The World Curling Federation (WCF) has confirmed Almaty in Kazakhstan as the host of the 2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.

World Curling Championships.It returns after two years - having last been held in 2019 in Shenzhen in China

Winter Universiade and seats 533 people, with room for up to 180 athletes to compete.South Korea and China

meaning silver and bronze medallists will be given entry to the World Qualification Event.South Korea and China

International Ski Federation (FIS) President Johan Eliasch has admitted the six months until the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics "will not be easy" in his latest message following Tokyo 2020.

over COVID-19, calls have been made to strip Beijing of the Olympics due to human rights abuses in China

World Para Powerlifting has announced that its events at Tokyo 2020 will feature gender parity, with 90 male and 90 female athletes set to compete.

45kg.Nigeria won the most gold medals in Para powerlifting at Rio 2016 with six - double the three won by China

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has called off this year's World Junior Championships and seen three BWF World Tour events cancelled as the COVID-19 crisis continues to impact the sport's calendar.

This year's World Junior Championships had been due to take place in China, but the BWF concluded it

"is not feasible to conduct any tournaments in China this year" with the country's border still largely

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue is set to be re-elected for a fifth full term unopposed, after being confirmed as the only candidate for the Presidency. 

Committee.October's election is taking place online because the World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi in China

The World Rowing Junior Championships is set to make its return tomorrow in Plovdiv in Bulgaria after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to COVID-19.

all athletes will be making their international debut.In the absence of the defending champions from China

five entries and does not include the defending champions from China.In 2019, the three crews behind China

Tour has announced a revised schedule for the fourth quarter of 2021 after cancelling three events in China

The President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, has described the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as "an outstanding success" following the Closing Ceremony on August 8.

Ahmad concluded by inviting the global Olympic community to attend the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

in September 2022.It is set to be the first time that China has hosted the Winter Olympics, and will

The Global Esports Federation (GEF) announced Emirates Esports, which represents the United Arab Emirates, as the organisation's 100th member.

demonstration sport and has also been confirmed as a medal event at the 2022 edition scheduled for Hangzhou in China

for the third consecutive Games after triumphs on the final day of Tokyo 2020 saw the nation overtake China

China had led the medals table throughout the Games, before Jennifer Valente’s women’s omnium triumph

China finished second with 38 gold, 32 silver and 18 bronze medals, while hosts Japan celebrated its

"We did it" were the triumphant words of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - a Games which were hit hard by an unprecedented global health crisis - came to a close here tonight.

athletes came together to compete across 33 sports.The United States topped the medal table ahead of China

Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, is "satisfied" at the ROC team’s fifth place in the Tokyo 2020 medals table and believes Russian athletes have the potential to win more medals at the Paris 2024 Games.

took third place on 90, their best showing since the Athens 2004 Games, behind the United States and China

respectively.The US finished top of the medals table with 39 golds, 41 silvers and 33 bronzes, followed by China

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been criticised by rights groups for failing to condemn China’s alleged human rights violations, including against the Uyghur population.

against Uyghurs, and severe human rights violations in Tibet, Hong Kong, Southern Mongolia, and mainland China

In Xinjiang, China has been accused of using forced Uyghur labour, operating a mass surveillance programme

IOC was accused of showing "cold indifference to genocide" at a Congressional Executive Committee on China

/China Against the Death Penalty were among the organisations represented in the coalition.Lhadon Tethong

, director of Tibet Action Institute, said; "The IOC has chosen to ignore the fact that China is not

Olympic Games in the country's history, giving cause for optimism for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

boxers from the Philippines to medal at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images"I’m positive that the Asian Games in China

Artistic swimming great Svetlana Romashina has suggested Tokyo 2020 might be her last tournament after winning her seventh Olympic gold medal here.

points.China came second with 193.5310, while Ukraine secured bronze with 190.5310.Huang Xuechen of China