Tyler McGregor’s Canada have joined the United States in the semi-finals of the Para ice hockey as the preliminary round ended on day four of the Winter Paralympics.

guaranteed to progress to the knockout phase.They will play an Italian team that fell to a 6-0 defeat to China

all-but put the game out of reach in the first period by scoring four inside 13 minutes.Zhidong Wang put China

third goal five minutes from the end of the match.The other qualifying finals fixture will be between China

The second round of qualification at the Singapore Smash started today at the Singapore Sports Hub, putting players just one more match away from the main draw of the men's and women's singles.

Turkey's Sibel Altinkaya has advanced by beating Greece's Aikaterini Toliou 14-12, 11-7, 11-4.Kuai Man of China

Medical technology company Hologic has partnered with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as its global title sponsor in a deal which aims to achieve significant progress in gender equality.

chairman and chief executive Steve Simon stated that the organisation will not ask athletes to compete in China

Viljo Pettersson-Dahl's Sweden were victorious twice in wheelchair curling today to move to the top of the standings, vanquishing Estonia and Britain at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.

victory.China has moved up to joint-second with Slovakia in the rankings ©Getty ImagesWang Haitao's China

scoreline against Estonia.Finally, Slovakia defeated South Korea 7-2 to move into joint-second with China

China's unprecedented Winter Paralympic success shows no sign of letting up, with American biathlon women's sprint sitting gold medallist Oksana Masters among those who referenced the "very surprising" nature of the host nation's achievements.

Prior to Beijing 2022, China had only ever won one medal at the Winter Paralympics - gold in the wheelchair

beginning with Para biathletes Guo Yujie and Liu Zixu on the first day of competition on Saturday (March 5).China

women's long distance sitting on Sunday (March 6), losing out to home favourite Yang Hongqiong.With China

Li Panpan also took bronze for China in the women's long distance sitting event, and Masters believes

Cross-country skiing women's long-distance sitting gold medallist Yang Hongqiong insisted "China has

China's Zhu Daqing won the silver medal in the women's super combined vision impaired ©Getty ImagesJapan's Taiki Kawayoke, centre, topped the podium in the men's long-distance standing with China's Cai Jiayun, left, and Qiu Mingyang, right, also securing medals ©Getty ImagesItaly's Giacomo Bertagnolli won the gold medal in the men's super combined vision impaired ©Getty ImagesBritain's Neil Simpson won the bronze medal in the men's super combined vision impaired ©Getty ImagesIn the wheelchair curling, Slovakia humbled Britain 7-3 after the the British had beaten Switzerland 15-1 ©Getty ImagesFrance's Arthur Bauchet secured his second gold medal of the Paralympics, winning the...

The unbeaten records of Canada and Sweden were snapped on day three of the wheelchair curling at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games.

Estonia later followed up their impressive victory with another, defeating Norway 8-3.Wang Haitao’s China

their third loss in a single end.After five ends, the game was tied 4-4.In the following sixth end, China

win.Additionally, the United States won their second match of the Paralympics 6-5 against Norway.Canada, Sweden, China

speed skater Huang Yu-ting's funding for two years, after she was shown in a video to be wearing the China

Huang had posted a video of her in training for the Games while wearing the China national team uniform

on January 23.The post was later deleted amid a backlash in Taiwan, as its relations with China continue

suit by a friend.The speed skater had caused further controversy after saying she felt "at home" in China

repeatedly vows to defend its democracy.China insists Taiwan is part of its territory, as part of its "One China

sparked controversy in a press conference during the Winter Olympics, when declaring "there is only one China

World Table Tennis' (WTT) first Grand Smash got underway today, with the first round of qualifying in the men's and women's singles starting at the Singapore Smash at the Singapore Sports Hub.

singles.Nina Alamian progressed to qualifying round two ©Getty ImagesThe first of these was Xiang Peng of China

Henrieta Farkašová, Arthur Bauchet and Jesper Pedersen all doubled their Para Alpine skiing gold medal tallies in the rearranged super combined competitions at Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Dutch world champion Jeroen Kampschreur in the men's super combined sitting ©Getty ImagesLiu Sitong of China

debut with a stunning victory in the women's standing.She trailed super-G champion Zhang Mengqiu of China

Chinese President Xi Jinping has claimed that the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic host nation delivered on its vow to stage a "simple, safe and splendid" Games, and thanked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its President Thomas Bach for their support.

the country's leader on its staging of the Games.Bach repeated the claim that the Games had helped China

within the closed loop were draconian, but the Games' COVID-19 protocol has been hailed as a success in China

with China's President Xi Jinping for nearly two years prior to Beijing 2022 ©Getty ImagesHost nation China

player Peng Shuai, were also among the dominant issues in the build-up to Beijing 2022.In Xinjiang, China

Olympic champions Nils van der Poel and Irene Schouten were crowned all-around champions as the World Speed Skating Championships concluded in Hamar.

and 10,000m titles.He later gave away his 10,000m gold medal to a woman whose father was jailed in China

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The United States have progressed to the semi-finals of the Para ice Hockey at Beijing 2022.

period.Seung Hwan Jung scored a consolation goal in the final part of the match to make the score 9-1.China

ParaIceHockey (@paraicehockey) March 6, 2022Zhanfu Zhu and Jujiang Wang then put a three-goal distance between China

Wang Haitao's China got off the mark in their third match of the wheelchair curling tournament at the

This morning, China followed on from a defeat to Mark Ideson's Canada yesterday with another loss - this