North Korea nuclear test site to close in May, South Korea says North Korea’s nuclear test site will close in May, the South Korean president’s office has said. A spokesman said the closure of the Punggye-ri site would be done in public and foreign experts from South Korea and the US would be invited to … Read more
Chinese Olympic diving champion He Zi has reluctantly retired aged 26 citing a nagging foot injury and her joy at expecting to become a mother this year. He, who won gold in the synchronised 3m springboard competition at the 2012 London Olympics, said she had taken an 11-month break after the 2016 Rio Games. But … Read more
China’s Sun Yang awkwardly embraced arch nemesis Mack Horton on the podium after beating the Australian Olympian at the world championships on Sunday. Horton, 21, planted the seed for a rivalry for the ages when he dismissed Sun as a ‘drug cheat’ before upsetting the defending champ to take gold on his Olympic debut at … Read more
China’s Shi Tingmao poses with the gold medal during the podium ceremony for the women’s 3m springboard final during the diving competition at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, on July 21, 2017 Olympic champion Shi Tingmao earned China’s eighth diving gold of the world aquatic championships on Friday with victory in the women’s … Read more
China’s Xie Siyi burst into tears after winning the men’s 3m springboard gold at the world aquatic championships on Thursday as reigning Olympic champion Cao Yuan finished a lowly 10th. Having won the 1m springboard title at the 2015 world championships in Kazan, Xie made a seamless transition to the higher height in Budapest to … Read more
Cheong Jun Hoong won Malaysia’s first ever diving gold medal at the aquatics world championships in Budapest on Wednesday in the women’s 10 metre platform event. “My god, I´m a world champion!” said Cheong who came first with 397.50 points. “I hoped for a medal, but I didn’t think I could beat the Chinese divers,” … Read more
Chinese duo Chen Aisen and Yang Hao cruised to gold in the men’s synchronised 10m platform at the world aquatics championships in Budapest on Monday. The duo scored perfect 10s in the six-dive final, earning 498.48 points, well ahead of Russian pair Aleksandr Bondar and Viktor Minibaev on 458.85 points. The title, China’s fifth diving … Read more
World champion and Olympic title holder Shi Tingmao with partner Chang Yani won China’s ninth gold in a row in the women’s 3-metre springboard synchro competition at the world aquatics championships in Budapest on Monday. “Of course I am very happy to defend my title in this event, and being able to reach it with … Read more
China maintained their two-decade dominance in the women’s 10 metre synchronised platform at world aquatics championships in Budapest on Sunday. Competing for the first time together Ren Qian and Si Yajie took gold for China which has now won this event at all nine world meets since Ukraine won in 1988. “We were very nervous … Read more
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan have set their sights on joining the Indian doubles elite by winning their first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. Raja and Sharan ended their long wait for a first victory at the All England Club as they defeated Kyle Edmund and Joao Sousa 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) in … Read more
China’s table tennis stars usually demolish their rivals but they may be fighting a losing battle after mounting a rare challenge against more formidable opposition — their own sports system. In a rare show of dissent, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin — the world’s top three men’s players — downed paddles at last … Read more
Japan’s Yuichi Sugita lifted his first ATP title after winning the grass-court tournament at Antalya on Saturday. The 66th-ranked Sugita battled past France’s Adrian Mannarino, ranked four places above him, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4). The 28-year-old from Sendai had earned a berth in his first final after Marcos Baghdatis retired in Friday’s semi-final with heat exhaustion. … Read more
The powerful China men’s table tennis team on Thursday pulled out of next week’s Australian Open, deepening a crisis sparked by the removal of their head coach. The team’s withdrawal from next week’s event on the Gold Coast was announced by the governing International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in a statement issued Thursday. It comes … Read more
Chinese swim star Ning Zetao will not defend his 100m freestyle world title next month after failing to qualify for the Budapest showpiece, state media said on Tuesday. The fresh-faced Ning, a fan favourite in China after winning the world championship crown in 2015, clocked 49.67 seconds this week in his 100m free heat in … Read more
India’s Kidambi Srikanth blew away China’s Shi Yuqi with a “dream” performance to set up an Australian Open final against Olympic champion Chen Long on Saturday. The 11th-ranked Srikanth beat Shi, the world number four, 21-10, 21-14 in just 37 minutes to reach his third successive Superseries final. China’s Chen gave himself a shot at … Read more
South Korea Sunday won badminton’s Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14 years with an emotional 3-2 victory over 10-time champions China at Australia’s Gold Coast. The South Koreans claimed their fourth cup in the biennial tournament with a charged 21-17, 21-13 win by Choi Sol-Gyu and Chae Yoo-Jung in the mixed doubles match. … Read more
Three-time champions South Korea beat Thailand 3-1 to reach the final of the mixed teams Sudirman Cup at Australia’s Gold Coast on Saturday. The South Koreans downed the Thais with a clutch of teenage players in the absence of their biggest names and will face either defending champions China or Japan in Sunday’s final. Sung … Read more
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye is due to go on trial Tuesday over the spectacular corruption scandal that brought her down, the country’s third former president to appear in the dock. The fallen head of state will be taken from the detention centre where she is being held to Seoul Central District Court, setting … Read more
India’s national shooting team have been forced to spend the day at an airport after customs officials refused to allow them back into the country carrying guns and ammunition. The embarrassing gaffe left top shooters, including Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gurpreet Singh, stranded for over 12 hours at Delhi’s international airport until their paperwork cleared, … Read more
Rio Olympic gold medallist Chen Long beat his Chinese team-mate Lin Dan in the men´s singles final on Sunday to win his first Badminton Asia Championship and boost his claims for a berth at the world championships. The 28-year-old Chen had not won a tournament since last year´s Olympics but ended his barren run in … Read more