Defending champion Mohamed ElShorbagy maintained his unbeaten start to the season to reach the quarter-finals of the Professional Squash Association US Open Squash Championships in Philadelphia.

The world number two Egyptian has already won the China Open and Oracle NetSuite Open trophies this season

Mary Kom of India started her campaign for a seventh International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Championships title with a unanimous victory against Jutamas Jitpong of Thailand here.

 Cai Zongju of China beat Tursunoy Rakhimova of Uzbekistan 4-1 to set up a quarter-final clash with

Simone Biles became the most decorated female gymnast at the International Gymnastics Federation Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, as the United States won the women's team gold in Stuttgart.

below-par performances.Liu Tingting fell off the uneven bars twice as she collected just 11.900 points for China

The Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) has appealed the decision to award Cameroon hosting rights for next year's African Women's Olympic volleyball qualifier.

insensitive" behaviour by the FIVB after several players made similar gestures following their victory over China

Double Olympic champion Yuri Alvear of Colombia clinched International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam gold with victory against German Giovanna Scoccimarro in Brasilia.

to Cuban Maylin Del Toro Carvajal and Briton Amy Livesey.Del Toro Carvajal defeated Yang Junxia of China

Recently crowned Pan American Games middleweight champion Naomi Graham narrowly won her first bout here at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Championships to reach the quarter-finals. 

 Her next opponent will be Zheng Lu of China, who overcame Erika Pachito of Ecuador 5-0.

China and Japan were unable to match the high-level set by Russia in qualifying for the International

yesterday's first four subdivisions of qualifying.At Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in the German city, China

87.333 and 86.531 points respectively, with Xiao collecting 85.831 points.Wei Sun qualified fifth for China

Spain and Germany, having finished ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th, owing to the fact Russia, Japan and China

Top seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn beat Denmark's Magnus Johannesen in straight sets today to book his place in the third round of the men's singles event at the Badminton World Federation World Junior Championships in Kazan.

20-22, 13-21 against China's Dong Tian Yao.In the women's singles event, fifth seed Han Qian Xi of China

Gangwon Province in South Korea is considering a bid for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games, according to Governor Choi Moon-soon.

2020 edition - and Sofia in Bulgaria.Russia and Spain are also thought to be mulling over a bid, while China

Britain's Andy Murray continued his singles comeback by coming from behind to beat Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Lóndero in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.

October 7, 2019Murray, who reached his first singles quarter-final in more than a year at last week's China

India will stage the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for 3x3 basketball in March, it has been announced.

fourth best team in the rankings.Their men are currently set to qualify alongside Serbia, Russia and China

, with fourth place Mongolia missing out.Russia, China, Romania and France are on course to claim the

The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) has suspended its relationship with Houston Rockets after the NBA giant's general manager offered his support to Hong Kong's protesters. 

Li-Ning followed the CBA's stance, as did Tencent which streams matches online.The club's sponsor in China

team," the CBA said.The NBA added that the post had "deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China

ImagesMorey added: "I did not intend my tweet to cause any offense to Rockets fans and friends of mine in China

In 2008, NBA China was launched to manage the sport in the country.NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum

Russia successfully defended their International Basketball Federation 3x3 Under-23 World Cup title with a 21-11 victory against Ukraine in Lanzhou. 

bronze.Yamamoto claimed a second gold medal in the shootout contest with Latvian Rendijs Feikners and Peng Yan of China

collecting silver and bronze respectively.The skills contest gold went to Wang Haimei of China as Nadia

A host of athletes who have won gold medals at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship are set to compete at the International Canoe Federation's (ICF) own event in the discipline this month.

from around the globe" have entered its inaugural Stand Up Paddling World Championships in Qingdao in China

month.Pan American Games champion Connor Baxter is among the entrants for the ICF World Championships in China

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has announced that the second edition of its Champions Swim Series will be held across two Chinese cities in 2020.

, and creating another world-class platform for swimming on a yearly basis," FINA said.Race wins in China