for China

Wonho of South Korea in fourth place as they both earned Olympic quotas for their NOCs.Zhang Bowen of China

Bahrain has "passed the test with flying colours" in hosting a major weightlifting event for the first time and is already aiming higher, seeking to host an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

delighted with the atmosphere around the event, which was enhanced by noisy support groups for Indonesia, China

Olympic runner-up Yuma Kagiyama is expected to miss the entire Grand Prix of Figure Skating season through injury.

retired.Skate America is due to open the Grand Prix of Figure Skating season from October 21 to 23.Events in China

Alison Marie Weisz and Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil took the women’s and men’s 10 metres air rifle titles at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

crown.The first two junior finals also took place, with the mixed team 50m rifle prone category won by China

Men's and women's curling teams from Canada have become the first of the expected 1,500 athletes to qualify for next year's International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games in Lake Placid.

January 13 at the Saranac Lake Civic Center, which is being renovated for the Games.Australia, Britain, China

A world record attempt failed to materialise but Peng Cuiting still finished well clear of her seven rivals to claim China's sixth title of the week at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain.

Japan won their fifth mixed team gold medal on the final day of the World Judo Championships in Tashkent following a six-bout thriller against Tokyo 2020 champions France here.

before Niizoe delivered the fatal blow.Germany began the finals block with a commanding 4-1 win over China

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the podium for the first time in the history of the mixed team competition with a 4-1 triumph against China

Pauline Starke and Igor Wandtke proved vital for the Germans while only Xi Shiyan was able to win for China

The qualification cycle for Paris 2024 for pistol and rifle shooters begins in earnest at the World Championships at the Egypt International Olympic City Complex in Cairo.

©Getty ImagesBulgaria’s silver medallist Antoaneta Kostadinova and bronze medallist Jiang Ranxin of China

China won its fourth and fifth titles of the week at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Manama

Italy, the United States, Brazil and Serbia qualified for the semi-finals of the Women's Volleyball World Championship in Rotterdam.

Serbia has been pitted against the United States in the last-four.The day started with Italy beating China

3-1 in the first quarter-finals.The Europeans bagged the first two sets 25-16, 25-22 before China pulled

Italy finished the Shotgun World Championships in Osijek in Croatia as the most dominant nation with 14 medals - seven golds, five silvers and two bronzes.

Italy 6-0 in the women's team skeet final ©Getty ImagesThe bronze medal match ended in a shoot-off with China

Rizki Juniansyah, one of the most exciting young talents in the world of weightlifting, bombed out in the 73 kilograms clean and jerk at the Asian Championships in Manama, Bahrain.

Sarah, the Asian youth champion who was moving up to this weight for the first time, made 89-112-201.China

The line-ups for this year's Pan Continental Curling Championships have been amended after an error was identified in the replacement system.

B-Division competition.Kazakhstan and Chinese Taipei had initially been called up last week to replace China

qualifying championship or lower division", so the world rankings should have been used to replace China