Japan suffered a rare defeat in a women's freestyle final at the United World Wrestling Cadet World Championships in Zagreb today.

Japanese gold medal in the under-53kg contest by beating India's Meenakshi Mennakshi 2-1.Mongolia and China

Never mind that they came away with three gold medals, many will feel that the simple fact that Kosovo were in Tarragona for the 2018 Mediterranean Games was an achievement in itself.

much smaller territory of Formosa - Tawian - yet still styled themselves the "Olympic Committee of China

and the IOC ©Getty ImagesCommunist mainland China was still excluded when Taiwan’s athletes arrived

The host nation Canada had signed a number of trade deals with the Peoples Republic of China and threated

to exclude those from Nationalist China - Taiwan.

The Nationalists could compete provided they did not use the term "Republic of China".

A total of 11 countries are set to battle it out for glory at the Under-21 World Korfball Championships due to start tomorrow in Hungary's capital Budapest.

England, Czech Republic and Hong Kong.Pool B will still have six countries - Chinese Taipei, Germany, China

Taipei and Hong Kong face England.Following the Opening Ceremony, Hungary make their entrance against China

The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee (UAE NOC) has claimed the participation of its football team in the 2018 Asian Games is "confirmed 100 per cent", despite the country being omitted from the draw yesterday along with Palestine.

2014 Asian Games in Incheon, have been drawn in Group F alongside Saudi Arabia, Iran and Myanmar.Iraq, China

medal match set for September 1.In the women’s competition, reigning champions North Korea will take on China

The unified Korean women’s basketball team for the 2018 Asian Games has been drawn against Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and India in Group X, it was revealed today. 

China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Mongolia will play in Group Y in the women’s basketball competition

South Korea have both been drawn into Group A of the women's handball event along with Kazakhstan, China

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamás Aján has warned countries here at the world governing body’s Congress that the sport will "slowly disappear" if it loses its place on the Olympic Games programme.

scope to do a lot more work to combat doping.A group of nine nations - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China

A record 30 matches were sold out during the third window of the opening round of 2019 World Cup qualifiers, the International Basketball Association (FIBA) has claimed. 

receive.Elsewhere in the Asian qualifiers, 7,838 fans watched New Zealand beat upcoming World Cup hosts China

Japan enjoyed a successful day of women's freestyle finals as the United World Wrestling Cadet World Championships continued in Zagreb.

Japanese success was achieved by Honoka Nakai when she won a tight under-65kg final against Xinru Zhou of China

Defending champions Denmark made it three victories from three at the Women's Junior World Handball Championship in Debrecen.

Iceland at Fonix Hall.South Korea are second after their 24-21 success over Slovenia while Chile beat China

A home team lacking many of its major stars has been named today for the Athletics World Cup in London next weekend.

metres.Middle distance star Laura Muir is another high profile absentee.United States, Great Britain, Poland, China

A report delivered by the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) independent monitoring group here has confirmed the "progress" made by suspended member federations.

the IWF Executive Board meeting, which concluded today.Nine nations - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China

senior ones from August 19.It followed a recommendation from the independent monitoring group.Belarus, China

North Korean players are due to participate at next month's International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Korean Open in Daejeon in what is already being hailed as another example of "Ping Pong Diplomacy".

Players from the two Koreas, China and Japan participated in a friendly event in Lausanne to mark Olympic

lightweight rowing and women's basketball.Reigning world and Olympic women's singles champion Ding Ning of China

other high profile entries for the Korean Open.A table tennis competition between the United States and China

saw the American team visit Beijing in April 1971, becoming the first American delegation to visit China

The 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships have been re-allocated from Anaheim to fellow American city Las Vegas.

I know our answer, but I don’t necessarily know the answer for Russia, China, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan

The United States beat the Dominican Republic today to move a step closer to retaining their International Basketball Federation Under-17 World Cup title in Argentina.

-48.The one other quarter-final pits Puerto Rico against Montenegro.The Puerto Ricans overcame China

Zhangjiakou should place emphasis on "local authentic specialties" when serving as a main venue hub for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, an official has said.

a key hub at Beijing 2022 but is 200km from the capital ©Getty ImagesHe made his comments during a China

 China is upgrading transport links to connect Beijing with Zhangjiakou.