Fan Zhendong maintained his impressive run of form after he was not included in China's squad for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games by clinching a second straight title with victory over team-mate Xu Xin in the final of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Men's World Cup in Saarbrücken.

sport with a commanding win against Ma Long, the world number one and Olympic champion, at last month's China

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Poomsae Championships in Lima came to a close today with the First Lady of Peru, Nancy Lange Kuczynski, witnessing the action.

bronze for claiming the third step on the podium.In the pairs cadet event, South Korea claimed gold over China

Pyeongchang 2018 faces a major test on the road to the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games on Wednesday (October 5) when the first Coordination Commission under new President Lee Hee-beom gets underway.

companies.As well as Lindberg, other Coordination Commission members include IOC vice-president Yu Zaiqing of China

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with the nation's athletes who won medals at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Presidential Palace on the outskirts of Ankara.

competition, whilst the nation's women's goalball team claimed the third gold medal after they beat China

Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are the four nations in contention to host the next edition of the Asian Beach Games, insidethegames has been told.

event in Bali in Indonesia in 2008 was followed by competitions in Muscat in Oman in 2010, Haiyang in China

Rowing, for me, is a sport that conjures memories of wind, rain and early morning starts as I clumsily pulled my way down a weed infested river because I had been told I "simply had to give it a go while at university…"

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit next year set to involve the leaders of 20 regional powers, including China

The International Judo Federation (IJF) have launched their fifth educational tour at the Taj Mahal in India, in an effort to promote the values of the sport.

Educational tours have previously taken place in China, northern Canada, Oceania and Australia, with

Kristian Karlsson of Sweden produced two superb performances to book his place in his first-ever International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Men's World Cup semi-final at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken today.

he is to progress further at the tournament as he is due to take on world number two Fan Zhendong of China

A total of eight gold medals were won by seven different countries on the penultimate day of competition at the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Poomsae Championships at the National Sport Village in Lima.

China, Thailand, Turkey, South Korea, Australia, United States and Ukraine all claimed gold medals during

to first place in the junior female division of the team competition by Thailand, with Vietnam and China

Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) President Majid Rashed has praised the performances of athletes from the continent at Rio 2016 and vowed to build on the "incredible legacy" to "spur our nations on to success".

due to take place in Asia - Pyeongchang 2018, Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022.The APC chief singled out China

Birmingham’s decision to join Liverpool in planning to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games has further energised preparations for the Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) General Assembly in Edmonton, which CGF chief executive David Grevemberg describes as “unlike any before".

which it encourages - for instance, it was pilloried for failing to eradicate all human rights abuse in China

Qatar and Thailand took the spoils on the sand here this morning as the most iconic event on the Asian Beach Games programme concluded in a carnival atmosphere.

Radarong and Tanarattha Udomchavee secured a straight sets victory over Wang Xinxin and Tang Ningya of China

soccer final 4-3 against Oman elsewhere after Lebanon beat Afghanistan 9-5 for bronze.Vietnam edged China

52 gold, 44 silver and 43 bronze.Thailand placed second with 36 gold, 20 silver and 30 bronze while China

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú clinched another four gold medals to round off the Beijing leg of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup with a total of seven titles at the Water Cube.

backstroke in a time of 56.56sec, touching the wall ahead of Ukrainian Daryna Zevina and Chen Jie of China

races.Morozov clocked 56.33 to edge Brazil’s Felipe Lima in the 100m breaststroke, with Yan Zibei of China

The host nation will be aiming to win all five titles at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Victor Korea Open after ensuring a presence in every final in Seoul today.

top seeds Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong, who came through against Huang Kaixiang and Wang Yilu of China

Five countries won a pair of gold medals each as 11 titles were decided on day two of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Poomsae Championships in Lima.

The Philippines, Iran, China, South Korea and the United States all doubled up, with Germany winning

Peru claiming one of the bronze medals alongside the US.Freestyle over-17s team gold medals went to China