The Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts in China, GAMMA China, is introducing a grading system for MMA that is being monitored by the International Federation as a pilot project for possible global development and implementation.

The Chinese women’s recurve team beat the top-seeded Koreans for the second time in a row, taking the gold at the Hyundai Archery World Cup 2024 in Yecheon, Republic of Korea. China and Korea had played out an exciting gold medal match in the season opener in Shanghai last month with the former pulling ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games champions.

The head of a Hong Kong sports association resigned on Friday after making a gaffe that the government lambasted as potentially violating the "one-China" principle in reference to Taiwan, Agence France-Presse reported Friday. The Hong Kong government follows Beijing's orthodoxy that the self-ruled island of Taiwan is part of Chinese territory, to be reunited one day —by force if necessary.

Like a constant drizzle, criticism and demands for clarification keep pouring over the World Anti-Doping agency s handling of the 23 positive tests from China’s 2021 swimming team. American politicians have now united in their ask for answers from the global watchdog, the Associated Press reports.

Just two months before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, the controversy surrounding the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its handling of certain cases, notably that of the 23 Chinese swimmers allowed to compete at Beijing 2020, is growing.

US lawmakers are calling on the FBI and the Department of Justice to investigate 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but were permitted to compete.

FIBA has confirmed that Hangzhou, the capital of China's Zhejiang province, will host the fifth edition of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Women's Series Final on 7-8 September 2024. The flagship event of the women's professional circuit will mark China's debut as host.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has confirmed the competition venues and dates for all 35 sports in The World Games 2025, coinciding with its 44th anniversary, which was founded on 21 May, 1980.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has accused World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka of defaming US athletes in an attempt to divert attention from WADA's handling of the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive ahead of Tokyo 2020.

During the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach visited China, accompanied by IOC Members Yu Zaiqing, Li Lingwei, and Zhang Hong, along with IOC Vice President Ser Miang Ng.

China Women and Uruguay Men were crowned champions of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenge 2024 with final round victories in Krakow and Munich respectively to book their places in the Madrid Grand Final.

A day after Vladimir Putin spurned down the French president's call for a ceasefire during the Paris 2024 Games, Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky did the same in an interview with AFP on Friday.

The former World Anti-Doping Agency President discussed the fall-out from the Chinese swimmers doping scandal and accused the agency from the other side of the border of seeking to undermine the global body with "lies and distortions".

With the Olympics less than three months away and the aftermath of the Chinese doping scandal still lingering, worldwide suspicions about an uneven playing field won’t die down; but it’s in the United States, where the news broke, that the World Anti-Doping Agency faces the biggest pushback.