Different colour rubbers are set to be used in table tennis after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – rather than the traditional red and black.
China’s sweep of gold medals – complete so far after the first two International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Series events of the season – looks like being maintained as the circuit moves to Montreal.
Azerbaijan’s Rhythmic Gymnastics Group are hoping home advantage at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup which starts in their capital of Baku tomorrow will help them build momentum for next year’s Tokyo 2020 Games.
Slovenia's world champion Janja Garnbret will seek a third consecutive women's bouldering gold medal at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup that starts in Chongqing, China tomorrow.
The Chinese city of Wuxi will host a tournament starting tomorrow for qualification to the lucrative World Taekwondo (WT) Grand Slam Champions Series that will be held at the same venue at the end of this year.
Eight of the best emerging men’s teams in the world are primed and ready for the first of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Series Finals which start in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.
South Africa’s Geronay Whitebooi delighted the home crowd by claiming the women’s under-48 kilograms gold medal on the opening day of the African Senior Judo Championships in Cape Town.
South Korea's Oh Sang-uk, winner of the opening International Fencing Federation (FIE) Sabre Grand Prix of the season two months ago, will seek a second title on the home ground of Seoul in the second Grand Prix that starts tomorrow.
Japan top the team standings after claiming three of the five gold medals available on the opening day of women’s competition at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Xi’an in China.
China are assured of a clean sweep of medals in the women’s singles at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships, but men’s top seed Fan Zhendong failed to reach the quarter-finals in Budapest.
Top seeds Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova cruised into the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open after earning convincing victories.
Rio 2016 Olympic champion Laura Ludwig lost her first match back after a two-year break at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Xiamen.
Japan’s Kento Momota moved a step closer to the successful defence of his men’s singles title with a straight-games win over Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu at the Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan in China.
China’s Tian Tao dominated the men’s 96 kilograms event at the Asian Weightlifting Championships to claim a clean sweep of gold medals in front of his home crowd in Ningbo.
India won gold in the 10 metre air rifle and air pistol mixed finals at the International Sport Shooting Federation (ISSF) Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Beijing.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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