the last eight ©Getty ImagesKarolina Pliskova dropped just four games as she defeated Zhang Shuai of China

The full list of nominees in six categories for the International Skating Union (ISU) 2023 Skating Awards have been announced, with the event scheduled to take place on February 5.

gold.Other Olympic champions Nathan Chen of the United States in the men's, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China

A museum which records the story of both the 2008 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing has been described as "uniquely placed to advocate the Olympic spirit," 

among the original artefacts on display at the Beijing Olympic Museum ©BJOMOther Olympic museums in China

Czech speedster Jan Zabystřan laid claim to be the new king of Whiteface Mountain after completing a hat-trick of Alpine skiing gold medals at the International University Sports Federation Winter World University Games while South Korean short-track queen Choi Min-jeong boosted her total to four titles here.

©FISUChoi then helped South Korea secure women’s 3,000m relay gold in 4:12.557, finishing ahead of China

bronze with a 0.79 margin over Ukrainian Vita Bodnaruk.There was also curling success for Britain and China

Chinese number one Zhang Shuai has said she hopes for Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments to return to her home country, although she insisted a possible meeting with Peng Shuai was "not in my control".

WTA events have not been held in China since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Xi Jinping's

expressed her hopes that restrictions have been eased sufficiently to allow WTA events to return to China

think nobody knows, but we saw a lot of different sports already start to play some tournaments in China

The WTA has not held an event in China since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic ©Getty ImagesIn November

2021, the WTA threatened to pull all of its events for the following year from China because of concerns

Eileen Gu returned to the slopes after a near-year absence, winning her first competition at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freeski World Cup in Calgary, winning the women's halfpipe - 11 months after winning the gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Gu became a national hero in China, winning two gold medals and a silver at the Games while representing

young American Hanna Faulhaber scored her 77.25 for the bronze.Canada's Amy Fraser and Zhang Kexin of China

France were awarded short track speed skating gold after the lap counter was found to be faulty here at the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games.

South Korea, the United States and China were all penalised in the mixed team relay as they failed to

More than half-a-million tickets have been sold for this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, it has been revealed.

Fans residing in the United States of America, England, Qatar, Germany, China, Canada, the Republic of

The second season of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour is set to start and finish in Qatar's capital Doha following the announcement of the 2023 calendar.

Saquarema in Brazil, Jūrmala in Latvia, Espinho in Portugal, Edmonton in Canada, the Maldives, Hainan in China

The third round of the Australian Open started today, with Polish world number one Iga Świątek and Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff thrashing their opponents, as day five proved a more profitable one for seeded players.

an upset later in the day, with Greek sixth seed Maria Sakkari losing to world number 84 Zhu Lin of China

China's Eileen Gu was the top qualifier in the women's International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup halfpipe event in Calgary, comfortably leading a field of eight in the final.

at the age of 17.American Riley Jacobs completes the eight, taking the spot in front of Wu Meng of China

A $1 million (£809,000/€924,000) project has been launched in the Solomon Islands to continue to help clear unexploded bombs from World War Two in time for this year’s Pacific Games.

re-establish better relations with countries in the Pacific and help counter the growing influence of China

The International Skating Union (ISU) Council has provisionally allocated three major figure skating events in 2025 and 2026 to Seoul, Tallinn and Salzburg.

Continents Championships in Tallinn last year.Colorado Springs in the United States and Shanghai in China

Tayyab Ikram of Pakistan, President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), has hailed the success of the 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup in India but insisted the event will not be expanding in the near future.

team from Canada, with self-financed athletes, managed to win a silver medal at the games in Nanjing, China

Three students from Hangzhou Normal University have returned to their hometowns to promote the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games through the event's song, Most Beautiful Scenery.

later this year, following the postponement by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Restrictions in China