Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana were among the players to reach the next round of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess World Cup in Baku, while world number one Magnus Carlsen earned a win to force a tiebreak.

advance.Among the drawn matches going to tiebreaks are reigning women’s world champion Ju Wenjun of China

World Boxing’s announcement of its first six members yesterday demonstrated that the fledgling governing body still has a long, long way to go before it can claim to have fulfilled its main stated aim of ensuring it represents the sport in the Olympic Movement.

will also be hard for World Boxing to make much penetration in Asia where the continent’s powerhouses China

An exhibition has opened at the Bird’s Nest Stadium to mark 15 years since the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

features a selection of images, written stories, audiovisual presentations and artefacts, as reported by China

15 individuals associated with Beijing 2008, including basketball player Yao Ming, who represented China

ImagesThe free exhibition is running at the National Stadium until September 17.Reviewing the exhibition China

 More than 10,000 athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, where hosts China finished

The final golf major of the year is due to start tomorrow with the Women's Open set to take place in the English village of Walton-on-the-Hill.

winners in Lilia Vu at the Chevron Championship and Allisen Corpuz at the US Women's Open.Ruoning Yin of China

India brought the round-robin phase of hockey's Asian Champions Trophy at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai to a conclusion with a 4-0 victory to end Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the semi- finals. 

recording their fourth win of the competition with a single goal victory 1-0 over South Korea.Japan beat China

Yamada and Kentaro Fukuda both scored from short corners for Japan and although Suozhu Ao replied for China

Asian Games host city Hangzhou is set to host the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals for the next four years.

 "It is with great excitement to confirm Hangzhou, China as the host of our flagship HSBC BWF World

Jeffrey Hoogland won his fourth one-kilometre time trial title at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Malaysia claiming the bronze medal.The hosts were edged out in the mixed C team sprint gold medal race as China

Hosts China finished with more than 100 gold medals as the International University Sports Federation

spectators before a brilliant fireworks display lit up the night sky.Shen Yiqin, State Councillor of China

On the very beginning of our journey in China, we have been embraced with warmth and hospitality that

grateful for the support of the Chengdu 2021 Organising Committee, the Federation of University Sports of China

, the Government of People's Republic of China, Sichuan Province, and the city and the people of Chengdu

Kenyan marathon runner Michael Kunyuga Njenga has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for tampering.

May 2022, when he placed second.His previous victory came in the 2018 Hangzhou Marathon in Hangzhou, China

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games have come to an end in China

From the very beginning of our journey in China, we have been embraced with warmth and hospitality that

nations had taken part, among them double world and Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Zhang Yufei of China

gold medallist Cao Maoyuan, to deliver the ceremonial FISU flag.The FISU flag was handed over from China

We will carry home the flag and the passion of the World University Games from China to Germany," Ozdemir

China captured four more diving gold medals to complete a clean sweep at the International University

Shin Jung-whi after totalling 411.60 - almost 140 adrift of Huang’s total.There was also success for China

men’s doubles final with Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang beating Zhou Haodong and He Jiting 23-21, 21-16.China

Lee Chia-hsin defeating Lee Fang-chih and Teng Chun-hsun 21-15, 21-17.Four gold medals were won by China

Sports Park Aquatics Center.Li stormed to women’s 400m freestyle gold in 4min 08.38sec before leading China

China won all eight golds in the individual and synchro categories at the World Aquatics 2023 Diving

clean sweep.Canada finished ahead of Australia to win the concluding mixed team event - from which China

🇨🇳People's Republic of China won the last 2 individual medals available and 🇨🇦Canada secured the

world champion Cassiel Rousseau, who finished sixth.Yang was asked if reclaiming the men’s 10m gold for China

Asian weightlifting made progress on and off the platform at the continent’s Youth and Junior Championships which finished in Greater Noida, India yesterday.

junior women's rankings with her 55kg victory on 83-112-195.In the absence of strong nations such as China

Turkey were the biggest winners on the final day of athletics competition in Chengdu where high jumper Rose Yeboah sealed Ghana’s first gold medal of the International University Sports Federation Summer World University Games.

1.91m for silver.Finland’s Venla Pulkkanen also posted a personal best of 1.8m to take bronze.Hosts China

breaststroke titles with success over 50m today ©Chengdu 2021All 15 rowing finals took place today with China

Republic were crowned men’s basketball champions after defeating Brazil 69-67 in a thrilling final, while China

success on the tennis court, winning the men’s team, women’s team and mixed doubles titles.Hany Guo of China

Picture Gallery

Lan Minghao, left, of China and Kendrick Jean-Joseph of France fight during the men’s fencing epee team

gold medal match ©FISULi Bingjie of China in action in the women’s 800 metres freestyle swimming final