New Zealand endured a day of mixed fortunes in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League today as the Black Sticks played host to Great Britain in Christchurch.

 Australia’s women take on China tomorrow, with the men’s and women’s teams playing against Germany

Switzerland claimed a shock victory in the inaugural mixed team aerials competition at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships in Utah.

European nation's trio of Carol Bouvard, Nicolas Gygax and Noe Roth upset the usual dominant nations of China

individual score of the final ©Getty ImagesThe Swiss were coached by Roth's father Michel and ensured China

James Woods won a rare world title on snow for Great Britain as he captured ski slopestyle gold in Utah.

Liubov Nikitina won silver with a score of 89.88 as 2013 world champion Xu Mengtao took bronze for China

The 2019 World Women’s Snooker Championship has been postponed less than a week after Beijing was named as the new host city.

We must thank the China Billiards and Snooker Association for their offer of assistance in this matter

2017 version in Toa Payoh in Singapore.Speaking about the delay, Ng was quoted as saying by the South China

Anaheim in the United States is set to host the 20th edition of the International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships from tomorrow.

win his first senior title.He will be up against the defending Four Continents champion Boyang Jin of China

clean sweep is possible.In the pairs event, Olympic silver medallists Wenjing Sui and Cong Han from China

part in winter tourism from November 2017 to March 2018, according to an annual report released by the China

Winter tourism has been booming in China since Beijing won its bid in 2015 to host the 2022 Winter Olympic

£342 billion/$444 billion/€392 billion) mark by 2022.The growth in winter tourism is expected to help China

Commission for Beijing 2022, believes that mass participation will help spread Olympism and enable China

manager of Beijing Carving Ski Equipment, claimed that a lot of international companies have come to China

 "And many brands in ski and snowboarding come to set up offices or to find distributors in China

following the signing of an agreement between the Organising Committee and the State Grid Corporation of China

Iran has chosen Hadi Rezaei as its Chef de Mission for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo, it has been announced.

slipped to 15th.Iran won a total of 136 medals at Jakarta 2018, including 51 gold, finishing behind China

Britain's two-time Invictus Games champion Alex Tate hopes to compete at the next Summer and Winter Paralympic Games’ after learning to snowboard.

athletics team, but now, having taken up snowboarding he is also aiming for the 2022 Winter Games in China

The Organising Committee of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games (HAGOC) has officially begun the search for its first global partners.

September 10 to 25 in 2022, featuring 46 sports in all.It will be the third time the Games is held in China

Now the calendars have turned to the second month of 2019, attention switches to an intriguing and much-debated process in the Olympic world.

While it has grown exponentially in China, it still lacks any real base in areas such as the United States

The International Skating Union (ISU) has signed a media rights deal with sports marketing company Infront for the next four seasons.

Championships in the ISU's disciplines across all territories worldwide with the exception of Canada, China

Canada and South Korea defeated home favourites Sweden in the men and women's finals at the Curling World Cup in Jönköping.

 "It’s huge to reach the Grand Final," said Sahaidak"We’ve both never been to China so we’re going

Sweden's Nicklas Eden and Anna Hasselborg skipped their teams to the men and women's finals of the Curling World Cup in front of a home crowd in Jönköping.

play Team Matt Dunstone of Canada in tomorrow's final.The Canadian team recorded a 9-2 victory against China

up the clash against the home favourites.Team Hasselborg will play in the women's final, defeating China

Australia have soared past Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-0 in their 2019 Davis Cup qualifier to ease into the Madrid finals as action came to an end in 12 qualifying matches across the globe today.

into the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid in November.Elsewhere, in a much tighter tie Japan squeezed past China

3-2 at the Guangdong Olympic Sports Centre.After yesterday’s singles the tie was level at 1-1 and China