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Home favourites delight crowd with surprise win over top seeds at BWF Denmark Open

  • Badminton

Home favourites Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen reached the mixed doubles semi-finals of the Yonex Denmark Open today after upsetting top seeds Ko Sung Hyun and Kim Ha Na of South Korea at the Arena Fyn in Odense.

s Sapsiree Taerattanachai and Puttita Supajirakul, who defeated fourth seeds Luo Ying and Luo Yu of China




Top seed Lee marches on at BWF Denmark Open

  • Badminton

Top seed Lee Chong Wei eased into the quarter-finals of the Yonex Denmark Open today after registering a straight-sets victory over India’s Prannoy Kumar at the Arena Fyn in Odense.

quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super Series event is seventh seed Sun Yu of China

will fancy their chances of winning the men's doubles crown after favourites Chai Biao and Hong Wei of China

from their first-round encounter yesterday, and the second seeds beat Xu Chen and Fu Haifeng, also of China


Skate America to open ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating season in Chicago

  • Figure Skating

The world's elite figure skaters are preparing for the start of the 2016-17 International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating season, which begins tomorrow in Chicago.

13 to second and 11 to third.In the men’s event, World Championship bronze medallist Boyang Jin of China


Kuching in Malaysia braced to host sixth FINA Diving Grand Prix of season

  • Diving

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix season is set to continue this weekend as 43 divers from eight countries battle it out for top honours at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre in Kuching in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

The sport’s dominant force China have the biggest contingent of divers with 12, followed by hosts Malaysia

in the venue named after her due to injury ©Getty Images"Some of the former World Cup champions from China



Pyeongchang 2018 President gives keynote address on visit to 2022 host city Beijing

  • Pyeongchang 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 Organising Committee President Lee Hee-beom has visited Beijing as part of a bid to "build strong partnerships" between the next two hosts of the Winter Olympic Games.

 "With Pyeongchang 2018 as a start, three Olympics held in Korea, China and Japan over the course

Olympic City Development Association (BODA) and the International Data Group and is taking place at the China

attend in all during the four-day event.In September, Sports Ministers from Japan, South Korea and China


Revised format and schedule announced for 2017 ITF Junior Masters

  • Tennis

A revised format and schedule for the 2017 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Masters competition has been announced by the governing body as they aim to raise the profile of the event in the junior calendar.

with the event being open to players born in 1999 or later.Russia’s Andrey Rublev and Shilin Xu of China


Axelsen aims for home success at Denmark Open in Odense

  • Badminton

Viktor Axelsen will attempt to deliver home success when he begins his men’s singles campaign at the Yonex Denmark Open at Arena Fyn in Odense.

looking to regain a title they last won six years ago ©Getty ImagesTop seeds Chai Biao and Hong Wei of China

look to defend their women’s doubles title in Odense.They will take on Chen Qingchen and Jia Yiafan of China




Paralympic sitting volleyball champions rise to top of respective world rankings

  • Volleyball News

The United States' women and Iran's men have climbed to the summit of the World ParaVolley sitting volleyball rankings following their victories at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Previously ranked second, the Americans' gold-medal victory over China in Rio de Janeiro has helped lift

 It was sweet revenge for the Americans who had lost to China in the finals at both the Beijing



Grandi, departing grandee of world gymnastics, offers his final judgements

  • The Big Read

So here’s the problem with gymnastics. Unlike athletics and swimming, the other big beasts of the Olympics, it requires judging; and getting judgements to match performances is the abiding challenge for a sport that has been part of the modern Games since the inaugural running at Athens in 1896.

"China only won two bronze medals in artistic gymnastics although it won the majority of titles in Beijing