Rio 2016 Olympic champions Niccolò Campriani and Anna Korakaki have been named as the winners of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shooter of the Year awards.

Xuan Vinh would end second and third in the men’s vote, while Germany’s Barbara Engleder and Du Li of China

Preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing are expected to be the key focus of a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach tomorrow.

plans have also been drafted for transportation and cultural activities at the Games.A key aim for China

Popularising winter sports in China is the foundation of a stronger performance at future Winter Olympics

," He Wenyi, executive director of Peking University's China Institute for Sports Value, told the Global

Olympic men's singles table tennis champion Ma Long has been named China's Best Male Athlete of the Year at an awards ceremony in Beijing.

Rio 2016 gold medal match, with the achievement proving enough to earn the award at the prestigious China

ImagesZhu was named the Most Valuable Player of the women's volleyball tournament at Rio 2016, where China

A thorough investigation will be launched by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) after three weightlifters were stripped of their Beijing 2008 gold medals for doping.

start a "full investigation into the case and punish those responsible in accordance with the law".China

China, a long-time supporter and member of the Olympic Movement, has hosted the Beijing 2008 Olympic

We all know that weightlifting was already on the programme of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. At that time - and for many years more - only men competed in the sport.

Cai Jun of China became the first women's world champion in the 44kg category.In 1991, in Donaueschingen

As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, he might just have in mind another Ceremony seven years in the future.

An American table tennis team visited China, paving the way for what was known as "ping pong diplomacy

Should the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appoint the hosts of both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games when it meets in Lima this year?

I have little doubt that China would take little persuasion to enter the contest, if the IOC sent out

Khadzhimurat Akkaev has been provisionally suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) as part of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) re-testing of samples from the London 2012 Olympic Games.

prohibited substance GHRP-2 and metabolite (GHRP-2 M2), and Liu also failing for sibutramine.It means China

The local Organising Committee of the World Curling Federation (WCF) 2017 World Women’s Curling Championship has unveiled the event logo and title sponsor at a press conference today.

“The development of our sport in China continues to grow rapidly and we very much look forward to working

together with our friends in China over the coming years.”The Organising Committee explained during

ice events including the men’s curling championship and the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Cup of China

December 2016 which sees the two organisations work together to develop the sport of curling, both in China

Ukraine's skiers were in emphatic form on the first day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Western Center, claiming multiple podium finishes and two victories.

top spot in 10:17.6 ahead of Belarus’ Lidziya Hrafeyeva who finished second in 10:49.9.Beibei Chu of China

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov believes it is "completely possible" that Saint Petersburg, Kazan or Sochi could successfully bid for the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

blow for Russia, as well as other countries considering a 2028 attempt.Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada, China

Taekwondo secured a global television audience of nearly 400 million people during last year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, according to a report.

coverage reached by rights-holding broadcasters in 17 markets across the world - Australia, Brazil, China

hours of taekwondo and reaching 233.7 million people.The highest total reach in a single market came in China

South Korea and China topped the taekwondo medal standings at Rio 2016 with two golds apiece.Britain,

Chinese basketball great Yao Ming has been temporarily placed in charge of a transition team by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) as it prepares for its upcoming elections.

Federation (FIBA), appointed Yao as an ambassador for the 2019 Basketball World Cup, which will be played in China

NBA All-Star was an ambassador for the country’s successful bid for the competition last year, with China

represented his country at two FIBA Basketball World Cups and three Olympic Games during his career, in which China

s side at Athens 2004.Gong returned to lead the men’s team in 2014, with his two-year tenure seeing China

later.He was also in charge of their Rio 2016 Olympic campaign, which would ultimately prove fruitless as China

Six weightlifters, including three Chinese Olympic gold medallists, are among the athletes to have been disqualified by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of the re-testing of samples stored since Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

prohibited substance GHRP-2 and metabolite (GHRP-2 M2), and Liu also failing for sibutramine.It means China

Kazakhstan's Olympic boxing champion Daniyar Yeleussinov has turned professional by signing with Australian based promoters MJA Entertainment.

Yeleussinov will train in the United States and could make his professional debut in China in May.