The Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España will overlap as the dates for the Grand Tours were confirmed, with the International Cycling Union (UCI) announcing new calendars for the coronavirus-impacted men’s and women’s WorldTour seasons.

the men’s races.Ronde van Vlaanderen is scheduled for October 18, with both the Tour of Guangxi in China

Hong Kong karate athlete Lee Chun-ho has received support from compatriots after hitting 50 days in hospital recovering from coronavirus.

I thought I had recovered super fast," Lee told the South China Morning Post."

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has reported a small deficit for 2019.

£380,000/€430,000).Included in marketing spend was more than $150,000 (£120,000/€135,000) earmarked for "China

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the 2021 WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup will be postponed to 2023, with the organisation set to recognise the winners of the 2022 World Games softball competition as world champions.

have qualified as the host nation, while Japan received a wild card.Canada, Mexico, Chinese Taipei, China

Japanese national federations are aiming to negotiate contract extensions with foreign coaches following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to 2021.

Championships on home soil in Kumamoto.It marked their best finish at the competition since 1997.Former China

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) has confirmed that the countries which qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics have confirmed their spots for the re-arranged Games.

champions Brazil.They will be joined by hosts Japan, Germany, Belgium, Algeria, United States, Ukraine, China

their Paralympic title with world champions Russia also part of the field.Brazil, Algeria, the US, China

United World Wrestling (UWW) have confirmed Morocco, Hungary and China will remain the hosts of continental

division earned at the World Championships and two at the Pan American qualification tournament.Xi’an in China

China’s national speed skating head coach Wang Meng has stepped down from her position after less than one-year in the role, as the country aims to achieve home success at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

track and speed skating squads, with Wang succeeding former short track coach Li Yan.According to the China

skiing.South Korea's Kim Sun-tae and Canada's Derrick Campbell are among foreign coaches appointed by China

Forty years ago, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Lord Killanin was only a few weeks from retirement, but he found himself at the centre of a bitter Olympic crisis as the campaign to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics raged around him.

the Canadian government had also announced that it was unwilling to accept the team from "Nationalist China

In 1976 they were still called "Republic of China" in the Olympic alphabet.Some team members had already

He invited them to make presentations at the 1979 IOC Session in Montevideo, insisting "the China question

German sportswear giant Adidas AG has announced a profit plummet in the first quarter of 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

the moment, we are focused on managing the current challenges and doubling down on the recovery in China

The Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games Organising Committee provided an update to the International University Sports Federation (FISU) through a video conference meeting.

Chengdu Mayor Luo Qiang, FISU secretary general Eric Saintrond, and University Sports Federation of China

reported that construction of major venues is still in progress, despite the outbreak of coronavirus in China

The 2021 Chengdu World University Games will be a major international multi-sport event to be held in China

years on from the last time it held the event, in Shenzhen.It will be the third time in 20 years that China

Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games organisers have announced there will be an Equine Disease Free Zone (EDFZ) to prevent the spread of infections during the competition.

with laws and regulations, including the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China

International Skating Union (ISU) has confirmed dates and locations for the next two World Cup Speed Skating Series, with the Netherlands hosting the finals on both occasions.

competition from December 11 to 13.A break in the series will follow, before action resumes at Changchun in China

South Korean star Park Ji-Sung has joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Break The Chain campaign.

some of Asian football's top players, including 2018 AFC Women's Player of the Year, Wang Shuang from China

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has confirmed that this year's US Open has been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

between March 11 and 15.Competitions in Switzerland, Malaysia, France, India, New Zealand, Singapore, China