Weightlifters in China, India and the United States – the world’s three most populous countries – have

Chinese athletes made some of the most impressive lifts of the year in the National Games of China in

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

Pyeongchang 2018 President Lee Hee-beom has downplayed accommodation and ticketing concerns while calling for all countries, including North Korea and Russia, to participate at next year's Olympics and Paralympics.

 "In China and Japan, we also received some complaints.

remains low ©Getty ImagesLee hopes to arrange a meeting with National Olympic Committees in Japan and China

Former French Sports Minister Valérie Fourneyron is set to become chair of the new Independent Testing Authority (ITA) being set-up to take over drugs testing procedures for international sport, insidethegames understands.

swimming gold medallist Kirsty Coventry, now a member of the IOC Athletes' Commission.Peijie Chen from China

Nearly 250 competitors from 41 countries will be in action at the World Archery Para Championships, which begin tomorrow in Chinese capital Beijing.

Fourteen gold medals will be available at the China Administration for Sports for Persons with Disabilities

Nemati in the Rio 2016 final.American Andre Shelby is the men's compound Paralympic champion while China

The logo for this year's World Wushu Championships in Russian city Kazan has been unveiled.

flying snake.Zilant features on the city's coat of arms, while the dragon is also an important symbol in China

wushu was invented.The IWUF said the logo had therefore "symbolically referenced the connection between China

 Shanghai in China is the only candidate for the 2019 World Championships.  

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach insisted there is "not even a hint that there is a threat" to the security of next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang following the current tensions on the Korean peninsular.

, represented a watered down version of the initial draft resolution in order to win the support of China

South American geography aside, there appears little in common between the two International Olympic Committee Sessions taking place four years apart in Buenos Aires and Lima.

managed to cause offence by an article referencing Japan and the Nanjing Massacre following a visit to China

Olympic champions Brazil have set their sights on a fourth consecutive International Volleyball Federation Men's World Grand Champions Cup title, with the tournament beginning in Japan tomorrow.

competition follows the women's Grand Champions Cup which concluded last week in Japan.Olympic champions China

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Lima, due to open on Wednesday (September 13), is the third time the "Olympic family" has met in South America in the last four years but in truth it is really making up for lost time. 

It paved the way for mainland China to compete in the Olympics alongside Taiwan for the first time and

The communists in mainline China and the nationalists in Taiwan had long been at loggerheads."’It is

to give up this title and use an alternative name so as to be acceptable to the People's Republic of China

".A three-man group from the People's Republic of China was led by Olympic Committee secretary Song Zhong

accused the IOC of violating its own Charter with continued recognition of Taiwan as the Republic of China

Olympic champions China enjoyed an International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women's World Grand Champions

China defeated hosts Japan 25-22, 24-26, 25-18, 25-16 in the final match of the tournament ©FIVBBrazil

Next year's SPORTELAsia convention in Singapore will provide an even greater platform for developing valuable business opportunities than previous events, SPORTEL chief executive Laurent Puons has claimed.

for 2018, I am convinced, positioned as an elite industry event embracing the rapid growth markets of China

Olympic champions China have been crowned International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women's World Grand

The United States won but ultimately handed China the main prize ©FIVBVictory put the Chinese team on

with a straight sets win over South Korea.The Brazilians recovered from their two five-set losses to China

Japan's world champion Ayumi Uekusa enjoyed a successful day at the fifth and final Karate 1-Premier League event of the season in the German cities of Halle and Leipzig.

Ukraine in the semi-finals this evening.Awaiting her in tomorrow's showdown will be Mengmeng Gao of China

are the dominant force in the sport with a number of phenomenal performances at the National Games of China

December and his total of 354kg in Tianjin was six kilograms below his all-time best.Shi Zhiyong, of China

Lijun with 321kg.Neither of the European or PanAmerican champions at 62kg would have made the top 10 in China

and the US.Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting, said, "The strength in depth of the China

Olympic champions China preserved their 100 per cent record at the International Volleyball Federation

tournament has now moved to another Japanese venue in Nagoya's Nippon Gaishi Hall.Rio 2016 winners China

21,19-25, 25-21,15-9.Both Brazil and Russia now sit on one victory and two defeats.Tomorrow's games see China