Denmark's third seed Anders Antonsen was knocked out of the men's competition by home player Lee Zii Jia, as singles action began at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Malaysia Masters.

of last year with a knee injury, but demonstrated her return to the top of the sport by winning the China

The four groups in the curling competition here at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games have been decided.

 Hosts Switzerland, Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany and Hungary will play in Group B, while Group

mixed doubles competition, Japan's Yako Matsuzawa alongside Switzerland's Philipp Hoesli won gold, with China

and Britain earning silver and China and Norway receiving bronze.

Favourites Iran began the Men's Volleyball Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament by brushing aside Chinese Taipei in straight sets in Jiangmen.

Only the winner of the tournament will book their place at this year's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Hosts China

Three teams will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic men's football tournament through the Asian Under-23 Championship, which begins tomorrow in Thailand.

glory as well as a spot at the Games.Uzbekistan are the defending champions after winning in 2018 in China

players who will be looking to earn their places in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and the AFC Asian Cup China

Four countries will make their debut when the 2020 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup takes place in Monterrey in September, it has been confirmed.

Hosts Mexico, China, France and the Philippines, all of whom are unranked, will join Australia, Canada

in the Women’s Baseball World Cup after receiving the second wildcard.The Philippines defeated hosts China

Filipino taekwondo star Pauline Lopez believes this year's Asian Qualification Tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is a shot at redemption.

not decided if she will compete in this year's Asian Qualification Tournament, scheduled for Wuxi in China

The 2020 Badminton World Federation World Tour season begins tomorrow with the Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur.

of last year with a knee injury, but demonstrated her return to the top of the sport by winning the China

Japan has named a record 72-strong team for this month's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne which will include 43 women.

the girls' individual ski jumping, who went on to win the Olympic bronze medal at Pyeongchang 2018.China

A collection of 20 official Tokyo 2020 posters are set to go on public display for the first time at the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Olympic city this week.

were also added to preserve the modesty of the figures but the official Olympic report noted that, in China

warrior from the earliest years of Japanese history.It never saw the light of day as Japan's invasion of China

The last five places in the men's and women's volleyball tournaments at Tokyo 2020 will be decided next week, following the conclusion of 10 continental qualifiers which get underway in Africa and Europe tomorrow.

Tuesday, while the North, Central America and Caribbean competition commences on Friday.Japan, Serbia, China

International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has predicted a bright future for the organisation under the guidance of its newly-formed Executive Committee.

We have representatives from the big countries like the United States, like China, of course, Italy just

China has named a bumper 53-strong team of athletes for this month's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne

It marks a significant increase on the 23 athletes that represented China at the first two editions of

a "zero-tolerance" stance on doping, adding that "playing true and clean comes as the top priority".China

China finished seventh in the medal standings at Lillehammer 2016 after collecting three golds, five

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has claimed this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo will display the power and unity of the continent.

2020 Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesSheikh Ahmad also assured that the 2020 Asian Beach Games in Sanya in China

 "With its tropical climate, long sandy bays and luxurious resorts, this 'Pearl of the South China

North Korea has withdrawn from the third round of the Olympic women's qualifying tournament in South Korea next month, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has officially confirmed.

beaten their rivals from the North once in 19 meetings.Four other teams in the third round - Australia, China

Thailand and Chinese Taipei - were drawn into Group B and are scheduled to play their matches in Wuhan in China

A panda called Rongbao has been revealed as the mascot for the Chengdu 2021 Summer Universiade.

 It is the third time that China will host the Summer Universiade after Beijing in 2001 and Shenzhen