The North Carolina bid for the 2027 FISU Summer World University Games has welcomed its first venue sponsor.

 Chengdu in China is due to stage the postponed 2021 FISU Summer World University Games next year

China has withdrawn its team from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships

world champions and the 81 kilograms snatch world record holder, Li Dayin.Strong medal contenders from China

Olympic Games in August.As the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is causing concern across the world, China

Three years after hosting the 22nd International Swimming Federation World Junior Diving Championships the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv stands ready to stage the next, delayed edition.

podium during the biennial event scheduled to start tomorrow and continue until December 9 will not, as China

Championships in recent years, will not be taking part.At the 2018 edition of this event in Kyiv divers from China

the absence of Chinese opposition, Russia will be looking to make the most of its medal opportunities,China

Italy booked their place in the Para ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing in style with a 6-1 thrashing of Japan at the qualification event in Berlin.

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

Paralympic gold medallist Mariana Shevchuk of Ukraine broke her own world record on her way to a dominant victory at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Tbilisi.

short in her pursuit of the world title as she was forced to settle for silver on 131kg.Cui Jianjin of China

The inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships in Latvian capital Riga will take place from September 30 to October 1 in 2023, the 226th meeting of the World Athletics Council decided today.

has also confirmed that the sixth edition of the World Athletics Relays will be held in Guangzhou in China

Hungarian athletes for 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing will need three vaccinations against COVID-19 to compete, it has been announced.

athletes and officials who are double vaccinated will be able to enter a closed loop when they arrive in China

A Media Centre for non-accredited journalists is to be opened during the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing.

Centre in Beijing will be restricted to local reporters and foreign journalists already working in China

news conferences and organise city tours.Reporters will be able to access a range of information about China

comprehensively", the City Government said.Earlier this month, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China

Games preparations, denied attendance at routine events, and prevented from visiting sports venues in China

A flame tower built for the 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games in Chengdu has been lit up as part of a trial phase.

Championships in Oregon.Eighteen sports are on the programme for the Games, which will be the third in China

Back-to-back world champion Kento Momota has set his sights on winning a second Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals title, with the tournament to complete a three-event swing taking place in Indonesia.

doubles will also be played at the Bali International Convention Center.There are notably no players from China

Spain will look to go one better than they did two years ago at the 2021 International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship on home soil, as the hosts seek their first title.

de Granollers on December 19.They will also be looking for strong performances against Austria and China

India has sided with Russia by supporting China's hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, defying calls from close allies like the United States and Britain for a political boycott in protest of alleged human rights violations.

The Ministers expressed their support to China to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic

Games," read a joint statement issued after the meeting of the Russia-India-China Foreign Ministers.This

is despite ongoing border tensions between China and India, with a 19-month military stand-off continuing

an independent inquiry into the COVID-19 outbreak in the Chinese city Wuhan last year.In response, China

not a stage for political posturing and manipulation," said Wang at a news conference, according to China

China's world number one Fan Zhendong delivered a sweep in the men's singles final to clinch his fifth title, while compatriot world number four Wang Manyu delivered a shock in the women's singles final on the last day of World Table Tennis Championships in Houston.

was not lucky against Fan, who easily defeated the teenager 11-6, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.Liang Jingkun of China

sixth game - to claim the women's crown 11-13, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 17-15.Chen Meng and Wang Yidi of China

11-7, 11-8.Sun won the mixed doubles title with Wang Chuqin yesterday.Chen Meng and Qian Tianyi of China

Omicron, the new strain of COVID-19, will not force the cancellation of next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese Government claimed today.

believe it will definitely pose some challenge to our efforts to prevent and control the virus, but as China

has experience in preventing and controlling the coronavirus, I fully believe that China will be able

China has already done a good job of technical preparations" for the Omicron variant, said Xu Wenbo,

has had what are among the world's strictest coronavirus prevention measures.A report published in China

yesterday warned that China could face more than 630,000 COVID-19 infections a day if it dropped its

Egyptian Rehab Ahmed won her third consecutive gold medal on the second day of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in expected fashion at the Hualing Ballroom in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

finishing with a best of 105kg.Russian Paralympic Committee's Anastasiia Mamadamirova and Wei Yi of China