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Fletcher-Scott and Bithell taste success at Sailing World Cup

  • Sailing

Great Britain’s Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Stuart Bithell claimed the 49er class title at the Sailing World Cup in Miami.

took silver and Victoria Travascio and Maria Branz of Argentina finished third overall.Yunxiu Lu of China



Prosvirnova clocks fastest 500m time at ISU World Junior Short Track Championships

  • Short Track

Sofia Prosvirnova of Russia set the quickest time in the women’s 500 metres event as the International Skating Union (ISU) World Junior Short Track Championships in Innsbruck began with qualification today.

distances, produced the second quickest 500m time as she finished in 44.607.Skaters from South Korea and China


Belarusian weightlifter sanctioned over urine substitution for drug test

  • Weightlifting

Belarus’ Stanislav Chadovich has been handed a four-year ban by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) following an attempt to substitute urine in a drug test.

implicated, including London 2012 under-69kg bronze medallist Maryna Shkermankova.Azerbaijan, Armenia, China



Russian Weightlifting Federation drop CAS appeal against one-year ban for doping

  • Weightlifting

Russia has dropped an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a one-year ban imposed by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) because of its poor doping record.

implicated, including London 2012 under-69kg bronze medallist Maryna Shkermankova.Azerbaijan, Armenia, China


Tokyo 2020 budget for 2017 reduced by more than 25 per cent

  • Tokyo 2020

Around ¥48.3 billion (£76.2 million/$95.9 million/€90 million) of Metropolitan Government funding has been earmarked for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

We're worried a lot of exhibitors will move to places like China, Korea, Singapore and the United States


Has the Twenty20 moment arrived for track and field with Nitro Athletics?

  • The Big Read

Is athletics about to experience its Twenty20 moment this week? Or will the new-look Nitro Athletics event that will run for three evenings in Melbourne, starting next Saturday and witnessed by interested parties including the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe prove to be no more than a brief starburst of colourful enterprise?

Teams of 12 men and 12 women from Australia, China, Japan, England, New Zealand and an international


FINA launches new Synchronised Swimming World Series

  • Artistic Swimming

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has unveiled a brand new Synchronised Swimming World Series, set to be held annually starting from this year.

seven legs, beginning with the French Open in Paris from March 10 to 12.This will be followed by the China


David Owen: La La Land – Where the Academy leads will the IOC follow?

  • Inside the Blogs

Fourteen nominations! When a film - La La Land – named after one of your city’s many nicknames is so honoured, you could be forgiven for starting to think that this might be your year.

overwhelmingly negative about the Trump Presidency’s perceived intentions and/or policy agenda.Look at China

relations with Russia, might lead by September to a significant deterioration in diplomatic relations.Well China


Armenia and Ukraine to host 2017 WSF Ambassador Programme

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Armenia and Ukraine will host the 2017 World Squash Federation (WSF) Ambassador Programme later this year.

2015 with appearances in Serbia, Romania and Croatia.Last year, the team visited Dalian and Macau in China


Chinese Government closes 111 golf courses

  • Golf

More than 100 golf courses in China have been shut down by the country's Government due to their illegal

construction work or business activities.Government officials have said there are 683 golf courses in China


Nick Butler: What factors will be most important in the race for the 2024 Olympics?

  • Inside the Blogs

One of my abiding memories of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic race in 2015 was sitting in a discreet corner of a bar in Kuala Lumpur's Mandarin Oriental on the eve of the vote between Almaty and Beijing. 

damaging doping crisis in one of its other key markets - cough, Russia, cough - its relationship with China