Olympic Council of Asia director general Husain Al-Musallam has predicted that this year's Asian Games will take esports to a "whole new level" across the continent.

will make its debut as an official medal sport on the sports programme of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

Palembang, we are even more confident about the presence of esports at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

Having missed out on staging last year's edition because of COVID-19 restrictions, Wuxi in China has

World Taekwondo held a gala dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of its founding here tonight, honouring the best male and female athletes from each edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

followed by Athens 2004 winners Chu Mu-Yen of Chinese Taipei at men's under-58kg and Chen Zhong of China

67kg.Beijing 2008 men's under-80kg and women's under-49kg gold medallists Hadi Saei of Iran and Wu Jingyu of China

South Korea will take on the Czech Republic as Moose Jaw, Canada, is getting ready to host the World Para Ice Hockey Championships tomorrow.

eight teams will be competing for the world title.After the first game, Paralympic bronze medallists China

China continued its domination of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban by winning the men's

, 12-10 for the women's doubles crown.Top seeds Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin gave another title for China

Wembley Stadium sets the seal on celebrations of its 100th year this weekend with the football match most associated with the venue.

Committee (IOC) awarded Tokyo the 1940 Games.Within a few months however, the Japanese invasion of China

In the past decade weightlifting has had its share of doping, corruption and transgender scandals and controversies. 

conducting testing, including on weightlifters, and sending the samples to a WADA-accredited laboratory in China

Bach has visited Pyongyang and met "the supreme leader" Kim Jong-un.For the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China

World number one pair Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha of China defended their mixed doubles title at the

World Championships mixed doubles final, we put in a lot of effort together with the coaches and team China

 China and South Korea will battle it out for the men's and women's doubles titles.In the men's

Shin Yubin and Jeon Jihee of South Korea stunned defending champions Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu of China

6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 21-19, in what was a dramatic quarter-final.Meanwhile, defending champion Wang of China

the quarter-final stage in the men's singles.World number one and defending champion Fan Zhendong of China

Hangzhou 2022 is conducting pre-delegation registration meetings with 45 nations participating at the Asian Games by video conference over the course of three-and-a-half weeks.

Asia (OCA) last year revealing plans to reduce its scale.Hangzhou 2022 is set to mark the third time China

Russia has claimed that more than 30 countries have confirmed their participation at its International University Sports Festival in Yekaterinburg.

Organisation (SCO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States.BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China

nightmare scenario for the established sporting order, especially if global superpowers like Russia and China

The medals of the Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games have been named "Rongguang".

total of eighteen sports are on the programme for the latest FISU Games, which will be the third in China

Omar Assar of Egypt became the second man from Africa to reach the quart-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships.

 It was business as usual for reigning Olympic champion Ma Long of China, who eased past Lim Jong-hoon

of the mixed doubles later.The 2021 silver medallists got the better of Lin Shidong and Kuai Man of China

brushing past Yubin Shin of South Korea 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5.World team champion Chen Xingtong of China

Homeless people living in Paris will be encouraged to leave in the build-up to next year's Olympics and Paralympics in the French capital.

France 24.Homeless people were reportedly moved on before the Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.In China

Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase cooperation in sport amid the

Administration of Sports.Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Premier of the State Council of China

Paris 2024 Olympics.Russia hopes that the Games could feature BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China

proposed hosting the first Games of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which includes Russia, China

An important part of the memorandum of understanding and cooperation between Russia and China, signed

scenario for the International Olympic Committee, especially if global superpowers like Russia and China

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) chief executive Steve Simon has claimed that Peng Shuai is safe and that the organisation "knows where she is".

We have taken a very strong stance in China, which very few companies or industries have done.

 "Almost two years later, the progress we wanted to see in China has not led to a solution.

 "I hope the return of the WTA to China will give us the opportunity to do so."

and will resume tournaments in China this September."

 "But we never said we would never come back to China.