Chungcheong's bid to host the 2027 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games could "provide a growth momentum boost" to the South Korean region, the Governor of South Chungcheong Province Yang Seung-jo has claimed.

 Chengdu in China is scheduled to host the delayed 2021 FISU Summer World University Games from

Britain and Denmark ©Getty ImagesAction from the men's ice hockey Group A match between Canada and China

President Tony Estanguet is leading a Paris 2024 delegation set to take in today's Super Bowl in Los Angeles as part of a visit with the Organising Committee of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

2022 due to having COVID-19.The ex-IOC Athletes' Commission chief tested positive before flying to China

Hungary's Shaoang Liu won his first individual Olympic title here tonight in the men's 500 metre at the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.

A Lang and Lee Yu-bin could not defend the nation's Olympic title, but did take silver in front of China

Temuco in Chile is set to host the third event of this season's Karate 1-Series A from September 23 to 25.

Series A leg of 2022 is scheduled for Cairo in Egypt from June 10 to 12.Athletes will then head to China

Olympic ski big air champion Eileen Gu has had her athlete biography changed on the Beijing 2022 website following controversy over her citizenship.

Gu, a Chinese-American skier, was born and raised in the United States, switched nationality to China

in 2019, she renounced her United States citizenship for Chinese citizenship in order to represent China

was changed to: "After her first World Cup win in Italy in 2019, she made the decision to compete for China

When I'm in the US, I'm American, but when I'm in China, I'm Chinese."

her critics were "uneducated".The 18-year-old said she spent "25 to 30 per cent" of her childhood in China

The first snow in Beijing has landed during the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, bringing the elements to the Chinese capital and causing disruptions in the mountains on day nine of competition.

In the run-up to the Games, there were concerns over the artificial snow being used in China during snow

Kenya has formed a national curling team in the hope of earning a spot at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

chance of qualifying to the 2026 Winter Olympics," Oguta insisted, in comments reported by the state-run China

Kenya is naturally a gifted sporting nation," team member Haggai Odhiambo Zuma insisted, according to China

Figure skating at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is currently convulsed with the case of the Russian Olympic Committee's 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, whose eligibility to compete in the women's event is due to be determined by a Court of Arbitration for Sport panel tomorrow.

gold ©Getty ImagesBerezhnaya and Sikharulidze gained the nod from representatives of their own nation, China

Russian Olympic Committee and Czech Republic ©Getty ImagesDenmark players, right, celebrate after beating China

Olympic sponsor Alibaba have unveiled "Dong Dong", a digital persona which they say will "interact with fans about winter sport" and act as an "influencer."

gestures.The digital persona can also be used to promote Olympic merchandise which can be bought in China

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and chair of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Coordination Commission Juan Antonio Samaranch has praised the organisation of the event citing the potential difficulties from the COVID-19 pandemic.

and impressive is the capacity of this team of people, this Organising Committee, and the people of China

Beijing 2022 has claimed that there have been no positive COVID-19 cases among fans attending the Winter Olympics here - but mystery surrounds the overall spectator presence at the Games.

2022, has claimed that no spectators have tested positive at the Winter Olympic Games ©ITGAlthough China

Defending champion Reanne Evans of England got off to a winning start on day one of the Women’s World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Thailand is playing in Group C, and triumphed in her match on the opening day, beating Lynn Shi of China

From the window of our hotel, it is just possible to see the Olympic Cauldron which was so memorably lit by the celebrated Chinese gymnast Li Ning at the Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony.

becoming enthusiastic about winter sport in China.In 2008, IOC figures claimed 739 million people in China