China held off the United States to win the women’s 4x200 metres freestyle Olympic title in a world record

The relay completed the morning’s swimming schedule, with Australia, China and the US expected to contend

1:53.76.The effort saw Ledecky move into silver medal position, but Li Bingjie finished strongly as China

The United States women overpowered the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to secure the first Olympic Games 3x3 basketball gold medal, before Latvia fought back to beat the ROC in the men's final at Tokyo 2020 here tonight.

World champions China had earlier taken the honour of becoming the first Olympic 3x3 medallists after

Shi Zhiyong was in imperious form as he won his second successive Olympic weightlifting gold medal, and China’s fourth from five attempts at Tokyo 2020.

I’m still young, and I’ll be back.”Shi made 166-198-364, and Mayora 156-190-346.China has three more

The inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships 2023 will be held in the Latvian capital of Riga.

has also agreed on host cities for the World Athletics Relays 2023, which will be held in Guangzhou, China

The World Athletics Relays 2023 will be held in Guangzhou, China, the World Athletics Council has decided

in Tokyo today ©Getty ImagesThe World Athletics Relays will be held in China for the first time in 2023

China crowned its latest Olympic champions in diving as Games debutants Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi won

Australia ended Britain’s 20-year grip on the Olympic men’s four title here this morning as the first six finals of the Tokyo 2020 regatta produced four Olympic best times and two world bests, with four further world bests being produced on an astonishing day of racing.

“We had to stay cool, stay relaxed, and focus on the good rowing.”In the last of the finals, China added

What a dominating performance from the China women's quadruple scull!

Preparations have been gearing up for the 2022 Gay Games, scheduled to take place in Hong Kong next November, although one leading politician has called for additional Government support for the event.

The South China Morning Post has reported that organisers are struggling to find suitable facilities

Estonia beat South Korea 36-32 in an enthralling women’s team épée final at the Makuhari Messe Hall B in Chiba.

over the United States and semi-final victory versus China.The bronze medal went to Italy, who beat China

has been accused of showing "cold indifference to genocide" at a Congressional Executive Committee on China

McGovern, who earlier this month signed a letter calling for the Games to be postponed.In Xinjiang, China

Beijing 2022 and say the organisation remains neutral on political issues.Critics argue that allowing China

stage the event is a tacit endorsement of the regime and not neutrality.Relations between the US and China

American authorities joining the European Union, Canada and the United Kingdom in imposing sanctions on China

Teenagers Chen Yuxi and Zhang Jiaqi maintained China’s 100 per cent record in winning the women’s 10 metres synchronised platform title at the Olympic Games, after the divers secured a dominant victory here today.

China has won every edition of the event since it was first included on the programme at the Sydney 2000

Serbia’s Milica Mandić secured Olympic taekwondo gold for the second time - nine years after winning her first - after seeing off South Korea’s Lee Da-bin, while there was more gold medal success for ROC at the Tokyo 2020 Games here.

clinch the other bronze.In the men's over-80kg category, Rafael Alba struck late to defeat Sun Hongyi of China

Evgeny Rylov has won two gold medals at Tokyo 2020 in the men’s 100m and 200m backstroke final, setting a new Olympic record of 51.85sec in the latter event.

Rylov exploded onto the world scene at the 2014 Nanjing Summer Youth Olympics in China, where he achieved

It is unusual for the Winter Games to be diverting attention when the Summer Olympics are in full swing.

leverage their influence to insist on concrete human rights improvements in the People’s Republic of China

sort of thing ought to worry the IOC.Assuming they accept the Congressional-Executive Commission on China

tensions in the run-up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, now barely six months away.This is that China

other ways, but not as an economic behemoth.)Tensions are increasing between the United States and China

taxing 18 months they have just lived through.To be frank though, the next six months could see US-China

China won the first two mixed team shooting titles ever contested at the Olympic Games on a fine day

champion after he won individual gold at his home Beijing 2008 Games, becoming the first person from China

American sitting volleyball player Lora Webster has announced that she will compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics while pregnant with her fourth child.

sitting volleyball event only began in 2004, so 2016 was the Americans' first-ever gold medal, after China