Martin Bourgeois Republique of France and China's Fanqi Meng claimed junior individual gold medals as action continued at the International Biathlon Union Youth/Junior World Championships in Osrblie.

The Chinese Swimming Association (CSA) has backed London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic champion Sun Yang, saying he has not violated anti-doping rules after it was reported a vial of his blood was destroyed in front of testers.

freestyle champion, had a vial of blood taken at a clubhouse near his home in Zhejiang province in China

Lee Wai Sze earned her second gold of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track Cycling World Cup in Hong Kong in front of a home crowd. 

The action at the Hong Kong Velodrome concluded the UCI Track Cycling World Cup season ©UCIXu Chao of China

Anders Antonsen of Denmark secured his first major title as he stunned top seed and reigning world champion Kento Momota of Japan in the men's singles final at the Badminton World Federation Indonesia Masters in Jakarta.

-11 victory.The mixed doubles final also followed the form book as Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China

South Korea dominated the action on day two of the International Skating Union World Junior Short Track Championships in Canada, winning three of the four gold medals on offer.

500m.In the first final of the day, the women's 1,500m, Whi Min Seo took the win in 2min 25.251sec while China

in 2:25.770.In the men's event it was Hyun Woo Chang who claimed victory for South Korea in 2:26.047.China

Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has denied reports that his own blood samples were smashed during a row with anti-doping testers.

anti-doping officials sent to collect blood and urine from Sun arrived at his house in Zhejiang province in China

Maria Tolokonina failed to maintain her winning streak in women’s lead events as the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation World Cup in Saas-Fee concluded.

The Russian climber had won the opening two competitions in South Korea and China to assume the World

The International Skating Union World Junior Short Track Championships has begun in Montreal with qualifying action at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Union issues", the most advanced action went ahead in the men’s and women’s 3,000 metres relays, with China

with the second fastest time, finishing their race in 4:01.729.In the women’s event, in heat three China

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have announced Beijing 2022 could become the first Winter Paralympics to have gender parity in medal events after confirming the Games programme and athlete quotas.

now confirmed, Para athletes can begin to really look forward to what will be spectacular Games in China

places have risen from 100 at Pyeongchang to 120 in Beijing, while women’s spots are up from 60 to 90.China

gender teams, with each required to have at last one female player.The sport provided Beijing 2022 hosts China

Australia and China earned team sprint honours on the opening day of the International Cycling Union

Japan’s Kento Momota produced an absolute masterclass to beat home favourite Anthony Sinisuka Ginting and book his place in the semi-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Indonesia Masters in Jakarta.

final of both the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de janeiro and the 2018 World Championships in Nanjing in China

champion.Chen prevailed 14-21, 21-9, 21-15 and will now be hoping to repeat her victory over Marín from the BWF China

The World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) and Japan Softball Association (JSA) have announced details of the softball test event in preparation for the return to the Olympic programme at Tokyo 2020. 

for Tokyo 2020.Chinese Taipei, Italy and United States will host baseball qualifiers, while Canada, China

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women's doubles competition came to an end ©Getty ImagesAustralia’s Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai of China

Top seed Novak Djokovic set up an Australian Open men’s singles final against Spain’s Rafael Nadal after the cruising past France's Lucas Pouille in Melbourne.

one.The women’s doubles event concluded today, with Australia’s Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai of China

Iran and Japan will face each other in the semi-finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup after both teams came through their last-eight ties today in the United Arab Emirates.

Taremi, Sardar Azmoun and Karim Ansarifard were all on target for Iran as they beat an error-prone China

Vietnam ©Getty ImagesA consummate performance by Azmoun laid the foundation for Iran's win against China