Japan won both team kata titles on the final day of the Asian Karate Federation (AKF) Senior Championships in Malacca, while Vietnam's women denied Iran a team kumite double.

Ngoan and Văng Thị Ngọc Mỹ.Team kumite bronze medals went to Kuwait and Jordan in the men's event, and China

Ariarne Titmus broke the women’s 400 metres freestyle world record as Australia captured four gold medals on the opening day of swimming action at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.

McKeon notched a world-record time of 3:27.96 to take gold, while the US earned silver in 3:31.93 and China

Weightlifting is heading towards a future that could feature not just different kinds of competition but "a different kind of weightlifter" - and hundreds of people are involved in the process.

Committee welcome their views.Two of the more forward-thinking nations in the sport, United States and China

.USA Weightlifting has embraced CrossFit in recent years and is reaping the benefits ©USAWLast year China

athlete-focused to "tap into its full market value".This week CWA vice-president Liu Chengliang said China

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late header from Amalie Vangsgaard helped Denmark to start their tournament with a 1-0 win against China

Saudi Arabia's Olympic silver medallist Tareg Hamedi was among the winners on day two of the Asian Karate Federation (AKF) Senior Championships in Malacca, while Iran took four golds in the Asian Para-Karate Championships being held concurrently in the Malaysian city.

reclaimed the under-68kg title she won in 2019 with an impressive 8-0 victory against Li Qiaoqiao of China

places in next year's World Baseball Softball Confederation Women's Softball World Cup Finals, with China

China faced Puerto Rico in the playoffs with a place in next year's Finals in Italy at stake, after both

second respectively in the round-robin.The round-robin match between the sides had been won 2-0 by China

Dutch placed fourth in the round-robin, but followed their win against Cuba with a 2-0 victory against China

Another day, and another men's football global superstar has been linked to Saudi Arabia. Kylian Mbappé could well be serving as France's poster boy this time next year for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Where he will be playing his club football then remains up in the air.

challenge, telling Dutch broadcaster NOS he believed Saudi Arabia was making "a similar mistake in China

The United States launched their defence of the FIFA Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 victory over debutants Vietnam, while there were also wins for Japan, England and Denmark.

strayed off her line.The other Group D clash also ended 1-0 with Denmark securing a dramatic win over China

China’s Ju Wenjun defended her International Chess Federation (FIDE) Women’s World Championship title after winning the final game of the contest in Chongqing.

Both world chess champions this year are from China, after Ding Liren won the men’s crown in Astana in

Australia’s Cassiel Rousseau denied China a diving clean sweep when he captured the men’s 10 metre platform

China were aiming to complete a full set of 13 diving gold medals for the second successive year after

success of Zhu and Lin, it was then left to Lian Junjie or Yang Hao to claim a 13th and final gold for China

compatriot Yang scored 504.00 for bronze.Artistic swimming action also came to a close in Fukuoka as China

tasted success for the third time.Cheng Wentao and Shi Haoyu of China teamed up to win the mixed duet

FISU) World University Games Village has opened its doors to athletes, with representatives from hosts China

officials for the FISU Games, which were delayed by two years due to tough COVID-19 restrictions in China

raised as part of the ceremony, followed by the flags of FISU, the Federation of University Sports of China

and the Organising Committee.Host country China were the first country to check in to the Athletes'

Co-hosts Australia broke television ratings and crowd records when they defeated the Republic of Ireland in their opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

tournament being staged across Australia and New Zealand.Among those include NHK in Japan and CCTV in China

Laëtitia Guapo played a starring role as France overcame China to win the Bordeaux leg of the International

guided France to the final where she scored eight points and made eight rebounds in a 16-13 victory over China

series having triumphed in Marseille and Clermont-Ferrand and leaves them 205 points behind leaders China

overall standings.Düsseldorf ZOOS and Canada reached the semi-finals before being defeated by France and China

Olympic champions Canada were held to a goalless draw by Nigeria in their FIFA Women's World Cup opener in Melbourne, with legendary captain Christine Sinclair having a penalty saved.

in Group E.European champions England are set to face debutants Haiti, followed by Denmark against China

Puerto Rico and The Netherlands sealed the remaining two playoff places on the final day of round-robin action in Group B of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Cup in Valencia.

and thrashed Spain 12-2 to seal second place in the group.That earns them a tie against table-topping China

play fourth-placed The Netherlands in a playoff, with the winner facing the loser of the tie between China

of the day, and trailed 2-0 to hosts Spain after the third inning before coming back to triumph 12-2.China