been swallowed by another and Xi Jinping, all-powerful leader of the most recent Olympic Games host, China

COVID, Xi appears to be prioritising international affairs at present, perhaps encouraged by plaudits China

, international security and defence organisation, includes the world’s two most populous nations - China

impossible to isolate - Russian gas that will not now be consumed by Europe will be snapped up gladly by China

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Venessa Ortiz of Mexico ©IBAArmenia's top seed Ani Hovsepyan is forced on the ropes by Zhou Pan of China

Delhi-born boxer Anjani Teli stunned flyweight top seed Marie Sterling Kathreen of Haiti after being given the all-clear by the International Boxing Association (IBA) to represent Nepal at the Women’s World Championships here.

Zhazira Uraybayeva.Third seed Helena Bagao of Mozambique lost to Yesugen Oyuntsetseg of Mongolia, while China

after losing to Turkey’s five-time world medallist Elif Guneri.Two-time Olympic medallist Li Qian of China

Chinese aerials specialist Xu Mengtao has announced that she is targeting featuring in the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which would be her fifth appearance at an Olympic Games.

"I'm working on plans for my fifth Winter Games campaign," Xu said at an award ceremony hosted by China

try to compete at my fifth Winter Olympics in Italy in 2026," she said, as reported by the state-run China

Sara Balzer won individual gold at the women’s International Fencing Federation Sabre World Cup in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.

The French fencer edged past Yaqi Shao of China 15-13 to claim the individual crown at the Sports Centre

Fan Zhendong of China successfully defended his men's singles title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore

at the All England Open Badminton Championships, overcoming Olympic singles champion Yu Fei Chen of China

victory coming at the 2019 Canada Open, a Super 100 level tournament.There was a second trophy for China

Russia and Belarus' status in international sport while the war in Ukraine is ongoing has been described as an "unsolvable dilemma" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

wars inside Asia, besides Russia and Belarus, and we do have some difficulty between countries like China

American Lee Kiefer secured her first gold medal of the season at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) women's Foil Grand Prix while Italy's Alessio Foconi won the men's tournament in Busan in  South Korea.

Gerek Meinhardt of the US 15-12.The next Foil Grand Prix tournament is due to be held in Shanghai, China

Women’s singles top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan was beaten in the semi-finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham by China’s Yu Fei Chen.

competitions.Both top seeded pairings still remaining advanced, with Si Wei Zheng and Ya Qiong Huang of China

and Hao Dong Zhou.Across the five finals tomorrow players from only three countries - South Korea, China

South Korea's CJ Group, an international conglomerate company, will sponsor the Vietnamese taekwondo team for the 2023-2024 season.

eyeing the Asian Games as a chance to burst on to the scene, with the multi-sport event in Hangzhou, China

Russia got the better of Belarus on what was their best day yet since the start of the International Boxing Association Women’s World Championships here.

unanimous decision.Russia were one of six nations to register three wins as Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Italy, China

Stanimira Petrova pulled out of her bantamweight bout against Li Yijie.Yang Liu and Hu Meiyi also won for China

Digital collectable card game Hearthstone has been removed as an esports medal event at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou because it is unable to satisfy "preconditions for inclusion".

agreement between the game's United States-based producer Blizzard Entertainment and its operator in China

NetEase came to an end after 14 years in November 2022, and it officially shut down its game servers in China

in January of this year.There are now set to be seven esports medal events at the China Hangzhou Esports

October 8 this year because of COVID-19 restrictions in China.Esports events are due to be held at the China

As the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League returns after the 2023 Men's World Cup, the rankings received a huge shake-up after a few upsets with the Netherlands taking the number one spot.

are in eighth place after featuring in the Nations Cup and claiming the title, with New Zealand and China

Ng Tze Yong, who caused one of the biggest upsets at the All England Open Badminton Championships yesterday by defeating defending men’s singles champion Viktor Axelsen, has been beaten in the quarter-finals.

Malaysian Yong came up against fellow unseeded player Li Shi Feng of China in the last eight of the Badminton

pulled out due to illness.Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan, the third seed, overcame fifth seed Bing Jiao He of China

21-12, 21-11, while fourth seed Yu Fei Chen of China battled past Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia

Fikri and Bagas Maulana 21-18, 21-13, while top seeds in the mixed Si Wei Zheng and Ya Qiong Huang of China