Great Britain won the first gold medal of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Junior Diving Championships in Kazan in Russia today.

gold with a combined score of 335.45 points.Mexico took silver with a total of 321.75 while favourites China

A will feature competitors aged 16, 17 and 18 years old while Group B is for divers aged 14 and 15.China

China is set to invest heavily in ice rinks and ski slopes in an effort to close the gap on dominant

hoped their participation will act as the first step in the development of a national team to represent China

The 2016 World Bowls Championships are due to get underway in Christchurch in New Zealand tomorrow, where Australia will be hoping to extend the dominance they enjoyed four years ago.

outstanding performances in recent times.At the National Bocce Elite Lawn Bowls Championship at Quzhou in China

Pyeongchang 2018 have completed the initial screening process for selecting volunteers for the Winter Olympic Games.

of the total, while 14 per cent were from overseas.Of these, 2,890 are from Russia, 1,345 are from China

China secured their fifth consecutive International Swimming Federation (FINA) Synchro World Trophy title

is a great honour and opportunity to learn from the other strong teams of the world and to represent China

Australia's Olympic aerials gold medallist Lydia Lassila is eyeing a place at Pyeongchang 2018 after returning to training.

This year's FIS Aerials World Cup season begins on December 17 at Beida Lake in China. 

The United States, Spain and Belgium all joined The Netherlands and Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 2016 Women’s Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago in Chile following the final round of matches in both Pools A and D today.

four teams were still in with a chance of qualifying for the next round.Belgium squared off against China

 The European team went 1-0 down as Qiu Guo scored for China from a penalty corner after only three

minutes.After the break China doubled their lead, again after a penalty corner, which was this time

World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) President Robert Rauch has hailed the recognition of UK Ultimate as the National Governing Body for the sport in the United Kingdom.

Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Finland, Hong Kong China, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland

Ng Ka Long made history today as he became the first host nation player to win the men’s singles title at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Hong Kong Superseries.

Open when I was a little kid and dreamed of one day being part of it in the future," Ng told the South China

Sindhu is tall and fast, and came to Hong Kong in great form as she won the China Open the previous week

Mogensen 21-19, 21-19.Women’s doubles duo Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl avenged last week’s China

But we proved ourselves once again in China and Hong Kong."

China won all three titles available as the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Synchro World Trophy

in the highlight routine, thematic duet and free team competitions.In the highlight routine contest, China

 China are on course to defend their overall title ©FINA/Ji Chunpeng"We made some changes on our

duet event, "street dancing" was the theme competitors had to adhere to.Guo Li and Liang Xingping of China

Ali Diana and Tabolina Anastasia of Russia took the bronze medal on 91.4000.The free team event saw China

Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu secured the gold medal in the men’s singles event as he produced another superb performance in the free skate discipline on his way to the summit of the podium at the NHK Trophy in Sapporo in Japan.

their efforts, which saw them finish on 196.87.Bronze went the way of Xuehan Wang and Lei Wang, also of China

World Rugby will reinvest around £245 million ($306 million/€289 million) into the sport before Tokyo 2020, where rugby sevens is expected to consolidate the positive impact it had on its Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro this summer. 

 "And teams like Germany, China, Brazil and Russia will soon be knocking on the door to the top

Rugby’s return to the Olympics this summer - after a 92-year absence - ended, figuratively speaking, in an exhilarating run to the try line followed by a touch down between the posts. If any International Olympic Committee (IOC) members were undecided over the sport’s claim to a core place in the Games, the drama and excitement of the sevens game appears to have converted them.

We have already found this to be true in the United States, Russia and China.

And teams like Germany, China, Brazil and Russia will soon be knocking on the door to the top events.

Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei stunned Olympic champion Carolina Marin as she battled to a three-game victory over the Spaniard to reach the women’s singles final at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Hong Kong Superseries.

of the third, Carolina was very fast and I couldn’t catch up," said Tai, who also beat Marin at the China

Defending champions The Netherlands made it two wins from two at the Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup as they earned a comfortable 5-1 victory over the United States at the Club Deportivo Manquehue in Santiago.

In Pool D, China picked up their second consecutive 2-2 draw, this time against New Zealand, while Spain