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Chinese team still unable to travel to Solomon Islands to begin 2023 Pacific Games work

  • Solomon Islands 2023

Coronavirus is beginning to lead to fears that it could affect the building of infrastructure of the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands, even though it is one of only 10 countries yet to have recorded a single case of COVID-19.

a new National Stadium in the capital Honiara.But the COVID-19 pandemic means the project team from China

Minogue hopes a proposed charter flight from China could be the key to the project beginning properly

Solomon Island citizens that are over there but also I think to possibly bring in some design teams from China

China are helping build facilities for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands following an agreement

broken down since the MoU was signed, with the Pacific nation pledging its diplomatic allegiance to China


Mongolia and China win in first FIBA Under 17 Global Skills Challenges

  • Basketball

Mongolia and China claimed top honours in the first International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under

China were champions in the FIBA U17 Women's Skill Challenge for 2020, while their northern neighbours

Guinea finished third on the podium after beating Panama 113-118 in the third-place game.Meanwhile, China



Michael Pavitt: Politicians' calls to move Beijing 2022 will fail but IOC needs a more proactive stance

  • Inside the Blogs

I found myself nodding in rare agreement with Conservative politician Sir Iain Duncan Smith earlier this week, when he acknowledged there was only a "very minimal" chance the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will move the 2022 Winter Olympics Games from Beijing.

UK Government "should lobby the IOC to boycott the Winter Olympics and change the venue".He accused China

regarding Beijing 2022 ©Getty ImagesSir Iain is also a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China

the Games".The statement was probably the strongest offering the IOC has offered on the situation in China

political ©Getty ImagesThe IOC, rightly or wrongly, appears unlikely to deliver a public dressing down of China

with its host.Western politicians may be using the Winter Olympics as part of wider grievances with China


Holmqvist earns one shot lead at Women's British Open

  • Golf

Sweden's Dani Holmqvist leads the Women's British Open by one shot at the halfway stage of the event on the Old Course at Royal Troon.

in the season to help recover from a two-year-old back injury, sustained after a golf cart crash in China


Chengdu 2021 reveals real version of World University Games panda mascot

  • Chengdu 2021

Chengdu 2021 has named panda Zhi Ma as the real version of the World University Games mascot "Rongbao" with the public now able to follow the animal’s daily life.

Chinese city.Chengdu 2021 is scheduled to run from August 18 to 29 next year.It is the third time that China


UK politician Duncan Smith calls for Government to lobby IOC to move 2022 Winter Olympics

  • Beijing 2022

the United Kingdom Government to take "strong position" on the 2022 Winter Olympics taking place in China

Sir Iain is among the co-chairs of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which features politicians

He admitted the chance of the IOC moving the Games from China was "very minimal" but suggested the UK

China is dictatorial, aggressive & intolerant.

China is behaving in every bit as bad a way as Russia was."

Sir Iain’s call comes amid increasing tension between China and several Western nations, including the



Hangzhou 2022 holds meeting to discuss Asian Games transport

  • Hangzhou 2022

Hangzhou 2022 has held its first transportation and logistics services conference as preparations continue for the Asian Games and Asian Para Games.

transportation to the 58 venues which will be used at the Games.Hangzhou 2022 is set to be the third time that China


TOP sponsor Alibaba’s main business "back at pre-COVID-19 levels"

  • Olympics

Alibaba has said that its core Chinese commerce business has bounced back to pre-COVID-19 levels, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) worldwide sponsor continues to pull through the coronavirus crisis in good fettle.

Thomas Bach at the World Economic Forum in Davos.The deal runs until 2028.The company’s home market of China

seven new coronavirus cases were reported in the vast country on Thursday.Since the virus emerged, China


Beijing 2022 announces shortlist for Olympic uniform design

  • Beijing 2022

The Organising Committee of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has announced a shortlist of 10 finalists to design the Games' uniform.

It will commission the China Fashion Designers Association to organise and carry out a collection of

of Engineering Science, Tsinghua University and China's top sportswear maker, Anta.The deal with the China





FINA announce calendar for 2021 Swimming World Cup

  • Swimming

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) announced the calendar for the 2021 Swimming World Cup.

with the calendar composed of six legs across Asia, the Middle East and Europe.Singapore and Jinan in China