Russia will seek to defend their World Mixed Curling Championship title when competition begins in Champéry in Switzerland.

Republic, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Norway and Slovakia.The final group will feature Australia, Canada, China

Russian coach Oleg Pisarevsky has criticised the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) decision to ban the country for a year, claiming it is "utterly unjust" as they have already been punished for their doping problem.

Russia were one of nine countries, along with Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Ukraine, China

Choi Min-jeong of South Korea completed a clean sweep of the women's individual events as she claimed victory in the 1,000 metres race at the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup in Budapest.

clocked 1:26.092 to lead home a one-two for the nation, with Hwang Dae-heon earning silver.Han Tianyu of China

5,000m relay crown as Charles Hamelin, Charle Cournoyer, Samuel Girard and Pascal Dion clocked 6:46.191.China

Wozniacki survived a scare as she needed three sets to beat Wang Qiang in her first round encounter at the China

to endorse the FISA Council's recommendation that the 2021 World Rowing Championships should go to China

Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini has retained her position at the top of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) women’s world rankings.

to fifth.She returns to the top five after a month's absence, having ended as the runner-up at the China

China's Gao Lei has won the men's individual trampolining title at the International Gymnastics Federation World Cup event in the Portuguese city of Loulé.

champion Yana Pavlova won the women's event ©Getty ImagesTumbling competitions were also held with China

Russia's Maxim Shlyakin took the silver medal on 72.600 while Zhang Luo secured yet another medal for China

Britain, Olympic champions in the men’s four boat class on the last five occasions, had to settle for a global bronze at today’s World Rowing Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton despite the return of Rio 2016 eights gold medallist Will Satch, who had to be substituted from the boat due to illness just before the semi-finals.

s double sculls title after leading from start to finish.But silver and bronze medallists Italy and China

Donald Trump's least favourite nation is all set to register the biggest sporting triumph in its 69-year existence - in the United States.

times in the past 20 years, will not be there.Across all the bodyweight categories for men and women, China

has 29 athletes in the top 10 of the current world rankings.Also missing will be Russia, which pipped China

women and two men at the top of the rankings after athletes from the banned nine are discounted.With China

China, Russia and seven other leading nations have been banned for a year and will miss the International

Kazakhstan with 10 positives each, Belarus seven, Azerbaijan five, Armenia four and Turkey, Ukraine, China

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has targeted the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics as  being a potential opportunity to help build peace and co-operation in Asia.

As China and Japan are the hosts of the next Olympics, the Pyeongchang Olympics may be able to facilitate

staff.Island disputes and memories of World War Two continue to colour relations between Japan and both China

docking at the tourist island of Jeju in a symbolic protest during March.Boosting relations with nations, China

Britain’s overall world champion Elise Christie built on her strong start at the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup in Budapest as she won her 1000 metres heat – but South Korea’s overall men’s world champion Seo Yi-Ra failed to progress from his heat at the same distance.

Dutch 5000m relay team that won its quarter–final narrowly over fellow-qualifiers Canada, with China

Ireland - and more specifically the Irish city of Cork - had double cause for celebration at the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton today as Paul O'Donovan retained his lightweight men's single sculls title and Mark O’Donovan, who is no relation, and Shane O’Driscoll secured gold in the lightweight men’s pair.

went to Italy’s world under-23 champions, who had produced the best qualifying time.Repechage winners China

France.New Zealand’s Brooke Donoghue and Olivia Loe were winners in the second semi ahead of Australia and China

Murray Levin was involved in weightlifting across seven decades as an athlete, official, promoter and global influencer.

Being an honorary member of the IWF, they asked me to come to China for a meeting where they had to decide

IWFThis weekend the IWF will hopefully start cracking down in a different way.Nine nations, including China

Chinese company ANTA Sports have been appointed as the official sports apparel partner for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, the fourth domestic partner signed up by organisers. 

marketing programme in February of this year, adding three previous top tier domestic partners - Bank of China

, Air China and Yili Group are providing banking services, air travel and official dairy products.ANTA

1994 and has its headquarters in Jinjiang in Fujian.In 2009, ANTA acquired Italian sportswear Fila's China

operations.It now has 600 Fila retail stores in China and 7000 ANTA-branded shops.A special skating

General Administration of Sport and vice-president of Beijing 2022 and Lu Yong, Board chairman of the China