Japan's two-time figure skating world champion Shoma Uno has retired from the sport. The 26-year-old, who won three medals at two Winter Olympic Games, said on his Instagram on Thursday he was "grateful to have had a wonderful competitive career".

However, the 2023-24 season saw him suffer Grand Prix defeats to France's Adam Siao Him Fa at the Cup of China

World Rugby has announced the squad of 23 match officials who will officiate at the Rugby Sevens competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France from 24-30 July.

-Craig Chan (Hong Kong China).-Talal Chaudhry (Canada).-Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand).

Fresh from his win at the Suzhou Diamond League, New Zealand's world indoor high jump champion Hamish Kerr will take on Mutaz Barshim again in the What Gravity Challenge on Thursday in Doha.

Kerr jumped 2.31m to beat Barshim into second place on the second Diamond League stop of 2024 in China

During the Executive Board meeting of the International Weightlifting Federation in Phuket, Thailand, on 29 March, it was decided that Yerevan will host the 2027 World Weightlifting Championships.

Recently we were in Ningbo, China, which will host the 2026 World Cup, and they told us that they will

UniSport Australia celebrated a record-breaking year of contributions and performances at its annual Sport Awards in Canberra on Wednesday.

championships before taking 3000m steeplechase gold at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China

The 16 teams for the Olympic mixed doubles table tennis tournament have been decided with the top six teams in the updated International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world rankings - excluding those who had qualified by other means - completing the field.

Compatriots Lin Qaoyuan and Wang Yidi had won a quota place at last year's Asian Championships but China

Oceania Championship winners)Brazil – Victor Ishiy and Bruna Takahashi (Pan American Games runners-up)China

and Jianan Yuan (Host Quota)Germany – Nina Mittelham and Dang Qiu (European Games winners)Hong Kong, China

Breaking makes its Olympic debut this summer with two upcoming final qualifiers being held in Shanghai and Budapest. South Africa's Courtnae Paul is one of seven B-girls and B-boys from Africa hoping to earn a spot at Paris 2024.

The first is in Shanghai, China from 16-19 May with the Hungarian capital Budapest staging the second

The Indoor Multifunctional Stadium will host the competition from 19 to 25 October 2025. It has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The Jakarta event will initially consist of individual competitions.

in Antwerp, Belgium, and have already been awarded to Rotterdam, Netherlands, for 2026 and Chengdu, China

China follows with 92 golds and 201 medals.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday thanked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for backing his idea of a truce in all conflicts, including the war between Russia and Ukraine, during the Paris Olympics this summer, Agence France-Presse reported. 

bombing between the US and the Huties, or the latent problems with North Korea, the relations between China

The World Athletics Relays concluded this Sunday in Nassau, Bahamas, after two exciting days, and now 14 teams have already qualified for each of the five relay events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

-China.-Jamaica.-Italy.-South Africa.-Ghana.-Australia.-Germany.-Nigeria.

China secured a Thomas and Uber Cup double on Sunday, with both their men's and women's teams defeating

India two years ago in Bangkok.In the women's competition, Indonesia was unable to stop a dominant China

Following China, Japan stands as the next most successful women's nation in the competition, having claimed

China reclaimed the title they had lost to South Korea two years prior in Thailand.In the evening session

Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia, known for his role in leading athlete protests against the federation chief last year, has been provisionally suspended by the national anti-doping agency (NADA) for reportedly evading a drug test.

was the sole country to surpass 100 positive results, with even nations testing more athletes, like China

The WBSC turns 10 years old as the international governing body of baseball/softball on 10 Friday, and is marking the occasion with a massive celebration, the first ever World Baseball Softball Day, and an innovative campaign inviting National Federations and the wider baseball/softball community to get involved.

pic.twitter.com/3dwIOodduV— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) May 4, 2024Meanwhile, the Baseball Association of Hong Kong-China

World sprint champion Noah Lyles and reigning Olympic 100m gold medallist Marcell Jacobs helped the United States and Italy earn respective qualification for the men's 4x100m relays at Paris 2024.

securing automatic qualification for Paris.Andre De Grasse and Canada won heat three with Japan, Italy, China

The legendary sambist, multiple World Combat SAMBO Champion, Ambassador of SAMBO and FIAS in the world Fedor Emelianenko will visit the main continental SAMBO tournament, which will be held in Serbia. 

for the World Games, which will take place from August 7 to 17, 2025 in Chengdu (People's Republic of China