A single arrow decided that Julie Chupin would win a space for France at next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo as action continued today at the World Archery Para Championships in the Dutch city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

secured one each.The last place in the W1 women’s event will be decided after the W1 mixed team final.If China

Less than a year ago the future looked bleak for British weightlifting - so it is something of a surprise to see Britain hosting an Olympic qualifying competition this weekend in which the entries include some of the sport’s big names.

China earned both gold medals on offer in today's competition at the International Swimming Federation

clash for the women’s kata gold medal on the opening day of the Karate 1-Premier League in Shanghai in China

United States crushed China to continue their quest for a 13th International Swimming Federation (FINA

Having won all three of their group games while China has lost theirs, this always looked like being

Top seed Kasumi Ishikawa was knocked out of the women's singles event at the second hurdle as action continued at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Hong Kong Open.

, an 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 winner at the expense of Nigeria's Quadri Aruna.Top seed Lin Gaoyuan of China

France and Brazil maintained their unbeaten starts to the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Nations League campaign to sit top of the rankings after four games.

China 3-0 Bulgaria ?? (26-24, 25-20, 25-17)Match details ?

Top seeds Chou Tien-chen and Nozomi Okuhara moved a step closer to winning the respective men’s and women’s singles titles at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Australian Open after coming through their quarter-final ties in Sydney today.

is set to be third seeded-Indonesian Jonatan Christie, who beat two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China

A new champion will be crowned at the 2019 International Handball Federation (IHF) Emerging Nations Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia.

IHFSeven teams return from 2017, five of them having entered both of the previous editions – Bulgaria, China

, Britain, Ireland and Malta.Bulgaria and China are the pre-tournament favourites, having finished fifth

South and Central American Emerging Nations Championship winners and they open the tournament against China

2019 NorCa Emerging Nations Championship winners, while the US enter as wild cards.Group A features China

Akbar Djuraev did not have to be at his best to win the 109 kilograms at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Fiji – a result that made Uzbekistan the first nation in Suva to win two men’s titles.

Djuraev made a total of 369kg.In April this year, nine months on at the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China

athletes, Nye and Akhmerova, have lifted more than the 230kg with which Guifang Liao won the 64kg for China

The Dutch short track speed skating squad has begun preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – with a squad of 18 unveiled.

China is committed to making their home Games a success but there is, of course, nothing better than

New Zealand's multi-Paralympic and world champion Sophie Pascoe has been shortlisted for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for May.

 Costa had triumphed against the reigning world champion Hongyu Wang of China to do so.United States

Italy lost ground at the top of the round robin in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women’s Nations League after losing their first match in the third week‘s series of preliminary matches.

The Italians were beaten 3-2 by Olympic champions China in their third and final Pool 9 match at Hong

scoring machine scored a whopping 40 points against China ??.

France’s women will seek to emulate the feat of their male counterparts in 1998 by winning the FIFA World Cup – which gets under way tomorrow - on home soil.

contenders in what could be the most open Women’s World Cup since the tournament was first staged in China

France’s Simon Gauzy beat South Korea’s Lee Sang-su for the second time in the space of seven days to book his place in the round of 16 at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Hong Kong Open.

;Queen Elizabeth Stadium.It marked a repeat of his round-of-32 victory over Lee at last week’s ITTF China