Australia made amends for yesterday's opening International Korfball Federation (IKF) World Championship defeat to Poland by edging out Ireland in a close Pool B encounter in Durban.

as they recorded a thumping 36-2 win against tournament debutants Macau.In the pool's other match, China

More than 77 million people watched television coverage of the 2019 World Archery Championships, according to a post-competition report from the sport's governing body.

the 2017 Championships in Mexico City.World Archery claim this was helped by new broadcast deals in China

World Championships were held in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in June ©World Archery/TwitterWorld Archery said China

Haudenosaunee opened their Women's Under-19 World Lacrosse World Championship account with a crushing victory against Belgium, who made history with a first-ever tournament goal in Ontario.

Congrats to China U19 for the opening win! Keep up the good work, ladies!

#lacrosse #chinalacrosse #2019u19wclax pic.twitter.com/DFbadSCrNW— China Lacrosse (@China_Lacrosse

tournament Hong Kong secured a first ever Under-19 World Championship victory by defeating Israel 11-7.China

Reigning champions The Netherlands made a perfect start to their International Korfball Federation (IKF) World Championship campaign with a routine victory over New Zealand in Durban.

earned victory on the opening day.Suriname beat Hungary 24-12, while the other match in Pool D saw China

The 2019 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup season is set to begin tomorrow in the host city of next year’s Olympic Games, Tokyo.

comprises of seven meets split into three clusters, the first of which also includes stops in Jinan in China

Bariloche, in the Argentinian province of Rio Negro, is set to hold the third and final event in the inaugural season of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Snow Volleyball World Tour as it makes its first stop outside Europe.

base standing at 1,030 metres above sea level, where teams from Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, China

A group of 24 teams are set to compete at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women’s International Olympic Qualification Tournament (IOQT) as they go in search of six available tickets for Tokyo 2020.

champions Serbia and Thailand, while Pool B in Ningbo comprises hosts and reigning Olympic champions China

The withdrawal of many top seeds in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thailand Open has left the field wide open in both the men's and women's events.

round matches take place in Bangkok, and another singles seed has fallen: fourth ranked Chen Long of China

victory over Sourabh Verma of India, 23-21, 19-21, 21-5.In the women's singles, top seed Chen Yufei of China

eighth seed Sameer Verma of India Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia.In the women's singles, top seed Chen Yufei of China

Student Shaojie Wang's rise to the top of basketball in China continues after the Peking University forward

was selected by Beijing Begcl Basketball Club as the first overall pick in the the 2019 China Basketball

sweeping the CBA all-star weekend earlier in the year.Shaojie Wang and Tangwen Yuan were part of the China

Xiamen University followed Wang as second and third picks in the draft.Yuan was a team mate of Wang's as China

Top men's seed Kento Momota has withdrawn from the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thailand Open as the qualifiers for the main draw got under way today.

qualifying to reach the main draw of the World Badminton Federation Thailand Open ©BWFRen Peng Bo of China

Beijing 2022 has named Cultural Investment Holdings as the latest official sponsor of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

has so far signed up nine official partners of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, including Bank of China

, Air China and sportswear firm ANTA.Four others have agreed to become tier-two official sponsors, including

Five years ahead of the Paris 2024 Games, organisers have embarked on a joint-development project involving National Olympic and Paralympic Committees, which has never been attempted on this scale or within this time frame, so far ahead of the event.

event.It was attended by representatives from prominent Olympic nations such as the United States, China

South Korea has made an official complaint after a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay map included disputed islands as Japanese territory.

response with Japan saying it also scrambled aircraft.Russia, carrying out a military exercise with China

Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) vice-president Liu Guoyong has warned the country is facing "serious challenges" if it wants to stay in the top three on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics medal table.

Tokyo – baseball/softball, climbing, karate, skateboarding and surfing – were not disciplines where China

 China will likely excel in its traditional sports such as diving but is not expecting success in

Therefore, China is facing serious challenges if we want to stay in the top three."

Liu said that China remained strong in sports it has traditionally excelled in such as weightlifting,

 "Although China has made great progress, there's still a long way to go before we catch up."

Iran claimed the International Volleyball Federation Men's Under-21 World Championship title after defeating Italy in an absorbing five-set contest in Bahrain.

sets, winning 25-21, 27-25, 25-12.Argentina finished fifth having powered back from a set down to sink China