It is fair to say that Rio de Janeiro and Pyeongchang are not places that have too much in common.

It is hoped that a huge percentage of international visitors will come from China and Japan, for instance

The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) will become the second women's ice hockey league in North America to pay players.

announcement comes after the news in June that Kunlun Red Star's women's team, based in Shenzhen in China

 China will have a presence in the CWHL this season after the addition of Kunlun Red Star ©Getty

Kunlun were added to the League as China attempts to improve its ice hockey performance before hosting

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly and Conference is due to begin here tomorrow with the new President of the global governing body set to be elected on the final day of the event.

and nations.Zhang, meanwhile, as President of China’s National Paralympic Committee and the chair of China

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has reached two million followers across its Chinese and English social media platforms.

400,000.The ITTF's social media has greatly benefited from the popularity of the sport and its stars in China

Aaron Wolf secured Japan's seventh gold medal with victory at under-100 kilograms before China's Yu Song denied the country an eighth title by defending her over-78kg crown on the final day of individual competition at the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Championships here.

judoka could find a way through each other's defences and the match went into golden score.Yu Song of China

The United States clinched four gold medals as the World Para Snowboard World Cup season began in Treble Cone in New Zealand.

1min 8:04sec with Australia's Simon Patmore clinching silver in 1:08.66.Bronze went to Zhuo Chen of China

Huawei has become an official supporter of the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Ashgabat.

17 and 27 in Turkmenistan's capital.The deal follows agreements with Atos, Hyundai Engineering, the China

Canada has announced its short track speed skating team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, following the 2018 team selections held in Montreal.

will be followed by competitions in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, between October 5 and 8, Shanghai, China

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Paralympic Sports Awards, which recognise the achievements from last year's Paralympic Games. 

goalball side complete the list having upset favourites and three-time Paralympic silver medallists China

Beijing 2022 has announced that Yili Group will be the supplier of dairy products for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Yili has been the only dairy product sponsor for the Olympics in China since 2005, including Beijing

 The Bank of China and Air China have become the official commercial banking partner and the official

Clarisse Agbegnenou of France beat  defending champion Tina Trstenjak and avenged her defeat to the Slovenian in the final of the Olympic Games as she clinched the under 63 kilograms title at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Suzuki World Championships here.

European champion, to set up a Rio 2016 rematch.The Slovenian duly obliged by battling past Yang Junxia of China

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed the appointments of its chief executive and secretary general.

Shanghai in 2005, remaining there for six years and playing a part in commercial deals with Volkswagen, China

Only 22.7 per cent of tickets available for next year's Winter Olympic Games have been purchased so far with little more than five months to go until the Opening Ceremony, organisers revealed here today.

but crowds were generally good ©YouTubeThere are also worries over the low numbers bought so far in China

Leading poets from South Korea, China and Japan are due to join together at a festival next month in

Games - between September 14 and 17.Eighteen poets are due to participate.This includes three from China

International Boxing Association (AIBA) President C K Wu has claimed he has no reason to respond to recent letters sent to him by the Interim Management Committee (IMC).

in Hamburg having recently visited Tianjin with IOC President Thomas Bach for the National Games of China