Sapporo 2017 have announced that tickets for next month's Asian Winter Games are now on sale.

from 31 countries and regions expected to compete.Hosts Japan will contest all 11 events, along with China

ParalympicsGB’s Chef de Mission Penny Briscoe and British Paralympic Association (BPA) chief executive Tim Hollingsworth have both been made Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.

led Great Britain’s team at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, where the country finished second behind China

Constantino Iglesias has been elected as the new President of the Spanish Weightlifting Federation.

since failed drugs tests.Valentin should also win Beijing 2008 silver after her fifth place finish in China

Rio 2016 has topped the list of the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) "Top 50 moments of 2016" despite a tumultuous build-up to the event described as the "worst they have faced" by President Sir Philip Craven.

Many said Beijing 2008 was always going to be a success because they were in China; people said the same

Organisers of the eighth Asian Winter Games, due to be held in the Japanese city of Sapporo next year, have unveiled the official medals of the competition.

bobsleigh, skeleton and luge are not on the schedule.Hosts Japan will contest all 11 events, along with China

China’s former Deputy Sports Minister Xiao Tian has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being found guilty of bribery.

cooperated in handing back his illicit gains.Xiao was charged for offences related to corruption in China

vast sums of money invested.Beijing is due to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Xi said in March that China

The record-breaking opening day attendance of 13,280 is among the headline figures published by the International Floorball Federation (IFF) for the 2016 Men’s World Championships in Riga.

broadcast.According to current figures, games were televised live in one form or another in 17 different countries - China

Worldwide equipment providers Taishan Sports have signed on as an innovation partner of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

The company, founded in China in 1978, are set to introduce a wave of new technology into the sport,

Iplay Sport has been announced as the official app for the 2017 Bandy World Championship in Sandviken and Gävle.

the world title, having won the annual competition back in 2004.Group B will be contested by Canada, China

Bidding for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is set to not be officially opened until after Pyeongchang 2018, it has been revealed.

in June 2013 before a formal deadline of November 14 the same year.Almaty in Kazakhstan, Beijing in China

subsequently pulled-out amid Government and public opposition in October to leave a two-horse race between China

It is fair to say that 2016 has not been a vintage year for sports administrators. Too old, too stuck in the past and too out of touch with the needs and desires of the modern world are among common gripes. And, for all their powerful rhetoric about youth and innovation shown through gestures like adding skateboarding and surfing to the Tokyo 2020 programme, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have been tarred with the same brush.

She also claimed a stunning 10 medals at World Championship level, including gold in Sweden in 2005, China

York Islanders’ Project Hope and Children's Foundation, aiming to expand the growth of ice hockey into China

Thirty-one National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will send teams to the eighth edition of the Asian Winter Games in Japanese city Sapporo next year, it has been confirmed.

bobsleigh, skeleton and luge are not on the schedule.Hosts Japan will contest all 11 events, along with China

I found myself guilty of hypocrisy in my reactions to two different sporting issues last week.

One problem here is that the utter dominance of China makes it far harder to win medals than in sports

we were equally content with an extra one in cycling or sailing as we desperately strove to hold off China

of victory ©Getty ImagesAnother good example came at London 2012, when badminton doubles pairs from China

Israel's Yoav Omer and Emma Wilson of Britain secured gold in the boys' and girls' RS:X events respectively as five titles were decided on the penultimate day of racing at the Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland.

seal the title.Katy Spychakov of Israel is second on 32 points, 11 adrift of Wilson, while Yue Tan of China

Host nations Norway and France both reached the last stage of qualifying for the women's ice hockey tournament at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

fierce and France, who have never played in an Olympic tournament, began well with a 3-0 victory over China