North and South Korea have been grouped together in Asian qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Asian champions will contest Group E with Bangladesh, Oman, India and Afghanistan.Group A includes China

Nigeria’s Bose Omolayo set a world record in winning the women’s up to 79 kilograms event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

I'll go back to China, rest and train to break the record at @Tokyo2020." pic.twitter.com/feIpTFRqNZ—

An San of South Korea eased to a straight sets victory over India's Deepika Kumari to claim the women's recurve gold medal at the archery test event for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

left, to win the Tokyo 2020 test event ©World ArcheryThe Indian archer then despatched Zheng Yichai of China

Sixteen countries are on the starting blocks in Bahrain for the 2019 edition of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's Under-21 World Championship.

first gold medal.Bahrain have targeted the second phase and will play in Pool A against seventh seeds China

Morocco and Puerto Rico.Opening games will be played across all four pools tomorrow.Morocco will play China

A new high-speed railway linking Hohhot, capital of northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Zhangjiakou, the co-host city of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, will become operational by the end of this year, it has been announced. 

members of the International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission, starting their fourth visit to China

and Zhangjiakou will connect with Beijing in time for the 2022 Winter and Paralympic Olympic Games ©China

high-speed rail.According to a plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission in July 2016, China

Russia took revenge on holders China in a repeat of the 2017 final as the second group phase began at

to upgrade the silver medal they won at the last edition of the event in Mexico two years ago, when China

season’s qualifying events, the five-star International Skateboarding Open begins tomorrow in Nanjing, China

Germany's Florian Wellbrock won the men's 10 kilometres open water swimming gold medal by just two-tenths of a second following a dramatic race at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju.

among that number in seventh.Other action on day five in Gwangju saw a highly-predictable gold for China

 Jian Yang and Shan Lin won the diving team event for China ©Getty ImagesLin, a three-time Youth

China have now won all eight diving events held at the World Championships so far.Russia collected their

routine title for the fourth time in a row.They scored 96.9426 points in an almost perfect display as China

Chinese organisers of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will get the opportunity to show off the environmentally-friendly technology it plans to use when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission starts its fourth visit here tomorrow.

curling venues.The implementation of the system will mark the first time the technology is used in China

This is a landmark decision which could potentially help address the issue of climate change, both in China

The women’s up to 67 kilograms event at the World Para Powerlifting Championships has been postponed until tomorrow after an unexplained fire alarm affected today’s schedule in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

alarm.After a complete security evaluation of the building, the competition was allowed to resume.Hu Peng of China

China capped an impressive performance at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation

Ukraine’s Mariana Shevchuk won the women’s up to 55 kilograms gold medal on day three of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan.

second-attempt lift of 128kg at Astana Congress Center, beating nearest challenger Xiao Cuijuan of China

China continued their dominance of the diving events at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju by

Italy, Japan and Russia have all advanced to the second round of the International Volleyball Federation Women's Under-20 World Championship with unbeaten records after extending their winning runs to three matches in Mexico today.

straight sets today ©FIVBAction also concluded today in Pool B in León with Poland and defending champions China

winning to qualify in first and second place respectively.Poland overcame Peru 25-22, 25-20, 25-20, while China

remaining in the competition have now been split between Pools E and F.Pool E is made up of Brazil, China

Summer Universiade came to a vibrant conclusion as the baton for university sport was passed to Chengdu, China