On Wednesday afternoon (March 10), a freshly-barbered Thomas Bach will be reinstalled as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for four more years.

may yet provide a tonic of sorts, though neither the pandemic nor mounting political tensions over China

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has confirmed it will remain in dialogue with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as it reiterated its commitment to hosting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite the naming of Brisbane as the preferred host last month. 

on promoting their campaign and often never bid again, IOC President Bach claimed.India, Indonesia, China

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission chair Ban Ki-moon has been urged to respond to a complaint against the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games by the World Uyghur Congress.

 Both China and the IOC have faced a deluge of criticism ahead of Beijing 2022 over the host nation's

 China has dismissed such claims of genocide.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has released updated versions of its qualification system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

to determine extra entries to the individual all-around competitions.The United States, Russia and China

were given an extra entry to the women’s event, while Russia, China and hosts Japan secured another

The 2021 World Women's Curling Championship has been moved to the Calgary bubble after the event was initially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Calgary bubble ©Getty ImagesThe World Women’s Curling Championship will feature 14 teams - Canada, China

This year's World Triathlon Championship Series event in Montreal has been pushed back from June to August because of the coronavirus pandemic.

event in Abu Dhabi has been rescheduled for November, while the competition planned for Chengdu in China

Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) President Yanqing Xue has stressed gender equality is a priority for the organisation as it continues to grow its membership.

Established in 1992, the AUSF has gone from having 10 Member Federations to now boasting 40, including China

Next year, among all these events, the AUSF Football Cup to be held in Jinjiang, China, will be the highlight

its Boulder and Speed World Cups to October due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions in host countries China

I would like to thank the National Federations of China, South Korea and Indonesia for being extremely

in an unnamed location in the United States on October 9 and 10, and the IFSC World Cup in Xiamen in China

The Tokyo 2020 women’s football playoff between South Korea and China is now set to take place in April

Confederation (AFC) has confirmed South Korea will host the first leg at the Goyang Stadium on April 8 before China

from the AFC region.Should the Olympic playoff go ahead, it will end a long wait for South Korea and China

2020 and February 2021 before being postponed again to April 2021.COVID-19 also caused disruption for China

in the previous round of the qualification tournament.South Korea were originally scheduled to face China

confirmed.The women’s Olympic football tournament is scheduled to be held from July 21 to August 6.China

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has confirmed the match schedule and tip-off times for the men’s and women’s tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

contests, with Australia tackling Belgium at 8:20am GMT and debutants Puerto Rico going up against China

China and South Korea have withdrawn from this weekend's World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

Europe.Only four skaters have won the overall men's title at the World Championships from outside of China

Beijing 2022 organisers have confirmed further tests will be undertaken on venues to ensure it is ready to stage the Winter Paralympic Games in exactly one year’s time.

The one-year countdown has begun ahead of the Winter Paralympics, which is set to be held in China for

organisers were "confident" of staging Beijing 2022 as planned and pledged to create a lasting legacy in China

China claimed its first-ever Winter Paralympics medal at the Pyeongchang 2018 courtesy of a gold in the

wheelchair curling.It was a breakthrough moment for the country but China is now determined to add to

It's really encouraging to earn China the first-ever medal in Pyeongchang, but I have been reminding

Organisers in Japan have marked 2,026 days to go before the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.

the Asian Winter Games four times - in Sapporo in 1986, 1990 and 2017 and Aomori in 2003.Hangzhou in China

American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin believes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should take "more consideration" when selecting host cities with Beijing 2022 embroiled in controversy.

The 25-year-old double Olympic champion is a huge favourite for more success in China next year but the

The IOC has repeatedly claimed it must remain "neutral" on political issues and China has rejected the

 Opposition towards Beijing 2022 has come from an Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which includes

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is "very encouraged" with the efforts of the Organising Committee of this year's Asian Youth Games in Shantou.

We are all looking forward to visiting Shantou, China in November for our third Asian Youth Games," said

OCA director general Husain Al-Musallam.Nanjing in China hosted the last Asian Youth Games in 2013 ©