The new coach of China’s snowboard big air and slopestyle technique national team is targeting a podium finish for the country in the former discipline at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. 

 "I signed a contract with China to win a medal in 2022," he was reported as saying by China's official

Since starting with the China national team, I've been so impressed with the level of ability."

respectively today at the International Surfing Association World SUP and Paddleboard Championships in China

he said.Candice Appleby, left, won the women's senior stand-up paddle technical race in Wanning in China

I never imagined that I would be stand up paddleboarding all the way in China."

An explosion in Zhangjiakou city in China, due to host skiing events during the 2022 Winter Olympic and

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chair for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Juan Antonio Samaranch, has said he is hopeful the Games in four years’ time can be the "most intelligent" in history.

of visits to organise the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in the Chinese capital and every time I go [to China

became IOC President, my father knew that the Olympic Movement would not amount to anything without China

China is striving to build enthusiasm for Beijing 2022 ©Getty ImagesBeijing 2022 were the recipients

Barcelona has hosted the official presentation of the 2019 World Roller Games in Barcelona, due to take place from July 5 to 14 next year.

said it would be a "spectacular" event.The last World Roller Games took place in 2017 in Nanjing in China

The second stage of this season's HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens World Series is due to begin in Dubai tomorrow, with Olympic champions Australia looking to bounce back from a fifth-place finish last time out in Colorado.

take place two days and conclude on Friday (November 30), with Australia in a pool alongside England, China

South Korea’s Park Jongwoo and Kim Kyungmin clinched the last doubles semi-finals spot after topping the fourth and final squad of preliminaries at the Men's World Tenpin Bowling Championships in Hong Kong.

medallists kept their composure to end with 425 and secure fourth place with a total of 2,579 at the South China

The World Para Athletics Grand Prix series enters its seventh year in 2019 with nine events scheduled to take place around the world between February and August, ahead of the World Para Athletics Championships in November.

#Third up is the Beijing Grand Prix in China from May 10-12, where many of China’s top stars from the

2019 Grand Pri on Feb 24 before staging the World Championships eight months later ©Getty ImagesAfter China

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Parkour Commission has held what it describes as "important discussions" prior to the sport's upcoming Congress.

1 respectively.It was also announced that another World Cup competition will be held in Chengdu in China

at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Wanning in China

China and Iran made their first SUP racing appearances in the history of the event today.

SUP surfing world champions yesterday, we went straight into the exciting SUP technical races here in China

Tomorrow we will make history as we will not only crown the first SUP [racing] world champions in China

Canada's Dan MacLelland topped the third squad qualifying today with a total score of 1,349 points, which sends him through to the World Bowling Men's World Tenpin Bowling Championships last four in Hong Kong.

tally qualifies him in fourth place for the semi-finals which take place on December 1 at the South China

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) Congress has voted unanimously to continue to fight for the right to oversee stand-up paddling (SUP) following a meeting in Budapest.

Castelo.The 2018 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship is currently taking place in Wanning in China

 "This was one of the primary factors for coming to China and Wanning, a well-known surf spot and

at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Wanning in China

Defending men’s champions Iran won a dramatic victory in the Taekwondo Team Championships at Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, earning the winning points in a 32-31 score against Russia with just three seconds to spare.

Defending champions China retained the women’s team title far more comfortably, while Russia, last year

runners-up Russia.Earlier, Russian had knocked out Azerbaijan and Iran had taken out Kazakhstan, while China

Andrew Anderson of the United Sttates produced a perfect opening flourish as the Men's World Tenpin Bowling Championships got underway in Hong Kong.

first 300 score en route to leading the opening squad of the singles qualifying round at the South China