Kim Tae-hun claimed his third successive World Taekwondo Championships title here today as hosts South Korea secured both gold medals on offer. 

Dimitrij Ovtcharov became Germany’s first winner of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) China Open title in 11 years after beating the last and only other player to achieve the feat, Timo Boll, in the final in Chengdu.

India’s Srikanth Kidambi claimed the men’s singles title at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Australian Open after beating Olympic champion Chen Long in the final today.

North Korea’s sole International Olympic Committee (IOC) member has refused to speculate on the potential of the country co-hosting the 2018 Winter Olympic Games with South Korea.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Timo Boll both came through their last-four encounters at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) China Open today to set up an all-German final in Chengdu.

Olympic champion Chen Long of China has moved to within one win of claiming his first Badminton World Federation Superseries title of the year after reaching the Australian Open final with a three-game victory over South Korea’s Lee Hyun Il.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in was among those in attendance here this evening as the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships were officially opened.

Home favourite Kim Tae-hun moved to within two wins of defending his men’s 54 kilograms global crown as action begun at the World Taekwondo Championships here today.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has encouraged the participation of North Korea at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games during a speech here at the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships.

National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) secretary general Vath Chamroeun has hailed the record number of entries for the Phnom Penh International Half Marathon, where Rio 2016 Olympian Hiroshi Neko repeated his success from last year.

World Taekwondo has officially replaced the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) as the name of the global governing body for the sport with a fresh brand and logo revealed here today at the General Assembly. 

Reigning Olympic and world champion Ma Long and fellow home favourites Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin have all been eliminated from the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) China Open after mysteriously failing to arrive for their second round matches at the Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium in Chengdu today.

Top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei came from a game down against India’s Pusarla V Sindhu today to book her place in the semi-finals of the women’s singles event at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Australia Open.

Armenia’s Simon Martirosyan won the men’s over 105 kilograms snatch and clean and jerk events today to claim to overall title on the final day of the International Weightlifting Federation Junior World Championships in Tokyo.