As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games draw ever closer, we detail how each team qualified for the men's hockey tournament including reigning champions Belgium.

 India: The Tokyo 2020 bronze medallists took gold at last October's Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced that the 2025 Track Cycling World Championships will be held in Santiago, Chile, instead of San Juan, Argentina.

Cycling World Championships will be held in Ballerup, Denmark, from 16-20 October 2024, and in Shanghai, China

On Tuesday, the US Anti-Doping Agency issued a call for significant reforms within the World Anti-Doping Agency and urged for an impartial investigation into instances of Chinese swimmers testing positive before the Tokyo Olympics.

It's beyond question that China didn't follow the rules," @usantidoping's Travis Tygart said."

Accusations of a cover-up by national associations, "fake news" dismissals by China and denial of any

from countries including Egypt, India and Saudi Arabia.India was set to host the 141st IOC Session and China

in total transparency" and assured he had "absolutely no problem with the relationship we have with China

citing "no credible evidence of wrongdoing” in the handling of the positive tests of 23 swimmers from China

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As the 2024 Diamond League gets underway this weekend in Xiamen, China, you can be assured Coe is riding

Iran snooker star Hossein Vafaei has claimed the practice facilities at the renowned Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, resembled "playing in a garage," while also expressing doubts about the conditions players endure throughout the lengthy 17-day tournament.

tournament's future after world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan proposed relocating it to Saudi Arabia or China

Ranked 19th in the world, Vafaei, who first appeared at the Crucible in 2022, expressed enthusiasm for China

"Look at the China venues, how fantastic they treat the players, a red carpet and an opening ceremony

The NY Times and ARD were the first to report on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s alleged mishandling of positive doping tests from Chinese swimmers before Tokyo 2021. Then came harsh pushback by the international governing body. Mounting uproar followed from USADA, Global Athlete and now Germany.

China, who has a checkered past regarding doping allegations, stepped in by dismissing its latest scandal

Two athletes alongside Bajrang Punia and Sakhshi Malik were protesting against former president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who was accused of sexually harassing six female wrestlers. After UWW lifted the ban from WFI, the ad-hoc committee organised Olympic trials in March, and Vinesh and Anshu earned their places in the National team, while Bajrang failed to reach the finals.

Qianyu Pang (53 kg), Kexin Hong (53 kg) and Juan Wang (76 kg) qualified for China, Hyogyong  Choe

Kyotaro Sogabe (67 kg) qualified for Japan, Se Ung Pi (60 kg) for North Korea and Haitao Qian (87 kg) for China

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called reports surrounding positive tests for 23 Chinese swimmers ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics "fake news and not factual" on Monday, according to AFP.

Gracenote, Nielsen's content solutions business unit, has projected the top 10 nations in the medal table for Paris 2024 with the Games hosts expected to finish third behind the two Olympic superpowers.

China is set to duel with the United States for most gold medals, projecting 89 total medals, on a par

Global Athlete, the international athlete-led pressure group, claims the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) "failed to abide by its own rules" by not provisionally suspending 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for the banned substance Trimetazidine (TMZ) in early 2021.

Furthermore, WADA admits that it could not pursue an investigation inside of China.

With four Sportsman of the Year awards, Novak Djokovic is one behind the record held by his former rival Roger Federer. The Serbian is on a shortlist of six alongside the likes of Armand Duplantis, Lionel Messi and Max Verstappen, while fellow tennis player Faith Kipyegon and Aitana Bonmati head the women's nominations.

have given a nudge to the jury by setting a new world record at the Xiamen Diamond League meeting in China

Duplantis set his eighth world record at the Diamond League opener in Xiamen, China, clearing 6.24 metres

his Olympic title in Paris this summer, is entered for the second Diamond League meeting in Suzhou, China

The World Anti-Doping Agency slammed United States Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart for making "very serious allegations" following reports that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for Trimetazidine (TMZ) in 2021. Tygart responded by accusing WADA of using "threats and scare tactics".

who has made very serious accusations against WADA in connection with the case of 23 swimmers from China