Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan has accused organisers of scuppering his hopes of advancing at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan after claiming chalk had been removed from the pommel horse as a result of a COVID-19 case.

Japan topping the all-around standings after scoring 88.040 across the six disciplines.Zhang Boheng of China

Akane Yamaguchi battled back from a game down to beat Line Kjærsfeldt in the first round of the women’s singles at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour's Denmark Open.

Indonesian player recorded a 21-9, 21-12 win over Denmark’s Julie Jakobsen.Sixth seed He Bingjiao of China

Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating series is set to get underway in Beijing in China

Three Tibetan-rights activists who disrupted the lighting of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Flame have been released from police detention in Greece after appearing in court, it has been confirmed, and have been given a trial date one day before the Opening Ceremony.

Ancient Olympia where the Olympic Flame was being kindled.The three protesters were demonstrating against China

draw attention to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) "hypocrisy" in offering another Games to China

NoBeijing2022 pic.twitter.com/pJ3VBHH8MA— Free Tibet (@freetibetorg) October 20, 2021Lhamo added: "China

Beijing 2022 has explained the thought process behind its Torchbearer uniforms and lantern, which were seen for the first time this week as the Flame for next year's Winter Olympics was ignited in Greece.

gorgeous", brought the Flame to China.The Beijing 2022 lantern transported the Flame from Greece to China

©Getty ImagesIts red case is inspired by the "first lantern of China", which was made 2,000 years ago

Beijing 2022 has announced plans for a scaled-back domestic Torch Relay with the Flame now touched down on Chinese soil.

Relay around Greece - with organisers claiming this was due to COVID-19 fears.The Flame was welcomed in China

which provoked widespread clashes over human rights, the Torch spent more than three months touring China

Top seed in the men’s singles draw Kento Momota of Japan was among the winners on day one of the Badminton World Federation Denmark Open, while Anders Antonsen won a repeat of last year’s final against fellow Danish player Rasmus Gemke.

both the men’s singles and doubles.In the women’s event, top seeds Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan of China

has described the situation concerning Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region as "terrible" and "awful" as China

My answer could be applicable to human rights at large, but if you’re asking what’s happening in China

Madison Chock, who partners Bates, added previous visits to China had been "very positive," and insisted

Organisers of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games have said they will take lessons from COVID-19 mitigation measures in place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and release a first "Hangzhou 2022 COVID-19 Prevention and Control Manual" before the end of the year.

The situation in China is currently stable with the epidemic well under control," Hangzhou 2022 said.

China has implemented a zero-COVID strategy during the pandemic, including the imposition of severe border

controls.It has reported a little over 125,000 cases and 5,695 deaths since the pandemic began, in China

events for the first time this month ©Beijing 2022Prior to this, several high-profile sporting events in China

The Olympic Flame has been passed on to Beijing 2022 in a low-key handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. 

The Olympic Movement has witnessed further development in China.

Human rights groups say they are worried that the Chinese Government will attempt to influence legal proceedings against activists who unveiled banners at the Acropolis protesting against the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games yesterday.

proceeded without incident and the Flame has now been taken to the airport from where it will fly to China

Agnes Tirop’s husband has appeared in court in Kenya after allegedly murdering the world record holder.

10,000 metres bronze medallist, winner of the 2015 World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang in China

Kento Momota and Chen Yu Fei have been touted as the favourites for the men and women's tournaments at the Badminton World Federation Denmark Open which starts tomorrow in Odense with both heading into their respective draws as top seed.

at the other end of the draw.The Danish player is set to face former world number two Shi Yu Qi of China

final as they have been pitted against each other in the first round.In the women's singles, Chen of China

Akane Yamaguchi is on the cards.Yamaguchi won the match 21-18, 21-10 but was still on the losing end as China

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has announced it will hold a regular season game in Dubai in December.

the National Hockey League, predominantly has members in Russia but also has teams based in Belarus, China

The Beijing 2022 Olympic Flame is now heading to Athens, but the Lighting Ceremony here was interrupted by protests over China's human rights record. 

How can China host the 2022 Olympics when they’re carrying out an unprecedented campaign of repression

China being awarded a second Olympic Games is particularly upsetting for Tibetans, whose protests against

 The Flame is due to arrive in China on Wednesday (October 20).