Germany and Italy both secured places at the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, winning their two playoff games today at the qualifier in Scotland.

tournament will be filled tomorrow by the winners of the matches between South Korea and Austria, and China

Melbourne, Düsseldorf and Durban have all submitted final bids to host the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Table Tennis Championships Finals.

Budapest, Hungary.Next year sees Busan, South Korea, with US city Houston the host in 2021 and Chengdu, China

China's men's team won both their matches on day two of the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball Asia-Pacific Championships in Chiba.

Cai and Liangyu Lai also found the back of the net to secure a 13-3 rout.Buoyed by their performance, China

China's attempts, with only two more squeaking through as the match ended 8-3.Despite their loss against China

champions Japan were on a rest day, leaving the respective silver and bronze medallists from 2017 - China

World champions France failed to progress to the main round at the International Handball Federation Women's World Championship in Kumamoto, Japan, losing their final group match today.

, already assured of a main round place, underlined their status with a concluding Group D win over China

Australia secured their place in both the men's and women's finals, as action continued today at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Asia Oceania Championships in Pattaya.

encounter.Australia booked their spot in the women's final by overcoming Japan 49-37.It sets up a clash with China

after they claimed an 82-30 win over hosts Thailand.Elsewhere in the men's event today, China beat Malaysia

Nathan Chen of the United States achieved a personal best in the men's short programme at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix Final in Turin.

 Wenjing Sui and Cong Han of China impressed in the pairs short programme, scoring 77.50 to top

Germany, Turkey and Italy completed perfect records in the round-robin stage as the line-up for the play-offs was decided at the World Curling Federation World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event in Scotland.

7-6 at the Greenacres Curling Club near Howwood.They were joined in qualifying for the play-offs by China

A new chairperson of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be elected at Tokyo 2020, after Kirsty Coventry decided not to stand for re-election to the body.

been proposed for election to the Commission.There are no candidates from the United States, Russia or China

China and Japan successfully opened the defence of their respective men's and women's titles, as action

net again and secure a 3-2 victory for the home nation.The two other matches in the women's event saw China

meanwhile, eased past Indonesia in a 17-7 win.Mingyuan Yang and Liang Chen scored six goals each as China

Elsewhere today, there were wins for 2017 runners-up Iran and bronze medallists Japan.Iran, who apart from China

Kim Boutin will hope to maintain her winning streak, with the Canadian set to feature at the International Skating Union's Short Track World Cup competition in Shanghai.

to bounce back from defeat in last week's 1,000m event ©Getty ImagesThe three days of competition in China

Sweden and hosts Japan earned places in the main round at the International Handball Federation Women's World Championship, despite having mixed fortunes in the penultimate round of group matches.

eliminated teams, the Democratic Republic of Congo secured their first win of the tournament by beating China

Pyeongchang and Gangneung are set to host the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games and could be awarded the event at the next International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in January, it was revealed today.

hosting the Youth Games in 2024.Russia and Spain were also thought to be mulling over a bid, while China

Australia, Iran and South Korea all secured their places in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament at next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo after, reaching the semi-finals of the Asia Oceania Championships in Pattaya.

the Thai city's Eastern National Sports Centre.Awaiting them in the last four are Iran, who defeated China

and final Paralympic berth up for grabs will go to the fifth-place finisher.Beaten quarter-finalists China

battle it out in the fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs.Prior to tomorrow's semi-finals, Malaysia face China

Australia against Japan, the second- and third-place finishers, respectively, in Division A.Australia, China

The International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is set to take place in Turin over the coming four days, bringing an end to six weeks of competition around the globe.

America in Las Vegas, Skate Canada in Kelowna, Internationaux de France in Grenoble, the Shiseido Cup of China

in it once before three years ago.The two-time world bronze medallist took gold at his home event in China

Alexandra Trusova topped the podium in Canada and Russia, and Anna Shcherbakova took gold in the US and China

looking to claim the pairs gold medal ©ISUOlympic pairs silver medalists Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China

what will be their first senior-level Final.Last year's silver medalists Peng Cheng and Jin Yang of China

Japan ended Australia's 100 per cent record in the men's competition, as group play concluded at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Asia Oceania Championships in Pattaya.

second.Iran saw off South Korea 75-63 today to finish third, as the Koreans came fourth.Hosts Thailand and China

berth at Tokyo 2020 as hosts, will meet Saudi Arabia, with Australia taking on Malaysia.Iran will play China

Division A countries in the last four.Division A's double round-robin continued with a 52-37 win for China