The gymnasium at Hangzhou Normal University, which is to act as the venue for volleyball at the 2022 Asian Games, has been declared ready more than a year before it is due to host competition.

China are the reigning Asian Games champions in women's volleyball ©Getty ImagesThe venue is 29.7 metres

With fewer than six months to go before the beginning of the Women’s Asian Cup in India, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has unveiled the logo for the tournament.

the last eight.Hosts India and the top three from the 2018 Women’s Asian Cup - Japan, Australia and China

Tokyo Governor Yoriko Koike is set to welcome the Olympic Flame tomorrow as it reaches the end of its 121-day journey around Japan.

best-known Japanese woman in sport internationally, but her first-round match against Zheng Saisai of China

The first Luge World Cup event of 2022 has been moved to Winterberg after last week’s flooding which "destroyed" the sliding track in Königssee in Bavaria.

It is due to be the sixth of nine events on next season’s circuit, with the first set for Yanqing in China

Should we applaud Tokyo’s dogged determination to go ahead with the 2020 Olympic Games? Or is it a stubborn, foolhardy venture that is certain to end in tears – and perhaps tragedy? I still cannot make up my mind. Obviously the organisers believe it is not worth the risk, but how can we be sure?

But I believe most, not least the United States, would have put safety first.As for China, well the belief

Women's football teams took the knee today in the first examples of protest at the Olympic Games after a relaxation of the rules.

from time, with Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe also saving a penalty.In Group F, Brazil thrashed China

China is predicted to continue its Olympic decline for the third straight Summer Games, according to

company projects the country will record its lowest medal return since Athens 2004, with a total of 66.China

but the 431-athlete team is its biggest-ever for an overseas Games.In Gracenote's April projection, China

Journalists were taken on a tour of the snow event venues for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as the hosts show they are on track despite the ongoing uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

the Zhangjiakou Olympic Village, Guyangshu Cluster, Genting Snow Park and Taizicheng Snow Town.While China

of Xinjiang.Several countries, including the United States, Canada and the Netherlands, have accused China

of committing genocide.This was due to reports that, as well as interning Uyghurs in camps, China has

Former United Nations (UN) secretary general Ban Ki-moon has been re-elected chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission.

Rican President from 2010 to 2014, was elected with 72 votes in favour and two against.Xue Hanqin of China

Reigning champions Brazil and hosts Japan will play in the opening matches of the blind football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, it has been confirmed.

Aomi Urban Sports Venue in Tokyo.Brazil are set to begin the defence of their title in a meeting with China

Blind Football (@IBSAB1Football) June 14, 2021Brazil are scheduled to face Japan on August 30 with China

out in the evening kick-off.The group stage is set to be concluded on August 31, with Japan facing China

The first sporting action of Tokyo 2020 in the Japanese capital itself is due to take place tomorrow with women's football set to take centre stage, two days before the Opening Ceremony.

will follow between hosts Japan and Canada.Group F matches will take place at Miyagi Stadium - firstly China

There was a major upset today at the Chess Chess World Cup as the world’s number two player, Fabiano Caruana, was knocked out by 124th-ranked Rinat Jumabayev in Sochi.

drew their second games today and advanced to the next round.Former World Champion Tan Zhongyi from China

China has selected volleyball captain Zhu Ting and taekwondo star Zhao Shuai as its flagbearers for the

finishing second behind the United States at Athens 2004 and London 2012.The 26 gold medals won by China

three-month drugs ban for smashing a blood vial with a hammer during an argument with testers.The South China

Disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has seen the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) introduce a new qualification system for this year’s World Table Tennis Championships.

women’s doubles and mixed doubles.All events will run as a straight knockout competition.Players from China

cancelled after multiple postponements.Last time the World Championships took place in 2019, players from China

Diamond League has reallocated some disciplines due to have taken place during the two meetings in China

however, receive the prize money awarded by the host meeting.Other disciplines scheduled to take place in China