Brazil, Russia, the United States, Ukraine and debutants Italy have all joined reigning champions China

 China were already through before today’s play, but confirmed their spot at the top of Pool D ahead

victory for the US over Japan,  25-14, 25-13, 25-12.Today’s results mean the quarter-finals will be China

Xin Pei Yao and Lin Yaqi of China shared gold after they recorded identical times in the women's 100

touched the wall in 32.16 to clinch the world title in front of his team-mate, while Tong Zhen Bo of China

World Archery have announced the six events that will make up their new Indoor Archery World Series in 2018, which will replace the old Archery World Cup.

and not for their respective countries.The other cities to host events in the series will be Macau in China

Defending men's champion Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati has criticised the schedule of tournaments as the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Singapore Open became the latest event to be hit by a spate of high-profile withdrawals.

is the last of four consecutive tournaments and comes prior to the World Championships in Nanjing in China

Holders China beat Iran today to make it two wins out of two in the women’s event at the Sitting Volleyball

victory over Ukraine and Kazakhstan get off the mark by defeating Croatia 20-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-20.China

of a 25-16, 25-10, 25-20 win over The Netherlands.The US bounced back from their defeat against China

The first version of a newly established Athletics World Cup finished in some disarray at London's Olympic Stadium as the host nation, in with a chance of finishing second overall from the eight countries involved, failed to start the concluding men's 4x400 metres.

team-based international competition inaugurated this year and which featured eight individual nations - China

Mexico's Juan Celaya and Yahel Castillo won the men’s three metre synchronised springboard event at the International Swimming Federation Diving Grand Prix in Madrid.

Samantha Bromberg won the women's platform event ©Getty ImagesXiaohu Tai and Huang Bowen clinched gold for China

were second on 353.52, while the United States’ Jacob Cornish and Zachary Cooper were third on 308.94.China

Defending men's champions Bosnia and Herzegovina and Paralympic gold medallists Iran both began the Sitting Volleyball World Championships with victory in The Netherlands today.

portions of the match with two VS2 classified players, which is against the rules.United States and China

C1EIYFDbeh— World ParaVolley (@ParaVolley) July 15, 2018The women's event also began today in Arnhem.Holders China

Nearly 400 sailors are set to take part in the Youth Sailing World Championships at Corpus Christi Bay in Texas.

United States, with nine competitions featuring.Three gold medallists from last year’s event at Sanya in China

Iran and Japan won the respective men’s and women’s team kumite events on the final day of competition at the Asian Karate Championships in Amman in Jordan.

bronze medallists along with Kazakhstan.In the women’s final, Japan overcame Kazakhstan 2-0.Vietnam and China

If I have learnt anything from the FIFA World Cup, it is that Croatia and Iceland have populations of 4.3 million and 344,000 respectively.

concentration of quality would ultimately deliver top players.Flipping this on its head, are the likes of China

training with poorer team-mates and coaches.With a football culture only really starting to emerge in China

behind some of the established systems of smaller nations.It seems likely that in time the likes of China

Something had to give on day six of the USA Softball International Cup at Irvine, California, as the two Pool B sides with perfect records - Japan and USA Blue - met.

with five wins out of five.USA Blue, meanwhile, will now go into a match to decide third place with China

Czech Republic beat hosts Italy 5-0 as action got underway today in the senior women’s event at the Inline Hockey World Championships.

game ©Roberta Strazzabosco and Max PattisIn Pool C, Sweden begun their campaign with a 5-0 win over China

When the 2018 World Fencing Championships, which run from July 19 to 27, were awarded to the Chinese hosts in 2015, the decision was applauded by China's Olympic champion Lei Sheng.

Now it will come to China."It is a great thing for both fencing and China."

members of the Olympic family".The world's best fencers are due to arrive for the World Championships in China

Poland's world and Olympic hammer throw champion Anita Wlodarczyk offered the inaugural Athletics World Cup event at London's Olympic Stadium some serious statistical credibility on the first of two evenings of competition as she produced a winning effort of 78.74 metres, the farthest thrown this year.

team-based international competition inaugurated this year which is featuring eight individual nations - China

was soon provided by Stephanie Ann McPherson, who won the women's 400m in 50.98.Zhenye Xie provided China