Chinese teenager Su Yiming could be coming to the boil at the perfect time after topping his qualification heat at the Snowboard World Cup big air competition in Steamboat. 

his first run to comfortably win heat two.Su's impressive showing will doubtless have raised hopes in China

Asian champions South Korea made an assured start to the International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship, defeating Congo 37-23.

16, buoyed by Kathrine Heindahl's six goals.In Group H, which includes hosts Spain, Austria defeated China

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to start on Tuesday (December 7), can go ahead as planned regardless of COVID-19-related travel restrictions announced by the Health Ministry of host nation Uzbekistan yesterday.

British Weight Lifting.Three African nations – South Africa, Botswana and Lesotho - have pulled out, and China

Paralympic champion Bose Omolayo of Nigeria broke the world record in the women's up-to-79 kilograms category to claim victory at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in style in Tbilisi.

Omolayo dethroned defending champion Han Miaoyu of China after lifting 142kg, before she added another

The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Osaka has been cancelled because of the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

COVID-19 variant ©Getty ImagesCOVID-19 had already disrupted the Grand Prix campaign, with the Cup of China

China has urged American companies to rally against calls for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter

US and European Union to coordinate on the issue.Accusations of serious human rights violations in China

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has doubled down on its commitment to "quiet diplomacy" regarding the safety and well-being of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai.

The WTA has since suspended all tournaments in China, with WTA chairman and chief executive Steve Simon

ignore the voice of an Olympian who may be in danger and to support claims of state-sponsored media in China

per China's state-run news agency Xinhua.The post was removed within 20 minutes, not reported on in China

Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region and its governance in Taiwan, Tibet and Hong Kong.In Xinjiang, China

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to start on Tuesday (December 7) in Uzbekistan, can go ahead as planned.

to member federations by the Organising Committee today.Three African nations have pulled out, and China

Shantou 2021 has pledged to work even harder on delivering the Asian Youth Games after the event was postponed to next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

logos used.Shantou 2021 is scheduled as the first edition of the Asian Youth Games since Nanjing in China

Iranian officials have visited venues for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games to learn about the Chinese city’s preparations for the multi-sport event.

claimed would further strengthen ties between the two nations.This year marks the 50th anniversary of China

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to start on Tuesday (December 7), look sure to be cancelled because of coronavrius-related travel restrictions imposed today by the host nation, Uzbekistan.

entered 22 athletes.The total number of registered athletes who cannot compete, including eight from China

Slovakia will make their Winter Paralympic Games debut in Para ice hockey after securing the last available place at Beijing 2022 at a qualification event in Germany.

 China were given an automatic place as hosts.The Para ice hockey tournament at Beijing 2022 is

No one should be surprised to learn that Lord Sebastian Coe is vehemently opposed to boycotts. He made this abundantly clear yet again in a recent interview with the Today Programme when asked whether the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing should be shunned because of China's wretched record on human rights, culminating in the ongoing mystery over the welfare of its leading female tennis player, Peng Shuai.

of making me think again about the question of whether nations should boycott the Winter Olympics in China

The only way to stand up to China, says Syed, is through a rock-solid alliance of free nations."

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has suspended all tournaments in China in response to ongoing concern

concerned about the risks that all of our players and staff could face if we were to hold events in China

International Olympic Committee (IOC) stance on the case and Beijing 2022.The WTA Tour typically visits China

they had an on-off extra-marital affair.The post was removed within 20 minutes, not reported on in China

The Peng Shuai case has added to campaigners' calls for China to be stripped of the Winter Olympics on

Relations between several EU members and China are fraught, and with calls for a diplomatic boycott of

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), set up to protect freedom of speech and information, has warned journalists and media covering the 2022 Winter Olympic Games to protect themselves against surveillance by the Chinese Government.

publishers and social networks to denounce any editorial interference or pressure from the Government in China

sources.It also recommends journalists download a Virtual Private Network - VPN - before leaving for China

and Non-Governmental Organisation founded in 1985, have issued guidelines about reporting events in China

When referring to China, take care to avoid using expressions designed to conceal certain realities,"

cooperate with media outlets that relay Chinese Communist Party propaganda and, if you are invited to China