The round-of-32 action was completed in the singles draws at the World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban, with day five producing some thrilling contests.

In the men’s singles, top seed Fan Zhendong of China recovered from dropping the opening game, to defeat

Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6.Second seed Wang Chuqin of China was also a

straight-games winner, beating Chih-Yuan Chuang of Chinese Taipei 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.Liang Jiangkun of China

seven games by Tomislav Pucar in Durban ©Getty ImagesIn the women’s singles, top seed Sun Yingsha of China

Haponova, before running out a 9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 11-1, 10-12, 11-3 winner.Third seed Wang Yidi of China

United Arab Emirates won nine gold medals at the Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) Thailand Open Grand Prix in Bangkok.

competing as neutrals due to the invasion of Ukraine.Israel, Kazakhstan and Serbia each won two titles and China

The top seeds continued to impress as the second-round of singles action concluded today at the World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban.

comfortable win beating Marcos Freitas of Portugal 12-10, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10.Seventh seed Gaoyuan Lin of China

, 11-8, 14-12, 11-9 victory.Mima Ito, the highest-ranked player in the women's singles draw outside China

winner in the second-round in Durban today ©Getty ImagesIn the women’s draw, second seed Manyu Wang of China

in straight games, defeating Maria Xiao of Spain 11-5, 11-3, 11-4, 11-3.Fifth seed Xingtong Chen of China

Japan’s Mima Ito, who seeded seven is the highest ranked player in the women’s singles draw outside of China

The Reddentes Sport media company have been appointed to distribute the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games across the majority of the continent.

The deal covers all nations in Asia with the exception of mainland China and Macau."

World Sailing's Board has confirmed a plan to allow Russians and Belarusians to return to competition in April next year.

month, World Sailing President Quanhai Li met with IOC counterpart Thomas Bach when the German visited China

China’s badminton superstar Chen Long has admitted he is "full of emotion", after announcing his retirement from the sport.

family after so many years of training and competing," Chen admitted to Chinese State Television network China

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has claimed that the Russian-Chinese Youth Summer Games which have opened this week in Chongqing will help strengthen ties between the two nations.

Jinping last year.The first Winter Russian-Chinese Youth Games of the series were held in Changchun, China

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has reversed a decision to block its men's football team from competing at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

At a meeting on May 6, the BOA had decided to only send a women's football team to China because of the

China recorded their second successive International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Women's Series

10 win over Czech Republic.In the quarter-finals the Chinese beat local Azeri club side Neftchi 21-6.China

South Korea's reigning world champion Sera Song triumphed at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup for women's épée in Fujairah.

claiming bronze.France beat South Korea to win the team title ©FIEDefending Olympic champion Sun Yiwen of China

Chinese State Councillor Shen Yiqin has inspected several venues for this year's delayed 2022 Asian Games and Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, including the event operation headquarters.

China is set to stage the Asian Games for the third time from September 23 to October 8, after it was

last year because of COVID-19 restrictions.It is set to mark the first major multi-sport event held in China

Chinese singles top seeds Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha entered the fray with routine second-round victories at the International Table Tennis Federation World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban.

she beat Prithika Pavade of France 11-8, 5-11, 4-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-8.Olympic champion Chen Meng of China

North Korean weightlifters, who have not competed or been tested by anti-doping authorities since 2019, will take part in the qualifying programme for Paris 2024.

data is available on the IWF website, include Armenia, Bahrain, Brazil, Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, China

Natalia Grossman of the United States enjoyed home success in the women’s boulder event at the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City in the United States.

final time was enough to take gold, from Indonesia’s Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi in 6.82.Deng Lijuan of China

Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games media officer Ezmie Oge has said that preparations are "well on track" with six months to go until the Opening Ceremony.

Solomon Islands National Stadium - the venue for the Opening Ceremony - is being handled by the state-run China

due to host its first ever Pacific Games this year ©Sol2023Apart from constructing the main venue, China