The Netherlands beat first-time finalists Britain 56-40 to secure the women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships title at the Inselpark Arena in Hamburg.

they face United States, the Paralympic champions.Germany’s women mounted a strong fightback to beat China

nbsp;28-23 down at half-time,and 37-36 down going into the final quarter.It was another low point for China

Japan's Hiroto Inoue won the men's marathon in controversial circumstances at the Asian Games here, following a dramatic sprint finish in which his rival Elhassan Elabbassi of Bahrain felt he was pushed.

final lap surge.For 8,000m five athletes, Maslova, Eunrice Chumba from Kazakhstan, Deshun Zhang from China

The unified Korean team secured their first podium finish at an international multi-sport event here today at the 2018 Asian Games after winning the bronze medal in the women’s 200 metres dragon boat race.

 China won the gold medal in 56.161, while Indonesia took the silver in 56.817.The Korea team in

time since the introduction of the current weight classes in 1998 that a different country other than China

Zhaoxuan defeat Chinese Taipei's Chan Haoching and Chan Yungjan 6-2, 1-6, 11-9.At the end of day seven, China

Britain enjoyed a successful day at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships as they reached the final of the men's and women's tournaments in Hamburg.

points and managed 12 rebounds.Britain's opponents in tomorrow's final will be The Netherlands, who beat China

The second half of this year’s Red Bull Air Race World Championships series starts tomorrow in Russia as Kazan hosts the fifth of the eight scheduled stops.

top of the overall standings.Hall, who won the second and third events of the season in Canada and China

History was made at the 2018 Asian Games here today as Alexey Lutsenko of Kazakhstan and Na Ah-reum of South Korea won the men’s and women’s time trial respectively to complete an unprecedented road cycling double.

specialist event, the 1,500m freestyle.The last swimming medal of the competition was also taken by China

ultimately their best efforts were not enough.In what was a classic race, which exemplified the Japan-China

Japan claimed their fifth consecutive Asian Games women’s softball title here today after registering a 7-0 mercy-rule win over Chinese Taipei.

today ©Getty ImagesChinese Taipei had to settle for the silver medal.Earlier in the day, they beat China

round.They scored 60 runs in the process and gave away just three.In yesterday's semi-finals, Japan defeated China

Japan came out on top in both the men's and women's snowboard big air qualification rounds as the International Ski Federation Junior Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships began in New Zealand.

eight athletes going through.She scored 89.80 with American Jade Thurgood second on 82.60.Ziyan Ren of China

Chinese Taipei won their first gold in artistic gymnastics in the history of the Asian Games today, as Chih Kai Lee topped the men's pommel horse with a score of 15.400.

the Jakarta International Expo, which saw five golds shared between three countries, Chinese Taipei, China

Korea their third gold medal in the floor exercise at the Asian Games, and their first since 2010.Only China

his win, Chinese Taipei had never won a gold in artistic gymnastics at the Asian Games.Behind Lee, China

pommel horse.The same happened in the women's uneven bars, though that time it was gold and silver that China

second medal and second bronze of the night thanks to Jang Mi Jon.The evening session finished with China

A Chinese coach who struck one of his female players has been sent home from the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships as the sport's governing body defended its decision to initially only suspend him for one match.

insisted they had followed the correct procedure as per their statutes.In the first women's quarter-final, China

We are sure our national organisation for governing wheelchair basketball in China, the National Paralympic

Committee of China, shares our views and concerns in this matter and we are in communication with them

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The first rowing finals took place today and China totally dominated, winning six of eight golds on offer

©Getty ImagesBeating China here is such a feat, that when Iran's Mohsen Mohammadseifi managed it in

were seriously injured in the event yesterday ©Getty ImagesJapan's fencers celebrate after beating China

China claimed six of the eight golds on offer as the first rowing medals of the 2018 Asian Games were

 There was also success for China in the men's lightweight four, clocking a time of 6:28.07 to beat

Karami and Parisa Ahmadi claimed bronze in 7:35.45.Ju Rui and Lin Xinyu delivered top honours for China

and Yayah Rokayah came away with the bronze in 8:03.95.Li Mengfan was one of four gold medallists for China

today in wushu ©Getty ImagesThe two rowing events in which China were not the gold medallists today

which Vietnam won in 7:01.11.Iran came second in 7:04.38, while South Korea ended up third in 7:06.22.China

The Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) has written to the sport's governing body, and the Independent Monitoring Group (IMG) it created, in a final attempt to clear its best young athletes to compete in the Youth Olympic Games in October.

on the recommendation of the IMG, while Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and China

Lausanne last week but there were no further reductions in suspensions, much to the disappointment of China

to make any comment on the Russian federation's letter.At the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China

China have continued their irrepressible march towards final medal table glory today by winning eight

Schooling, who became the first athlete at these Games to win a swimming gold who is not from either China

final of the night.In that Yufei Zhang triumphed in 2min 6.61sec, marking the fifth time that China

ImagesJapan had qualified quickest, but they were unable to stop their rivals in the final, meaning China

been the case on every day at the Games so far, the first finals contested were in wushu and today China

China re-gained their Asian Games men's team badminton title after beating hosts Indonesia 3-1 here this

Doubles pairing Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan scored the vital point for China after defeating Fajar Alfian

Chinese Taipei and Japan were this year's bronze medallists having lost their semi-finals yesterday to China

and Indonesia respectively.Nozomi Okuhara helped Japan beat China in the women's team final ©Getty ImagesIn

the women's team final, Japan won gold after overcoming defending champions China 3-1.With the victory