The European Union (EU), the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses of the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang, with less than a year to go to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

will be subjected to travel bans, with their assets seized.The EU has not imposed new sanctions on China

statement confirming their sanctions against China.The U.S. is designating two People’s Republic of China

We are united in calling for China to end its repressive practices against Uyghur Muslims and members

China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this."

Otherwise, China will resolutely make further reactions."

Antonio Tiu has been unanimously elected as the new President of the Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP) following a recent online meeting by its Board of Trustees.

due to compete in the 18th Gymnasiade, also known as the 18th World School Games, in Jinjiang City, China

National Olympic Committees (NOCs) around the world have a combined social media size of 28.4 million, with more than half of them coming from the Americas, a new survey has revealed.

BritainCzech RepublicOceaniaAustraliaAustraliaAustraliaNew ZealandNotable by its absence in the research was China

Yang Jiayu set a new world record in the 20-kilometre race walk at the Chinese Race Walking Championships in Huangshan.

was the world champion in 2017.Yang was disqualified at the World Championships in Doha in 2019, but China

The coach of the Thailand women’s weightlifting team that lost three world titles in a doping scandal in 2018 has been charged with a doping offence and provisionally suspended.

Liu Ning, from China, was national women’s team coach at the time and has been blamed for Thailand’s

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed amendments to the WorldTour and Women’s WorldTour season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

moved from June 7 to 12, with the new dates confirmed as October 4 to 9.The Tour of Chongming Island in China

Chengdu 2021 has begun selecting volunteers for the award and flag-raising ceremonies for the Summer World University Games.

slightly following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.It is due to be the third time that China

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian has said the international community is against politicising sport amid human rights criticism ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Zhao responded to comments from United States President Joe Biden that China was acting more aggressively

called for greater US and Japan solidarity.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, prior to talks with China

, said his department had "heard the many concerns" held over China hosting the next Winter Olympics.There

Commonwealth Games champion Sanjeev Rajput has described the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in New Delhi as a "dress rehearsal" for India's shooters before this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

#India #NewDelhi #SAI pic.twitter.com/CaJOEu6FAZ— NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) March 18, 2021Australia, China

Hangzhou 2022 says it has selected the first batch of musical works for the upcoming Asian Games in the Chinese city.

picturesque and charming Hangzhou to her followers.The 2022 Asian Games is due to be the third hosted by China

The Hangzhou 2022 Organising Committee has confirmed renovation work on the 9,550-seater basketball venue for next year’s Asian Games has been completed.

A project to revamp the Gymnasium of China Textile City Sports Center is continuing and organisers aim

World ParaVolley has confirmed the pools for the rearranged final men's sitting volleyball qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

the number of coronavirus cases in several countries.Paralympic hosts Japan, world champions Iran, China

Twelve cities from around the globe have expressed interest in hosting the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships in 2023, the World Athletics Council confirmed today.

August 2 to 7, and the 2023 World Athletics Indoor Championships, which is due to be held in Nanjing, China

Two-time Paralympic table tennis champion Zhao Shuai has taken his first steps into teaching by joining the University of Nottingham Ningbo China's (UNNC) physical education (PE) staff.

young athletes in obtaining an education at some of the world's top universities.The 26-year-old from China

At the risk of stating the obvious, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is in a tight spot over Beijing 2022.

that go into preparing an Olympic Games were ready.Whatever other issues there may be, you just knew China

would score A1 for technical preparations.It is also fair to say that relations between the West and China

better in 2015, when Beijing 2022 won the race by the skin of its teeth, than is the case today.The China

astonishing that Chinese gross domestic product has more than tripled in size since 2008, when modern China

sentence in an update from the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.This read simply: "Exports to China