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Wawrinka awaits as Edmund wins in Shanghai Masters first-round

  • Tennis

Great Britain's Kyle Edmund continued his impressive form as he beat Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on the second day of the Shanghai Masters men's tennis tournament.

Slovakia's Martin Klizan.Johnson will now face Britain's world number two Andy Murray, who won last week's China


FIS target more Alpine World Cups in Asia

  • Alpine Skiing

The International Ski Federation (FIS) is keen to stage more Alpine World Cup events in Asia, the governing body's chief race director Markus Waldner has revealed.

combined with an Olympic test event, which will be possible again with the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China


Hirano makes history as youngest ever winner of ITTF Women's World Cup

  • Table Tennis

Japan’s Miu Hirano earned an impressive straight games victory over second seed Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei to become the youngest-ever winner of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Women’s World Cup in Philadelphia.

debut Women’s World Cup appearance in style.The success is also the first time a player from outside of China


Crucial Beijing 2022 railway network to feature world's deepest and largest high-speed station

  • Beijing 2022

A railway network being built here for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will include the world’s deepest and largest high-speed rail station, according to Chinese media.

It is set to be located at Badaling, the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China,

largest high-speed railway station in the world," Chen Bin, director in charge of construction for the China



Beijing 2022 braced for first IOC Coordination Commission visit

  • Beijing 2022

Beijing 2022 will undergo a stringent test of the preparations for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission conducts its first visit to the Chinese capital, which begins on Monday (October 10).

counterpart Ivo Ferriani, a member of the Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission, following a "flying visit" to China


Djokovic back from injury to headline field at Shanghai Masters

  • Tennis

Defending champion Novak Djokovic heads a star-studded line-up for the eighth edition of the Shanghai Masters as he returns to action for the first time since losing the US Open final to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka last month.

The world number one pulled out of the ongoing China Open in Beijing with an elbow injury but has now

could also see him have to go through Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, who beat Rafael Nadal of Spain at the China


Gawad and King claim PSA player of the month honours for September

  • Squash

Egypt’s Karim Abdel Gawad and New Zealander Joelle King have been named the Professional Squash Association (PSA) players of the month for September after a series of fine results.

the month with confident wins against Malaysia’s Delia Arnold and England’s Sarah-Jane Perry at the China

high as world number four in 2014.While she lost out to England’s Laura Massaro in the semi-finals in China




McPhail wins second consecutive ISSF World Cup final title in Bologna

  • Shooting

Michael McPhail of the United States has won his second World Cup title in a row on the first day of the 2016 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle and Pistol World Cup final at the Tiro a Segno Nazionale shooting range in Bologna.

Earlier this morning, Pang Wei of China won the men's 50m Pistol final ©ISSFEarlier in the day, Wei secured



Five-star Hosszú lights up FINA Swimming World Cup with total of nine gold medals

  • Swimming

Hungarian sensation Katinka Hosszú went one better than her performance on the opening day as she secured another five gold medals to finish with a remarkable individual tally of nine at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai.

400m freestyle, touching the wall in 4:03.14 to pick up her third gold medal on day two.Fang Yi of China