Canada, Scotland and Sweden secured their places in the play-off round at the World Men's Curling Championship as the round-robin stage neared its conclusion in Las Vegas.

guaranteed their progression to the next phase of the Championship in the morning session.Sweden thrashed China

10-2 to guarantee their play-off place ©WCFScotland edged Norway 8-6 and Sweden thrashed China 10-2,

Kenya, China and Belgium earned perfect win records on day one of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Canada and Australia have finished top of their respective pools in the women's Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup in Auckland and will take on the two New Zealand sides in the quarter-finals.

Zealand's second team 20-2 on day three of the Inernational Swimming Federation (FINA) competition, while China

beat the top New Zealand side 10-5.China finished second behind Canada - 15-13 winners over Japan -

The International Judo Federation's (IJF) Antalya Grand Prix will begin in Turkey tomorrow, and is the final World Tour event before the qualification phase for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo begins.

The next event after Antalya will be the Hohhot Grand Prix in China in May.This will launch the Tokyo

France Fighting Roosters will be hoping to maintain their lead at the top of Group B in the latest round of the World Series of Boxing (WSB), when they take on Italia Thunder tomorrow.

already 1-0 down in the bout after failing to submit a heavyweight fighter ©WSBIn the Asian group, China

The first Parkour World Cup to be held by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is due to place in Hiroshima tomorrow as part of the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) World Series.

13, Edmonton in Canada from July 13 to 15, Budapest in Hungary from September 6 to 9, and Chengdu in China

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have handed China a wildcard place for this year's Under

across the nation, while attracting new Chinese audiences to our game," he said.The confirmation of China

Women's Olympic champions the United States recovered from their opening day loss to Australia by thrashing hosts New Zealand on day two of water polo's Intercontinental Cup at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland.

America yesterday and came out on top against Kazakhstan by a convincing 10-3 scoreline in Group B, while China

thrashed Saudi Arabia 18-3 to make it two wins from two in Group B.Elsewhere in the group, Japan beat China

Hong Kong is set to host the latest leg of the men's World Rugby Sevens Series, which will take place alongside two qualification tournaments.

the same format.South Africa, Kenya, Papua New Guinea and Mexico are playing in Pool A with Brazil, China

Almost 400,000 tickets have been allocated for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup in the latest stage of sales over the last three weeks.

followed by supporters from Argentina, with 15,006, Colombia, with 14,755 and Mexico, with 14,372.Brazil, China

Norway beat Sweden today to inflict a first defeat on their Scandinavian rivals at the World Men’s Curling Championships in Las Vegas and join them at the top of the standings.

wins out of seven matches.Sweden had earlier defeated the United States 7-2, while Norway overcame China

Switzerland, who overcame Italy 6-5 and South Korea 12-11.Italy bounced back from their loss to beat China

Women's Olympic champions United States suffered defeat to Australia on the first day of competition at water polo's Intercontinental Cup at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland.

team had suffered a heavy 19-5 defeat to Kazakhstan in Group B.The other women's match saw Canada beat China

The South Korean National Assembly has passed legislation giving taekwondo flagbearing national sport status in the country.

Korea’s national martial art.This has reportedly followed the emergence of strong competition from China

designating taekwondo as a national sport by legislation, we can help prevent a possible dispute [with China

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced that Chinese player Fan Zhendong has become men's world number one for the first-time in his career.

in front of compatriot Dimitrij Ovtcharov, who is third.World and Olympic champion Ma Long from China

after she was knocked out of the tournament in the round-of-32 by eventual winner Liu Shiwen, also from China

Sweden kept their place at the top of the standings after maintaining their undefeated record on day three of the World Men's Curling Championships in Las Vegas.

in today's afternoon session to record their first win of the event so far ©WCF/Richard GrayCanada, China

their afternoon outings with the former beating Italy 8-7 and the latter defeating the US 7-6.China