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Indian javelin throwers start training camp for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  • Tokyo 2020

India's top javelin throwers, including the qualified Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh, have started a month-long training camp in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

where he threw a personal best of 86.23 metres.He also won gold at the World Military Games in Wuhan in China




FIFA Council approves maternity rules and seven-team 2021 Club World Cup in Japan

  • Football

FIFA has approved reforms to better protect female players and football coaches, amendments to the international match calendar and the staging of a seven-team FIFA Club World Cup in Japan next year.

edition of the seven-team tournament, with FIFA having planned to schedule a revamped 24-team event in China


Beijing 2022 skiing test events cancelled, including FIS World Championships

  • Beijing 2022

Beijing 2022 and the International Ski Federation (FIS) has decided that all Olympic test events for skiing will not be staged during the 2020-2021 season, including the 2021 FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard, Freeski World Championships.

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup from February 10 to 14.The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup is also set for China

Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission chairman Juan Antonio Samaranch highlighted how measures imposed in China

 Coronavirus is largely under control in China but foreign visitors still face severe quarantine

We were hopeful that staging the test events in China would be possible this season," said FIS President


Japan women’s rugby sevens team set seven golden rules to achieve Tokyo 2020 goal

  • Rugby Sevens

Japan women’s rugby sevens team manager Akane Kagawa wants her players to follow seven golden rules in pursuit of success at Tokyo 2020.

China women’s head coach Euan Mackintosh also appeared on Asia Rugby Live and spoke of his excitement

players who are actually playing the game, it’s definitely an exciting time looking at the potential that China


IOC Executive Board hears update on recommendations for approach to human rights

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it will seek to develop its approach to human rights and improve implementation, following recommendations from experts and a recent consultative meeting.

organisation.Critics of the IOC say it does not take the issue of human rights seriously enough, with Belarus, China

and Iran among the nations the IOC has been urged to punish.There have been calls for China to be stripped


FITEQ general secretary Vizer Jr describes GAISF membership as "birth" of teqball

  • Teqball

International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) general secretary Marius Vizer Jr has described the governing body's affiliation with the Global Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF) as "the birth" of the sport.

Teqball is set to be part of the Asian Beach Games in Sanya in China next year, making it the first time




China to release commemorative coins for Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

China is tomorrow set to issue its first group of gold and silver commemorative coins for the 2022 Winter

The set consists of nine coins, all legal tender, the People's Bank of China has revealed.All the coins

gold and 12g silver is 10,000.Beijing 2022 had reached an agreement in April for the People's Bank of China


Human Rights Watch urge IOC not to consider Chinese Olympic bid until concerns addressed

  • Brisbane 2032

China being awarded another Olympics would "upend the Olympic system" and the country should not be allowed

Discussions have been held in China regarding a possible bid from Chengdu and Chongqing for the 2032

cool talk over a bid - he said it was "only an idea" at this stage - the potential candidature from China

China is in the worst human rights crackdown in the post-Tiananmen period," Worden said.China hosted

 "None of these things is happening in China, and since it is already required in the host city

 "It is not fair or correct to have one standard for China - and a different standard for the entire


Wei cools talk of Chengdu and Chongqing bid for 2032 Olympics

  • Brisbane 2032

Former Chinese Olympic Committee secretary general Wei Jizhong has said the mooted Chengdu and Chongqing bid for the 2032 Olympic Games is an "idea", but one he is not taking seriously for now.

Chengdu and Chongqing was included in a Government document released on Friday.According to state-owned China

honorary life vice-president, has cooled talk surrounding the bid.The veteran official told the South China

Olympics, however, because of its alleged mistreatment of its own citizens.Human rights groups have said China



Kagiyama strikes gold on debut as Sakamoto wins first Grand Prix title in Osaka

  • Figure Skating

There was no stopping Yuma Kagiyama and Kaori Sakamoto as they stormed to singles titles at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in Osaka.

is the fourth stop on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating schedule after events in the United States, China

Skating legs in Canada and France were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, while the final in China