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World Baseball Softball Confederation host international seminars in Hong Kong

  • Baseball and Softball

More than 90 officials from 11 countries have attended the World Baseball Softball Confederation's international seminars for scorers, umpires and technical commissioners in Hong Kong.

umpire supervisor Takeshi Hirabayashi of Japan.It is hoped officiating standards in countries such as China

aim of boosting the growth, development and standards of baseball and softball in countries such as China


Auckland poised for water polo's Intercontinental Cup

  • Water Polo

Ten men's and eight women's teams are set to contest the International Swimming Federation Intercontinental Cup in Auckland from tomorrow, where places at the World League Super Final will be up for grabs.

Group A with Kazakhstan, Argentina, Australia and Canada.Group B contains New Zealand's first team, China

will also be held.In the women's event, New Zealand's first team will play in Group A against China


IWF announce drug test failures of two Olympians

  • Weightlifting

Ukraine's former European champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko is among two athletes to have failed a drugs test, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced.

plans can be implemented.As well as Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, China


South Korea tie for lead at World Men's Curling Championships

  • Curling

South Korea moved joint top of the standings after two victories today at the World Men's Curling Championships in Las Vegas today.

April 1, 2018Scotland beat Italy 6-4 to also remain unbeaten after two matches.Russia joined Canada and China


Legendary players attend Shanghai opening of ITTF Museum

  • Table Tennis

Four legendary players were present as the International Table Tennis Federation legendary (ITTF) Museum, re-located from the ITTF headquarters in Lausanne, was officially opened in Shanghai.

President Xu Yinsheng, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Weng Tiehui and Deputy Director of Admission of Sport of China

Cai Zhenhua.Upon the opening of the Museum, which incorporates the China Table Tennis Museum, Weikert

commented: "It’s a great honour to be here at the Opening Ceremony of the ITTF and China Table Tennis

China has made great contributions to our sport, hence we decided to move our ITTF Museum from Lausanne


Russia thrash China to complete double in World Series of Boxing

  • Boxing

The Russian Patriot Boxing Team made it two wins in their two contests against China Dragons in this

already had things in the favour before the tie even got underway as they were given a 1-0 lead after China

Roosters taking on Italia Thunder, Croatian Knights hosting British Lionhearts in the European section and China


Caljouw shocks favourite Verma to reach BWF Orléans Masters final

  • Badminton

Fourth seed Mark Caljouw recovered from a game down to surprise competition favourite Sameer Verma to book his place in tomorrow's Badminton World Federation (BWF) Orléans Masters final at the Palais des Sports.

21-17, 22-20.Unseeded Shiori Saito's good form at this tournament continued as she beat Qi Xuefei of China


South Korean named new head of East Asian Football Federation

  • Football

Korea Football Association (KFA) President Chung Mong-gyu has been named as the new head of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF).

capital Manama, has previously claimed that South Korea could co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup with China





Volunteer wins United Nations award for efforts to grow blind football

  • Football News

The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme has named Keon Richardson among the winners of their online award for 2017 in recognition of his efforts in raising the public profile of blind football.

IBSA.Richardson then sought to extend the content further by contacting the National Paralympic Committee of China



National Olympic Committees visit Tokyo 2020 venues

  • Tokyo 2020

Delegates from several National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have been visiting venues for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Officials from Great Britain, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Greece, Guatemala, Serbia, China, The Philippines


China stages first FIS cross-country city sprint competition

  • Cross-Country

China has hosted its maiden International Ski Federation (FIS) cross-country city sprint event in Yan'an

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics last month, the focus of the event in Yan’an was to promote the sport in China

have worked with approximately 30,000 spectators said to have attended the event, in a sport where China

inaugural FIS city sprint was a great success at so many levels, in promoting cross-country skiing in China

end of a long tough season is testament to the importance attached to the development of the sport in China