Games silver from RIo 2016 with a steady and calm performance in the final laser race in Qingdao in China

place going to Finland's Erica Partanen to give bronze to Yuan by just one point.Chunzhuang Liu of China

just scraped into silver medal position, however, as third placed Zangjun Xu and Wei Wang, also of China

third overall and a bronze medal.He Chen snatched finn gold from Lei Gong ©World SailingLei Gong of China

Great Britain tonight beat Brazil 4-3 to progress to the deciding match of the fourth and final qualification tournament for the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) at at MCU Park in Brooklyn in New York City. 

Dominican Republic and the 2013 runners-up Puerto Rico will also be competing.Also qualified are Japan, China

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei won the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Japan Super Series title for the sixth time in his career after getting the better of Denmark's Jan Ø. Jørgensen at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

Summer Youth Olympic champion from Nanjing in 2014, who triumphed 21-14, 7-21, 21-18.Two more titles for China

Gender equality has been achieved in weightlifting after the total number of female bodyweight categories was officially increased to eight at a meeting in Beijing.

events having already been approved for the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.Meng Suping of China

International Olympic Committee are yet to officially confirm most of these cases.Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, China

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Medical Commission chairman Mani Jegathesan has warned that their understandings of anti-doping issues will be hampered unless relations are repaired with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

the Medical and Scientific Commission Games Group in Rio [out of a total of 15] - Dr Guoping Li from China

Nagoya and Aichi in Japan were officially awarded the 2026 Asian Games at today's Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly after a presentation which included a rendition of an Elvis Presley classic.

2018 Asian Games are due to take place in Jakarta and Palembang and the 2022 edition in Hangzhou in China

action resumed at the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) World Championships a tPingtan in China

China's Hongmei Shi secured the first gold medal of the 2016 Sailing World Cup in Qingdao as she guaranteed victory in the women's RS:X event on home water.

second place to open up a six-point gap on the third placed team of Shengnan Ni and Lizhu Huang, also of China

Israel are one win away from advancing to the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC) after they beat Brazil 1-0 today at MCU Park in  Brooklyn in New York City. 

runners-up Puerto Rico will also be competing.Also qualified are Japan, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, China

from the world of business to partner with the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) at the 2016 China

Nagoya and Aichi in Japan are set to be confirmed as co-hosts of the 2026 Asian Games here tomorrow at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly following a ringing endorsement at today's Executive Board meeting.

 Huangzhou in China was awarded the 2022 Asian Games at last year's General Assembly in Turkmenistan

Jakarta has pulled out of hosting next year's Asian Youth Games to leave the event with no host until 2021.

Games was first held in Singapore in 2009.A second and most recent edition then took place in Nanjing, China

The top two ranked women's singles players crashed out at the quarter-final stage as the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Japan Super Series continued at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium today. 

tournament, Malaysia's top seed Lee Chong Wei continued his serene progression by beating Shi Yuqi of China

The 2016 World Kiteboarding Championships in Pingtan in China got underway today with the Opening Ceremony

In all the talk, public and private, about the doping crisis in weightlifting, the victims are rarely mentioned. Victims such as Ele Opeloge.

Kazakhstan (10 positives), Russia (9), Belarus (7), Azerbaijan (5), Turkey (3), Armenia (3), Ukraine (3) and China