Britain’s Jaco van Gass marked his Paralympic debut with a world record and a gold medal after winning the men’s C3 3,000 metres individual pursuit at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics here.

of Canada’s Tristen Chernove to secure gold in the men’s C1 3,000m individual pursuit.Li Zhangyu of China

with a time of 3:31.478 to beat Darren Hicks of Australia who came home in 3:35.064.Guihua Liang of China

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the TOTO Japan Classic from November 4 to 6 are still scheduled to go ahead.Restrictions imposed in China

from travelling to sporting events.Quarantine measures for both travelling to, and returning from, China

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has released statistics from its Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games anti-doping testing programmes, which it has described as "successful."

from Asia, 7.4 per cent from Oceania and 2.4 per cent from Africa.Australia, Italy, Brazil, Hungary, China

Shumei Tan claimed her second gold of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics after winning the wheelchair fencing women’s individual epee event at the Makuhari Messe today.

Iuliia Maya.Britain’s Piers Gilliver triumphed in the men's category A competition ©Getty ImagesAfter China

Iranian archer Zahra Nemati is aiming for a third straight gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, as she renews her recurve archery rivalry with China's Wu Chunyan.

Paralympics ©Getty ImagesNemati and Rahimi are teaming in the mixed team event too and will look to defeat China

ago.China is aiming for a performance as dominant as at Rio 2016, where Zhou Jiamin and Lin Yueshan of China

The Iranian men's and American women's sitting volleyball teams will have to wait until Saturday (August 28) to begin Paralympic title defences, although both tournaments begin tomorrow at the Makuhari Messe.

Herzegovina, the RPC and Rio 2016 bronze medallists Egypt.Group B is led by Iran, but also features Brazil, China

Takayuki Suzuki captured Japan’s first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics here on another night of record-breaking performance at the Aquatics Centre.

, The Netherlands and the United States all bagged two titles each, while there were also golds for China

victory in the men’s 100m freestyle S5.The Italian came from behind to win in 1:09.56 and Wang Lichao of China

- beating the previous world record by 0.35 - as Granichka took silver in 2:40.92.Jia Hongguang of China

freestyle S11 title in 4:28.47.Uchu Tomita of Japan came second in 4:31.69 ahead of Hau Dongdong of China

Zealander had to settle for silver in 1:20.32, with Adelina Razetdinova of RPC coming third in 1:24.77.China

The Nigerian delegation was rapturous at the Tokyo International Forum here on the opening day of powerlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, as Latifat Tijani gave the country its first gold medal of the Games in the women's under-45 kilogram category.

secure the world record, but Nigeria's first gold at the Games was a momentous occasion.Cui Zhe of China

Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei claimed to be shocked to hear his semi-final in the 2006 Asian Games against Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat was the subject of match-fixing attempts.

Hosted by Hangzhou in China, the 2022 Asian Games are due to take place from September 10 to September

Irish sprinter Jason Smyth is targeting another title at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games to tie the record of six visually-impaired gold medals, as athletics competition gets ready to start tomorrow at the Olympic Stadium.

Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/UaKa9AGSY3— #ParaAthletics #Tokyo2020 (@ParaAthletics) August 26, 2021As well as China

2022Russian sport has its eyes focussed on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics which are taking place in China

geography by holding some camps in the east of the country.These put athletes into a similar time-zone to China

 Speed skaters trained in Irkutsk, in the same time-zone as China ©Russian Sports MinistrySome athletes

It has now been confirmed that the NHL will not be involved in China.

form the Russian team across the men's and women's events.There will be five women and four men in China

China celebrated four gold medals on the opening day of wheelchair fencing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic

Australia’s Paige Greco produced a world-record performance to claim the first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics as Dame Sarah Storey continued her quest for British history.

winning the first of four gold medals in track cycling.Greco proved too strong for Wang Xiaomei of China

Dame Sarah Storey will be looking to move within one gold medal of Mike Kenny’s all-time Paralympic record for Britain when she lines up in tomorrow’s cycling track event at Tokyo 2020.

contenders, Paralympic champion Alyda Norbruis is the one to beat in the C1-3 500m time trial.Li Zhangyu of China

The United States are aiming for a successful defence of both the men's and women's wheelchair basketball titles at the Paralympics for the first time as competition starts tomorrow at Tokyo 2020 at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza.

the final at Rio 2016, but were soundly beaten by 17 points by the US.Japan, Algeria, Australia and China