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New look China to defend World Wheelchair Curling Championships title

  • Wheelchair Curling News

China's Wang Haitao will look to continue his dominance of wheelchair curling at the 2023 World Championships in Richmond in Canada, which begins tomorrow.

playing sixth and fourth squaring off with fifth for the right to join them.Zhang Mingliang returns for China

and not the 2022 winners Sabina Johansson and Marcus Holm.Two round-robin groups have been drawn with China


Further Hong Kong anthem controversy prompts apology at IIHF World Championship Division III

  • Ice Hockey

A pro-democracy protest song was used as Hong Kong's national anthem at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship Division III in Sarajevo instead of the Chinese national anthem.

Dubai in December and several rugby matches last year.Glory to Hong Kong was banned in 2020 after China

players is in line with guidelines issued by the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China

Hockey World Championship held in Bosnia," a spokesman said, as reported by the Hong Kong-based South China

Olympic Committee since 1951.It was previously a British Overseas Territory, and was handed over to China

national anthem at sports events since then.The city is deemed a "special administrative region" of China




Chess Federation of Russia's move to Asia formally agreed at ACF General Assembly

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Asian Chess Federation (ACF) has agreed to include the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) as part of its organisation - a decision hailed as "significant" by Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin.

The Asian school of chess is actively developing and moving forward, representatives of India and China


South Africa recycles hippo mascot for World Table Tennis Championships

  • Table Tennis

A hippopotamus called "Takuma" has been chosen as the official mascot for the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships in Durban in South Africa.

Vlasta Depetrisová the women's.The last ITTF World Championships took place in Houston in 2021 when China


Li selected as head coach for China's table tennis squad at Paris 2024

  • Table Tennis

Li Sun has been named as head coach of the Chinese national table tennis team following a three-day selection process as preparations increase for next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

appointments, the national trials took place in Beijing to determine the athletes due to compete for China

concentration all through the match although I didn't expect a 3-0 result," said Ma, as reported by China


France and Italy tipped to dominate Ski Mountaineering World Championships in Pyrenees

  • Ski Mountaineering

International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) President Regula Meier has predicted "the bar will be higher than ever" at the 2023 World Championships, set to begin at Boí Taüll in the Spanish Pyrenees.

it is so rewarding to see delegations from countries that do not have a long past in our sport like China


Plan sets out measures to ensure "zero-waste" Asian Games at Hangzhou 2022

  • Hangzhou 2022

A new action plan has been released to ensure Hangzhou 2022 organisers host a "zero-waste" Asian Games this year.

China is the biggest polluter in the world, emitting 10,065 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2019,

place from September 23 to October 8, having been postponed by a year due to COVID-19 restrictions in China


Geoff Berkeley: China no-shows at major winter sport events stalls progress after Beijing 2022

  • Inside the Blogs

There were two messages that stood out in International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach’s speech at the Closing Ceremony of last year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing.

full-scale invasion of Ukraine just four days after Bach's speech.The other was a declaration that China

time Bach had made such a claim as he looked to justify the reason for staging the Winter Olympics in China

medals table after registering their best-ever performance.IOC President Thomas Bach declared that China

Poster girl Eileen Gu was one of the stars of Beijing 2022 as China enjoyed its best-ever performance

at a Winter Olympics ©Getty ImagesInterest in winter sport appears to be growing in China with Beijing


IWGA set to create seven strong Athletes' Committee

  • World Games

The International World Games Association (IWGA) have agreed to create an IWGA Athletes Committee, which is set to consist of seven athletes.

ourselves in the strategy paper 'Growth Beyond Excellence'.”The next World Games will be in Chengdu, China