China claimed the first gold medal on offer at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Japan

after he triumphed in Budapest and Doha with Liu Shiwen.World number one and top seed Fan Zhendong of China

Koji Sugeno has been named Allianz athlete of the month for May after helping Japan win the World Team Cup quad event.

Netherlands’ Alpine skier Jeroen Kampschreur claimed the January prize, before taekwondo athlete Yujie Li of China

Yang Ling and Yuan Song triumphed in the men’s 10 metres platform final as the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix began in Bolzano.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has suggested the organisation could move towards recommending a single candidate to host the Olympic Games if it is deemed to be "outstanding" as part of reforms to the bidding process.

vice-chair Danka Bartekova, Argentina's Gerardo Werthein, Lydia Nsekera of Burundi and Li Lingwei of China

Iran and Russia continued their impressive campaigns as the third week of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men’s Nations League began.

17-25, 25-20, 15-12 victory.Hosts Portugal then earned a straight sets 25-22, 25-17, 25-23 win over China

Denmark’s Maja Jager, Mexico’s Alejandra Valencia and Sweden’s Christine Bjerendal have claimed women’s recurve quota places for their countries at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the secondary qualification tournament at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.

 Only four teams have quotas in both men’s and women’s competitions – China, Chinese Taipei, Britain

At the Vatican this week, Pope Francis gave his blessing to the Flame bound for the Naples 2019 Universiade.

volleyball entries from Pyongyang University in North Korea and four athletes from the People's Republic of China

Even so, a team from the People’s Republic of China was invited.

New Zealand will be aiming to be crowned overall champions when the final tournament of the 2019 World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series takes place in Biarritz in France this weekend.

The US are set to face China, Fiji and France in Pool C.France will be looking for the support a home

Chinese qualifier Sun Wen claimed a stunning straight-games win over defending champion and home favourite Tomokazu Harimoto en route to making his way through to the men's singles quarter-finals at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Japan Open in Sapporo.

9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-5 in the round of 16.There was a surprise loss for second seed Lin Gaoyuan of China

women's singles event at the first hurdle ©ITTFThe one other quarter-final tie pits third seed Xu Xin of China

 In the women's singles event, Japan's Hitomi Sato defeated top seed Ding Ning of China 12-10, 6

Australia completed a pulsating comeback to beat Brazil at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France as they condemned their opponents to a first group-stage defeat in 24 years.

control if they beat Jamaica tomorrow.In the late game, a terrific first-half volley from Li Ying gave China

Brazil secured their third win in three days as they stepped up their bid to reach the International Volleyball Federation Women's Nations League Finals.

2019Having dropped the first two sets, Turkey stormed back to win 22-25, 18-25, 25-16, 25-20, 15-12.China

Italy's Olympic silver medallists Tania Cagnotto and Francesca Dallapé will be the star attractions in front of a home crowd at the International Swimming Federation Diving Grand Prix in Bolzano.

three days of competition from tomorrow, with 19 countries represented.Among them is diving powerhouse China

Britain claimed the last semi-final spot at the International Handball Federation (IHF) Emerging Nations Championship thanks to a 27-23 victory over Colombia.

Colombia, China and Britain went into the final day of the group stage with a chance of reaching the

advantage after the break, Fredy Lafortan their top scorer with nine.The other game in Group A saw China

States defeated Nigeria 38-24 in the late game.The US face Colombia in the fifth-place bracket while China

The 2019 World Park Skateboarding Championships will take place in São Paulo from September 10 to 15, it has been announced.

the event.Last year's edition of the World Park Skateboarding Championships was hosted by Nanjing in China

A fierce competition is expected between China and Ukraine at the International Swimming Federation (

China claimed six gold medals from the 10 up for grabs in Quebec, Canada, last weekend as Ukraine underlined