Doping-tainted swimming star Sun Yang looks set to miss the Paris Olympics after China announced its

Two world championships, including a junior championship in Armenia, additional work to generate resources to finance the national federations and to professionalise the people who govern boxing were his bets. The year ended without a final decision on the withdrawal of recognition by the IOC.

China followed with three gold, one silver and three bronze medals, and Russia with one medal each.

The President of the International SAMBO Federation, Vasily Shestakov, summed up the 2023 and talked about the New Year in his speech.

taken this year to return SAMBO to the big stage of the World Games, which will be held in Chengdu, China

FIBA has finally decided that Hong Kong will be one of the hosts of the 3x3 Basketball Qualifiers for Paris 2024. This crucial event will decide who gets the ticket to Paris. Playing it safe seems to be FIBA's motto for these qualifiers, which will begin in April 2024.

Hong Kong, China, to be held in April 2024.Men: Hong Kong, Netherlands, Mongolia, Latvia, Austria, Switzerland

The European Union's top court ruled on Thursday that sanctions imposed by the International Skating Union (ISU) on athletes who take part in competitions not recognised by the federation are illegal, after concluding that the rules are in breach of EU competition rules to the detriment of athletes, fans and television viewers.

, such as the ISU, with powers of regulation, control and sanction.Skaters from Italy, Netherlands, China

The MLB Cup's Fall season in China began in September and included stops in 13 cities: Changchun and

opening up diverse community sporting experiences.Baseball has a growing following among young people in China

million views on Douyin, Kuaishou, Weibo, Little Red Book and Bilibili, the top social media platforms in China

Air, the top hip-hop singer and rapper in China, became the newly appointed ambassador for 2023.

In Tokyo 2020, Africa had a strong representative in taekwondo’s Mixed Gender Team Showcase. Olympic medalists from Rio de Janeiro Cheick Cisse and Ruth Gbagbi joined by Seydou Gbane and Amanita Traore representing Ivory Coast in the Showcase though failed to qualify for finals.

The total score was 49-46 at the end of the match.The World Cup champion China and the finalist Uzbekistan

The mixed gender team from China claimed gold on home soil today at the Wuxi 2023 World Taekwondo World

and tag-team match format with the highest scoring team after three rounds emerging the victory.Team China

Uzbekistan National Team also won the right to compete at the Paris 2024 showcase.The third team joining China

The Japanese national team will finish 2023 at the top of the WBSC/KONAMI Men's Baseball World Rankings, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced.

programme in the top 30 by moving up four places to 28th.Other notable climbers include Hong Kong, China

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue today hosted a signing ceremony with Mr. Jianmin Guan, President of the Chinese Taekwondo Association and Mr. Yongxin Qin, Vice Mayor of Wuxi Municipal People’s Government, for the Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships.

very best conditions in 2025 and the perfect platform to showcase their talents to the world.”Wuxi, China

It will be the second time that mainland China has hosted the World Taekwondo Championships after Beijing

The Wuxi 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series drew to a close on December 17. 

A spectacular first day of world-class Taekwondo on December 16 saw host nation China emerge with two

away with one each.Elif sude Akgul won gold for Türkiye in the W-49kg, Yushuai Liang and Jie Song of China

Qing Guo from China won bronze as she beat AIN Irina Rogozina 2:0 in the third place match.2022 World

, and one gold and one bronze respectively.Tatiana Minina beat 2022 World Champion Zongshi Luo from China

Kai Cheng of China won his first Grand Slam bronze as he beat Alireza Hosseinpour from Iran 2:0.Action

The first ever Chinese SAMBO Championship among students was held in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province from December 3 to 7. More than 200 athletes from 30 universities across the country took part in the tournament organised by the Chinese University Sports Association.

“The successful holding of the first national competitions means that the development of SAMBO in China

champions at the national level will contribute to the further development of the SAMBO movement in China

approval of the organization after receiving the green light in July, following a meeting in Chengdu, China

The Rugby Sevens repechage tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be held in Monaco from June 21 to 23, 2024, just over a month before the start of the XXXIII Paris Games.

winners of their respective regional qualifying tournaments.Male competitors:Brazil, Canada, Chile, China

, Great Britain, Hong Kong China, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Spain, Tonga, and Uganda.Female

competitors:Argentina, China, Czech Republic, Hong Kong China, Kenya, Jamaica, Mexico, Papua New Guinea

Korea, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) won golds on the second day of the Open Qualification Tournament for the Wuxi 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series.

Tian rui Zhan of China secured the bronze.