As soon as I stepped off the plane, I was faced with what looked like a scene from a disaster movie. Several men dressed in hazmat suits appeared slightly on edge as passengers arrived from Paris to an almost empty Beijing International Airport.

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) acting director general Vinod Kumar Tiwari has claimed that the postponement of the Asian Games here has been "worth the one-year wait" after being impressed by the "Olympic Games standard" venues.

Denmark's Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen bounced back from disappointment at his home Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships to win the men's singles title at badminton's China Open, while An Se-young followed up success in Copenhagen with another women's singles gold in Changzhou.

China dominated on their return to the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Pyeongchang, winning all seven gold medals.

Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel is out of the Giro d'Italia after a positive COVID-19 test on Sunday (May 14), it has been announced.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has advanced its plans for a return to China after the Peng Shuai scandal, awarding October's World Tennis Tour Junior Finals to Chengdu.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced the postponement of the Women's World Championship Division I Group A in China, citing "ongoing complications related to COVID-19" as the reason for the move.

Unvaccinated men's singles tennis world number one Novak Djokovic is seeking "special permission" to enter the United States for upcoming tournaments.

After two COVID-19-enforced delays, Fukuoka is finally scheduled to host the World Aquatics Championships for the second time later this year, and World Aquatics executive director Brent Nowicki has praised organisers for their "stamina".

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".

Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi has denied wrongdoing, following allegations she obtained false proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has reported a 61.2 per cent increase in the number of testing samples analysed and recorded for 2021 compared to the previous year, which was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spectators at the Australian Open next week have been warned that they will be ejected if they abuse Novak Djokovic.

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed tennis players at the tournament this month will not be required to take COVID-19 tests and could be permitted to play even if they have contracted the virus.

Serbia's unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic looks set to miss two key hard-court tournaments in the United States after the country's travel authorities opted to extend their COVID-19 rules.