The mixed zone outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session during August’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was a hostile place. Journalists were barely bothering to hide their disgust at the IOC’s attempts to pin the blame for Russian drugs problems on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) during the meeting and sports officials were trying their best to evade lingering press corps as they headed towards lunch.

transformed the UCI and his successful chairing of the Beijing 2008 Co-ordination Commission opened China

Sri Lanka's Nimali Waliwarsha Konda was crowned women's 800 metres champion after initial winner Archana Yadav of India was disqualified for infringement on a dramatic final day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.

second.Adilet Kyshtakbekov of Kazakhstan did enough for the bronze medal.Asian record holder Li Ling of China

India have withdrawn from the flagship new International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League after previously committing to participate in the competition.

 Argentina, Australia, China, England/Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and the United

Olympic bronze medallists Germany got their women's Hockey World League semi-final campaign off to a nervy start as they claimed a narrow 1-0 win over Poland in Johannesburg.

a place in the World League Finals in Auckland in New Zealand at the end of the year.They will join China

South Korean youngster Woo Sang-hyeok of South Korea beat Zhang Guowei of China to clinch the gold medal

clinched the Asian title by clocking 13.16.Ayako Kimura did enough for the silver medal, while Wang Dou of China

Kashafutdinova, G Ishangulyyeva, Victoria Zyabkina and Olga Safronova completing the race in 43.53.China

Hosts Italy claimed three golds as the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix came to Bolzano.

medals for the host nation ©Getty ImagesThe remaining golds were spread around divers from Brazil, China

Qualification for the 2018 Hockey World Cups will be on the line at the Hockey World League Semi-Final in South African city Johannesburg, where action is due to begin tomorrow.

a place in the World League Finals in Auckland in New Zealand at the end of the year.They will join China

Sir Andy Murray is through to the fourth round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis Club after claiming a thrilling victory on Centre Court this evening.

16 will be Romania's Simona Halep, a runner-up at the French Open last month, who beat Peng Shuai of China

Belarus’ Vladimir Samsonov won his 27th International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour title today after beating France’s Simon Gauzy in the final of the Australian Open in Gold Coast.

top of the standings for all-time ITTF World Tour triumphs, with reigning Olympic champion Ma Long of China

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has today published the booklet presenting the manifestos of all candidates standing in this year’s Governing Board elections, including those of the four individuals vying to replace Sir Philip Craven as President.

Petersson - launched their manifestos last month, but rivals Patrick Jarvis of Canada and Haidi Zhang of China

to unveil their visions until now.Like Parsons and Petersson, National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of China

strengthen Paralympic humanistic care, build a prosperous Paralympic family and welcome foreign athletes to China

Manpreet Kaur celebrated her 27th birthday in style by winning women’s shot put gold at the Asian Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium.

achieved a throw of 18.28 metres to clinch gold.She finished clear of defending champion Guo Tianqian of China

Defending champion Sir Andy Murray booked his place in the third round of Wimbledon today after claiming a comfortable straight-sets victory over Germany’s Dustin Brown at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

champion Venus Williams, who recovered from losing the opening set against world number 55 Wang Qiang of China

Entries for the breakdancing competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires are now being accepted through social media.

were from Russia, with the WDSF expressing their hope major breakdancing nations, including France, China

The Indonesian Football Association is to lead a consortium to discuss the possibility of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, according to the organisation’s vice-chairman Joko Driyono.

stage FIFA's flagship competition "at some stage".Speculation has been growing in recent months that China

creating up to 20,000 football schools and laying 70,000 pitches.Due to the continental rotation policy, China

Games have held a basketball training project in Shenzhen in an attempt to grow inclusive sport in China

Australia’s 3x3 women’s basketball team, is due to deliver more sessions in the future.Inas describes China

key staff members at the Yuanping Special Education School and the National Paralympic Committee of China

There are over 1,000 special schools across China with millions of students with an intellectual disability

It is clear that China is very supportive of students with an intellectual disability, but their participation

will be expanded to include other sports and has the potential to reach 1,000 special schools across China