Many of the world’s best weightlifters will be in action in Tashkent in Uzbekistan over the next week at the Asian Championships, including at least 11 potential Olympic gold medallists.

China, whose athletes already lead 10 of the 14 Tokyo 2020 qualifying categories for men and women, is

Olympics, stressing organisers need to be transparent in addressing alleged human rights abuses in China

light from China.Human rights groups have called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to remove China

I'd like information and transparency of the situation," said Harvey when asked about whether China should

England's Ronnie O'Sullivan will look to win a record-equalling seventh World Snooker Championship title when the event starts in Sheffield tomorrow.

two.O'Sullivan suffered a shock defeat to Joyce in their last encounter of great length, losing 5-4 at the 2017 China

Construction on a key installation that will contribute to a "green" Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic got underway to mark the 300-day countdown to the Games.

Hydrogen Refuelling Station, was completed and put into use last year.It was jointly constructed by China

Sierra Leone - May 2022For Sierra Leone, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games could not just be about the sport.

 "So I flew directly from the UK to Beijing and that was how I entered China.

England - July 2022Mark England is a man used to success and he wants more of the same at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

and Tokyo 2020.In Rio, Britain superbly finished second on the medal table with 27 golds - gazumping China

China’s women pulled out of the United World Wrestling (UWW) Asian Championships in Almaty on the eve of their competition today and were due to have left Kazakhstan by tonight.

Players at this year's Copa América are set to receive the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine before the start of the tournament after the company agreed to donate 50,000 doses to the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

approved the Sinovac vaccine.CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez welcomed the vaccine offer from China

Organisers of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou have unveiled a series of events they plan to hold to mark one year to go until the event in the Chinese city.

The Organising Committee said the festivities, which includes a concert set to feature singers from China

Clark in the Philippines and Jordanian capital Amman will host outstanding qualifiers for basketball's Asia Cup.

to the tournament proper in Indonesia later this year and India advancing to a second group phase, China

the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and already-qualified Indonesia - Group B - containing Japan, China

said.Precise fixture dates have not yet been announced and scheduling could prove tricky, especially with China

when new restrictions were introduced in Qatar.Some countries - namely South Korea, Chinese Taipei and China

Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium has been announced as the breaking venue for next year's Asian Games.

scheduled to begin on September 10 in 2022.The 19th edition of the Asian Games, it will mark the third time China

plays host to the event after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010.China is set to host a series of flagship

Chile have secured the last place in the women's Olympic football tournament at Tokyo 2020 by defeating Cameroon over a two-legged playoff.

the first Chilean women's team to qualify for the Olympics".Hosts Japan, Brazil, Zambia, Australia, China

With qualifying for this year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo, or sharpening up for them, very much in mind, a field of almost 200 pentathletes from 41 nations is ready to go again tomorrow in the second of the back-to-back International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup events in Sofia.

number one Joseph Choong and his British team-mate Jamie Cooke, the 2018 world champion, Shuai Luo of China

A long-term strategic plan, encompassing two Olympic cycles, has been launched by the Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC).

Winter Olympics.That is something they will be hoping to change next year when the Games are staged in China

I often feel queasy when sports leaders claim some higher purpose for the activities over which they preside.

leading to a warming of relations that has only really gone into reverse in the past few years, as China

wanted me to telephone the Foreign Ministry," Wu is quoted as saying - "Invite the American team to China

s easing of trade and travel restrictions, and the restoration of the direct telephone link between China

As Howard told NPR on a return visit to China 35 years later: "We didn’t understand how important it

was…"It really did help improve relations between China and the United States."