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Good results gifts of hope to Korean public" - Republic of Korea players after strong second day performance.

A series of sublime performances by local star Qian Chen saw the 27-year-old Chinese triumphs in an enthralling Women’s Final at World Cup #3.

Japanese 13 year olds Mima ITO and Miu HIRANO have created table tennis history by winning the women's doubles event at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Super Series German Open, which concluded today in Magdeburg, Germany

Olympian Sally Conway will return to Samsun in Turkey this weekend (28-30 March) to defend her International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix title there.

Eve Muirhead and her team made a shaky start to the bronze medal play off against Switzerland today but came up trumps with final stone of the match winning 6-5

The 16 year old gelding’s heart unfortunately went into fibrillation (an abnormal rhythm of the heart beat that can occur in horses) whilst hacking out from Tina’s yard in East Sussex last week.

TEENAGED weightlifter Rebekah Tiler is one of ten athletes named in the nominations for the prestigious BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2013.

THE England team fly out to the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships this week, with high hopes of a successful trip to Penang.

At the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Board of Directors meeting in Lima, Peru, motions were carried to support the inclusion of C1 Women Canoe Slalom and C1 Women 200m Canoe Sprint at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

If they're honest about it, it never really occurred to the Chinese women's Tumbling team's mind that they wouldn't win the World team title Saturday evening at the 29th Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia (BUL). photo FIG

Kat and Amanda, already crowned World Games champion in 2013 continued their dominance of the synchronized trampoline events with a superb performance to score them 47.500 and the gold medal 0.400 ahead of China in silver. photo FIG

64 players from 33 countries have formed friendships, learned about other cultures and played some table tennis at the 2013 World Cadet Challenge, the world's premier under-15 table tennis event, where players represent their continent instead of their countries. photo by courtesy of the ITTF

The International Table Tennis Federation has awarded Dubai the hosting rights for the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals to be held 9-12 January 2014.

This is our Charity bout and a percentage of the proceeds will be split with Nathaniel Scheuer, who was born very prematurely at 24 weeks. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy in April 2010.

Winner of the Women’s Singles title earlier in the year at the GAC Group ITTF World Tour Harmony Open in Suzhou, Chen Meng emerged as the most successful player in the table tennis events at the 6th East Asia Games in Tianjin.

GB Taekwondo athletes Jade Jones MBE, Lutalo Muhammad and Bianca Walkden were joined yesterday (09/10) by Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Rosi “The Surgeon” Sexton and Andy “The Little Axe” Ogle.

This Columbus Day weekend, the New Jersey Hellrazors Roller Derby invite fans to join them as they take on the Dolls of Destruction from Troy, Pennsylvania on Sunday, October 13 at the Kendall Park Roller Rink in Kendall Park, NJ.

LIU Shiwen (CHN) has proven why she is the world's best table tennis player by claiming gold at the STARTS 2013 ITTF Women's World Cup, which concluded 23 September 2013 in Kobe, Japan.

Faith Pitman won a gold as Great Britain enjoyed a successful first day of the Rijeka Grand Prix with Colin Oates also taking bronze.

A group of gorgeous, talented, female skydivers aim to build a giant butterfly in the skies over Nottinghamshire. In excess of 100 Brit Chicks of all ages, backgrounds and experience, meet 12-15 September at Skydive Langar, to attempt a new British Record.

TEENAGED weightlifting sensation Rebekah Tiler was crowned European Youth Champion after a record-breaking performance in Lithuania on Saturday.

It was jubilation for France today at the World Championships in Taiwan as Elodie Clouvel and Valentin Belaud teamed up to win the Mixed Relay gold.

The British team are celebrating a stunning day at the Modern Pentathlon World Championships today (Saturday) with the women wining team gold.

A typhoon had wreaked havoc with the schedule as the women had to compete over four days instead of two but Asadauskaite did not seem fazed today with her barnstorming performance in the run/shoot seeing her add the World title to her already swollen medal collection.

The GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour, Harmony Open, successfully concluded after 5 days of exciting competition in Suzhou, China on 18 August 2013. Zhu Yuling returns service as Cheng Meng waits in the background Photo By: Fan Shen

Britain¹s Mhairi Spence gets the opportunity to defend her World Championship crown when she competes at the most important modern pentathlon competition since the London 2012 Olympics next month.