China’s Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi triumphed in the women’s team sprint as Tokyo 2020 track cycling competition began at the Izu Velodrome.

, leaving their rivals settling for silver on 31.980.The result featured as part of a gold rush for China

Emily Campbell’s superb performance in the super-heavyweights at Tokyo 2020 made her the first British woman ever to win a weightlifting medal at the Olympic Games.

first weightlifting medal since 1984, when it was a men-only sport at the Olympic Games.Li Wenwen of China

Egypt's capital Cairo is set to host a Sitting Volleyball World Cup in December to round off the season and a variety of sporting events held in the city in 2021.

be guaranteed a spot at the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Hangzhou in China.Anji in China

World record holder Li Wenwen finished 37 kilograms clear of her nearest rival and a whopping 117kg ahead of the last-placed athlete as she took gold in the over-87kg super-heavyweight category and claimed China’s seventh weightlifting gold medal of Tokyo 2020.

six-from-six 140-180-320.Campbell had 122-161-283 and Robles 128-154-282.Li, who had never competed outside China

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen dethroned reigning champion Chen Long after a superb performance in the final of the badminton men's singles at Tokyo 2020.

 "And we know that China, Korea, they are the stronger.

 "When you say in 2000, 'who wants to beat China?' "It was nobody, not even Korea."

After winning five weightlifting gold medals at every Olympic Games this century, China went one better

China later made it seven golds when Li Wenwen finished way ahead of her rivals in the final women's

The Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bolster preparations for esports at the AESF Game Title Selection Pool Program for future Esports events.

at the 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Thailand and the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China

The apparatus finals signalled the emergence of new nations in gymnastics but also the triumphant return of a familiar face from 2016.

he had finished lower in the qualification round and was forced to celebrate silver.Xiao Ruoteng of China

The Olympic men's 100 metres title, property since 2008 of Jamaican icon Usain Bolt, has now passed, most unexpectedly, to Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who clocked a European record of 9.80sec to complete an extraordinary Italian double following his team mate Gianmarco Tamberi's sharing of the men's high jump title.

place in the final as a slowest loser.He had followed home the two automatic qualifiers Su Bingtian of China

Top seed Chen Yufei of China edged out Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei in three sets to clinch the women's

This is recognition for myself as well as the women’s badminton of China."

Chinese diver Shi Tingmao dominated all of her rivals to successfully defend her Olympic women's three metres springboard title at Tokyo 2020.

four-time Olympic gold medallist after also completing the individual and synchronised double at Rio 2016.China

China’s Gong Lijiao completed her Olympic medal set in the women’s shot by winning gold here this morning with a 2021 world-leading effort and personal best of 20.58 metres.

proud to win this competition for my country and not only for myself but also for all the people in China

first-ever badminton gold with a sensational display to see off third seeds Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen of China

China topped the podium in the past two Olympics in the event, but Li and Liu were beaten in straight

continues tomorrow with the men’s singles semi-finals and the women’s singles final between Chen Yufei of China

Meso Hassona became Qatar’s first ever Olympic gold medallist when he finished well clear of his rivals in the men’s 96 kilograms category at the Tokyo International Forum.

height.At Rio 2016, Meso finished seventh as an 18-year-old.He was a strong favourite to win in Tokyo after China

NBCUniversal is expecting to open a new theme park in Beijing "in the next couple of months", leaving it well-placed to cash in on an influx of international tourists coinciding with next year’s Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital.

park’s prospective opening comes at a time when political and commercial tensions between the US and China