Asian University Sports Federation welcomes increase in female participation

Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) President Yanqing Xue has stressed gender equality is a priority for the organisation as it continues to grow its membership.
Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) President Yanqing Xue has stressed gender equality is a priority for the organisation as it continues to grow its membership.
Kirov in Russia is staging the first and only International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) Ice Climbing World Cup in a severely disrupted 2020-2021 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo withstood a fightback from Alexander Bolshunov to secure men’s cross-country relay gold for Norway at the International Ski Federation Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf.
Recently-crowned world champion Dmitry Loginov will hope to move a step closer to adding the overall parallel International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup crown to his résumé tomorrow.
Germany claimed an emphatic victory in the final men’s relay competition of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup season, but it was Norway who came away with the crystal globe after a third-place finish in Nové Město na Moravě.
UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger has been invited to speak at this weekend's World Taekwondo Gender Equity and Women Leadership Forum.
Pressure is mounting on Norway to pull out of next year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar, should they qualify, amid concerns over human rights and labour workers in the host country.
The Semaine Olympique Française - which was set to offer four qualification spots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Tokyo 2020 women’s football playoff between South Korea and China is now set to take place in April - more than a year after it was originally scheduled to be held.
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has confirmed the match schedule and tip-off times for the men’s and women’s tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Croatia and Russia wrapped up the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Cairo by winning the men’s and women’s trap team finals respectively.
Austria’s teenage sensation Johannes Lamparter produced a dominant display to win Nordic combined gold at the International Ski Federation Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf.
Former junior world number one Shintaro Mochizuki is set to make his Davis Cup debut as Japan face Pakistan in the World Group I at the Pakistan Sports Complex in Islamabad.
Sweden captured the women’s International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup relay crystal globe after winning the sixth and final event of the season in Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic.
Bilbao in Spain, Irish capital Dublin and Glasgow in Scotland face being cut from the list of hosts for this year’s delayed Euro 2020.