Newly crowned world champions Kento Momota and PV Sindhu will headline the Badminton World Federation China

Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics next year.He is the top seed and will begin his quest for a first China

bridesmaid's tag with a world gold which followed a succession of major silver medals.She is seeded fifth in China

badminton this month following an eight-month break after ACL surgery.She is the defending champion in China

but lost her opening round match on her comeback in Vietnam last week.The China Open will run until

Reigning champions Japan completed the preliminary round with a perfect record at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship after beating Chinese Taipei 3-1 to finish top of Pool B.

Pool E, the other top qualifying group along with their victors today.Completing the Pool E line-up is China

Georgia claimed a pair of gold medals on the first day of Greco-Roman finals at the World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan.

Azizli saw off the challenge of American Max Nowry, 8-0, while Shota Ogawa of Japan ousted Cao Liguo of China

Uzbekistan, beaten in the last four by Gobadze, could not make the podium as repechage winner Qian Haitao of China

China's men and women began in predictably dominant style as team events opened the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Indonesia today.

men's last eight clash was played today with South Korea edging Hong Kong 3-2.In the women's event China

Former German national team and National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar Dirk Nowitzki has been appointed as chair of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Players' Commission.

China's Yao Ming and American Kobe Bryant as official Global Ambassadors of the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China

China, seeking a record-breaking fifth title at the International Volleyball Federation Women's World

saw South Korea, seeded ninth, suffer a second successive defeat after their opening match against China

Two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) most valuable player Stephen Curry is expected to volunteer his services for the United States' men's basketball team at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

heels of the team finishing seventh at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup in China

The United States finished seventh at the FIBA World Cup in China ©Getty ImagesUSA Basketball managing

director Jerry Colangelo identified player turn-out as a reason for the US's disappointing performance in China

International Ski Federation (FIS) snowboard cross race director Uwe Beier and ski and snowboard cross race director JP Baralo have taken part in a two-day training workshop in Beijing.

which was followed by a quiz to evaluate the training.The growth and the future of winter sports in China

It was fantastic to see and meet all these people from all over China, and realise that they had studied

translated in Chinese," Beier said.The first FIS Snowboard Cross and Ski Cross World Cup events in China

We are here to help China develop a general cross programme and this training seminar was really important

The United States won gold for the first time at the International Volleyball Federation Girls’ Under-18 World Championships as they defeated Italy in a thrilling five-set final at Ismailia in Egypt.

tournament throughout, but got injured just at the very end of the fourth set in the semi-final against China

beaten by the eventual champions in the semi-final, recovered their momentum to take bronze, beating China

Cuban Olympic middleweight champion Arlen López recorded a unanimous victory in his opening bout here at the International Boxing Assocation (AIBA) Men's World Championships. 

 Tanglatihan Tuohetaerbieke of China edged past Ashish Kumar of India ©Yekaterinburg 2019There were

Chinese teenage sensation Jiang Yuyan and Russian Roman Zhdanov excelled once again as six world records were broken at the World Para Swimming Championships in London.

finished 0.16 adrift.Israel's Ami Omer Dadon was a further six seconds behind in bronze.Wang Lichao of China

Tristan Bangma and Patrick Bos of the Netherlands clinched the men's B title, as road races began at the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Championships in Emmen, The Netherlands. 

Kirla and Aleksandra Teclaw added another medal to Poland's tally by finishing third.Wang Xiaomei of China

Reigning champions Japan earned a second victory at the 20th Asian Men's Volleyball Championships in Iran, and now face Chinese Taipei to determine the winners of Pool B.

Japan, world-ranked 11 and seeking a third consecutive title, had beaten Hong Kong China in straight

Tehran, prevailing 25-19, 25-20, 25-13.Chinese Taipei also registered a second win, overcoming Hong Kong China

straight-sets win over Oman – 25-21, 28-26, 25-16.India were unable to pull off another shock win, losing to China

, 25-16, 25-15, 25-21.India had no answer to China in Tehran ©AVCSouth Korea established themselves top

China has sent a strong line-up to the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Indonesia, where places at

Jeong Youngsik, Lee Sang-su and Kim Minhyeok for the Korea Republic, who will be hoping to challenge China

China got their defence of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women's World Cup in Japan

Playing at the Yokohama venue, China – seeking a record-breaking fifth title – made short work of their