New teams from China and South Korea are making a huge early impact at the World Women’s Curling Championships

China took early control today as they built on yesterday's shock defeat of Olympic champions Sweden

at the Silkeborg Sportscenter.Skipped by Jie Mei, and making its first appearance at this level, the China

session  and followed up in the afternoon with a 10-7 win over Scotland.But keeping pace with China

Minji, skip of the new South Korean team, has guided her players to three wins out of three to match China

Great Britain and Australia each won a further two golds as action came to an end at the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoom in The Netherlands.

the one kilometre time trial at the expense of Fachie and Rotherham,The day’s other gold was taken by China

FIFA has confirmed the full line-up of participating countries who will compete at the first-ever FIFA eNations Cup, which it has revealed will be hosted in London on April 13 and 14. 

Confederations.The 20 countries participating in the FIFA eNations Cup 2019 are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China

We interrupt this Jason Derulo concert to bring you the outcome of the FIBA Basketball World Cup draw.

YouTube stream showing a cavernous venue.Plus, if you have flown officials from the competing nations to China

Jan Dijkema, who as President of the International Skating Union is about to oversee the World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama in Japan, was a politician before he was a sporting politician, working as representing the PvdA in the House of Representatives in his native Netherlands until 1994.

Together with our media partners in Canada, China, Japan, Korea and the United States, we ensure global

More than 200 experts have attended a two-day UK Paralympic Performance Conference to discuss preparations for athletes at future Games, including Tokyo 2020. 

RowingBritain earned their third highest Paralympic Games medal haul at Rio 2016, finishing second behind China

Championships at Silkeborg in Denmark today as they lost 9-3 in their opening round robin match to China

hammer, Carey was unable to score on the final end as Minji produced a couple of inspired shots.The China

Yufei Chen is one win away from gaining her second Badminton World Federation World Tour title in succession after she beat South Korea’s Ji Hyun Sung today to advance into the final of the Swiss Open.

a surprise result 21-18, 21-13.A separate tournament has also been ongoing this week in Lingshui in China

and the men’s singles final at that event will also pitch China against China.Liu Haichao is scheduled

Lingshui Culture and Sport Square.Those matches finished 21-9, 20-22, 21-16 and 21-9, 12-21, 21-17.China

Britain's Commonwealth Games champion Courtney Tulloch won the men’s rings on the penultimate day of action at the International Gymnastics Federation Individual Apparatus World Cup in Baku.

14.766 points, at the FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup in Baku ©Getty ImagesIn today’s women’s events, China

The International Basketball Association (FIBA) 2019 World Cup draw has been made in the Chinese city of Shenzhen with the country set to host the competition in August and September.

 Hosts China will compete in capital city Beijing alongside Ivory Coast, Venezuela and Poland in

Top seed Shi Yuqi advanced into the semi-finals of the men's singles at the Badminton World Federation Swiss Open in Basel today with a comfortable victory over Mark Caljouw from The Netherlands.

before the finals go ahead on Sunday (March 17).At another tournament taking place simultaneously in China

Australia and China both picked up two gold medals as world records were smashed, on a day dominated

Italy’s triple Mediterranean Games champion Lara Mori topped qualifying in the women’s floor today as action continued at the International Gymnastics Federation Individual Apparatus World Cup in Baku.

beam qualifying.She scored 13.466 points to finish ahead of Marine Boyer from France and Li Qi from China

Germany and Britain have been announced by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) as the hosts of 2023 World Championships, events which will double as qualifiers for the following year's Olympic Games in Paris.

There were some strong bids from both China and Poland but we presented a confident bid and vision to

Italy will host the Under-23 and Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2023, while Miyi County in China

year.Vejen Kolding in Denmark will host the 2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Hangzhou in China

Czech Republic, La Seu in Spain and Pau in France as venues in 2021.In other decisions, Shaoxing in China

with a second host city still to be announced.An ICF Dragon Boat World Cup is planned for Ningbo in China

Olympic gold medallists Sweden, runner-up in last season’s World Women’s Curling Championships, will attempt to go one better as this year’s event is set to start in the Danish town of Silkeborg tomorrow.

Denmark starting tomorrow ©Getty ImagesCanada and United States are the Americas representatives.Lastly, China