Volunteers for the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Chengdu 2021 World University Games are participating in their first event in their roles at the National Games tennis qualifiers at the Sichuan International Tennis Centre.

qualifiers were held jointly by the Tennis Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport of China

nearly 5,000 volunteers from Sichuan University, the University of Electronic Services and Technology of China

Mark Williams rolled back the years in a clash of two multiple world champions as he beat John Higgins 13-7 in impressive fashion at the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

breaks over 50 during a dominant display.England’s Shaun Murphy leads Masters champion Yan Bingtao of China

Two athletes set world records and a young Iranian had a memorable victory on the penultimate day of the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, but none of the three is likely to be at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this year.

which is building up to be the most exciting weight category among the men’s events.Wang Zhouyu of China

National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) President Alfred Foloko has urged athletes to accept a coronavrius vaccination when offered one ahead of the Olympics.

football team - will be making their Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, and have been drawn in the same group as China

There was a rare sight at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent when the top two finishers in the men’s 96kg failed to match the top two Pan American lifters at the same weight.

winner in seven men’s events, making them arguably as dominant in their continental championships as China

Egypt has been added to the line-up for the women's goalball tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games following the withdrawal of Algeria.

their Paralympic title, with world champions Russia also part of the field.Brazil, Algeria, the US, China

champions Brazil.They will be joined by hosts Japan, Germany, Belgium, Algeria, United States, Ukraine, China

Further pressure has been put on United States President Joe Biden to order a "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

jarring and outrageous," said Romney, as quoted by Bloomberg.Although keen to make a stance against China

Tensions between the US and China are strained, with American authorities joining the European Union,

Canada and United Kingdom in imposing sanctions on China last month in response to well-documented alleged

separatism, and denies the charges laid against it.There have been calls both for the IOC to strip China

Goalball UK is consulting legal advice after Britain were overlooked for the place in the women's event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games vacated by Algeria in favour of Egypt.

will defend their Paralympic title, with world champions Russia also part of the field.Brazil, the US, China

champions Brazil.They will be joined by hosts Japan, Germany, Belgium, Algeria, United States, Ukraine, China

International Ski Federation (FIS) Presidential candidate Sarah Lewis has predicted there will be "many new Chinese champions" at the country's home Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

Since winning the bid in 2015 to host these Games, China has implemented an outstanding plan for greater

Kianoush Rostami won an Asian Championships gold medal but he could not have looked unhappier on the platform and the podium in Tashkent.

Rostami, who had 167-206-373.The home nation’s Sarvarbek Zafarjonov was third on 368kg.Zhang Wangli of China

The centerpiece venue built for next year's Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games has been given final approval by Chinese authorities, the Organising Committee has said, along with the aquatics centre. 

revealed that the stadium had been awarded the highest accolade in China's construction industry - the China

 Hangzhou 2022 will be the third time that China has hosted the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990

Lyu Xiaojun, whose 37th birthday falls during weightlifting’s competition time at the Olympic Games in July, has given himself the chance to celebrate it with another gold medal by winning the Asian Championships at 81kg.

The draw for the goalball tournaments at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has been postponed after an unnamed team withdrew from the women's event.

their Paralympic title, with world champions Russia also part of the field.Brazil, Algeria, the US, China

champions Brazil.They will be joined by hosts Japan, Germany, Belgium, Algeria, United States, Ukraine, China

India's Hockey Pro League matches away to Britain next month have been postponed after the host nation's Government banned entry to those from the country in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases and the discovery of new variants.

 Australia, China and New Zealand have not played a Hockey Pro League game since the pandemic hit

Hangzhou 2022 is to launch a six-month global campaign to recruit 52,000 volunteers for the next Asian Games in May.

ensure they are qualified to work at the Games.Hangzhou 2022 is due to be the third Asian Games in China

©Getty ImagesHangzhou 2022 will be the third time that China has hosted the Asian Games, after Beijing