Construction work on the basketball venue for the Chengdu 2021 World University Games in on schedule to be completed in February, organisers say.

programme, with the Games set to begin on August 18 next year.It will be the third time in 20 years that China

Asia's Tokyo 2020 hopefuls are now set to battle it out in Kazakhstan instead of China after United World

the European Championships and European Olympic qualifier will remain at separate locations.Xi'an in China

An eight-goal thriller between Belgium and The Netherlands was voted the best International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Pro League match of the year.

Competition then resumed in September, but teams outside of Europe such as Australia, Argentina and China

Nike has started growing again after its COVID-19-linked blip.

million) to $1.25 billion (£913 million/€1 billion).The region which the company refers to as "Greater China

billion/€2.4 billion), equivalent to a 17 per cent year-on-year advance.The region called "Greater China

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced qualifying for the delayed Australian Open will take place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The WTA has also confirmed the 250-level tournaments in Auckland in New Zealand and Shenzhen in China

South Africa's Chris Cosser qualified for the final of the men's combined event in first place at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) African Championships in Cape Town.

Moscow last month.The quotas which had been due to be claimed at the Asian Championships in Xiamen in China

Beijing 2022 sustainability head Liu Xinping claimed "environmental friendliness" is a priority as preparations for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games continue.

Our vision is to achieve sustainability for the future," he said, as reported by state-run newspaper China

Liu.Beijing 2022 is also part of a campaign to engage 300 million people with winter sports across China

 "All ski resorts are packed with people on weekends," he said, as reported by China Daily."

Playoff ties for the Billie Jean King Cup have been moved from February to April as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tennis calendar continues.

face Ukraine, Romania will meet Italy, Argentina play Kazakhstan and The Netherlands come up against China

The Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) and World Rugby have announced that the Hong Kong Sevens tournament has been moved to November in 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

men's champions after just six rounds.New Zealand also won the women's title.Speaking to the South China

Erin Sterkenberg of South Africa topped the women's combined qualification standings on the opening day of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) African Championships in Cape Town.

Moscow last month.The quotas which had been due to be claimed at the Asian Championships in Xiamen in China

Monaco has been selected as the host for the World Rugby Sevens Repechage – the final qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Samoa and Tunisia.The men’s tournament will involve Brazil, Chile, China

China's women's volleyball head coach Lang Ping has said she expects the team to resume training in the New Year with a view to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Lang, who guided China to gold at Rio 2016, has confirmed she has signed a contract extension to coach

coronavirus pandemic.Lang Ping led the Chinese team to gold at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesLang initially coached China

team, where she guided them to silver at Beijing 2008.She returned for a second spell as head coach of China

in 2013 and led the team to the World Cup title in 2015.China were then crowned Olympic champions at

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed the cancellation of next year's World Veteran Championships (WVC) in France.

recently returned with the successful #RESTART series, which took place in a bubble environment in China

Qualification for the first Olympic sport climbing event is set to continue this week with the African Championships in Cape Town and the Oceania Championships in Sydney.

Moscow last month.The quotas which had been due to be claimed at the Asian Championships in Xiamen in China

French footballer Antoine Griezmann has announced that he is ending a sponsorship deal with Chinese telecommunications company Huawei due to claims it has been involved in the surveillance of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

from the schedule of China's state television station.As the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics draw closer, China

boycott of the Games, including Iain Duncan Smith, a co-chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China

Free Tibet, We The Hongkongers, International Tibet Network, World Uyghur Congress, and Humanitarian China

/China Against the Death Penalty were among the organisations represented in the coalition.