The United States claimed a golden double at the Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup in Auckland as their men's and women's teams won their finals against Australian opposition today.

Canada beat China 9-8 to win the bronze medal and Japan, who finished fifth with an 11-9 win against

Kazakhstan, will go to the World League final because China are the hosts.Japan won bronze in the men's

with a 12-6 win over the hosts, New Zealand, and seventh place went to Argentina, 6-5 winners over China

LeBron James could play at a fourth Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020 after being named in USA Basketball's 35-man national team squad for 2018-2020.

the past.It is expected that the official 12-man squads for both Tokyo 2020 and the 2019 World Cup in China

Singapore suffered their first-ever defeat in women's team table tennis at the Commonwealth Games here tonight as a Manika Batra-inspired India dispatched them 3-1 to win gold. 

In 2010 Singapore produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of the women's game when beating China

Fan Zhendong, China's new men's world number one, won the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Asian Cup for the first time in his career today as he defeated his team-mate Lin Gaoyuan in the final at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Japan.

Meng, coming through a tight match 12-10, 12-10, 10-12, 11-3, 11-4.It was the 11th successive win for China

Iran and Russia each concluded the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Buenos Aires 2018 with six quota places for this year's Summer Youth Olympic Games.

Russia's Maxim Emelkin.Polina Shcherbakova was one of two Russian winners today ©World TaekwondoGreece and China

Macedo and Thailand's Kanthida Saengsin won bronze.Wenzhe Mu then won the women's over-63kg crown for China

the only two countries to take six quota spots for Buenos Aires 2018.South Korea bagged five, while China

A logo for the Curling World Cup and the dates for the four events have been announced.

leg of this new series, organised by the World Curling Federation (WCF), is due to be held in 2018 in China

Kingdomway Sports.The Curling World Cup is designed to maximise the growing popularity of the sport in China

Japan made a resounding opening to their defence of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Women’s Cup today as they beat Vietnam 4-0 in their first group match in Jordan.

momentum after their 2-1 opening Group A defeat by The Philippines as they take on Thailand, beaten 4-0 by China

China’s team pairing Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan recovered from their shock group match defeats on day one of the International Table Tennis Federation’s Asian Cup to earn places in tomorrow’s men’s singles final at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Japan.

Australia and the United States will compete for the gold medal in the women's event at the Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup in Auckland after securing victories on day five of the competition.

Glenn National Aquatic Centre.Australia came out on top against China in a close contest which ended

-7.Elsewhere in the men's competition, Canada beat Argentina 10-3 and New Zealand’s first team beat China

Jordan, hosts of this year's Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Women's Cup, received a jolting defeat in their opening match today as they went down 2-1 to a Philippines side making their first appearance in the finals for 15 years.

ball past a hapless Salma Ghazal in goal.The Philippines held on and now sit second in Group A behind China

afternoon's opening match in Amman.Goals from Wang Shuang and Li Ying, along with a pair from Song Duan, gave China

second Group A matches on Monday (April 9) at the King Abdullah II Stadium as The Philippines face China

Defending champions Astana Arlans Kazakhstan thrashed hosts China Dragons 5-0 as the tenth week of the

China's women have earned promotion to the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2019 after winning the qualifying tournament attached to the men's Hong Kong leg that got underway today.

Zhuan had conceded just eight tries.After Unathi Elis Mali’s try had given South Africa the initiative, China

China will now feature as one of the 12 core teams on the World Series and will automatically qualify

Congratulations to China, they were definitely the most consistent team over the two days," said the

Australia's men will play the United States for the gold medal tomorrow at the Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup in Auckland after both finished pool play unbeaten.

displayed during their opening night’s defeat by Australia.Australia earned a semi-final match against China

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed the 12 host countries which will stage events on the 2019 World Tour.

first platinum event of the season, between March 26 and 31 in Qatar.Next up is a trip to Shenzhen, China

Home athlete Ines Henriques will be the centre of attention tomorrow at the Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética, the fifth stop of the 2018 International Association of Athletics Federations Race Walking Challenge.

a strong field in the women's 20km which includes 2012 Olympic silver medallist Qieyang Shenjie of China