Chen Long will play world champion Viktor Axelsen in the men's final at the Badminton World Federation China

Super Series event with a 21-17, 10-21, 21-7 success.Victory in tomorrow's final would mean a fourth China

recovered to win Olympic bronze in the Brazilian city, could become the second Dane in a row to win in China

The Netherlands made it two victories from two at the Women's Hockey World League Final in Auckland as they saw off the United States 2-0.

scoring on 51 minutes and four minutes from time respectively.Argentina proved too strong for China

Spain's double world champion Javier Fernández returned to form by topping the men's short programme at the Internationaux de France de Patinage today - the latest leg of the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating season.

The 26-year-old was ill at his previous Grand Prix outing at the Audi Cup of China earlier this month.He

The top two women's seeds were knocked out on quarter-finals day at the Badminton World Federation China

South Korea's Choi Min-jeong and Shim Suk-hee both won their women's 1,000 metres heats on another dominant day for the host nation at the International Skating Union Short Track World Cup in Seoul.

quarter-finals.The Chinese athlete triumphed in his heat after crossing the line in 1:27.084.Han Tianyu, also of China

Olympic silver medallists The Netherlands began their pursuit of the Women's Hockey World League Final title with a comfortable 4-0 victory over hosts New Zealand in Auckland.

tomorrow.Defending World League champions Argentina make their entrance to the tournament as they go up against China

World champions Ma Long and Ding Ning headline the nominees for the 2017 male and female table tennis star awards.

Star Awards ceremony in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on December 14.Ma and Ding, both of whom are from China

champion.Ding’s other successes came in the women’s doubles competition at the World Championships and at the China

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna upset fifth seed Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong to reach the second round of the men's singles event at the International Table Tennis Federation Swedish Open in Stockholm.

German's reward is a meeting with World Championships silver medallist and top seed Fan Zhendong of China

also enjoyed serene progress into the next round as reigning Olympic and world champion Ding Ding of China

Argentina will aim to defend their Women's Hockey World League title when the final competition begins tomorrow in Auckland.

set to face the challenge of world number two ranked England, Olympic bronze medallists Germany and China

Broadcasters have toured three key stadiums for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia’s capital city Jakarta.

to be held at the centre.Diving could prove an interesting competition at the Games, with powerhouse China

second-round defeat to China’s Ji Shuting today as action continued at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) China

French duo Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron are among the athletes aiming to book their place in the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at the latest event of the season in Grenoble.

19).The French competitors, who became the first ice dancers to break 200 points at the Audi Cup of China

A total of 622,117 tickets for next year's FIFA World Cup in Russia were successfully allocated in the first stage of the process, world football's governing body has announced.

German, Israeli, Mexican and United States supporters all ranking in the top nine places.The US, China

Home star Lin Dan was today dumped out in the first round of the Badminton World Federation China Open

Sweden's Sarah Sjöström clocked the best time ever recorded at an International Swimming Federation World Cup as Japanese star Rikako Ikee set a world junior record in a thrilling 100 metres butterfly race in Tokyo.

repeated the feat over the 100m distance, finishing second behind the Swede in 55.99.Zhang Yufei of China

step towards the overall title with victory in the men's 200m butterfly ©Getty ImagesLi Bingjie of China

butterfly in 1:50.71.Nao Horomura of Japan touched the wall in second to claim silver and Li Zhuhao of China