Cao Yuan edged out compatriot Yang Jian in the men’s 10 metres platform final to ensure China won gold

China pulled off a near-perfect performance in the Japanese capital, winning seven of the eight titles

on offer to underline the country’s dominance in the sport.Tom Daley and Matty Lee of Britain denied China

Russians Vlada Chigireva, Marina Goliadkina, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Polina Komar, Aleksandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Alla Shishkina and Maria Shurochkina won gold in the team discipline of the artistic swimming competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

 China finished second, more than two and a half points in arrears.

Members of the Helsinki Commission have introduced the Guaranteeing Oversight and Litigation on Doping (GOLD) Act into the United States Congress, which would increase the penalties for doping fraud.

international level, with the latter also expressing concerns over the 2022 Winter Olympic Games hosted by China

Danuta Kozák gained her revenge over New Zealand’s golden girl Lisa Carrington by helping Hungary reign supreme again in the women’s K4 500 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.

produced a dominant display to win the women's C2 500m final ©Getty ImagesXu Shixiao and Sun Mengya of China

Sebastian Brendel failing to qualify from the semi-finals, Queiroz seized his opportunity.Lui Hao of China

ParalympicsGB has announced that Ola Abidogun, Hetty Bartlett and James Freeman have been added to Britain's athletics squad for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. 

Championships in Bydgoszcz in Poland.At Rio 2016, Britain finished third in the athletics medals table behind China

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) are being urged to implement its human rights strategy immediately amid concerns the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing will become a "triumphal Chinese communist spectacle in the snow".

China is in the midst of its worst human rights crackdown since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989

For an autocracy like China the Olympics are not just about sport, they are geo-political event that

A lot of this repression has taken place since China was awarded the Olympics in 2015."

If that plan was put in place human rights’ due diligence would be going on in Beijing and China right

As an athlete going into China, they are expected to be safe," said Dryden."

Italy brought their gold medal total in athletics to five in the space of five hours today as a stupendous last-leg run by Filippo Tortu brought them victory in the men’s 4x100 metres relay following Antonella Palmisano’s win in the women’s 20 kilometres race walk in Sapporo.

to a Canadian quartet boasting individual 200m winner Andre De Grasse and clocking 37.70, ahead of China

If China was disappointed by the race walk, where there had been talk of a clean sweep of medals, it

China cruised to a predictable Olympic gold medal in the men's team table tennis competition as they

China has the best and the most people behind the scenes and this is the reason we have been able to

The prize money for the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships 25 metres has been increased to a total of $2.8 million (£2 million/€2.4 million), with the prize money for individual events increased by 50 per cent.

The last FINA World Championships 25m were held in Hangzhou in China in December 2018 ©Getty ImagesThe

a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 14th FINA World Championships 25m were held in Hangzhou in China

Zhou Jinqiang, President of the Chinese Weightlifting Association, has spoken of his pride in the team's record-breaking performance at Tokyo 2020, where they won seven gold medals.

Halfway through the weightlifting programme at Tokyo 2020 Antonio Urso said, "The Olympic Games is demonstrating that it's possible to have a completely different sport, to rewrite weightlifting."

and Latvia all had landmark achievements to celebrate.So, of course, did the unmatched, uncatchable China

audience and maybe it is time for a rethink on the press-out.Another big question: how many athletes will China

The World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 calendar continues to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with events in Hong Kong and Paris both now cancelled.

Zealand's women beat France in the rugby sevens final at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesAs reported by the South China

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced dates for its World University Championships and University World Cups in 2022.

June 14 to 17 at Innsbruck, Austria.Two more sports are due to follow in July - futsal in Shanghai, China

China earned their fourth consecutive Olympic women's team table tennis title after Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha

Ito.Ito proved unable to avenge her semi-final loss, as Sun triumphed 11-8, 11-5, 3-11, 11-3 to give China

a 2-0 lead in the tie.The result saw China reach a milestone of 50 consecutive matches won in the women's

Quan Hongchan proved in a class of her own as the 14-year-old Chinese diver produced a stunning display to win the women’s 10 metres platform title here today.

10m platform event at Beijing 2008.Agundez missed out on the podium after finishing fourth on 371.40.China