Kaleo Kanahele Maclay insists the United States’ women’s sitting volleyball team are happy to have targets on their backs as they aim to defend their Paralympic title at Tokyo 2020.

The US defeated three-time winners and defending champions China 3-0 to clinch gold for the first time

at Rio 2016.It was sweet revenge for the US who had lost to China in the women’s final at Beijing 2008

The rivalry [with China] has shifted for us since the Rio Games."

China claimed the final place on offer for Asian countries at the women’s football tournament at the

China started today’s second leg at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium with a 2-1 advantage but

minutes.On the stroke of half-time Li Mengwen put into her own net giving Korea the aggregate lead at 3-2.China

bottom corner with a well struck shot from 20 yards to level the second leg at 2-2 and crucially give China

4-3 overall lead.South Korea applied late pressure but could not find the equaliser, allowing China

bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said: “On behalf of the Asian football family, I would like to congratulate China

Uzbekistan won four Olympic men's freestyle wrestling berths on the final day of competition at the United World Wrestling Asian Olympic qualifier in Almaty.

favourite Azamat Dauletbekov of Kazakhstan 5-2 to make the final and secure an Olympic spot.Lin Zhushen of China

final to round off the tournament.After three days of competition at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, China

Boycotts have been the talk of sport this week for different reasons.

refusing to send politicians and dignitaries amid alleged abuses of human rights in Xinjiang - which China

editorial this week argued in favour of coordinated action by US and EU leaders not to send diplomats to China

efforts be made in the future to make it challenging for say, FIFA, to award its 2030 World Cup to China

The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) decision to choose Bahrain as its centralised host for upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

fixtures in one place due to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.World Cup hosts Qatar, as well as China

The International Basketball Federation will allocate tickets for the 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Graz in Austria to fans using a lottery system.

tournaments.The top two nations from each of the four pools will qualify for the quarter-finals.Japan, China

Committee (ROC) and Serbia have already qualified for the men's Olympic competition, while ROC, Mongolia, China

Mongolia claimed Olympic spots in four of the six women's freestyle wrestling weight categories on day two of the Asian Olympic qualification tournament in Almaty in Kazakhstan.

by Kyrgyzstan's Aiperi Medet Kyzy, who also qualified for the Olympics.In the other two categories, China

against Indian athlete Nisha Dahiya.Kyrgyzstan boast five qualifiers from the tournament so far, ahead of China

Playoff matches at the World Men's Curling Championship have been suspended after organisers identified four positive COVID-19 cases in the tournament bubble in Calgary.

Olympic Games in Beijing that came with it - was claimed by Switzerland.The Swiss team needed to beat China

Scotland overcame Norway to progress.Switzerland held up their end of the bargain with a 9-4 win over China

Three wrestlers from Kyrgyzstan booked spots at Tokyo 2020 on day one of the United World Wrestling Asian Olympic qualifier in Almaty.

six gold medals.In the under-60-kilogram category, Zholaman Sharshenbekov defeated Walihan Sailike of China

under-77kg, and was joined in the final by Japan's Shohei Yabiku, who won 6-2 against Zhang Hujun of China

South Korea claimed the final gold medal of the Asia-Oceania Judo Championships in Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan with victory in the mixed team event.

for Uzbekistan, defeating Nagira Sarbashova by ippon in the women's over-78kg, making the score 4-1.China

opening bout, Lu Tongjuan defeated Gulbadam Babamuratova in the women's under-57kg category to give China

the lead.Qing Daga gave China a 2-0 lead, winning by ippon against Hekim Agamammedov in the men's under

Hebilige put the tie to bed with an ippon win over Agamyrat Bashimov in the men's under-90kg, giving China

topped the final medals table with five gold, five silver and eight bronze medals, ahead of Uzbekistan, China

Urs Scholl, President of the Zug Organising Committee for Lucerne 2021, is hopeful the Bossard Arena stands will be full when it stages ice hockey matches at this year's Winter Universiade.

Switzerland and the United States are set to participate in the 10-team men's tournament.Canada, Japan, China

World Para Ice Hockey has opened the bidding process for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Qualification Tournament, inviting potential host venues to send in their submissions.

World Championships A-Pool and the first-, second- and third-place finishers from the B-Pool.Hosts China

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned of a robust response should the United States opt to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games amid ongoing concerns over human rights in the host nation.

will come off for the US if it continues to turn a blind eye to facts and truth, and attack and malign China

rights concerns have hung over preparations for Beijing 2022 ©Getty ImagesTensions between the US and China

American authorities joining the European Union, Canada and United Kingdom in imposing sanctions on China

Paralympics near.There have been calls both for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to strip China

World Table Tennis (WTT) has announced plans to stage the "China Hub" after this year’s rescheduled Tokyo

WTT, the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), said China has agreed to

We have jointly taken the decision to schedule the China Hub for after the Olympic Games in Tokyo," a

Although China has confirmed that it will be able to host WTT events from June, we believe that, given

Events in China will be part of a series of elite WTT competitions to be held in the second half of 2021

World number one Chen Meng of China is expected to be among the stars on show when the Chinese hub takes

Japan’s Aaron Wolf and Hisayoshi Harasawa triumphed in the Asia-Oceania Judo Championships in Bishkek.

2021South Korea’s Gwak Dong-han and Tajikistan’s Komronshokh Ustopiriyon secured bronze.South Korea and China