The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has unanimously decided to grant official recognition to DanceSport Asia Limited (DSA) as the official body representing the sport on the continent. 

 Dancesport's only appearance so far at the Asian Games was at Guangzhou 2010 when hosts China won

 Dancesport has only appeared at the Asian Games once when China won all 10 gold medals at Guangzhou

to secret ballots and the ability of all delegates to speak freely," DSA President Guochen Yin from China

Hosts Qatar enjoyed a fine start to the men's beach handball tournament at their home Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games here by winning both of their matches in Group B.

among the beach soccer winners in the men's tournament ©ANOCThe Greeks won 2-0 against Australia and China

Singapore's Feng Tianwei produced a sensational performance to beat world number one and top seed Chen Meng in straight games at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) German Open in Bremen.

Kong by defeating 14th-seeded Japanese Hitomi Sato 11-9, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10.Second-ranked Wang Manyu of China

World (@ittfworld) October 11, 2019In the round of 16 in the men's singles event, top seed Xu Xin of China

Top seeds Kunlavut Vitidsarn and Phittayaporn Chaiwan remain on track to win the men's and women's singles events at the Badminton World Federation World Junior Championships after the Thais reached their respective semi-finals.

, a 21-12, 21-12 victor over fourth-seeded Indonesian Putri Kusuma Wardani.Second seed Zhou Meng of China

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Light welterweight top seed, Dou Dan of China, defeated Megan Reid of Scotland.

Top-seeded Chinese Xu Xin beat France's Simon Gauzy in four games to reach the second round of the men's singles event at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) German Open in Bremen.

11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 13-11 in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament so far.Top seed Chen Meng of China

Yang Liu of China stunned welterweight defending champion Chen Nien-chin of Chinese Taipei here at the

 Wang Cong of China got the same result against Monkhor Namuun of Mongolia to set up a semi-final

 In the light heavyweight division, defending champion Wang Lina of China recorded a unanimous victory

Tennis ace Naomi Osaka is to confirm her Japanese citizenship in order to represent the host nation at next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Australian Open.Osaka is currently in fine form, winning the Toray Pan Pacific event in September and the China

Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn moved a step closer to claiming a third successive men's singles title at the Badminton World Federation World Junior Championships by beating Chinese Taipei's Liao Jhuo-Fu in the last 16 in Kazan.

Akari Kurihara, who defeated fifth-seeded Chinese Han Qian Xi 21-11, 21-11.Second seed Zhou Meng of China

Recently-crowned Commonwealth and European Games champion Lauren Price of Wales progressed to the semi-finals of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Championships here. 

silver medallist Nouchka Fontijn, with the Dutch boxer recording a unanimous victory against Zheng Lu of China

to reach the final, after the Turkish boxer squeezed through with a 3-2 decision over Cai Zongju of China

of Japan 4-1.The light welterweight quarter-finals saw top seed and defending champion, Dou Dan of China

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Shih-Yi did not fare as well in the lightweight division ©AIBAShe lost unanimously to Wang Cong of China

AIBAAnother unanimous winner was Ireland's Amy Broadhurst against Aneta Rygielska of Poland ©AIBAYang Liu of China

Para-taekwondo and Para-canoe will make their Asian Para Games debut in Hangzhou in 2022.

Paralymic Committee (APC) has announced the 22 sports to feature in the next edition of the Games in China

Sport's relationship with China is endlessly fascinating.

For much of the intervening period, China needed sport more than sport needed China.There were two reasons

products amid the Chinese population was even then generating little by way of hard cash.Second, as China

member of the global community.The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games changed the business face of sport in China

Images It was soon after the success of Beijing 2008 that the dynamics of the relationship between China

more than China needs sport.Since reform in China has been confined to the economic sphere and this

Russia held their nerve to see off defending champions China to win a first men's team title at the International

China won the 2018 World Championship title by just 0.049 points from their Russian rivals, and there

city.After three rotations, it was a young Japanese squad that led the way on 130.705 points, with China

and Russia third, a further point adrift.The battle for gold became a two-horse race when Russia and China

he vaulted to 15.033 points as Russia piled on the pressure.At the end of the fifth rotation it was China

the last rotation.With both teams taking to the horizontal bar in their final bids for gold, it was China

Mozambique has been announced as African hosts of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament.

Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in February.New Zealand will host South Korea, Philippines and China