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IOC working on special programme to help North Korean athletes compete at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022

  • Olympics

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said the organisation is working on a special programme to allow North Korean athletes to prepare and to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Summer and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

revealed that the IOC has invited the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of North and South Korea, China

the programmes forward, we have invited the National Olympic Committees of North Korea, South Korea, China


Chinese pair profit from British error to snatch home FINA Diving World Cup win

  • Diving

Home favourites Cao Yuan and Xie Siyi left it late before overhauling Britain's reigning Olympic champions Jack Laugher and Chris Mears to claim three metres synchronised springboard spoils at the International Swimming Federation Diving World Cup in Wuhan.

future," he said.Mexican pair Jahir Ocampo and Rommel Pacheco secured the bronze with 435.72.It means China



United World Wrestling host referees course in North Korea

  • Wrestling

United World Wrestling (UWW) visited North Korea to deliver a referees course in the secretive state.

and a member of the UWW's Referee Commission, carried out the course in North Korea and also visited China

I had an excellent educational opportunity in the DPRK [North Korea] and China," Cicioglu said."



Olympic champion Osmond to skip ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating campaign

  • Figure Skating

Canada's Olympic and world champion Kaetlyn Osmond has announced that she will skip the 2018-2019 International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating circuit.

Grand Prix of Figure Skating season is due to begin with Skate America in Everett on October 19.Canada, China


Omaha to host leg of new Curling World Cup series

  • Curling

Omaha in the United States will host the North American leg of the new Curling World Cup series, it has been announced.

held in all, featuring eight men's, eight women's and eight mixed doubles teams.Two events will be in China


Bach meets China's vice premier to discuss Beijing 2022 preparations

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has met with China's vice premier Sun Chunlan here in Beijing to discuss preparations for the capital city’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

with a call for the development and popularisation of winter sports in China.In March, the Bank of China

million Chinese people to take part in winter sports and give a boost to the sports industry.Bank of China




African Fencing Championships set to begin in Tunis

  • Fencing

Tunis is scheduled to host five days of continental competition with the African Fencing Championships poised to begin tomorrow.

event continues the build-up to the FIE Fencing World Championships, which will take place in Wuxi in China


Record international audiences for Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics, figures show

  • Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympics

Pyeongchang 2018 broke all international broadcast and online viewing records, attracting more broadcasters and viewers than ever before for a Winter Paralympic Games outside of the host country, according to figures published by Nielsen Sports on behalf of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Winter Paralympics and helped by the country's first winter Paralympic title, television audiences in China

won a medal, more than at any previous edition of the Games.A record 20 countries won gold, including China



Beijing 2022 stress importance of "New Norm" for organisers as Pyeongchang 2018 debrief begins

  • Beijing 2022

Beijing 2022 secretary general Han Zirong has stressed the importance of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) "New Norm" reforms for the Organising Committee following a day of discussions on the matter here at the Pyeongchang 2018 debrief.

Beijing 2022 Project Review and left claiming he was impressed by what he saw on his first visit since China


Russia win team gold as FIE Sabre World Cup in Tunis concludes

  • Fencing

Russia beat France in the women’s team final as action concluded today at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Sabre World Cup in Tunis.

Italy’s Martina Criscio, Rossella Gregorio, Loreta Gulotta and Irene Vecchi after they defeated China

the bronze medal match.The semi-finals had earlier seen Russia overcome Italy 45-42 and France beat China