Reigning champion Kim So-hui of South Korea survived a scare as she edged Qing Guo of China in a tense

Bora Kang of South Korea is also through as she beat Jordyn Smith of Britain 2-0.Zongshi Luo of China

Iran was also given a bye and will take on Thailand's Ramnarong Sawekwiharee, who beat Ruidong Wu of China

David Shoemaker has been appointed as the new chief executive and secretary general of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC).

company OverActive Media.Shoemaker, who was President of the Women's Tennis Association before moving to China

Shoemaker is fluent in Mandarin ©Getty ImagesA lawyer by trade, Shoemaker learned Mandarin while in China

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has held its 2018 Star Awards ceremony ahead of the season ending World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon in South Korea.

Grand Hyatt Hotel.Ding Ning won the women’s star award for the fourth time in five years, having helped China

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov claimed his organisation's plans for the future have received the backing of International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach.

Committee Presidents invited to the Olympic Summit in Lausanne last Saturday (December 8), along with China

Swimmers from the United States dominated the second day of action at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou to win five gold medals and set two more world records.

team of Olivia Smoliga, Katie Meili, Kelsi Dahlia and Mallory Cornerford finish two seconds ahead of China

India's Pusarla V Sindhu won a repeat of last year's final as she beat  Japan's Akane Yamaguchi on the opening day of the Badminton World Federation World Tour Finals in Guangzhou.

the age of 18 in 2013 - also claimed a scalp today as she overcame world number three Chen Yufei of China

Olympic champion Cheick Sallah Cissé crashed out of the men's under-80 kilograms competition at the first-round stage as the lucrative World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series began in Wuxi today.

Olympic silver medallist set up a meeting with South Korea's Oh Hye-ri after she overcame Jie Song of China

Six countries - China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand - participate in eight

China amassed 61 gold, 51 silver and 41 bronze.The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggests the idea

They are officially opened by Jiang Zemin, the general secretary of the Communist Party of China.1998

Asian Winter Games is held in Changchun, China.

It marks the second time that China has hosted the event having also done so in Harbin in 1996.

day of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou in China

United States in December 2009.In the women’s relay silver went to The Netherlands in 3:28.02, with China

situated in the east of the city, about 27km from the centre.The airport is an important air link in China

Sanya City in China was announced as host of the 2020 Asian Beach Games in June 2018, following an Olympic

 Sanya officials promised the OCA that the "pearl of the South China Sea" is ready to shine when

deliver a successful event.Sanya is situated on the southernmost tip of Hainan Island in Southeast China

of the World" in English.To the south is the Phoenix Mountain Love Forever Scenic Area and the South China

part in the lucrative World Taekwondo (WT) Grand Slam Champions Series starting tomorrow in Wuxi in China

The United States wants countries with a clean doping record to be given more of a say in weightlifting’s future and will submit a radical proposal for change in voting rights at a meeting in Hungary starting today.

the consequences of their poor doping numbers going back to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.Apart from China

the A Groups, with 64 of 122 in the B, C and D Groups.”He said there was “a clear distinction between China

“Take out China and look at the other eight,” said Adamfi.

individuals - not just from the “Tbilisi nine” - performed well below their career-best levels.Taking China

The season-ending Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals will begin in Guangzhou tomorrow with fierce competition predicted across all draws.

it out for the last major title of the year ©BWFChou Tien Chen from Chinese Taipei and Shi Yuqi from China

join Ho and Ginting in Group A.Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei arrives in China as the favourite

Sukamuljo from Indonesia, China’s French Open champions Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong and Denmark’s China

Individual tickets for the FIFA 2019 Women's World Cup in France have been made available through a presale exclusive to Visa cardholders, it has been announced.

Cup of Nations winners Nigeria were placed in Group A alongside hosts France during the draw.Germany, China