The 13th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup is due to get underway tomorrow in Japan, where seven sides will be looking to establish themselves as the best club football team in the world.

Mexican side saw their 2015 journey ended prematurely, bowing out at the hands of Guangzhou Evergrande of China

Badminton’s biggest stars are set to be honoured at the annual Badminton World Federation (BWF) Players of the Year Awards - which are due to be held next week prior to the Dubai World Superseries Finals.

Jorgensen has also been nominated along with the men’s doubles pairings of Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China

Number one seed Miu Hirano crashed out of the girls' singles competition at the quarter final stage today at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Junior Championships in Cape Town.

She was beaten 4-0 by Shi Xunyao of China, a player who does not even register on the world rankings

Diaconu halted her run.Four nations will be represented in the boys' singles semi-finals.Yang Shuo of China

The opening day of competition at the Sailing World Cup Final saw all ten Olympic events and open kiteboarding complete a full schedule of racing in a 10 to 12 knot south-westerly breeze across Melbourne's Port Phillip.

posting two wins and a third today, while in the men's, Spaniard Ivan Pastor Lafuente and Bing Ye of China

New Zealand's Jo Edwards and Angela Boyd secured a vital win over Australia as they went unbeaten on the opening day of the women's pairs competition at the World Bowls Championships in Christchurch.

women's triples, also at Burnside Bowling Club.They also edged Hong Kong 17-15 and convincingly beat China

 The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has expanded its development programme to cover seven World Cup events in the 2017 season.

The Super Sprint World Cups in Chengdu in China between May 6 and 7, and Tiszaujvaros in Hungary between

China claimed both gold medals on the final day of action at the 2016 International Swimming Federation

The 21st FINA World Junior Diving Championships turned to be a success for team China, which pleases

China won a total of 13 medals overall.

Dave Collins, who lost his job as UK Athletics performance director after Britain failed to achieve their target of five medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, has expressed his frustration at the news that three more medals stand to be awarded to them following retrospective doping bans.

success of home track and field athletes at London 2012.Team GB brought home just four medals from China

Japan secured a ninth-place finish at the Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup after beating Asian rivals China

scoring after just five minutes.Team-mate Kanon Mori doubled the lead in the 21st minute and although China

It makes it extra special to beat a team from Asia, but also because China are a very good team."

Zhao Jun Peng delivered a major shock on the final day of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Macau Open as the world number 125 beat the top seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei to win the men’s singles competition at the  Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion.

second game, but ultimately came through to take an 21-13, 21-18 victory.There was further success for China

Kong’s Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet, beating the seventh seeds 21-19, 21-15.In the women’s doubles, China

Olympic bronze medallist Mima Ito spearheaded Japan to the girls' team crown before their men's side followed suit to round off a dominant day of finals for the Asian nation at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Junior Championships in Cape Town.

Ito, 16, won two matches as the Japanese team overcame China 3-1 in the girls' final before the boys'

and Entertainment World venue.Japan began slowly in the girls' gold medal contest as Shi Xunyao edged China

Hong Kong and the Czech Republic earned bronze medals in the girls' event, while Chinese Taipei and China

Top seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei secured his place in the men’s singles final at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Macau Open after comfortably overcoming China’s Huang Yuxiang at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion.

Indonesia, 21-19, 21-18.Standing between them and the title are fifth seeds Zhang Nan and Lu Kai of China

North Korea fought back from a goal down to clinch their second FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup title as they beat France 3-1 at the National Football Stadium in Port Moresby.

Women’s World Cup triumph since they won the 2006 edition of the competition in Russia by thrashing China

China dominated the fifth day of the 2016 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Junior Diving

China then earned their second title of the day in the boy's B platform final.Russia's Ekaterina Nekrasova

Stepanova delighted the home crowd with bronze in the women's 3m synchronised final ©FINAYang Ling of China

Japan will take on China in the final of the girls' team competition at the International Table Tennis

Top seeds Japan and China, seeded second, were expected to reach the tournament's showpiece contest and

Japanese counterparts as they won all three matches of their semi-final against South Korea.Shi Xunyao got China

-11, 11-5, 11-9.Liu Weishan swept aside Kim Ji-ho 11-4, 11-7, 16-14 in the second encounter to move China