Sports footwear and apparel giant Nike swung heavily into loss in its March-to-May 2020 quarter, reflecting the impact of COVID-19.

around 30 per cent of overall revenue.Donahoe served notice in early February, following a visit to China

Retired Argentinian basketball star Manu Ginóbili has said that his former teammate, Luis Scola, deserves to compete for the national team at next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics ahead of his retirement.

the Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors and the Brooklyn Nets and has since played in China

19-year-old Australian Cate Campbell won swimming medals at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China

Atlanta 1996 Olympic champion Liu Guoliang has been announced as chair of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Council.

Table Tennis Foundation (ITTF) in August 2019 and formally announced in March.Liu Guoliang has helped China

The fact that Liu Guoliang is the most influential figure in table tennis, not only in China but around

Russian sambist Victoria Sergievskaya has reflected on her positive experience of participating in the first International Sambo Federation (FIAS) Online Sambo Cup, where she finished third.

PDTSergievskaya hails from the Siberian city of Tomsk, which shares a longitude similar to parts of China

Beijing 2022 has announced Hongyuan Group as the official warehousing storage services exclusive supplier of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

company.Organisers have signed 26 sponsors, including 10 official partners.These include the Bank of China

, Air China, Yili Group, ANTA, China Unicom and State Grid.Eight official sponsors have signed to date

Qi An Xin.Six official exclusive suppliers have been confirmed including Hongyuan Group, as well as China

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has paid tribute to Chinese coach Lu Shanzhen after his death at the age of 63.

dubbed the "golden generation", passed away after suffering a heart attack at home in Beijing.He guided China

began coaching gymnastics when he was 20 and became a national team coach in 1983.Lu Shanzhen coached China

When the Olympic Games were last held in Tokyo, American multi-millionaire Avery Brundage was President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

did not officially take office until September 1 1952, but at the Session in Helsinki, he spoke about China

His own relationship with mainland China did not help.

Japanese gymnast Kōhei Uchimura will not defend his men's overall or team titles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to reports.

and secured the nation's first team win at the Games since Athens 2004 when Japan held off Russia and China

Qualification for the women's ice hockey contest at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is due to start in December.

after being seeded by the International Ice Hockey Federation as the top six teams in the world, while China

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has revealed its qualification system for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in all three disciplines.

the 2021 Women's and Men's World Curling Championships will qualify automatically for Beijing 2022.If China

highest-ranked teams from next year's World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will qualify for the Games.If China

Championships or come through a pre-qualifier.The host nation may also take part.Regardless of where China

FIFA will raid its well-stocked reserves to finance a COVID-19 relief plan that will make up to $1.5 billion (£1.2 billion/€1.3 billion) available to the wider "football community."

President Gianni Infantino before the pandemic hit, with the expanded Club World Cup, originally set for China

The World Rowing Federation (FISA) has made changes to its 2021 regatta season in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Junior Championships will take place in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv from August 11 to 15.Shanghai in China

has informed the Sports Authority of India (SAI) that it has decided to stop using equipment made in China

In a statement, the IWLF also claimed that the equipment made in China was faulty, and called for a boycott

Ladakh is part of the larger Kashmir, with Pakistan also laying claim to the whole region.India and China

In future also we will not use made in China sets."

We will use sets made by Indian origin companies or any other company but not from China."

We don't order equipment from China as the quality is very bad – this was the first time we got it."

The World Skate Games have been moved back to 2022 to accommodate postponed events affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Skate Games, formerly known as the World Roller Games, had its inaugural event in Nanjing in China