Olympic champion Chen Long inspired his team to victory over India as China set up a semi-final clash

After China won the opening mixed doubles rubber, Chen earned a comfortable singles win over Srikanth

both progressed yesterday.Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong, the current world number two in mixed doubles, got China

nbsp;Ashwini Ponnappa 16-21, 21-13, 21-16.Chen, who is also the reigning world champion, then moved China

India is set to make its return as a host of major multi-sport competitions by landing the Asian Beach Games in Mumbai in 2020 and then the full Asian Games exactly a decade later in New Delhi.

Indonesia was instead chosen for an event which reverted back to its initial year of 2018.Hangzhou in China

South Korea will face Thailand in the semi-finals of the Sudirman Cup after each won last-eight clashes today at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre in Gold Coast.

;The South Koreans will be chasing a first victory in the biennial event since 2003.India will face China

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamas Ajan, the Hungarian who has been in key roles at the governing body for more than 40 years, says he still has the energy and vitality to take the sport through a challenging period of change over the next four years.

of Presidential candidates is Ajan, Antonio Urso of Italy, Yousef Al-Mana of Qatar, Ma Wenguang of China

Indonesia have failed to qualify for the Sudirman Cup quarter-finals for the first time, despite beating Denmark at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre in Gold Coast.

runners-up Thailand in the quarter-final stage of the tournament.Thailand suffered a heavy 5-0 loss to China

Greece's Olympic champion Anna Korakaki won her first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup title as action concluded in Munich today.

finished second with two golds, while six other countries also tasted success.These were Greece, Russia, China

Paolo Barelli has claimed he has been driven by passion to challenge International Swimming Federation (FINA) President Julio Maglione and that the Uruguayan appears "unable or unwilling" to tackle problems within the governing body.

Portugal is the final candidate for a European position.Asian Swimming Federation-backed Zhou Jilong of China

Britain will not put forward a replacement for Adam Pengilly on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission when his eight-year terms ends next February. 

year-old double Olympic champion is the nominee of the Italian National Olympic Committee.The US nor China

Thailand held off Hong Kong to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre in Gold Coast.

Having suffered defeat to defending champions China yesterday, Hong Kong required victory to keep their

Taerattanachai beat Lee Chun Hei and Chau Hoi Wah 21-16, 21-16 to give Thailand a 3-2 win.The result ensured China

Increased viewing figures have been announced for this year's World Snooker Championships.

The World Championships were also shown live in the Middle East and North Africa, China, Thailand, Hong

The United States will hold their mixed doubles curling trials for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics at Fogerty Arena in Minnesota, it has been announced.

As well as the US, China, Canada, Russia, Switzerland, Norway, Finland and hosts South Korea have qualified

Rio 2016 silver medallists Kim Jonghyun of South Korea and France's Jean Quiquampoix earned victories at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Munich.

World Cup in New Delhi.The 21-year-old finished the event with a total of 33 hits, with Zhang Jian of China

Defending champions China began their quest for a seventh Sudirman Cup title in a row with a comfortable

16, 26-24 at the Carrara Sport and Leisure Centre in the Australian city.Sun Yu then made it 2-0 to China

best-of-five contest with a 21-14, 21-13 men's singles success over Hu Yun.In the women's doubles, China

South Korea’s Olympic champion Jin Jong-oh claimed men’s 50 metre pistol gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Munich, before expressing his hope the event’s removal from the Olympic programme will not go ahead.

discussions at an Extraordinary General Assembly on June 25.Reigning world champion Zhang Jingjing of China

Johanne Defay of France was the standout performer on the first day of action at the 2017 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games here in Biarritz.

“South Korea, China, Afghanistan, Greece and the Virgin Islands are just some of the newcomers to the