China's 2016 world finalist Ding Jinhui took the first steps to avenging last year's defeat as he will go into Friday's second session of his world championship semi-final leading champion Mark Selby...
World number four Ding Junhui took control in the second session against Ronnie O'Sullivan to lead 10-6 in their World Championship quarter-final. The China number one, losing finalist at Sheffield's...
The Asian Games in Indonesia will feature 39 sports, more than at the last event in South Korea, with some unusual additions including bridge, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said Friday. But...
Online retail giant Alibaba Thursday batted down criticism over a decision to add e-sports to the lineup of the 2022 Asia Games in China, responding to scepticism about an event it will play a major...
Tai Tzu Ying cemented her status as the world´s top female shuttler as she beat reigning Olympic champion and world number two Carolina Marin in straight games at the Singapore Open on Sunday. World...
Li Yongbo, who led the Chinese national badminton team to gold medal victory at six Olympic games, will step down as head coach, media reports said on Wednesday. Fans have been calling for Li's...
A simmering feud between tennis stalwarts Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi has boiled over after an ugly public spat following India's latest Davis Cup triumph in Bangalore. No sooner had the hosts...
China's Lin Dan, a two-time Olympic champion, on Sunday engineered a brilliantly ruthless strategy against arch-rival Malaysian world number one Lee Chong Wei to win his first ever Malaysia Open...
Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei and two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China, the two greatest badminton stars of this era, on Friday stormed into the finals of the Malaysia Open for an epic showdown....
South Korea scored a blistering victory against arch rival the North in a rare ice hockey match Thursday, in a game that resonates beyond the sportsfield. Playing in the South just an hour's drive...
When the North and South Korean women's hockey teams clash in a rare match this week, defector-turned-star-player Hwangbo Young will cheer for the country that has labelled her a traitor. The two...
India's PV Sindhu won a much-anticipated clash with compatriot Saina Nehwal in straight games to book a place in the semi-finals of the India Open badminton tournament in New Delhi on Friday. Rio...
Peering up at a thinned out crowd, the Chinese team waved half-heartedly after failing to reach the play-offs in the World Women's Curling Championships, a competition they won eight years ago. The...
Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Kang Jung-Ho, the first player to jump directly from South Korea into Major League Baseball, will not be with the team on opening day, the club confirmed Friday....
Chinese authorities have stepped up security for Thursday's tense World Cup qualifier against South Korea, whose fans will receive a police escort after protests over Seoul's decision to deploy a...
India has said it may bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games after organisers stripped Durban of the event over its failure to meet key obligations. With memories still fresh of the 2010 Commonwealth...
Fidgeting nervously, Canadian ice hockey defenceman Alex Plante cleared his throat and addressed a roomful of Olympic officials in a halting new language: "I want to represent South Korea." South...
Ageing badminton legends Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan have been tenaciously defying the odds on their way to the last eight at the All-England Open. The post-Olympics months have brought a surge of...
China's Olympic champion Chen Long was dumped out of the All-England Open on Thursday, losing in the second round to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, the world number 12 from Thailand, 21-16, 21-19. Seven...
World number one Tai Tzu Ying overcame an early wobble to reach the second round of the All-England Open in Birmingham on Wednesday. The World Super Series champion from Taiwan came from 16-18 down...
