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Stars of amateur boxing

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the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mossely then added lightweight gold thanks to victory over Yin Junhua of China


Late flourish puts China into Women's Basketball World Cup final at expense of hosts Australia

  • Basketball

in the Women's Basketball World Cup final as they lost a dramatic semi-final 61-59 to seventh seeds China

latter held her nerve to sink both free throws.Having won bronze at last year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics, China

the lead, even though they managed to draw level briefly.Xu Han played the game of her life to guide China

New York Liberty in the Women's National Basketball Association, topped the scoring once again for China



Competition schedule confirmed for Chengdu 2021 World University Games

  • Universiade

Competition at the Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games is set to begin before the Opening Ceremony, it has been confirmed.

restrictions will be less than they were in the last year," Eder said.As far as major events are concerned, China


Hosts Australia through to semi-finals at Women's Basketball World Cup

  • Basketball

Hosts Australia are one game away from reaching the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’s Basketball World Cup after defeating Belgium 86-69 in the quarter-finals today.

for the victory.Cayla George also played her part with 19 points and nine rebounds.They will now face China

China ???? Canada ? USA ??


Guangzhou to host BWF World Tour Finals in December

  • Badminton

Federation (BWF) cancelled its World Tour events in Hong Kong and Macau, badminton is set to return to China

We also thank the government of China for extending its invitation to the world’s top badminton players

Finals in 2018 and 2019 and we look forward to putting on another grand show for our loyal fans in China

Lund also confirmed that the Super 1000 China Open 2022 and the Super 750 Fuzhou China Open 2022 has


Philip Barker: Anticipation of 2024 Olympic Torch Relay is already growing

  • Inside the Blogs

In the last few days, it has come as a welcome respite from grim tidings in world news to hear of the evident joy of 2012 women's basketball silver medallist Émilie Gomis on her visit to Ancient Olympia in Greece.

journey of the Beijing 2008 Relay, but the enduring image was of protests against human rights abuses in China


FIDE sacks commentator for sexist remarks during Women's Grand Prix

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has sacked Israeli Grandmaster Ilya Smirin for sexist remarks while commentating on air during the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, saying they were "embarrassing comments" and "completely unacceptable".

The top women's player in the world is Hou Yifan of China, with 14 players currently above a rating of


China Telecom named presenting partner of World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu

  • Table Tennis

China Telecom has been announced as the presenting partner of the delayed 2022 World Team Table Tennis

April but postponed because of continuing local COVID-19 restrictions - via its cloud service provider, China

Telecom Cloud.These will be the first World Team Table Tennis Championships since 2018 - when China

for the imminent ITTF event.ITTF President Petra Sörling has welcomed the latest collaboration with China

China Telecom is a leader in the telecommunication industry and cloud technological innovation."

With the support of our global and local partners such as China Telecom, we are excited to make this


Exclusive: Eder "confident" Chengdu 2021 World University Games will go ahead despite COVID-19

  • Chengdu 2021

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President Leonz Eder has said although it is Chengdu's "last chance" to hold the FISU World University Games, he is confident COVID-19 restrictions will have eased to allow the event to finally go ahead in 2023.

was supposed to take place last year before being moved to 2022 once the COVID-19 pandemic isolated China

This is the most important event for China right now and before this happens I don't think we have some

China really wants these Games and the organisers are doing a great job."

quarantine, but we hope by the end of the year the situation will be much better and the Government of China


Global reach of boxing

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open competition, it welcomed 80 boxers from 20 countries.Nations competing were Bahrain, Bulgaria, China

and Kyrgyz Boxing Federation.Umar Kremlev met the President of Kyrgyzstan ©IBA[/modal][modal title="China

" id="china"]International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev has travelled to China to

China is a great authoritative country which knows how to defend its independence properly."

The IBA sees China as a good target for development as it has numerous cities with top class infrastructure




Puerto Rico claim last knockout place at Women's Basketball World Cup as inquiry starts into Mali players' scuffle

  • Basketball

Puerto Rico earned the last quarter-final place in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's World Cup in Sydney on a day when an investigation was announced into an altercation between two Mali players in the mixed zone.

121-59 win over Bosnia and Hercegovina meant the US topped Group A with five wins out of five, and China

 It means the US and China will play one of Serbia and France, while Canada and Australia can face


US break points record against South Korea at Women's Basketball World Cup

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Defending champions United States broke a 32-year World Cup points record during their smashing victory against South Korea at the Women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney.

FIBAWWC) September 26, 2022The US sit top of Group A having qualified for the quarter-finals alongside China