Maxim Agapitov, President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, says that athletes will face lie detector tests as part of a major clean-up of doping.

which Russia can compete for a year because yesterday they - along with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China

Simone Ruffini and Arianna Bridi will seek an Italian double at the top of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Marathon Swimming World Cup standings following the final leg in Hong Kong tomorrow.

continents.Rasovszky and Ana Cunha of Brazil were crowned winners at the most recent event held in Chun'an County in China

The Gold Coast Suns are due to play an Australian Football League (AFL) Premiership game in Cairns in April as part of plans to temporarily re-locate during the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

for up to four home games in all.According to the Gold Coast Bulletin, it is also expected to play in China

Singapore's Yeo Jia Min crashed out of the women's singles event at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Junior Championships after she was beaten by unseeded Chinese player Zhou Meng in Yogyakarta.

serene progress as she swept aside Qi Xuan Eoon of Malaysia 21-6, 21-8 in just 23 minutes.Cai Yanyan of China

Colombian Fernando Gaviria sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the inaugural Tour of Guangxi in Beihai today.

winner of four stages of the Giro d'Italia in May.Estoy muy feliz con mi victoria y liderato hoy en China

China's Ma Long will seek to regain his stranglehold on the three biggest titles in the sport when the International Table Tennis Federation World Cup begins tomorrow in Liège.

stage since he and other leading members of the Chinese national team withdrew mid-tournament from the China

favourites.Ovtcharov, ranked fourth in the world, won the ITTF-Europe Top 16 Cup in February before China

With all votes cast, the successful bidder for 2020 Gymnasiade - jewel in the crown of the rapidly expanding International School Sport Federation (ISF) - had yet be announced.  

at the back of the conference hall in which I had witnessed Taoyuan in Chinese Taipei, Jinjiang in China

are some big imperatives and aspirations in play now within the ISF.The same, of course, is true of China

Vice-Minister of Education, Tian Xuejin commented: "Eighty five milliion middle school students in China

are now keenly expecting  the return of the Gymnasiade to China after 22 years."

And there was more, with mention being made of the "Healthy China" initiative, central to the Chinese

The Football Association (FA) has apologised to players Eniola Aluko and Drew Spence after an independent investigation concluded that former England’s women’s team manager Mark Sampson made racially discriminatory comments to them.

, Aluko’s Chelsea team-mate, whether she had been arrested before during a team meeting at the 2015 China

The final race of the 2017 International Cycling Union (UCI) World Tour season is due to begin tomorrow, with Guangxi ready to host a six-stage event.

The inaugural edition of the Tour of Guangxi will mark the first time that China has featured on the

It’s good for China and it’s good for the sport of cycling here in this country," Ewan was reported as

A Malaysian national diving coach will go on trial for allegedly raping an athlete who was training for the next Olympics, reports have said.

Wee, a lawyer for the alleged victim, told Agence France-Presse.The father of two, who was born in China

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will ensure there is a record level of testing at their World Championships in Anaheim, California from November 28 until December 5 - and before.

World Championships and beyond for having three or more of those retest positives.Russia, Kazakhstan, China

Malaysia have finished top of Group B at the men's Asia Hockey Cup in Dhaka following a convincing 7-1 win over Oman today.

FederationDefending champions South Korea are also through to the final four after they outclassed China

Top seeds Pattarasuda Chaiwan and Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand eased into the second round of the women's and men's singles events, respectively, at the Badminton World Federation World Junior Championships in Yogyakarta.

and mixed doubles tournaments following the conclusion of the mixed team competition yesterday, where China

Italian Olympic gold medallist Aldo Montano has been elected President of the Athletes' Commission of the International Fencing Federation (FIE).

Kleibrink from Germany, Japan's Kazuyasu Minobe, Gbahi Gwladys Sakoa from Ivory Coast, Yujie Sun from China

China's candidate city, Jinjiang, will stage the 2020 Gymnasiade after earning a clear first round victory here over Taoyuan in Chinese Taipei and Budapest in Hungary.

well-rehearsed discussion about what hosting the 2020 Gymnasiade could mean for them and their fellow pupils.For China

There are now 85 million middle school students in China who are keenly expecting the return of the Gymnasiade

Their dossier is about helping other countries to come to China and, through sport, crossing borders

China has also hosted the Gymnasiade before, and they have always been one of the key members of the