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Norwegian report suggests Li has upper hand in World Sailing Presidential election

  • Sailing

Quanhai Li has received an apparent boost in his campaign to become President of World Sailing, with a respected Norwegian journalist drawing attention to "qualified analyses" suggesting that the Chinese official may have obtained a clear-cut victory.

been World Sailing President since 2016 ©Getty ImagesVictory for Li - a past director general of the China




500,000 now registered to be Chengdu 2021 volunteers

  • Chengdu 2021

The number of volunteers registered to help with the delivery of the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games has topped 500,000, organisers say.

Olympics, meaning there are now fewer than 300 days to go until the event.It is the third time that China


Business picks up at oldest Olympic sponsor

  • Olympics

Business is going a little better at Coca-Cola, the Atlanta-based drinks group that is the Olympic Movement’s oldest sponsor.

will see it share ownership of the worldwide beverage category of The Olympic Partner programme with China




David Owen: Watching the risk-reward balance of doing business with China

  • Inside the Blogs

Mounting political and economic tensions between the United States-led West and China are presenting

Swiss watch exports is crystal clear.As the federation itself put it in its latest update: "Exports to China

the number three spot in the hit parade of export markets for Swiss watches in 2017, 2018 and 2019, China

nbsp;As the federation update further explained: "The upsurge in the consumption of luxury products in China


Seven Network secures Australian TV rights for Beijing 2022 as IOC extends agreement

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed "solidarity is more important now than ever" after Australian broadcaster Seven Network was awarded the rights to televise Beijing 2022.

by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Winter Olympic Games are scheduled to be staged in China

athletes and the AOC to boycott Beijing 2022, with that call coming at a time when relations between China

and Australia have deteriorated.The AOC has already rejected the idea of not attending the Games in China



BWF cancels World Junior Championships in Auckland due to COVID-19 "complexities"

  • Badminton

The 2020 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Junior Championships have been cancelled with organisers conceding it was "impossible" to plan the event in New Zealand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

consistent junior international badminton calendar in 2021 and the next BWF World Junior Championships in China


Teenager in world-record form as three Chinese Olympic weightlifting hopefuls toil in defeat

  • Weightlifting

China has demonstrated once more the remarkable strength in depth of its elite weightlifters.

After 10 months without live action because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 207 athletes from 31 teams across China

record holders.There were 47 national records set in a competition that was broadcast to the nation on China

the first Chinese athlete to break a world record in any sport.He did it in 1956 in a match between China


Alan Hubbard: Why I believe the Tokyo Olympics must go ahead, virus or no virus

  • Inside the Blogs

If there is a God, then He - or She - surely will make a divine intervention to ensure that the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games go ahead next year as scheduled.

team would be received when they march into the Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony.Japan and China

have never been exactly bosom buddies and with parts of the world believing that China was responsible


Teqball Campus programme launched in China to increase youth participation

  • Teqball

Chinese teqball has been boosted by the launch of a Teqball Campus grassroots engagement programme, aiming to build awareness and increase participation in the sport among young people prior to next year's Asian Beach Games in Sanya.

programme will be rolled out into schools in the province and across China.Teqball is set to grow in China

Affiliated High School of Fujian Normal University.Teqball Campus is the latest initiative to come out of China