Defending champions Sweden claimed two important wins on day four of the World Men's Curling Championship, bouncing back from a difficult start to the competition at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary.

results include Canada thumping John Shuster's Olympic champions the United States 10-1.Zou Qiang's China

match with a 6-5 win over Denmark, and Jaap von Dorp's The Netherlands won their first too, thumping China

Steffen Walstad's Norway are now the only team to remain undefeated after three days of competition at the World Men's Curling Championship in Calgary.

over Jaap van Dorp's The Netherlands.Bruce Mouat's Scotland are also on a 4-1 record, having thumped China

Newcomer Patty Tavatanakit extended her lead in the ANA Inspiration to five strokes as a five-under-par 67 took her to a 14-under-par total of 202 going into the final round.

September with a third round of 68, while Ewing moved up with a 66.Shanshan Feng, the only player from China

two of the World Men's Curling Championship with a 4-0 record following wins against South Korea and China

match was concluded after just seven ends.Ending the day, Norway finished strongly against Zou Qiang's China

of the sanctions against the country - also went to 3-0 with Sergey Glukhov's rink soundly defeating China

play-offs after a 7-5 victory over Germany in the later session.Germany, The Netherlands, South Korea and China

Marcus Nyman of Sweden won his second Grand Slam gold medal in as many weeks on the final day of the International Judo Federation Antalya Grand Slam.

first of the bronze medals on offer went to Antonina Shmeleva of Russia who defeated Zhenzhao Ma of China

winner in the women’s over +78kg category, with Raz Hershko of Israel triumphing against Shiyan Xu of China

way.The second of the bronze medals went to Nihel Cheikh Rouhou of Tunisia who overcame Yan Wang of China

Hosts Canada were one of four teams to end day one of the World Men's Curling Championship with a 2-0 record, after victories over Scotland and Japan at WinSport Arena in Calgary.

his Italian team to a 7-1 thrashing of Jeong Yeong-seok's South Korea before defeating Zou Qiang's China

Switzerland are also undefeated.Olympic champion John Shuster got the US off to a winning start against China

Argentina will make their international return as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Pro League resumes in Buenos Aires.

two defeats.The remainder of April’s matches, which were due to feature Australia, the United States, China

China has turned down the chance for its best figure skaters to compete at this month’s International

The Chengdu 2021 World University Games have been postponed until 2022 because of the coronavirus crisis.

the Games' postponement is no great shock despite the number of new COVID-19 cases reported across China

and 29.The Games now faces the biggest change with the move to 2022.It will be the third time that China

Beijing 2022 has begun its latest series of adapted test events for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with ice sports now the focus.

next year, with the Paralympics due to follow from March 4 to 13.The build-up to the Games has seen China

The first day of the International Judo Federation Antalya Grand Slam saw some national rivals face off in intriguing gold medal contests.

Kowalczyk of Poland, who beat three-time Grand Slam medallist Loredana Odoi of Romania, and Lu Tongjuan of China

More than 200 global campaign groups have signed an open letter urging chocolate bar brand Snickers to "immediately cancel" its sponsorship of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights situation.

have applauded Snickers' public commitment to "building strong human rights partnerships" but claim China

and its policies towards Tibet and Taiwan.A US State Department report published in January accused China

given that Snickers already served as the official sponsors for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, when China

Japan and reigning champions the United States are set to open the water polo tournament at this year's postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

competing at the Games under sanctions placed on the country for the state-sponsored doping scandal - China

The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Organising Committee has confirmed its sailing venue, the Zhejiang Ocean Sports Center, has been completed.

set to host sailing and windsurfing events at the Games which are scheduled for September 10 to 25 in China

Chuck Daly, the head coach of the United States men's basketball team at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics, has been posthumously inducted into the 2021 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hall of Fame.

Stanislav Kropliak of Slovakia, double Olympic medallists Penka Stoyanova and Haixia Zheng of Bulgaria and China