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England progress at expense of Ireland at FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup

  • Hockey

England progressed to the cross-over games at the expense of Ireland today as they beat them 4-2 in their final Pool B match at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar.

nbsp;that, despite being beaten 11-0 by defending champions Australia in the penultimate Pool B match, China

progressed in third place.England will now play New Zealand and China will take on France – who earned


Kingsbury opens moguls season with 50th FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup win

  • Freestyle

Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury claimed the 50th win of his career on the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Skiing World Cup tour by coming out on top at the season-opening stop in Ruka in Finland today.

first of nine that moguls skiers will visit this season.They will next travel to Thaiwoo ski resort in China


Pots confirmed for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup draw

  • Football

The pots for tomorrow's 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup draw have been confirmed according to the updated Women's World Rankings. 

UEFA Women's European Championships, alongside Japan, Sweden, Brazil, Spain and Norway.South Korea, China




France stun Olympic champions Argentina to qualify at FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup

  • Hockey

France, the lowest ranked team competing at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar, stunned the hockey world by defeating Olympic champions Argentina to earn a second-place finish in Pool A.

Pool B will take place.Australia, already confirmed as winners of this pool, will take on undefeated China


Japan defeat Olympic champions Sweden in opening session at Curling World Cup

  • Curling

Japan defeated Olympic champions Sweden in the opening women's session of the second leg of the Curling World Cup in Omaha. 

 "We are confident about the ice and happy about the result.”Scotland beat China in the other Group

 There was another shock defeat in the men's session as China narrowly beat Olympic champions the

 The United States won 9-6 against Norway and Russia defeated China 8-5 in Group B.


Beijing correcting mistranslated signs in build-up to 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

  • Beijing 2022

Beijing's Foreign Affairs Office are cracking down on public signs in mistranslated English in the build-up to the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in the city.

With many signs in China infamous for being poorly translated into English, or Chinglish, the Chinese

the image of a city,” said Chen Mingming, executive vice president of the Translators Association of China


Holders Norway suffer record loss to Romania in European Women’s Handball Championships

  • Handball

Defending champions Norway suffered their second defeat in the preliminary round of the European Women’s Handball Championships in France, going down 31-23 to Romania at the Brest Arena.

Gymnasium earned Japan a semi-final meeting on Friday (December 7) with the second-placed Group B team, China

Asian Women's Handball Championships with a perfect record today to set-up a semi-final meeting with China

©AHFLike China, Kazakhstan had done well enough to progress despite a final defeat, and they will now


FIG Congress votes for official inclusion of parkour events

  • Gymnastics

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Congress has voted in favour of including parkour as an official new discipline.

which organised two World Cups as test events in the same year in Montpellier, France and Chengdu, China



China beat Japan to boys' and girls' team titles at ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships

  • Table Tennis

Holders China beat Japan in both the boys’ and girls’ team finals as action continued today at the International

Japanese had hopes of staging a comeback but they were ended when Shi overcame Nagasaki 11-6, 11-5, 11-9.China

China - 2018 ITTF World Junior Girls' Teams Champions! ?

(@ittfworld) 5 December 2018The early stages of the mixed doubles event also took place today with China


Defending champions Australia through to quarter-finals at FIH Men's Hockey World Cup

  • Hockey

the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar after they beat England and China

The Kookaburras saw off England 3-0 at the Kalinga Stadium in today’s first match before the China result

Ireland managed to equalise against China even while down to 10 men ©FIHHad China won their match against

to take them, however, and when Jonathan Bell was shown a yellow card at the end of the third-period China

corner with a high finish that went in off the left post.Even while Ireland were down to 10 men though, China