The detailed route of the Olympic Torch for Paris 2024 is set to be unveiled in June at the Sorbonne in Paris, the very place where the revival of the Olympic Games was agreed in 1894.

for Beijing 2008 passed through Paris but was curtailed by protests against human rights abuses in China

The 19th World Athletics Championships is due to take place in Budapest over nine days of competition, from August 19 to 27, in the 35,000-capacity National Athletics Centre that has been newly built on the banks of the River Danube. 

races was followed home by Poland's Katarzyna Zdzieblo in silver-medal position and Qieyang Shijie of China

Men's long jump  19.30 CETWang Jianan of China will seek to defend his world title - but the favourite

world and Olympic silver medallist, will be ready to jump in.Women's shot put 20.15 CETGong Lijiao of China

Hangzhou is hosting the Asian Kurash Championship in what has been billed as an international test event for the delayed Asian Games in the Chinese city.

Games were delayed from 2022 until September 23 to October 8 2023 due to tough COVID-19 restrictions in China

Home climber Chon Jongwon will attract special attention as the Sport Climbing World Cup moves on to the South Korean capital of Seoul from tomorrow.

silver in Seoul last year and is looking to upgrade to gold this year, plus a strong contingent from China

Over the last week, Pope Francis has insisted that the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games "may offer the opportunity, through sport, to bear witness to an authentic expression of fraternity, which the world greatly needs."

Liddell spent one Sunday preaching at the Scottish church in Paris and after the Olympics, returned to China

Equestrian Federation (FEI) President Ingmar De Vos has pledged to renew efforts to develop the sport in China

"We had appointed a regional development officer, mainly for China, but due to this two years standstill

, we were not able to do anything, but we are picking it up and planning to go to China in the near future

,” De Vos said,"There has been tremendous development in China, the first time I went there in 2011,

For us China is a very important market, a developing market, because let’s be honest it’s an industry

and we also want to see this industry flourishing in China."

The Global Esports Tour is set to head to Rio de Janeiro for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons following a deal between the Global Esports Federation (GEF), the state's Government, and the Brazilian Confederation of Games and Esports.

whole.Global Esports Tour events have also been held in the United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, China

More than 20,000 volunteers have been recruited for the Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation World University Games.

Games.The Games have been postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent restrictions in China

Chefs de Mission of countries set to compete at the delayed Asian Games in Hangzhou were given a venue tour during their visit to the Chinese city.

China hosted the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and I think they are capable of hosting the Olympics

Russian President Vladimir Putin has celebrated the country’s "long-standing and strong" ties with the International Military Sports Council (CISM), who are staging their General Assembly in Moscow, despite the country's invasion last year of Ukraine.

the Russian or Belarusian militaries or national security agencies.CISM vice-president Yijang Wang of China

The volunteer programme for Paris 2024 has already exceeded its applications target, with more than 200,000 registered with nine days remaining.

unveiled during the same period.The volunteer records for the Summer and Winter Olympics are held by China

A trio of China’s gold medallists from last year's Winter Olympics in Beijing have attended the premiere of the Official Film of the Games at the  Beijing International Film Festival.

 The film is now set to go on general release in China and world wide on May 19."

Four-time world champion Mark Selby came out on top in an all-English battle against Gary Wilson to reach the quarter-finals at the 2023 World Snooker Championship.

number 12 Jack Lisowski of England 13-8.Another qualifier to make it to the last-eight was Si Jiahui of China

The Badminton Asia Championships are set to begin tomorrow, running until April 30, in the first of five editions being held at the Al Nasr Club in the Emirati city of Dubai.

the other to Yamaguchi, who triumphed on the continental stage in 2019.Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has held meetings with officials from Venezuela, Bolivia, Honduras and Cuba seeking to advance ties with Central and South American nations.

in Ukraine, leading to it seeking participation in events with members of the Brazil, Russia, India, China