The delay in imposing bans against nine nations who are among the worst doping cheats in weightlifting will stretch beyond a year.

involved are Russia, who have 10 positive retests, Azerbaijan, five, Armenia, four, Turkey, Ukraine, China

today welcomed seven new members onto its Council, including Olympic bronze medallist Tang Jiuhong of China

Russia’s recurve women’s team achieved a surprise win over Olympic champions South Korea on their way to securing a place in the gold medal match at the Archery World Cup in Shanghai.

Chae Young and Choi Misun, winning the contest 6-0.Eighth seeded Russia then earned a 5-3 win over China

A USA Weightlifting delegation has visited Moscow to discuss the reformation of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) with its President Maxim Agapitov.

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

Alexander Djordjadze, the deputy chief executive of the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee, has called fears surrounding hooliganism in Russia "overblown".

continental event last year.However, Djordjadze, speaking at the World Football Forum in Changsha in China

Hosts China continued to make their mark out in the field on the third and final day of competition at

completed a hat-trick of Grand Prix gold medals thanks to victory in the women's javelin F34/53/54 at the China

in the triple jump T47.In the women's long jump T37, 19-year-old Paralympic champion Xiaoyan Wen of China

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has revealed the 12 locations that will host its World Tour events in 2018.

March 8 to 11.This will be followed by events in German city Bremen from March 23 to 25, Shenzhen in China

KFA) President Chung Mong-gyu has claimed that South Korea could co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup with China

 "If South Korea, China, and Japan decide to stage the World Cup, it can be really appealing to

as head of the KFA ends in 2020.Last week, Liu Xiaoming, the ambassador of the People's Republic of China

second world record in as many days at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing, where hosts China

years ago.Wang also secured victory today in the shot put F35/36 thanks to her throw of 12.10m at the China

picked up the win in the men’s long jump T47 with 6.68m, beating reigning world champion Fuliang Liu of China

Democratic. Progressive. Transparent. During the FIFA Congress held last week in Bahrain, football's world governing body amply demonstrated that it is none of these things. Meanwhile its President, Gianni Infantino, is demonstrating with uncomfortable frequency the tell-tale signs of an autocrat. 

medallists from Brazil before giving top seeds and eventual world champions, Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China

Chinese athletes broke two world records on home soil today as the World Para Athletics Grand Prix meeting began in Beijing today.

women’s javelin F35 record to the one she already owns in the shot put as she threw 28.44 metres at the China

s discus F34/53/54 as Liwan Yang picked up a first place while the F55 shot put was also claimed by China

F12 with Huimin Zhong edging team-mate Liangmin Zhang.There were a further 10 first places secured by China

Great Britain’s Samantha Kinghorn and Rachael Morrison of the United States smashed world records on the opening day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix event in Arizona.

Arizona tomorrow.A World Para Athletics Grand Prix event will also start in Beijing tomorrow at the China

Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities’ outdoor facilities.Competition in China will

Two of the men aiming to unseat the most powerful figure in world weightlifting want the sport’s governing body to give control of its anti-doping programme to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

 They are Qatar's Mohamed Yousef Al-Mana, Ma Wenguang of China, Iranian Ali Moradi and Monico Puentevella

 The list is - Iran 24, Romania 18, China 9, Hungary nine, Qatar four and Italy one.There have been

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has held its first development programme for stand up paddle (SUP) in Iran in an effort to "drive the global growth and reach of the sport".

recent years we have seen exponential growth of SUP in non-traditional Surfing nations such as Russia, China

World number two Novak Djokovic of Serbia secured his place in the third round of the Madrid Open today with a three-set victory over Spanish wildcard Nicolas Almagro.

Samantha Stosur.Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova was also victorious today after she dispatched Qiang Wang of China