Russia's Elena Radionova has called time on her figure skating career at the age of 21 – but she has promised to remain in the sport.

Radionova, who clinched a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai in China, broke the

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has praised progress as the countdown to the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing passes the 500 days to go mark.

Bach described Beijing 2022 as "a historic occasion" as the Games are scheduled to make China the first

We have a good example in China as the new winter sport industry has already created 1.5 million jobs

How they have embraced winter sport in such a short time, and in doing so, making China now an emerging

Bach's optimism in the run-up to Beijing 2022 clouds continue to hang over the event, with calls for China

mass internment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang and because of a new national security law introduced by China

Construction has been completed on China's National Biathlon Centre and National Cross-Country Centre, which will feature prominently during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

place".This, along with a controversial new security law in Hong Kong and worsening relations between China

and other powers - chief among them the United States - has led to some calls for China to be stripped

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has expressed optimism in the growth of Baseball5 in Asia and the bids for the 2030 Asian Games.

including the last seven, while baseball has also been at every Asian Games since 1994.Hangzhou in China

The next edition of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball Youth World Championships has been postponed to March 2022.

just four months before the 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships, set to take place in Hangzhou in China

Consultancy firm Black Tidings reportedly transferred $370,000 (£288,000/€313,000) to Papa Massata Diack around the time Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympic Games.

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

Gaming companies owned by Chinese technology conglomerate and Global Esports Federation (GEF) founding partner Tencent have been asked to provide information about their data-security protocols by the United States administration.

., owner of the TikTok video app.Tensions between the US and China have also arisen over the 2022 Winter

Rick Scott, have called for the International Olympic Committee to "rebid the 2022 Winter Olympics" if China

progress in securing fundamental human rights" by next January.The US State Department has claimed China

International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has called for students to celebrate the International Day of University Sport (IDUS).

activities taking place.The German University Sports Federation and Federation of University Sports of China

All ice rinks set to be used at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing will be ready for ice production by the end of the year, local officials have claimed.

Beijing 2022 are reportedly on track, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which originated in China

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a decision has not yet been made over whether politicians will boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

following Russia's intervention in Crimea a week prior to the Games.Johnson was questioned over whether China

had breached the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which saw Hong Kong's sovereignty handed back to China

under the so-called "one country, two systems" agreement.A new national security law introduced by China

China has also been accused of human-rights abuses of Uyghur Muslims in the province of Xinjiang.Johnson

Calls have been made for China to face action following a backlash over its clampdown in Hong Kong and

Organisers of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou are expecting around 9,000 members of the media to cover the event from the Chinese city.

Hangzhou 2022 Official (@19thAGofficial) September 10, 2020Lo said the Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China

Martial Arts Games in Bangkok and Chonburi province in May and the third Asian Youth Games in Shantou, China

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has renewed Schelde Sports as its global supplier of backstop units until the Paris 2024 Olympics.

general Andreas Zagklis.Schelde Sports provided backstop equipment at last year's FIBA World Cup in China

The organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have released free education resources in Chinese after cooperation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

China is such an important country in the world, and Beijing 2022 has the ambition to bring more people

More than 200 students from 10 primary schools are set to tour Asian Games venues in bid a build excitement in the run-up to Hangzhou 2022.

sports closer to more students.The Asian Games will run from September 10 to 25 2022 and will be held in China

Work is underway to revamp a rowing venue to be ready for the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games.

which has previously staged the Asian Rowing Championships, National Games of the People's Republic of China