National Basketball Association (NBA) deputy commissioner Mark Tatum has claimed that the sport's stakeholders must put their "nose to the grindstone" if the game is going to reach new heights and become the most popular in the world.

was speaking at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Basketball Summit in Xi’an in China

Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva of Brazil will meet April Ross and Alexandra Klineman of the United States in the women's final of the International Volleyball Federation's Yangzhou Open, with Ilya Leshukov and Konstantin Semenov of Russia playing compatriots Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy in the men's final.

Yangzhou Beach Volleyball Sports Forest Park.It will be their second consecutive World Tour final in China

Ramos and Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva have progressed to the final of the FIVB Yangzhou Open in China

Hosts Japan were the best again on day two of the World Karate Federation Karate-1 Premier League event in Tokyo.

Philippe will face Peru's Alexandra Grande as she knocked out Xiaoyan Yin of China, 3-0.Alizee Agier

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Shanghai Masters at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in China

Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov and Andrei Minakov claimed their sixth gold medals of Buenos Aires 2018 as the swimming programme drew to a close.

finals took place today ©Getty ImagesSilver went to Mayuka Yamamoto of Japan, while Yang Junxuan of China

Iranian swimmer Shahin Izadyar won the men's 100 metres backstroke S10 final today in Jakarta to win his sixth gold medal of the 2018 Asian Para Games.

while Indonesia again performed well to pick up 15 medals in all including five golds.Hong Kong and China

Kamiji, Momoko Ohtani and Mitsuteru Moroishi.The men's goalball title was retained by Iran, who beat China

could not catch them, eventually settling for silver.With just a handful of events left to finish, China

competition as action continued today at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Yangzhou Open in China

We had a nice fight against Italy in the morning and we also had a good one against China."

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Shanghai Masters at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in China

Further sporting history has been made at the Asian Para Games today as a Unified Korean team won swimming bronze in the men's 4x100 metres 34P freestyle relay in Jakarta.

August.The team today won their medal by finishing in a time of 4min 24.95sec, placing them behind only China

by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.At the powerlifting arena it was an incredible day for Jixiong Ye from China

his own marks.He had previously managed 233.5kg in Japan last month.It was also a very good day for China

The United States, The Netherlands and hosts Japan secured the final places in the third round of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women's World Championships.

Italy, Serbia and China had already qualified for the final six, but the last three places were decided

25-23, 20-25, 25-16.With the loss, the US had a nervous wait to see the result of the match between China

and Russia.As China won 3-1, the US progressed to the third round.Former world champions Russia were

The third round pools have drawn Italy, Japan and Serbia in Pool G as The Netherlands, China and the

Brazil's pair of Pedro Solberg and Bruno Oscar Schmidt won both their matches today at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Yangzhou Open, giving them the most successful start of all the seeds in the men's competition.

the four-star Beach World Tour event, before also seeing off wildcards Li Zhuoxin and Zhou Chawei of China

They pushed us hard and we feel very lucky to get away with that match, we played a very good China team

Shanghai Masters quarter-finals after winning today at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in China

has already qualified for the World Tour Finals next month due to his second place finish at the China

The 2018 Karate 1-Premier League season will end in Tokyo this weekend, with the world's best karatekas looking to seal the coveted triple crown of three titles for the year.

heads the World Karate Federation rankings in the class, is undoubtedly the favourite.Xiayan Yin from China

Beijing of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, citing a "dire human rights situation" in China

A report published by the Congressional Executive Commission on China alleges the Chinese Government

against humanity.According to a report by US news outlet Bloomberg, a crackdown on Uighurs in China

The dire human rights situation inside China and the continued downward trajectory, by virtually every

measure, has continued since Xi Jinping became President of China in 2013," the Congressional report

Beijing should not host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games ©Getty ImagesThe panel also claims China

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is looking forward to welcoming Monaco to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

China has always said that no matter big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, all countries are equal