Spain’s Jordi Xammar and Nicolas Rodriguez won both their races in the 470 men's fleet on the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 sailing test event at Enoshima Yacht Harbour.

McIntyre.China's Yunxiu Lu leads the 20-board RS:X women's fleet after the opening day ©Getty ImagesYunxiu Lu of China

Danas Rapšys of Lithuania lowered his 200 metres freestyle record as the International Swimming Federation Swimming World Cup stage in Singapore concluded.

, claiming gold in 1:44.38.Australian Thomas Fraser-Holmes was second in 1:48.69, with Jiwen Cao of China

Larsson and Giles Smith to win the 4x100m medley relay in 3:52.17.Australia came second in 3:53.09 and China

Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland defended her title today as speed finals took centre stage at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Championships in Japan.

Innsbruck last year under her maiden name of Rudzinska, clocked 7.129sec in the final to defeat Di Niu of China

United States will face Japan in the final of the World Baseball Softball Confederation Women's Under-19 Softball World Cup after they both claimed big wins in Irvine.

record as they completed shut-out victories in their final two matches at Bill Barber Park.They defeated China

Japan continued their domination of women's wrestling events on day five of the United World Wrestling (UWW) World Junior Championships in Tallinn.

Japan by winning the 72kg gold medal fight 10-6 against Russian Evgeniia Zakharchenko.Shuiyan Cheng of China

Russia dominated proceedings on the opening day of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) World Challenge Cup event in Minsk as they topped the standings in all disciplines.

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Vladimir Morozov set two more records at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup as Australia claimed six titles in Singapore.

relay in 3:26.45.Singapore claimed a first medal of the meet as they finished second in 3:31.53 and China

The stadium, infrastructure and organisation for hockey at the 2020 Olympic Games will be put under the microscope this week as part of the Ready Steady Tokyo series of test events.

August 21).Japan, India, Malaysia and New Zealand will contest the men's tournament, while Australia, China

defeat to the Netherlands in the final, are the favourites.India against Japan and Australia versus China

Hosts the United States claimed a 1-0 win over Japan today to maintain their unbeaten record and inflict a first defeat on their opponents at the Under-19 Women's Softball World Cup in Irvine.

six.Also still in contention for a top-two finish, and a place in the final, are Canada after they beat China

WBSCsoftball) 16 August 2019Today’s two other matches saw Australia defeat Puerto Rico 6-2 and Mexico overcome China

chance of reaching the bronze medal game.Puerto Rico are seventh with one win from five, while winless China

Japan have almost secured their spot in the final of the Under-19 Women's Softball World Cup in Irvine after extending their unbeaten run in the super round to five matches with two more wins.

The Asian champions started today by beating China 6-1 before defeating Canada 7-0.Haruka Sumitani and

Miu Goto combined to hit five for five against China and led the Japanese offence at Bill Barber Park.Goto

Japan's Sayaka Mizoe and Suzuka Hashimoto reached the main draw of the women's event as action began at the International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour in Moscow.

Metral and Florian Breer.Russia's Maksim Hudyakov and Ruslan Bykanov beat Wu Jiaxin and Ha Likejiang of China

Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam is ready to host the second edition of the Asian Taekwondo Open Championships with four days of competition set to begin tomorrow.

Filipinos will vie in kyorugi, while 12 will compete in poomsae.A total of 34 other countries such as China

It is mid-August, the height of the European holiday season; work stations at the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s glassy new headquarters building in Lausanne are likely to be more sparsely populated than usual.

starting to have real economic consequences.With protests now in their third month, fears are rising that China

have an impact on the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing ©Getty ImagesA trade war between China

remain in situ.But if it persists for long, this combination of economic and political turbulence with China

told it that this was far lower than in 2001, when the IOC voted to entrust its flagship property to China

good.But if Hong Kong does turn significantly uglier, then questioning of the IOC’s judgement regarding China

Volleyball Federation (FIVB) after several players made "slant-eyed" gestures following their victory over China

Images show some of the Argentinian players making the gesture after they defeated China at the FIVB

Japan and hosts the United States both remain undefeated after day one of super-round action at the Under-19 Women's Softball World Cup in Irvine.

losing 2-1 in the first game of the day.Chinese Taipei are sixth behind Australia, 4-2 winners over China