Japan's Kento Momota and Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying completed the successful defence of their respective men's and women's singles titles as action concluded today at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Denmark Open in Odense.

 He arrived in Denmark on the back of back-to-back tournament wins at the China Open and Korea Open.Highlights

Hosts China won four of the seven gold medals up for grabs on the opening day of the World Wushu Championships

with 9.643 points, while Singapore's Lim Si Wei Jowen came third with 9.633.There was also success for China

Russia's Olympic champion Yana Egorian won the women's individual sabre title as action continued today at the World Military Games in Chinese city Wuhan.

 Norway were the runners-up with 1861.5 points, while host China ranked third with 1861.3.In judo

October 20, 2019Among the other sports in which medals were won today was road cycling, with hosts China

Nathan Chen claimed his third successive Skate America Figure Skating Grand Prix title in front of a home crowd in Las Vegas.

with team-mate Elizaveta Tuktamysheva completing the podium with 205.97.Cheng Peng and and Yang Jin of China

Hosts Qatar and Saudi Arabia both made it two wins out of two in Group A to advance through to the semi-finals of the Asian Men's Handball Olympic Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020.

to continue tomorrow with Kuwait facing South Korea and Iran meeting Bahrain in Group B.Hong Kong, China

Japan will play Chinese Taipei in the gold medal game of the Asian Baseball Championship in Taiwan.

Games as hosts, so the other available place will be given to the bronze medallists, South Korea or China

Mads Pedersen of Denmark became the first athlete to win world titles in both the under-23 and senior K1 at the International Canoe Federation Marathon World Championships in Shaoxing.

in the women's C1 went to Liudmyla Babak of Ukraine after she finished in 1:19:30.84.Xin Caiyun of China

Olympic champion Zheng Shuyin of China gained further revenge for her controversial loss against Great

The bronze medals went to Croatia's Ivan Sapina and China's Sun Hongyi.After two days of competition, China

Defending champion Kento Momota of Japan will face China's Chen Long in the men's singles final at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Denmark Open in Odense, after both came through their last-four encounters today.

nine meetings with Momota, but lost when they last played each other in the semi-finals of the BWF China

North Korea and South Korea have been drawn together in the final round of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifying for the women's tournament at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

two Korean teams were placed in Group A with Myanmar and Vietnam, while Group B features Australia, China

, Thailand and Chinese Taipei.South Korean city Jeju will stage Group A matches and China will play host

Russia's Anton Vorobyev and France's Severine Eraud claimed the respective men's and women's individual time trial cycling titles as medal action began at the World Military Games in Chinese city Wuhan.

Frederico Brito, with 3,250 points, and Finland's Mikko Honkasalo, with 2,820.There was also success for China

Severine Eraud goes top pic.twitter.com/iSqUtEVC9k— Xinhua Sports (@XHSports) October 19, 2019In swimming, China

Two-time world champion Nathan Chen of the United States led the men's short programme at the Skate American Figure Skating Grand Prix in Las Vegas.

with Jessica Calalang and Brian Johnson third on 61.27.In the pairs event, Cheng Peng and Yang Jin of China

Japan thrashed China 11-1 in the super round of the Asian Baseball Championship in Taiwan.

Hungary earned four gold medals across the under-23 and junior competitions at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Marathon World Championships in the Chinese city of Shaoxing. 

K2 ©ICFThe Hungarian duo were victorious in 1:26:50.28, getting past Zihang Wang and Jiadong Zhu of China

handball Asian qualifiers in front of their home crowd, with an emphatic 49-14 victory over Hong Kong, China