China celebrated three gold medals to round off the final day of the opening International Swimming Federation

Eight of the world’s top players conducted the first round of matches at the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin today seeking a €95,000 ($117,000/£85,000) top prize and the right to challenge Norway’s 27-year-old Magnus Carlsen for the world title.

Caruana of the United States defeated his compatriot Wesley So.Levon Aronian of Armenia and Ding Liren of China

After an initial Russian flourish on the opening day of the inaugural leg of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Series being held in Montreuil, Ukraine and Italy took their turn.

medal with 92.1000 points.In a thrilling final, Spain were runner-ups with 90.6333 points, while China

Top seed Akane Yamaguchi beat Japanese team-mate Nozomi Okuhara to reach the women's singles final of the Badminton World Federation German Open in Mülheim today.

against sixth seeded Jindapol.She won the first set 21-19 before losing the second 13-21.Chen Yufei of China

Hosts China continued their success in the men and women's 3 metres springboard events today at the International

Scottish curling - still numbed from seeing its finest players narrowly miss the podiums at last month’s Winter Olympic Games - was lifted today as its men’s team reached tomorrow’s final in the World Junior Curling Championships at Aberdeen.

Canada’s women also made the final after a 9-7 win over China and will now meet defending champions Sweden

Russia took all three gold medals on the first day of the inaugural leg of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Series being held in Montreuil, near Paris.

earned the gold medal with 94.6415 points, beating the Jiang sisters - Wenwen and Tingting-  from China

day off with another gold in the team technical event, totalling 93.6476 points.They were followed by China

Eight of the world’s top players start the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Candidates Tournament 2018 in Berlin tomorrow seeking a €95,000 ($116,850/£84,658) top prize and the right to challenge Norway’s 27-year-old Magnus Carlsen for the world title.

involved are the two top finishers in the Chess World Cup 2017, Levon Aronian of Armenia and Ding Liren of China

Hosts China swept all four synchronised competitions as the International Swimming Federation (FINA)

Smith of Australia accrued 297.60 for second place.FINA have announced a four-year partnership with the China

Kovchenko posted 299.46 for bronze.A four-year partnership was also announced between FINA and the China

Clement Bessaguet secured his first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup title by defeating fellow Frenchman Jean Quiquampoix to 25 metres rapid fire pistol gold in Guadalajara.

as Christian Reitz of Germany settled for the bronze medal with 24 hits.There was disappointment for China

Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin led home a Russian clean sweep in the pairs competition at the Junior Figure Skating World Championships in Sofia today.

Aleksandr Galiamova, who completed Russia's dominance in third on 167.24.Gao Ymeng and Zhong Xie of China

Akane Yamaguchi survived a scare to advance into the quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation German Open in Mülheim today.

player today.He required just 37 minutes to power past Lee Hyun-il 21-13, 21-13.Second seed Lin Dan of China

The 2018 International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Series campaign will begin tomorrow with three days of competition in Montreuil in France.

Montreuil, to the east of French capital Paris, will take place at the Maurice Thorez Stadium.Teams from China

Canada and the United States booked places in the World Junior Curling Championships men's semi-finals after claiming key victories in Aberdeen.

semi-final against Sweden, who won all nine of their round robin ties.Second place Canada will face China

Hosts China will expect to enjoy success as the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World

China have been the dominant diving nation for decades and will hope to reassert their superiority at