Hosts Spain enjoyed the perfect start to the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football World Championships as they won the first match of the tournament against Thailand.

participate as neutrals owing to the nation's doping scandal, Mexico, South Korea and Asian title holders China

Paralympic gold medallists Turkey overcame defending women's champions United States at the quarter-final stage of the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball World Championships in Malmo.

poised to go head-to-head tomorrow.Belgium were 8-1 winners against Sweden, while Germany won 8-0 over China

A selection of athletes wore black armbands in support of banned International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) vice president Luciano Rossi as the latest leg of the Shotgun World Cup season began in Malta.

held today in Siggiewi while women's skeet qualification began the shooting action.Donglian Zhang of China

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have revealed more details of an event in Lausanne which is billed as part of sport's role in the Korean peace process.

South Korea would be invited to the Swiss city to mark Olympic Day.Delegations from Japan and China

 Song I Kim will be one of two North Korean players taking part ©Getty Images"Japan and China will

Olympic Winter Games, and these mixed teams including athletes from North and South Korea, Japan and China

Reigning world champion Xie Siyi of China beat the top two finishers at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to

It takes quite a lot for us to take notice of stories that break late on a Saturday afternoon, given the deluge of live sporting events inevitably facing us at the time.

He convened a Task Force to improve on the results at Rio 2016 while the success of China, South Korea

Triple Olympic champion Ma Long is targeting his second consecutive International Table Tennis Federation World Tour title at the Japan Open.

team golds both in the Brazilian city and at London 2012, will hope to back up his victory at his home China

Australia have confirmed that they will compete in 27 sports at the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

week.The country won 21 medals at the last edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing in China

International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin delivered a keynote address at the Host City Asia Conference.

intra-university sports competitions such as the 3x3 Basketball World University League in Xiamen, China

and the upcoming FISU University World Cup Football in Jinjiang, China."

Matytsin also used his visit to Beijing to meet with leaders from the Federation of University Sports of China

Forty teams will contest the International Basketball Federation's 3x3 World Cup, due to begin in Bocaue in The Philippines tomorrow.

nation.Pool A features Indonesia, Czech Republic, Italy, Malaysia and Turkmenistan while Pool B contains China

International Skating Union (ISU) technical delegates have visited the construction site for the Beijing 2022 speed skating venue.

very fascinated and very happy to be welcomed by such a venue in 2022," Espeli said, according to the China

South Korea and North Korea will form a joint judo team for this weekend's East Asian Championships in the latest example of sport uniting the two nations.

president at the South Korean organisation.The discussions, held at the IJF Grand Prix in Hohhot in China

than 200 judoka will compete in Ulaanbaatar in all with Korea taking part alongside the host nation, China

Brazilian forward Jefinho has warned the competing teams at the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football World Championships starting tomorrow in Madrid that the country are in the best possible shape as the South American side seek to claim a fifth title.

participate as neutrals owing to the nation's doping scandal, Mexico, South Korea and Asian title holders China

Pyeongchang 2018 President Lee Hee-beom has praised the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee and predicted that the next edition of the Winter Olympic Games will be profitable.

of the Games.Shougang Group becomes the sixth official partner of Beijing 2022, joining the Bank of China

, Air China, Yili Group, Anta and China Unicom."

Chinese athletes will prepare for their home Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics by training in Alaska.

authorities in Heilongjiang province in northeast China.This came about after an Alaskan trade mission to China

The memorandum is the cornerstone for further cooperation between America and China, especially on the

 China has little heritage in sports including biathlon  ©Getty ImagesSports could include

cross-country skiing and ice hockey, in which China does not excel.