A consortium led by China's Anta Sports Products Ltd, China's largest sportswear company, has bought Finnish firm Amer Sports and acquired leading ski brands Salomon and Atomic as Beijing looks forward to hosting the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2022.

founded in 1994 and has its headquarters in Jinjiang.In 2009, Anta acquired Italian sportswear Fila's China

operations.It now has 600 Fila retail stores in China and 7,000 Anta retail stores.Former Minnesota

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will partially employ its new world rankings - due to be introduced on a trial basis this season - to select athletes eligible for Olympic places in 2020.

timetables for 2020 competitions were approved for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China

ice of Stirling fell just short today as they were beaten 5-2 in the final by Paralympic champions China

occasion.The gold medal ambitions of hosts Scotland were ended at the last in Stirling as Paralympic champions China

Pyeongchang has emerged as a potential host of a future edition of the Winter Universiade.

Today we see interest from not just China and Russia."

Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe won the women's ski halfpipe title on a bumper day of action across the Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard World Cups in Mammoth Mountain.

dwarfed the score of Estonia's silver medallist Kelly Sildaru, who managed 87.40, while Kexin Zhang of China

When Karoliina Lundahl first took up weightlifting in the 1980s it was a men-only sport dominated by Europe.

She had no idea about China - until women were given international recognition and she started competing

by Shandong, Guangdong, Guangxi and Zhejiang provinces.Equally remarkably, only one male lifter from China

said, at the IWF World Cup in Fuzhou two weeks ago, where Chinese lifters set nine world records: "China

involving the lifting of tripods, city gate bolts or stone barbells, has been around a long time in China

for much of the 1960s and 1970s, and China did not join the International Olympic Committee until 1979

Scotland achieved a major surprise on home ice as they earned a place in tomorrow's final of the World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Stirling as they defeated defending champions Norway 7-3.

The home side, skipped by Aileen Neilson, will now meet the Paralympic champions, China, who beat South

Olympic 1,500 metres champions Choi Min-jeong and Lim Hyo-jun continued their recent dominance of the event with victory in the women's and men's finals respectively at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Sofia.

year-old Olympic 3,000m relay bronze medallist proved too quick for 2017 world champion Fan Kexin of China

Japan's Mai Mihara built on her lead from yesterday's short programme to win the women's figure skating at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade. 

men's and women's curling competitions were decided.In the women's event, South Korea comfortably beat China

Fifteen-year-old Zhang Jiaqi excelled once again as hosts China completed its golden sweep on the final

28.It will then visit Kazan in Russia from May 10 to 12 and British capital London from May 17 to 19.China

Hosts Scotland kept their challenge alive in the World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Stirling as they beat Canada 5-3 today in the final round robin matches to secure a play-off for a place in the semi-finals.

Paralympic champions China and defending champions Norway earned automatic places for one semi-final

but the Swiss assured themselves of progression by beating the Koreans 5-4 tonight.Earlier in the day China

Norway, although the latter won their final match, 7-4 over Germany, to finish with the same record as China

China's Olympic and world champion Shi Tingmao suffered her first defeat since 2013 on the penultimate day of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Series event at Beijing's Water Cube venue.

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) has revealed the tournament format for this year's World Championship in Durban.

seventh-consecutive title, placed in Pool A.Chinese Taipei will head Pool B with Belgium in Pool C, China

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has signed a sponsorship deal with Chinese mineral water supplier Nongfu Spring to cover several of its top-tier events, it was announced today.

commercialises and for its commitment towards sustainability and protection of natural water sources in China

with NongFu Spring which will provide more visibility for our athletes in an important sports market, China

Sweden stunned hosts Russia with a late comeback to win the women's bandy final 5-3 at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade here.

semi-finals while Canada will compete in the play-offs.Canada will face Britain, who were beaten 10-8 by China

 China finished fifth and will meet South Korea in the play-offs.

-6 victory over Russia ensured they finished with seven wins and two defeats.Canada won 8-7 against China