Weightlifting has become the latest sport to welcome neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus into its Paris 2024 qualifying programme.

has lifted more than even the current super-heavyweight Olympic and world champion Li Wenwen, from China

Water-skier Martin Labra has been named as the World Games Athlete of the Month for April, even though for the second month running they have given it for a performance that actually happened in February. 

the United States won gold.The teenager can now set his sights on the 2025 World Games in Chendgu in China

the 2023 Asian Cup due to start on January 12 next year, are set to face the original intended hosts, China

The Asian Football Confederation’s flagship event was originally due to be held in China from June 16

tournament is now set to take place from January 12 to February 10 next year.Today’s draw set Qatar and China

quarter-finals.Hosts and defending champions were drawn to play the opening match of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup against China

On a day when China underlined its status as the strongest nation in world weightlifting, the head of

Asia’s continental federation said the sport should make more use of what China can offer off the platform

The strongest continent in weightlifting is Asia, and the strongest country is China," Al Mana said between

week Meng Bo was also elected chair of the AWF’s Development Commission, and immediately showed what China

which will provide a huge boost to athletes and to development of the sport around Asia.Al Mana said China

It’s in the interests of our sport to have China involved, to have the strongest countries working for

©Brian OliverBesides China’s five world records, there have been six others for Thailand, Japan and China

It was supposed to be a case of "anything you can do, I can do better" on day seven of the Asian Weightlifting Championships here in Jinju, but it did not go quite to plan for Liu Huanhua.

International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov has hailed a "big step forward" for the sport after it was included in the programme for the 2025 World Games in Chengdu.

The fact that the next Games will be held in China, one of the most densely populated countries in the

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IBATokyo 2020 light heavyweight gold medallist Arlen López of Cuba lost to Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan of China

Cuban Olympic and world medallists had a day to forget as the quarterfinals of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Men's World Boxing Championships here concluded.

Chinzorig as the winner, 4-1 on split decision.López was pitted against Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan of China

anthem and another European knocked off the top of the Paris rankings - all in a day’s work for Team China

The state-owned China Media Group (CMG) have formally confirmed that they will work with Olympic Broadcasting

CMG as "one of the most important media partners of the International Olympic Committee worldwide".China

China’s Liu Lixin has been elected as the new President of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) at their General Assembly in Dubai.

Liu has been secretary general of the Federation of University Sports of China and is to lead the AUSF

Former world number one Srikanth Kidambi is set to lead India's badminton team at the postponed Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games with the likes of Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen and Ashmita Chaliha also confirming their places.

September 28 to October 7 in this year's Games after it was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions in China

China won all nine gold medals on offer at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup in Montreal for their

Spendolini-Sirieix of Britain with 357.80.In the women's 3m springboard, world champion Chen Yiwen of China

;Australia’s Li Shixin took silver with 465.25.Bronze went to Germany's Moritz Wesemann with 461.45.China

gold.Host nation Canada fought hard for the silver with 454.90.Bronze went to Australia with 451.45.China

Boliukh and Oleksii Sereda moved up one place from the last World Cup to win silver scoring 412.74.TEAM CHINA

This is probably the first time that we followed China directly and our first three dives were the exact

©IBA Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Muslim Gadzhimagomedov of Russia, left, eased past Han Xuezhen of China

Erislandy Álvarez of Cuba was the pick of the day as he knocked out World Championships bronze medallist and top seed Alexy de la Cruz of the Dominican Republic in the lightweight category at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Men's World Boxing Championships here.

to block much.Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Muslim Gadzhimagomedov of Russia eased past Han Xuezhen of China