French capital Paris is set to host the season-opener of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Series, with competition beginning tomorrow.

nbsp;Athletes from Spain, Ukraine, France, Greece and the United States are expected to impress, but China

Vietnam are aiming to qualify for their first Olympic Games as they take on Australia in the first leg of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Playoff Round.

overall winner of the two legs will book a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, joined by either China

Hosts Jordan enjoyed a superb day three at the Asia-Oceania Olympic boxing qualifier in Amman as both of their competitors in action advanced to the quarter-finals.

JOCKazakhstan claimed two more wins, including fourth seed Zakir Safiullin's victory over Jun Shan of China

World number two Fan Zhendong survived a huge scare as main draw action began at the International Table Tennis Federation Qatar Open.

winner, beat China's Yuting Gu 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4.Reigning Olympic champion Ding Ning of China

Two International Fencing Federation (FIE) Sabre World Cups and a FIE Épée Grand Prix are set to begin tomorrow, marking the start of a busy weekend of action in the sport.

world number one Popescu is likely to face stiff competition from world silver medallist Lin Sheng of China

Coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games was discussed at the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) World Broadcaster Meeting in Madrid.

relocated to the Spanish capital due to travel restrictions imposed following the coronavirus outbreak in China

China has been taking effective measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus and won praises

the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to relocate the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games out of China

rebid the 2022 Winter Olympics to be hosted by a country that recognises and respects human rights," if China

 The resolution cites reported human rights violations committed by China against the country's

2022 Winter Olympic Games for a second time because of alleged human rights violations ©Getty Images"China

 "Today, the Senate is sending a clear message to the IOC: stand up for freedom and urge China to

 Scott and Markey's resolution claims that human right violations have increased in China since

European Athletics has established a taskforce to assess the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on its major events.

scheduled to take place in Poland on March 29, while Italy - the worst affected country outside of China

The construction of venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics remains on track despite the coronavirus outbreak, officials have said.

capital.Last month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reiterated their support for Beijing 2022 and China

amid the coronavirus outbreak.The IOC has pledged its support to China amid the coronavirus crisis ©

cases of coronavirus around the world, and more than 3,200 deaths.More than 80,000 of the cases are in China

itself.Numerous sporting events have been postponed or cancelled in China, including an Alpine Skiing

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has postponed its 2020 Plenary Assembly until November due to coronavirus.

event has been scaled back and will not feature athletes.Three competitions have been cancelled in China

Asian Championships in Chongqing, and World Cups in Chongqing and Wujiang.The IFSC sent 10,000 masks to China

than 95,000 cases around the world, and more than 3,200 deaths.More than 80,000 of the cases are in China

China, Canada and Sweden qualified for the knockout stages of the World Wheelchair Curling Championships

China are currently top of the table and unbeaten in their nine matches in the tournament, which is being

held at the Wetzikon Curling Club.In the morning session, China edged out Norway 4-3, scoring one point

qualification spot as they both sit on five wins and four losses.The Norwegians lost both matches today against China

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) have cancelled EuroLeague and Champions League events taking place from March 12 to 15 due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

 Italy are the third most-affected country behind China and South Korea, while France, Germany and

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup continues in Nové Město na Moravě this week with the battle for first place in the overall standings wide open in both fields, especially the men’s.

ImagesThere have been more than 2,500 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Italy, the most outside of China

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari admitted they are  "thrilled" to have reached an agreement to permit players on Major League Baseball (MLB) 40-man rosters to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the respective qualifiers.

The six teams competing in the WBSC Baseball Final Qualifier include hosts Chinese Taipei, Australia, China

The inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) has today been postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

more than 80 countries and territories are affected, but the overwhelming majority of cases are in China