The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games 2017 will be held in Sharjah following approval by the governing body's Executive Board.

securing 123 gold, 104 silver and 95 bronze medals, Russia finished as the best nation at the Games with China

South Korea have claimed the first mixed gender team gold medal on the second day of competition at the 2016 World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Team Championships at the Sarhadchi Sports Olympic Centre in Baku.

Defending champions China and host nation Azerbaijan retained their titles in the female and male divisions

over the two day competition ©WTFIt was a mixed day for the Koreans, however, as they were beaten by China

in the women's team final and by Azerbaijan in the men's.Yesterday, China and South Korea both dominated

, while Azerbaijan's Milad Beigi Harchegani took the men's honour.Jin Mien Guan of China and Jae-hyun

Shin of South Korea were named best coaches while Guo Li of China, Elizaveta Tarasevich of Russia and

Weightlifting bodies in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia are scheduled to attend Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearings in January as they seek to avoid one-year suspensions from the sport.

positive tests following re-analysis of Beijing and London samples would be suspended.Azerbaijan, Armenia, China

Mexican taekwondo players have performed a "Mannequin Challenge" video in a bid to raise support for the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF).

Facebook.Mexico are the fourth most successful nation in the history of Olympic taekwondo after South Korea, China

Russia continued their dominant start to the World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships as they thrashed South Africa to record their second victory in Auckland.

before equalising in the dying stages.The other encounter in the group was also a draw as Japan and China

Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal has claimed it was a “great honour” to be named as a International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission member and will aim to learn as much as possible to be a success in the role.

first possible meeting with the Commission last month as she prepared for Superseries tournaments in China

The 2016 World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Taekwondo Team Championships began today at the Sarhadchi Sports Olympic Centre in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku.

semi-finals while Azerbaijan meet Turkey for a place in the gold medal match.In the women's competition China

Japan's Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi were jointly named Badminton World Federation (BWF) Female Player of the Year here this evening, while Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei earned the men’s honour.

where she claimed silver in the women’s singles event, while the 21-year-old also triumphed at the China

Tributes have been paid by the International Judo Federation (IJF) to Chonosuke Takaki, after it was announced that the Japanese judo champion and coach has died at the age of 68.

men’s over-93 kilogram title in the Olympic capital in Switzerland, defeating Jibilo Nizharadze of China

Hosts New Zealand recorded a crushing victory as the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships began in Auckland.

C, defending champions the United States began with a big 26-10 win over Japan, with Greece beating China

Eleven Sports has won the right to broadcast the World Baseball Classic to fans in Chinese Taipei, it has been announced before the fourth edition of the tournament next year.

A of competition, which will take place at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Korean capital Seoul.Australia, China

Russia’s Magomed Kurbanaliev claimed his first-ever global crown today as action concluded at the Wrestling World Championships for non-Olympic weights in Hungary’s capital Budapest.

60kg category ©UWWIn the women’s 60kg freestyle final, junior world bronze medallist Pei Xingru of China

States to secure her maiden senior global crown.Pei’s triumph ensured a first wrestling world title for China

Championships in Budapest.Russia were the only nation to win more than one gold medal this year with China

Spain’s Carolina Marin will face India’s Pusarla Sindhu during the women’s singles group stage at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Dubai World Superseries Finals, with the draw providing a rematch of the Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal game.

champions Chris and Gabrielle Adcock of England will take on second seeds Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong of China

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú was named the best female athlete of the 2016 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Short Course Championships after claiming her seventh gold medal on the final day of action at the WFCU Centre in Windsor.

relay, swimming for gold in 3:47.89 which improved the Championships record time of 3:48.29 clocked by China

China’s Wu Dajing and Great Britain’s Elise Christie repeated their wins from yesterday in the respective men’s and women’s 500 metres events as action concluded today at the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track World Cup in Shanghai.

extended her lead in the women’s 500m World Cup classification, with nearest challenger Fan Kexin of China

19,342 points, with closest rival Liu on 17,087.The men’s 5,000m and women’s 3,000m relays were won by China

and South Korea respectively.Less than half a second separated the top three in the men’s 5,000m as China