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Elshorbagy and El Welily qualify for PSA World Tour Finals with US Open wins

  • Non-Olympic Sports

World squash champions Mohamed Elshorbagy and Raneem El Welily have reached the top of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour Finals leaderboard after each winning silverware at the US Open on Saturday (October 13).

Open champion Ali Farag from Egypt is third.On the women's side El Welily is top, having won both the China


IBSA confirm teams for Paralympic goalball qualifier

  • Goalball News

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) have announced the 32 teams who will compete in their Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualifier in Fort Wayne.

medallists Lithuania and back-to-back world champions Brazil.Belgium, Sweden, Turkey, Finland, Ukraine, China

who do play in Fort Wayne.Hosts United States, Greece, Israel, Sweden, Denmark, Britain, Australia, China



Strong start for favourites Chinese Taipei at World University Badminton Championships

  • Universiade

Top seeds Chinese Taipei have started the mixed team event at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur with two wins from two to top their group.

Jindal Kartik lasted 44 minutes.Hao eventually took it 21-18, 17-21, 21-17.Elsewhere in the competition, China


Netherlands beat defending champions United States for first time in 11 years to reach FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championships semi-finals

  • Volleyball

The Netherlands came back from two sets down to beat defending champions United States 3-2 in the third round of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women’s Volleyball World Championships as Italy also battled through a five-set match to advance to the semi-finals at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya.

them the closest, with no other team having scored two sets against them.Reigning Olympic champions, China


Chinese company Ganten Water announced as new FIVB sponsor

  • Volleyball

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has signed a four-year partnership with Ganten Water, who become a new global sponsor.

volleyball themed adverts and marketing campaigns.These will be shown on Chinese broadcaster CCTV-5, China

with another global partner joining the FIVB team to take the sport to the next level, not just in China





China and Serbia win in third round of FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championships

  • Volleyball

China and Serbia won their opening games of the third round of the International Volleyball Federation

It took China five sets to beat the United States to increase their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals

 If The Netherlands beat the US in Pool H, China and the Dutch will both go through as two sides



Fifty years on, the political shock waves from the Mexico Olympic Games still resonate

  • The Big Read

Politics has been intermingled with sport in every one of the modern Olympics. That mixture was at its most violent and shocking at the 1972 Munich Games, when the Palestinian Black September group took 11 Israeli Olympic team members hostage, seeking a release of prisoners, and ended up killing them along with a West German police officer.

Boycotts also had a deep effect on the Olympics, both in 1980 - when the United States, China and numerous


Beach handball champions crowned as China find form on day seven at Buenos Aires 2018

  • Inside the Photos

"Photo_Gallery"Argentinian fans revelled in their team's beach handball success ©Buenos Aires 2018Spain clinched the men's beach handball crown by overcoming Portugal in a shootout ©Getty ImagesChina's Lin Shan was one of three gold medallists from the nation today ©Getty ImagesAction in the men's and women's rugby sevens tournaments began today ©Buenos Aires 2018Gulbakhor Fayzieva won Uzbekistan's first canoeing gold medal at any Olympic event ©ICFA packed programme of athletics action continued today ©Getty ImagesThe men's singles final was won by France's Hugo Gaston ©Buenos Aires 2018China's Zhou Xinru dominated the women's 65kg freestyle wrestling category ©Getty ImagesSalma Abdelmaksoud clinched Egypt's...


Kitazono and Villa claim second gymnastics golds as Spain clinch first Summer Youth Olympic Games beach handball title

  • Buenos Aires 2018

All-around gold medallists Takeru Kitazono of Japan and Italy's Giorgia Villa returned to the top of the podium on the opening night of apparatus finals as Spain were crowned the first Summer Youth Olympic Games beach handball champions here today.

Csenge Bacskay scored 13.933 to take silver, while bronze was earned by Canada’s Emma Spence on 13.483.China