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Russia and Iran finish top of female and male medal tables at World Taekwondo Junior Championships

  • Taekwondo

The record-breaking World Taekwondo Junior Championships drew to a close in Tunisia today with Russia and Iran finishing top of the female and male medal table respectively.

seventh gold of the Championships with a 41-21 victory over Jin-Hong Lim of South Korea.Zhengyang Li of China

Arabia claimed the bronze medals on offerAdebaio earned her gold in a tight contest against Wenzhe Mu of China


Kerr’s late equaliser against Japan earns Australia favourable semi-final in AFC Women’s Asian Cup

  • Football

Samantha Kerr scored four minutes from time in Australia’s final group match in the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Asian Cup in Jordan to earn a 1-1 draw with defending champions Japan.

B on goal difference and thus earned a semi-final meeting with Thailand, while Japan will now meet China

take place on Tuesday (April 17) in Amman.Defending champions Japan will have to meet group winners China



Crackdown on dopers means only two Tokyo 2020 weightlifting slots for Russia, Kazakhstan and others

  • Weightlifting

Nations with a persistent record of doping in weightlifting are being made to pay in tough new measures announced by the sport’s governing body, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

qualify larger teams than in recent years include Germany and Spain.Medal prospects for nations such as China

retest positives.Four other nations are also banned for the same reason: Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey and China

, though for Tokyo 2020, China looks comparatively safe on seven violations since 2008.Those retest positives




British Lionhearts hoping to seek revenge on France Fighting Roosters in WSB

  • Boxing

The British Lionhearts will be looking to avenge their opening day defeat to France Fighting Roosters when they host them in their final World Series of Boxing (WSB) group match at the Newport Centre in Wales this weekend.

British Lionhearts.In the Asian group, reigning WSB champions Astana Arlans Kazakhstan will host winless China



ITTF unveil new sponsor for World Table Tennis Championships

  • Table Tennis

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) have announced that TATA Wooden Door will be the official door company of the World Table Tennis Championships from 2018 to 2020.

TATA through the World Championships platform, and the 2017 World Championships was broadcasted in China




Alan Hubbard: Have the Commonwealth Games become the Forgotten Games - strictly for the birds?

  • Inside the Blogs

Shame about the Commonwealth Games. Not that they are not providing some decent entertainment from the Gold Coast - after all, no-one does summer sports better than the Aussies - but it is just that back here in Blighty, as in much of the rest of the world, they seem to be passing us by. Once again.

really cares about them in the United States, South America, most of Europe, much of Asia (e.g Japan and China