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World Table Tennis plans to stage Chinese hub after Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  • Table Tennis

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



Chinese luge coach encouraged as Beijing 2022 approaches

  • Beijing 2022

Wolfgang Schädler, the head coach of the Chinese luge team, said he is satisfied with how well the country's sliders have developed as they target their home Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

China has little pedigree in luge with athletes starting from scratch six years ago in anticipation of


Advantage China after first leg of Tokyo 2020 playoff with South Korea

  • Football

Wang Shuang scored the winner as China beat South Korea 2-1 in the first leg of their playoff for a place

Shuang struck from the spot 17 minutes from time at Goyang Stadium in Goyang to give China a one-goal

fouled Tang Jiali in the area in the second half.Shuang stepped up and fired home her penalty before China


Hangzhou 2022 adds YTO Express to group of sponsors

  • Hangzhou 2022

Chinese courier company YTO Express has signed up as a sponsor of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

Hangzhou 2022 has added to its group of sponsors ©Getty ImagesOther backers of Hangzhou 2022 include Yum China

, Geely Auto, China Mobile, China Telecom, Alibaba Group, Ali Pay, Industrial and Commercial Bank of

China, LoongAir, 361 Sport, China Pacific Insurance and DAS-Security.The Games are due to run from September

10,000 athletes are expected to compete, with 40 sports on the programme.It will be the third time that China


US State Department denies joint boycott of Beijing 2022 under consideration

  • Beijing 2022

The American State Department has denied that it will discuss a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with its allies, contradicting earlier comments from a spokesperson.

the US Government's office for foreign policy and international relations.Tensions between the US and China

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

Paralympics near, and there have been calls both for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to strip China

 "We believe the more effective course of action is for the governments of the world and China to


Mixed doubles squash added to Hangzhou 2022 programme

  • Hangzhou 2022

Mixed doubles squash will be contested at the Asian Games for the first time at Hangzhou 2022, it has been reported.

doubles will be included as one of the competition events in squash in 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China


China and South Korea set to meet in Tokyo 2020 women's football playoff after coronavirus delays

  • Football

China and South Korea are finally set to meet in their playoff to decide the last Asian qualifier for

held at the Goyang Stadium in Goyang tomorrow, before the teams meet for the return leg in Suzhou in China

While South Korea are aiming to reach their first Olympics, China have appeared at five Games and claimed

the silver medal at Atlanta 1996.The first leg will be open to a limited number of fans, which China




International Skating Union extends media rights deal by four seasons

  • Skating

The International Skating Union (ISU) has signed a four-season extension to its media rights deal with Infront.

and the United States - with a new clause added which will now see Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic host China

 The deal now includes Beijing 2022 Winter Olympcic host China for the first time ©Getty Images"The

 "We are happy to extend our collaboration and now include China as part of the agreement, leveraging


Japanese and American weightlifters can benefit from North Korea’s absence at Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

North Korea’s decision not to compete at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will have a bigger effect in weightlifting than in any other sport, judged by past performance and the current qualifying rankings.

are Jourdan Delacruz at under-49kg and Kate Nye at under-76kg, depending on the bodyweight categories China

expected Kim Kuk-hyang might have been the only athlete, apart from the clear favourite Li Wenwen of China



United States "wish to discuss" coordinated boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

  • Beijing 2022

A boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is "something that we wish to discuss", a spokesperson for the American State Department has said.

Government's department for foreign policy and international relations, made the remark as tensions between China

over what steps to take.The US, European Union, Canada and United Kingdom all imposed sanctions on China

Paralympics near, and there have been calls both for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to strip China