Japan and Mongolia took the medal events on day four of the Asian Weightlifting Championships here, where an 18-year-old became only the second woman from Iran to win a medal at this level.

Championships a day went by without the playing of the Chinese anthem, although it looked good for China

China have beaten Australia to win the first stop of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women

myself on the court," Zhang Yi told official Chinese state media Xinhua.In an eight team tournament, China

beat Japan 21-20 as they too went through without defeat.In the final, roared on by the home crowd, China

us to test our squad ahead of the World Cup, our players worked hard throughout this competition," China

There is no stopping China at the Asian Weightlifting Championships, where for the third time in three

The University of Nebraska are hoping to break the attendance record for a one-day women’s sports event after announcing "Volleyball Day".

women's sporting event in the US was 90,185 fans the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final between the US and China

Li Fabin won the head-to-head between two Chinese Olympic champions, a Thai teenager claimed two more junior world records and four athletes bombed out in the first 20 minutes of a remarkable session on day two of the Asian Weightlifting Championships here in Jinju.

result of the second event here at an Olympic Games weight was the same as the first one yesterday - China

first, China second and Thailand third.But the men’s 61 kilograms was far more dramatic than the women

phenomenal effort after the punishing weight loss.Chen will have five months to prepare for a rematch as China

Uzbekistan’s Jamila Panfilova was third in snatch and clean and jerk but fourth on total.Another China

Newly crowned world chess champion Ding Liren will represent his country at this year' re-arranged Asian Games, the Chinese Chess Association has confirmed.

 A mixed team event was held at Doha 2006, India beating China.At Guangzhou 2010, China won both

The Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) has partnered with the Chinese equipment manufacturer ZKC in the biggest commercial deal in its history.

This is very welcome and shows once again that China is very willing to help other nations," said Alharbi.There

million) surplus achieved by the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, to support the development of sport in China

announced in the Chinese capital that his organisation's share of the Games surplus will go back to China

The fourth edition of the 3x3 Basketball Women’s Series, due to start tomorrow in Wuhan, will not only be the biggest but will also offer the top professional teams prize money surpassing $1 million (£792,000/€908,000) for the first time.

Tomorrow’s Wuhan staging mark the first time a Women’s Series event has been played in China since its

China's Jiang Huihua just failed with a world record attempt and Thailand won its first continental title in six years on day one of the Asian Weightlifting Championships here.

records in clean and jerk and total.For the first time at this weight the top four finishers, from China

and the Indonesian Siti Hariroh was third on 71-88-159.Vietnam, who prepared with a training camp in China

Hong Kong officials are preparing to send more than 800 athletes to this year's Asian Games, the city’s largest delegation since it made its debut in 1954.

defend their title as part of an 800-strong contingent at this year's Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in China

In a year when all roads lead to the Budapest World Athletics Championships, the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha offers its usual quota of stellar talents the chance to get a serious measure of their form and fitness.

and Oregon - Pedro Pablo Pichardo of Portugal, Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkino Faso and Zhu Yaming of China

Italy have narrowly topped the standings at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup courtesy of its silver medal count in Cairo.

led the way on 30 points to secure gold ahead of Chinese Taipei's Lin Yi Chun and Wang Xiaojing of China

Solomon Islands 2023 has scored a catch by unveiling SolTuna as the official supplier of canned tuna for the Pacific Games.

tuna-dependent" economies in the Pacific by driving a redistribution of various species.Increased influence from China

If all goes to plan, they will be watching the horizon in Marseille a year from now for the first sight of the tall ship Belem as it brings the Olympic Flame. 

Olympia, a Handover in Athens and then only a "Closed Loop" Relay to the three main Olympic centres in China

through Northern Greece into Turkey, then  Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, through Burma, China

Yet in July 1937, the Japanese Government embarked on an aggressive invasion of China which ultimately

taking place in Tokyo.This was euphemistically described in the official Tokyo Olympic Report as the "China