Sweden remain as the only unbeaten team at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Scotland after a busy day of games saw the standings tighten up in both groups as the round-robin stage passed the halfway mark.

sit behind their Scandinavian rivals in Group B with four wins and one loss after an 8-6 victory over China

Zealand, Switzerland and the United States.Japan won both their games today beating Switzerland 9-6 and China

pic.twitter.com/Q7FfGC6w60— Curl Aberdeen (@curlaberdeen) May 19, 2021The four remaining teams in the group – China

Five teams remain unbeaten with victories from their opening three matches following a busy day of action at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

session of Group B action New Zealand edged out England 7-6 in an extra end, Norway beat Finland 8-4 and China

that required an extra end.Other matches in the day’s second session in the group saw England beat China

The final Coordination Commission meeting for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will begin tomorrow with organisers likely to be seeking to provide reassurances the event can be held safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 vaccines be donated to athletes heading to the Games.Similar deals are already in place with China

Nancy Pelosi has called for a US diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, criticising China

Let's not honour the Chinese Government by having heads of state go to China."

For heads of state to go to China in light of a genocide that is ongoing - while you're sitting there

citing the alleged human rights abuses in China.It is the latest call for nations to not travel to China

made to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ©Getty ImagesTethong was detained and deported from China

The schedule for the men's and women's goalball competition at the re-arranged Paralympic Games in Tokyo has been released, with world champions Brazil and reigning Paralympic champions Lithuania due to play against each other in the men's Group A during the opening session.

, Japan, Lithuania and the United States are in the men's Group A; while Germany, Belgium, Ukraine, China

and Turkey are in Group B.In the women's event, the RPC, Israel, China, Australia and Canada are in

Sweden opened their defence of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with an 8-4 win against Finland in group-stage play.

third-place finisher for a place in the last four.Also in Group B this evening, the United States beat China

World champion Liu Shiwen will focus her efforts on the doubles and team events in the table tennis competition at this year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after being left out of the singles.

players for Tokyo 2020.World number one Fan Zhendong and reigning Olympic champion Ma Long will represent China

winning the respective men’s and women’s titles.No country has won more Olympic table tennis medals than China

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed the withdrawal of North Korea from the FIFA 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers in South Korea.

longer play a part in the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup and AFC Asian Cup China

The final places for the rowing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were secured following a dramatic day on the water in Lucerne.

Ireland and China finished first and second respectively in the women’s four to confirm their places

the ROC crew finishing second to secure the other Olympic quota.Romania achieved success along with China

Aberdeen is set to host the latest major curling event to be held during the COVID-19 pandemic when the city stages the World Mixed Doubles Championship from tomorrow.

with former world junior champion Almida De Val for the event, where Sweden are in Group B along with China

Next week's men's and women's Hockey Pro League matches between Belgium and Argentina have been postponed due to travel restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pro League has been hit by several coronavirus-related postponements, with Australia, New Zealand and China

Rhine-Ruhr and Turin have been confirmed as hosts of the 2025 World University Games by the International University Sport Federation (FISU) today.

Rhine-Ruhr will follow Chengdu in China and Yekaterinburg in Russia in staging the event, with the cities

Frenchman Valentin Prades claimed his third gold medal at a Modern Pentathlon World Cup final after winning the men's final in Szekesfehervar.

four points clear of Britain's Thomas Toolis, who amassed 1,475.The bronze medal went to Shuai Luo of China

The International Ski Federation must "take a clear position" on issues including climate change and human rights, according to Presidential candidate Urs Lehmann.

separatism, and denies the charges laid against it.When asked by insidethegames if he has reservations over China

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for the 2023 Pacific Games stadiums project in Honiara.

office space for the Games Organising Committee.The stadiums project is being funded and constructed by China

countries broke down by the end of 2019, with the Pacific nation shifting its diplomatic allegiance to China

convey my sincere gratitude to the President, the government, and people of the People’s Republic of China