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Sindhu ends final curse with victory at BWF World Tour Finals

  • Badminton

P V Sindhu has become the first Indian to win the women’s singles title at the season ending Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals in Guangzhou.

respectively.In the mixed event meanwhile, the title was claimed by Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China


Britain win two gold medals as World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series ends

  • Taekwondo

The 2018 World Taekwondo calendar has come to an end with a mixed day for Great Britain in the Grand Slam Champions Series finals in Wuxi, as they picked up two golds and two silvers.

from two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones and 20-year-old Bradley Sinden.Elsewhere, South Korea, hosts China

double Olympic champion Jones was unable to capitalise in the 57kg division.She lost to Lijun Zhou from China

by South Korea’s Ah-Reum Lee, who beat Croatia’s Marjia Štetić.Another strong final came in another China


FISU President Matytsin preparing for the biennial double Universiade test

  • The Big Read

Next year, in the space of just over four months, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) will stage not one but two multi-sport events second only to the Olympics in terms of scale and complexity.

closely, alongside the rest of the Olympic Movement.”A deal has been agreed between FISU and Chengdu in China

During these meetings, FISU and Chengdu, China signed a pre-attribution host city agreement for the 31st

It’s fitting that this event should return to China in 2021 as it was the Beijing 2001 Summer Universiade


Gold medals evenly shared on FINA World Short Course Championships day five

  • Swimming

Such is the high standard of swimming on show at the International Swimming Federation's World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, after four days of action today was the first not to feature a world record.

and International Expo Centre with seven different countries picking up the top prize.Russia and China

time was still enough for his fourth consecutive title in the event, however.Zhang Yuhan helped hosts China

from China.Australia led for much of the race but were caught by Zhang Yuhan on the third leg, with China








Jones upsets home crowd on quarter-finals day at World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series

  • Taekwondo

Double Olympic champion Jade Jones upset the Chinese crowd with victory over home favourite Zongshi Luo at the World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series in Wuxi.

against Uzbekistan's Nikita Rafalovich to advance after golden point, and will fight Linglong Chen of China

seed Milad Beigi Harchegani remains in contention after defeating number two seed Jiannan Huang of China

Kim of South Korea was beaten by team-mate Min-Ah Ha after golden point.Ha will face Xueqin Tan of China

Dmitriy Shokin withdrew through injury.In is yet to fight at the event but will now face Hongyi Sun of China


Teenage Bulgarian weightlifter banned from the sport for life

  • Weightlifting

Teenage weightlifter Dayana Dimitrova has reportedly been banned from the sport for life after a second doping offence.

positives in the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 retests, was also welcomed.Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China


Chengdu to be named as 2021 Summer Universiade host

  • Chengdu 2021

Chengdu seems certain to be named as the host city of the 2021 Summer Universiade.

Chengdu would be the third Summer Universiade host in China in two decades, after Beijing in 2001 and

Twenty per cent of the world's university students are in China, and the national university sports federation

The capital of Sichuan province in central China, Chengdu is known as the home of the giant panda due