World Sailing’s 2019 accounts have been published on the governing body’s website, underlining the fragile state of its finances a month or so before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

“That is never a healthy situation to be in.”The other two challengers are Quanhai Li of China and Spain

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in for another term in a low key ceremony last week as reports said that there were widespread arrests in the capital Minsk.

attack on Pearl Harbor and the notorious General Hideki Tojo, later executed as a war criminal.War in China

Rugby Australia has confirmed captain Sharni Williams and Shannon Parry have re-committed to helping the team defend the women’s rugby sevens Olympic title at Tokyo 2020.

2020.The defending champions are due tol face the challenge of hosts Japan, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China

Olympic gold medallist Nikita Kryukov of Russia has been appointed as the new coach of the Chinese national ski team.

because of the quarantine, everything stopped," Kryukov, who has already started working with the team in China

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has confirmed the dates for the FISU University World Cup events in 2021 and 2022, which will include the debut of rugby sevens.

University World Cup 3x3 Basketball is scheduled to take place from October 14 to 17 next year in Xiamen in China

development, the FISU University World Cup 3x3 Basketball has become a very influential event, not only in China

that in next year's event, with the support from FISU and the Federation of the University Sports of China

to be held between May and October 2021, with the World Cup itself set to be hosted in Jinjiang in China

Organisers of the Asian Beach Games in Sanya have participated in a beach clean-up event.

participate in activities to protect marine life.The clean-up event was organised with support from the China

Mehran Shahintab has been confirmed as the head coach of Iran’s men’s basketball team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

retain the position having held the role at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup in China

Philippines in the classification round to achieve that feat and Olympic qualification.Iran edged out China

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah reckons a documentary series on the Asian Games will create a "valuable legacy" for the movement across the continent.

Hangzhou 2022 while helping advance the sports movement across our continent," he said.Hangzhou in China

The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Organising Committee held a joint online meeting with the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Organising Committee, discussing topics such as market development and competition projects.

to study each other's practices and learn in their preparation.The Asian Games is set to be held in China

Indonesian state-owned construction enterprise PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA) has officially signed a multi-million-dollar contract to build a sports complex for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.

Pacific Islands, and will be made from local as well as imported materials from Indonesia, Vietnam, and China

million/$246 million/€211 million), is being funded mostly by China.Earlier this month, a delegation from China

cards with one of its official partners, the Chengdu branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

French prosecutors investigating former World Athletics President Lamine Diack and his son Papa Massata have described the "mechanism of corruption" allegedly associated with sporting events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

members.Papa Massata Diack told Kyodo News that the money received was related to a "sponsorship deal made in China

World Athletics has hit out at the election of convicted drugs cheat Ivan Tsikhan as the new President of the Belarus Athletic Federation (BFLA).

before having it restored following a successful appeal because of an error made by the laboratory in China

The 2020 Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Cancún have been cancelled due to the continued uncertainties caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

the world.Cancún itself was a stand-in host after the World Championships were moved from Xiamen in China

Bangkok is set to host the 2020 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals in January after the global governing body confirmed the calendar for the remaining events on this season's circuit.

calendar due to the coronavirus pandemic.World Tour events in France, New Zealand, Macau, Germany, China