Ex-New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has been included in Japan's squad for the baseball tournament at Tokyo 2020.

who appeared at Beijing 2008, when baseball was last on the Olympic programme.Japan came fourth in China

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has confirmed the match schedule for the three-team Final Olympic Qualifier in Mexico.

ninth and 10th in the world, respectively - will contest the event after Australia, Chinese Taipei and China

Defending champions Brazil will face London 2012 silver medallists France in the group stage of the blind football tournament at the delayed Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

draw, conducted by Tokyo 2020 organisers and the Japan Inclusive Football Federation.Asian champions China

International Volleyball Federation President Ary Graça joined the "bubble" today at the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Rimini in Italy as the top teams entered the final two weeks of the competition.

today, losing 3-1 to the Dominican Republic.Italy continues to struggle at the bottom, losing 3-0 to China

Five nations have expressed an interest in hosting the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships Finals, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has revealed.

in Budapest and is set to return this year in Houston in the United States, followed by Chengdu in China

The Netherlands picked up what could prove to be a vital come-from-behind win against host Italy at the Volleyball Nations League in Rimini.

Turkey overcame Belgium in three as they maintained their places in the top three.Olympic champions China

The United States will start as firm favourites for the International Swimming Federation Women's Water Polo World League Super Final as they look to defend their 2019 title in the absence of some of the top European teams.

Canada against Russia and the US against hosts Greece.The US has won every Super Final since 2014 - with China

The United States extended their perfect record in the women’s Volleyball Nations League after a straight sets victory over Belgium gave them a tenth straight win.

are joined on 21 points by the Netherlands who were beaten 25-12, 25-18, 33-31 by Olympic champions China

The Olympic medal chances of athletes from around the world have changed dramatically after China decided

insidethegames, the Chinese Weightlifting Association said: “The internal selection of lifters within China

depending on the outcome of ongoing cases.Only three nations have qualified the maximum eight lifters, China

notably through CJ Cummings in the men, and Jourdan Delacruz and Sarah Robles in the women.The formidable China

with Chinese lifters, where possible, to enhance their chances.Few of them will have planned for a China

Italy, hosts Spain and Greece earned the three Tokyo 2020 team berths at the International Swimming Federation's (FINA) Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament (ASOGQT) in Barcelona.

are the final three teams to qualify for Tokyo 2020, where they will face Egypt, Canada, Australia, China

Colombia’s entire team of eight weightlifters faces suspension from the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision.

On ranking positions Colombia has qualified the second strongest team after China, and its absence would

96kg.Taking all eight of the originally allocated places is an achievement in itself, matched only by China

One year later than planned, UEFA’s European Championship is here, and with the cross-border tournament being played against a backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, points will be scored off as well as on the pitch.

go ahead despite well-documented public opposition in the host nation is a fear of being outshone by China

Decathletes and heptathletes seeking to secure remaining places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have converged on Arona, in Tenerife, for the latest two-day World Athletics Challenge Combined Events series that starts tomorrow.

Nina Schultz, Zheng secured silver for Canada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and, now representing China

Belarus Sports and Tourism Minister Sergey Kovalchuk has hit out at politicians in the West urging their countries to boycott next year’s Winter Olympic Games over fears about China’s human rights record.

States, United Kingdom, European Union and Canada for there to be some kind of action to protest against China

host both the summer and winter editions of the Games.The coronavirus pandemic, which originated in China

Today, the way China is fighting the pandemic can become an example for the whole world," Kovalchuk told

I am confident that China will cope with all the tasks that are entrusted while planning and organising

China has ample experience."

A total of nine of the 12 athletes who helped the United States win the men's silver and women's Paralympic Games bronze medals in goalball at Rio 2016 are set to return for Tokyo 2020.

at Athens 2004 and was a member of the team at Beijing 2008, where the US were knocked out by hosts China