The Badminton World Federation (BWF) membership has rejected a proposal to change the scoring system for the sport, with the motion narrowly failing to reach the two thirds majority required at the governing body's 82nd Annual General Meeting (AGM).

respectively.Poul-Erik Høyer was re-elected as President of the BWF today unopposed ©Getty ImagesZhang Jun of China

Cuba and Austria both claimed two gold medals at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Cup in Barnaul.

There were also wins for Norway, the Czech Republic, China, Lithuania and host nation Russia as several

Five National Basketball Association (NBA) players have been named in the French men’s squad for this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

defeated the US in the quarter-finals of the 2019 International Basketball Federation World Cup in China

Reigning world and European champion Oliver Zeidler progressed to the quarter-finals of the men’s single sculls at the Rowing World Cup regatta in Swiss city Lucerne.

final where they will meet the Czech Republic and The Netherlands I.Zhiyu Liu and Liang Zhang steered China

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee has approved a technical document for the use of dried blood spot (DBS) testing, with the hope the method could routinely be used by the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Testing Agency and NADOs in Australia, China

Chinese Taipei qualified three athletes for the Tokyo 2020 taekwondo tournament on day one of the Asian qualifier in Amman, as hosts Jordan booked two places.

following day.Amman was originally awarded the qualifier in February 2020 after it was moved from Wuxi in China

Serghei Tarnovschi - who was stripped of his Rio 2016 bronze medal due to a positive doping test - is set to appear at Tokyo 2020 after sealing his spot at the canoe sprint global Olympic qualifier in Russian city Barnaul.

four years after failing a doping test ©Getty ImagesAs well as Moldova, Lithuania, Croatia, Portugal, China

Twenty people attended the first-ever international seminar for sambo coaches, which was held across four days.

The group came from Russia, China and Venezuela with the first three days made up of theoretical lectures

Education Center of Moskomsport in Moscow, where practical classes took place.Twenty coaches from Russia, China

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Final Qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been moved from Taiwan to Mexico due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.

which begins on May 31 - will also drop into the event and have another chance to reach Tokyo 2020.China

Beijing 2022 can change the Paralympic Winter Games just as Beijing 2008 changed the Paralympic Summer Games, the International Paralympic President Andrew Parsons has said.

societies towards persons with disability and change the mindset…"In Beijing 2008, we saw a great change in China

Sweden became the first team to qualify for the playoff stage at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen in Scotland as they extended their unbeaten run to seven matches.

at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will qualify for this discipline at Beijing 2022.If China

finish inside the top seven the country that places eighth in this event will qualify, however if China

Salt Lake City in the United States is poised to host two stages of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup season in the space of eight days.

to deliver home success after being named as part of the US team.There will also be competitors from China

Chengdu 2021 sponsor Sichuan Airlines has unveiled another plane which has been decked out in livery dedicated to the Summer World University Games.

Championships in Oregon.Eighteen sports are on the programme for the Games, which will be the third in China

The final 16 places in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic taekwondo tournament are due to be decided at the Asian qualifier in Jordan's capital Amman.

conditions.Amman was originally awarded the qualifier in February 2020 after it was moved from Wuxi in China

The mascot and flag of this year's Asian Youth Games in Chinese city Shantou have been carried to the top of Mount Everest.

;The first Asian Youth Games took place in Singapore in 2009, before a second edition in Nanjing in China