Olympic champion Chen Long begun his bid for success at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) German Open with a straight-games victory over Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in Mülheim.

21-3, 21-18 victor at the expense of Romania's Collins Valentine Filimon.Fourth seed Tian Houwei of China

Japan's Tomoyuki Matsuda and Toshikazu Yamashita both won a gold medals on the fifth day of competition at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in India’s capital New Delhi.

finalists had never appeared in an ISSF World Cup final before.One of them, 19-year old Liu Yukun of China

world record with 249.3.Two other first-time participants, Daniel Romanczyk of Poland and He Denghua of China

Figures skating was the most popular sport at the Asian Winter Games, which drew to a close in Sapporo on Sunday (February 26), it has been revealed after full details of ticket sales were published. 

of Asia (OCA) General Assembly in Ashgabat in September, it is hoped.Either Beijing or Shenyang in China

China's Ma Long extended his superiority over compatriot Fan Zhendong at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Qatar Open as he lifted the men's singles crown.

There was more success for China on the closing day of the competition, as Chen Meng won the women's

Beijing 2022 has officially launched its marketing programme for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Olympic brand and the market of China make a very powerful position for the marketing platform,"

Olympic gold medallists Serbia have been drawn against Spain, Greece and South Africa in the group stage of the men’s water polo tournament at the 2017 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, where they will be looking to defend their title.

in Group C, while Olympic silver and world bronze medallists Italy will encounter Brazil, Canada and China

bronze medallists two years ago, are in Group A with Japan, Hungary and The Netherlands.Group B features China

Chinese company LeSports has reportedly been stripped of its right to broadcast Asian Football Confederation (AFC) competitions after failing to pay an instalment on the four-year deal.

week.The contract, which was signed in October 2015, provided LeSports with exclusive broadcast rights in China

body’s media and marketing properties.Sources told Bloomberg that LeSports, which also holds the China

received new investment worth 15.04 billion yuan (£1.76 billion/$2.19 billion/€2.06 billion) from Sunac China

Champions League was covered under the contract ©Getty ImagesA FIFA report revealed last month that China

rankings.In February 2016, Le Sports signed a strategic partnership agreement with events broadcast firm China

Denmark’s Poul-Erik Høyer has been nominated unopposed to be President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for a second successive term. 

abusive or detrimental to the sport".Each of the pairs - two from South Korea and one pair each from China

China dominated the individual events at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix

Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury and Australia’s Britteny Cox capped off their dominant International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Skiing World Cup seasons by claiming victories in the respective men’s and women’s dual moguls competitions in Chinese resort Thaiwoo today.

First win at the first event in Ruka, and now another one at the last event in China to wrap up the season

world record en route to winning the women’s 10 metres air pistol title on another dominant day for China

points.China's Hui Zicheng won the men's 50m rifle three positions event ©ISSFThere was further success for China

Japan's Akira Lenting held off the close attentions of his Kazakh rivals to win the men’s 30 kilometre mass start cross-country competition at the Asian Winter Games.

runner-up, finishing 3.9sec behind the winner to claim silver.The podium was rounded off by Li Hongxue of China

Galina Vishnevskaya made it four golds in biathlon today at the Asian Winter Games with victory in the 12.5 kilometres mass start event.

15km mass start course in 44:12.20.It proved enough for a 41.9 victory margin over Wang Wengqiang of China

Kazakhstan thumped Japan 7-0 here today to seal a second successive men’s ice hockey title here at the Asian Winter Games.

in the round-robin format as the host nation was forced to settle for bronze.South Korea had beaten China

tournament.Kazakhstan, who also won on home ice six years ago in Astana, had cruised past South Korea 4-0 and China

A host for the next edition of the Asian Winter Games will be decided at September's Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly in Ashgabat, it is hoped.

continues before a planned rubber stamping at the meeting in Turkmenistan.Either Beijing or Shenyang in China

 Shenyang in Liaoning Province has been muted as another possibility.No contenders outside China