Canada's team of 17 athletes was one of the biggest at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships that ended in Bogotá, Colombia on Friday (December 16) - only three short of the maximum 20.

Weightlifting is not a sport in China, it's a job… in Canada it's a hobby because you don't get anything

Brazil and Turkey, the current respective men’s and women’s Paralympic goalball gold medallists, have added the World Championships titles to their name after taking the crowns in Matosinhos, Portugal.

Championship title for the third time in a row in the men’s competition, edging a tight game against China

reaching the gold medal matches.This year’s Goalball World Championships were due to be held in Hangzhou, China

Yum China Holdings has unveiled themed KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in Hangzhou, as part of its preparations

Winter Olympic Games in the same position.Some shots from the Hangzhou 2022-themed restaurants ©Yum China"We

Games Ambassadors selected from our employees for the event," said Joey Wat, chief executive of Yum China

to take place from September 23 to October 8 2023, postponed a year due to COVID-19 restrictions in China

support the Chinese ju-jitsu team at next year's Asian Games and to promote the culture of the sport in China

The link between the sport and China will continue in 2025 when the Chengdu 2025 World Games takes from

sporting cooperation between the UAE and China.It is also intended to expand the ju-jitsu fanbase in China

Chinese Generations Fund is our most recent initiative in this area, through which we hope to assist China

Wang added: "We are honoured to work with the UAE Ju-Jitsu Federation to promote this sport in China.

The Generations Fund is an investment fund launched in China in 2018.

Lasha Talakhadze had to fight for his sixth straight world title in a sensational final session at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogotá in Colombia.

Colombia topped the women's team classification in that order, and the order was Colombia, Georgia and China

World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam has vowed to ensure aquatics equipment is distributed to developing nations in a bid to boost their hopes of producing successful athletes in the future.

reshaping Africa, rebuilding Oceania other than in New Zealand and Australia, rebuilding Asia other than in China

Solideo, the company responsible for completing building works for the Paris 2024 Olympics, has announced it is looking at an additional cost of €150 million (£130 million/$158 million) due to the rise in prices in construction and raw materials and the disorganisation of supply chains.

Board of Directors only responds to the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the COVID crisis in China

The Olympic champion Li Wenwen from China has all but qualified for Paris 2024 already after finishing

World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam has confirmed that he will seek an eight-year term as head of the organisation when he stands for election under the new constitution next year.

reshaping Africa, rebuilding Oceania other than in New Zealand and Australia, rebuilding Asia other than in China

President of the Saudi Esports Federation Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud has claimed that perceptions of Saudi Arabia need to change in regards to its stance on the LGBTQ+ community.

Istanbul.Following Riyadh's hosting of the 2023 event, the Global Esports Games are set to take place in China

Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen and Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi have been named as the Badminton World Federation (BWF) male and female players of the year.

and Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan.The BWF Pair of the Year title went to Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong of China

were Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand, Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan of China

Solfrid Koanda became Norway’s first-ever female world champion when she won a sweep of golds in the women's 87 kilograms at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia.

Xiaomei in her first senior competition.None of those Olympic medallists - 87kg champion Wang Zhouyu from China

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has held its final World Cups of 2022 with Italy enjoying success with women's épée and men's and women's foil golds.

individual champion in Vancouver, beating France's Yannick Borel 15-12 in the final.Lan Minghao of China

Loredana-Elena Toma finally got the better of Chinese opponents to win her second world title and become the only non-Asian holder of a current world record in women's weightlifting.

for her moment of glory.Having spent most of her career beating everybody else except the best from China

and Toma had her second world title.When she won the first, in Anaheim, California in 2017, neither China

Taipei withdrew Chen Po-Jen and, later, Chen Wen-Huei from the women's 71kg - following the lead of China

To mark the season of goodwill before the advent of e-cards, Olympic organisers used to send Christmas cards by the thousand.

see now death to the young and bitter struggle among the nations," Wang Chengting wrote sadly from China