The young reporters programme, organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), has been opened for next year with successful applicants set to ply their trade at the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games.

international candidates will be selected by FISU and AIPS, while another 20 candidates from host nation China

The International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in Grenoble has been cancelled due to the newest COVID-19 restrictions in France.

Skate America in Las Vegas from October 23 to 25, and is now due to be followed by the Shiseido Cup of China

China’s economy is powering ahead again, as much of the world braces for a difficult end to the year caused by a "second wave" of COVID-19.

per cent in the second quarter and a slump of 6.8 per cent in the first, has led to predictions that China

members of the population.The Financial Times reported recently that "a representative from state-owned China

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has brought its judging educational courses for its freestyle, freeski and snowboard disciplines online partly due to the travel and social restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Ski Championships, Oberstdorf in Germany the Nordic World Ski Championships and Zhangjiakou in China

Heerenveen has been provisionally awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 International Skating Union (ISU) World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.

Championships ©Getty ImagesIn figure skating, the 2022 Four Continents Championships is planned for Tianjin in China

The 2021 International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships has been cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.

and Rika Kihira winning the men’s and women’s events respectively while Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China

Kim Andersen and Quanhai Li will next week contest a run-off for the World Sailing Presidency, after beating off the challenges of two other candidates in the first round of a bitter and keenly-contested race.

first-round backers of Perry and Seeliger that he can deliver much-needed new sponsors, presumably from China

The Under-18 Asian Baseball Championship has been postponed until 2021 in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

top three teams will secure places at the World Cup.Host nation Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea, China

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has announced dates for its next World Championships in stand-up paddling (SUP) - the first since the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in a long-running dispute over the ownership of SUP.

The overwhelming feedback we received after China was a sense of appreciation for the professionalism

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has claimed an amendment to the Federal Government’s new foreign relations legislation could make athletes political pawns and "destroy" Brisbane’s bid to host the 2032 Olympic Games.

gross human rights violations including genocidal policies directed at the Uyghur people of Western China

, the suppression of fundamental freedoms across China including Hong Kong and the arbitrary detention

In 2020, getting back to “normal” has been a constant theme in sport. After last week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting, President Thomas Bach was optimistic that the Olympics would take place next year.

was Jewish.Scotland’s Eric Liddell, 400 metres champion in 1924, had been working as a missionary in China

Sanya 2020 has announced nine companies have signed-up to become sponsors of the upcoming Asian Beach Games.

China Life Insurance, Jiangsu Yiming Sports Culture Communication and Beijing Jinningju Sports Development

Dishang Group has been announced as the title sponsor of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Men's and Women's World Cups next month.

at the newly opened Weihai Nanhai Olympic Center, which has a capacity of 4,000.The venue hosted the China

been due to take place in Bangkok in Thailand and then Düsseldorf in Germany.The events were moved to China

This year's International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating season has been rocked by the cancellation of Skate Canada International.

to begin with Skate America in Las Vegas from October 23 to 25, now followed by the Shiseido Cup of China

Back in May, Thomas Bach posted that having Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 just six months apart could be a good thing.

rolled out among significant numbers of the Chinese population.The Financial Times, whose coverage of China

both detailed and usually well-informed, reported recently that "a representative from state-owned China

 A Joe Biden Presidency may do little to cool unease between the United States and China with a

of Moscow 1980, it seems more than likely that a US boycott of Beijing 2022 would be reciprocated by China