Nao Kodaira defeated two-time reigning Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa to claim 500 metres speed skating gold on a day of home Japanese domination at the Asian Winter Games here.

further three-hundredths behind.A photo-finish was required to separate her and fourth placed Yu Jing of China

three in 1:59.45.But, because of an Asian Winter Games rule preventing clean sweeps, Zhang Hong of China

 Their closest rivals South Korea, more than six seconds adrift in 3:06.67.China took the bronze

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has remained tight-lipped on his support for potential plans to award the 2024 and 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the same time in September.

2018 and 2022 World Cups together in 2010 to Russia and Qatar respectively ©Getty ImagesHangzhou in China

Athletes from Oceania could compete at the summer Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou in 2022, Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah revealed here today.

Hangzhou in China was named host of the 2022 edition in 2015 while Aichi and Nagoya in Japan were awarded

The round robin stage of the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships continued at the Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink today as three teams moved level at the top of the women's standings.

Switzerland, two of the three teams tied for fourth, were also both victorious today.The Scots defeated China

Hosts South Korea maintained their unbeaten record in men’s round-robin play as action continued today at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships in Gangneung.

after they scored twos in the fourth, sixth and eighth ends on their way to an eight-end 8-2 win over China

The Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) held their Annual Meeting in Wellington in New Zealand during the recent Women's World Floorball Championship qualification event.

over recent years, with a steady increase in the number of member countries.With the membership of China

Korea while the women's competition in 2019 is due to be held in one of Thailand, the Philippines or China

United States' youngster Jaelin Kauf claimed a first International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup moguls victory as Canadian Mikael Kingbury continued his dominant form victory in Tazawako.

“Now I just want to get some good quality skiing in China [in the World Cup final] and then head to Spain

 "We still have two more world cups in China before the World Championships in Spain."

The moguls tour now moves to Thaiwoo, China, for the World Cup finals beginning on Saturday (February

Astana Arlans Kazakhstan picked up their second victory of the World Series of Boxing season as they clinched a 4-1 win over the Uzbek Tigers at the Zhastar Sports Palace in Taldykorgan.

recovered from their loss at the hands of the Astana Arlans as they earned a 4-1 away triumph over the China

Conference Center in Sanya.Astana Arlans occupy top spot in the group, with the Patriot Boxing Team and the China

recovered from their loss at the hands of the Astana Arlans as they earned a 4-1 away triumph over the China

side.Over in Sanya, Chang Yong ousted Ovik Ogannisian in a closely-fought flyweight match-up to edge the China

Japan gained revenge over defending champion Kazakhstan with a thumping 6-0 win in the women's ice hockey as sporting action began here at the 2017 Asian Winter Games.

of a partisan crowd at the Tsukisamu Gymnastium.South Korea thrashed Thailand 20-0 elsewhere while China

today ©ITGJapan and China's men's teams also began well.The host nation beat Chinese Taipei 11-3 while China

A search has been launched by the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) for a Chef de Mission search for the 2018 African Youth Games and Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

years.The 2014 editions of the respective events were held in Botswana's capital Gaborone and Nanjing in China

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China enjoyed a comfortable curling win over Kazakhstan on the opening day of preliminary competition

©Getty ImagesRui Wang of China roars after launching a stone in the curling competition ©Getty ImagesJapanese

Cuba Domadores and Colombia Heroicos continued their superb start to the World Series of Boxing (WSB) season with victories in their respective Group A clashes today.

leaders are due to clash on March 3.Action is due to resume tomorrow  with two bouts in Group C..China

Two-time Olympic champion Shaun White ended top of the men’s halfpipe qualification as the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup continued at the Bokwang Phoenix Park.

women’s standings, as she scored 92.75 to progress as the top qualifier.Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong of China

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson has said the governing body will be speaking to member nations about whether to pursue a place in future Olympic Games.

strategy in respect of participation in the Olympic Games,” Richardson said.Increasing the popularity in China

He added the ICC are looking at ways to increase the sport’s profile in the United States and China."

In addition to that, we will focus on growing participants and fans in two emerging markets, USA and China

, with a feasibility study and market assessment currently underway in China.”He also said they will

Clemente Russo has been named as the World Series of Boxing (WSB) fighter of the week after his decisive season-opening victory for Italia Thunder.

Coliseo de combate Bernardo Caraballo in Cartagena.On Saturday (February 18), Group C will resume with China

 China beat the Tigers 3-2 in their first contest, with Kazakhstan ousting the Patriot Team by the