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

India's wrestling team will be completely separate for the postponed Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games and the World Wrestling Championships, due to the two major events clashing in the calendar.

in Paris.Hangzhou 2022 - which was supposed to take place last year before COVID-19 restrictions in China

7 - meaning athletes can be selected for both teams in theory, with no quarantine expected to enter China

Italy were victorious in the women's and men's team foil finals today, ending the latest leg of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Cup in Paris.

Gerek Meinhardt.Marini was pivotal to their success, beating all three of his opponents.Japan thrashed China

45-16 to take third place.Twice, the Japanese held China to no-scoring rounds and lost one round - only

The Latvian hosts successfully defended their European Championship team relay title as they beat Germany and Italy at the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup at Sigulda.

pic.twitter.com/EigcZV2qkU— FIL Luge (@FIL_Luge) January 15, 2023The relay teams from Ukraine, Slovakia and China

The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) is looking to make it mandatory

for all of its recognised National Federations to include China in their respective names.

South China Morning Post has reported those who fail to comply by July of this year, risk losing

its athletes being unable to represent the territory at international events.Hong Kong is a part of China

, having been handed over by the United Kingdom in 1997.Since China became the sovereign ruler of the

Hong Kong Rugby Union.Approximately 25 per cent of the 83 National Federations in Hong Kong feature "China

"Hong Kong, China" to be used internationally, however the wording of Article 149 says this is to be

The Australian Open has confirmed that demonstrators will be allowed to wear tee-shirts bearing the slogan, "Where is Peng Shuai?" at this year's event.

off the radar.Protesters are critical of the ongoing relationship between the professional tours and China

ATP) Tour from returning to the country in 2022.The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour had asked China

to visit the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.But it is believed that Peng is still not allowed to leave China

Denmark's world and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen became the first European player to successfully defend the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) Malaysian Open with a comfortable win over Japan's 21-year-old Kodai Naraoka.

Wei and Huang ya Qiong earned a 21-19, 21-11 win over Japan's Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino.But China

US Open women's singles champion and seven-time doubles Grand Slam winner Sam Stosur, is to end her career in her home nation, with the 2023 Australian Open set to be her final tournament as a professional player.

their opening match being against 11th seeds Chan Hao-Ching of Chinese Taipei and Yang Zhaozhuan of China

Top seeds Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Akane Yamaguchi of Japan have reached the men’s and women’s singles finals at the Badminton World Federation’s Malaysian Open tournament.

the final, with An Se Young of South Korea triumphing in three sets against fourth seed Chen Yufei of China

Early figures indicate that 1.5 billion people tuned in to watch the final of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar while the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 was watched by more than three billion people worldwide. Sport has the ability to command a great deal of attention and the ability to bring people together.

worth millions of Japanese Yen.The centrepiece of Qatar’s World Cup, Lusail Stadium, was built by the China

The first permanent outdoor badminton court in China has been built alongside the Binjiang Gymnasium,

due to take place from September 23 until October 8.The first permanent outdoor badminton court in China

South Korea’s team for the World Baseball Classic is set to hold its first meeting on Monday (January 16) in Seoul.

members of the squad currently in South Korea.Pool B features South Korea alongside Japan, Australia, China

In a debate which seems set to occupy much of this pre-Olympic year, the sporting world remains divided over whether to welcome back athletes from Russia despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

from the Olympic Movement.He accused the IOC of hypocrisy because they did not allow mainland China

Sukarno hosted a conference in Jakarta.This was attended by delegates from the Soviet Union and Communist China

Sukarno.The Indonesian Communist party secretary Dipa Nusantara Aidit met competitors from China

and Li Yun Piao took gold in the hammer.Chao Yung won the women’s discus with a throw of 47.17m and China

Washington D.C. has announced plans to reopen the United States Embassy in the Solomon Islands in a bid to counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the region, which has seen them fund a number of infrastructure projects for this year’s Pacific Games in the country’s capital Honiara.

Embassy in the Solomon Islands a priority.In October 2020, the two countries signed an agreement for China

send police and military personnel if required, leaked documents show, while China could deploy forces

We are seeing this bond weaken as the People’s Republic of China aggressively seeks to engage Solomon

Before [China] becomes strongly embedded in Solomon Islands, now is the opportunity to bolster Solomon

©Solomon Islands 2023There are fears that the growing influence of China in the Pacific region will

The Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville has been awarded hosting rights for the United States' diving trials for the the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, it has been announced.

springboard and 10m platform.America won two Olympic silver medals and one bronze at Tokyo 2020, where China