It is not without a certain irony that Africa will become the last of the five continents to stage a sporting event under the Olympic banner.

These had been awarded to Tokyo but in the wake of Japan's war with China there was growing uncertainty

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) have decided the teams that will participate in ice hockey, curling and bandy at March's Winter Universiade in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk.

 Canada, Czech Republic, Norway, China, Russia, Switzerland, Britain, United States, Japan and Italy

 The women's ice hockey event will feature Russia, Canada, the US, China, Japan and Switzerland.In

the men's bandy, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway and China will take part with the women's

A special roller ski race has been held in Beijing watched by Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja as China's President Xi Jinping thanked the Royal couple for their country's help in preparing for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

event was a celebration of the exchange agreement signed between the two countries last year to help China

King and Queen, who were escorted by Gou Zhongwen, Minister of the General Administration of Sport of China

Cross-country ski is our national sport; we were born with skis on our feet," Andresen told China Daily

Already China has learned a lot, and the progress is better than I expected at the beginning."

We believe the fun should be shared internationally," he told China Daily.

The new International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating season is set to begin tomorrow at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett in Washington.

International in Laval, the Rostelecom Cup in Saint Petersburg, the Trophee de France in Paris, the Cup of China

A Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Experience Centre is set to be built for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing in order to help showcase a culture stretching back 2,500 years.

 Starting in the 1950s, these precepts were standardised in China, including attempts to integrate

Disneyland Paris is set to host this year's Liebherr International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Men’s World Cup, with 20 of the sport's top players set to take part. 

is the world number one and top seed ahead of the tournament ©Getty ImagesThe top seed is also from China

The hosts had a great day of qualifying in both the men's and women's event as the final spots for the main draws at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour four-star event in in the Mojave Desert in Las Vegas.

We arrived from China on Monday and we are still dealing with the time-difference and the sand, which

is a little bit different than the one we played at in China," Cavalcanti said."

Belarus will host the 2022 World Chess Olympiad, it has been announced. 

 China won the gold medal in both the open and women's event.The 2020 World Chess Olympiad is due

International Federation of University Sport (FISU) Badminton World Championships in Kuala Lumpur after beating China

beat China's Pengbo Ren in the men’s singles 21-14, 21-11.In a final which ebbed and flowed both ways China

Triple jumpers Jordan Diaz Fortun and Aleksandra Nacheva enhanced their burgeoning reputations by clinching gold medals on the final day of athletics action at Buenos Aires 2018.

bronze.Lan Tominc of Slovenia won the men’s kayak obstacle competition, ahead of Guan Chengheng of China

©Getty ImagesZhang Mengyao clinched the women's archery gold medal to ensure the title remained in China

Hosts Malaysia remain unbeaten at the International University Sport Federation (FISU) Badminton World Championships thanks to a comfortable 4-1 win over Germany in Group C today.

Ng each won their matches.There was no action today in Groups A and B, which feature teams including China

Dylan Groenewegen from The Netherlands has won the first stage of the 2018 Tour of Guangxi to take an early lead in the overall standings, in what is the final World Tour event of the season.

Regardless of who wins overall in China, Great Britain's Simon Yates is already guaranteed the 2018 World

The 2018 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Para World Championships are set to begin tomorrow with 325 athletes ready to go for 21 singles titles in Lasko-Celje in Slovenia.

In 2014, a week before we went to China for the last World Championships, everything was wrong and they

Italy suffered their first defeat of the competition after falling to Serbia and China downed The Netherlands

Serbia beat Italy 25-21, 25-19, 23-25, 25-23 in Pool G of the third round, while China defeated The Netherlands

semi-finals are due to be played in Yokohama on Friday (October 19) with Serbia facing The Netherlands and China

points.Serbia ended their Pool G campaign with a four-set victory over Italy ©FIVBRio 2016 Olympic champions China

scored 19 points and Yuan Xinyue added 16 to cancel out Lonneke Slöetjes' match-high 26.The result means China

It was a tough match," China coach Lang Ping said."We only have two games left."