Fifteen countries remain part of the selection process for the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) new home and away league after Italy, South Korea and South Africa declined to submit an application before the April 30 deadline.

women's teams and have all progressed.Malaysia and Pakistan applied for the men's event only, while China

Union (IBU) President Anders Besseberg has revealed that Belarus, the United States, Switzerland and China

China will host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022 while American biathlon is on

Officials from the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) are in Baku for a series of key meetings this week, beginning with the Presidential Commission tomorrow.

organisation's three vice-presidents - Russian businessman Vitaly Titov, Belarusian Nellie Kim and Luo Chaoyi of China

Canada have moved to the top of the World Curling Federation's (WCF) mixed doubles rankings after a runners-up finish at last month's World Championship.

scoring four points with their final stone, have also climbed five spots into second position with 449.China

France made a winning start to their men's BNP Paribas World Team Cup title defence by beating Sweden in their opening match in Sardinia.

winners in the men's event ©Getty ImagesThailand emerged as 2-1 winners against Russia in Pool A, while China

Indian star Vikas Krishan Yadav began with a comfortable victory to reach the quarter-finals of the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) Championships in Tashkent today.

left, was another winner today in Tashkent ©ASBC/FacebookAsian Games silver medallist Zhang Jiawei of China

Olympic gold medallist Chen Long beat team-mate Lin Dan in three games to secure his first Badminton Asia Championships title in Wuhan.

Yuchen won an all-Chinese men's doubles final against Huang Kaixiang and Wang Yilyu, 21-14, 21-12, while China

Hosts Australia won the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo Intercontinental Tournament after defeating the United States 8-6 at the Gold Coast Aquatics Centre.

FINA World League Super Final, to be held in Ruza in Russia between June 20 and 25.New Zealand beat China

Switzerland's Jenny Perret and Martin Rios won the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships gold medal after a 6-5 win against hosts Canada in today's final in Lethbridge.

 Last year's silver medallists Dexin Ba and Rui Wang of China won the bronze medals, as they beat

Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze continued their recent women’s 49erFX success by winning the discipline at the Sailing World Cup in Hyères.

clear of her rivals on a total of 49.She would win the event by 23 from second placed Yunxiu Lu of China

Britain’s Shauna Coxsey continued her impressive start to the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup season by topping qualification in Nanjing.

second place in the final after winning qualification.The World Cup is the second straight event in China

of the Chongqing event, which marked the first time they had provided the service from an event in China

Japan delighted a home crowd by winning free combination gold on the second day of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Synchronised Swimming World Series in Tokyo.

tomorrow.FINA launched the World Series circuit in January this year.The French Open in Paris and the China

Australia and the United States will meet in the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World League Intercontinental Tournament final tomorrow after finishing in the top two of the group in Gold Coast.

League Super Final in Russia, with victories.The host nation completed a comfortable 13-3 victory over China

Pyeongchang 2018’s mixed curling competition have been decided after Canada, Czech Republic, Switzerland and China

“We want to bring a medal back to Canada.”China will play Canada in the semi-finals while Switzerland

face Czech Republic ©WCFThe hosts will face China in the semis after they defeated Russia 8-3 in their

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu crashed out of the Badminton Asia Championships as she was beaten by China's He Bingjiao in three games.

-13.The Malaysian, the top seed for the event, will play two-time Olympic gold medallist Lin Dan of China