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China's Zhang Yufei celebrates another gold

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China rule in pool and beyond on first day of Asian Games

China won the first gold medal of the Hangzhou Asian Games and then cleaned up in the swimming events on Sunday, breaking several records...

AFPSeptember 24, 2023

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China rule in pool and beyond on first day of Asian Games

China won the first gold medal of the Hangzhou Asian Games and then cleaned up in the swimming events on Sunday, breaking several records...

AFPSeptember 24, 2023

Professional women's tennis tournaments returns to China less than two years after the WTA vowed to boycott the country out of concern for player Peng Shuai

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Women’s tennis returns to China after Peng Shuai boycott

The WTA suspended activities in China in December 2021, when former world doubles number one Peng briefly disappeared.

AFPSeptember 15, 2023

Since the 14-game series played under classical rules ended tied, the match went to tiebreak games with tighter time control

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Ding Liren becomes China’s first world chess champion

Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tie-break victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. Ding, 30, takes...

AFPApril 30, 2023

Since the 14-game series played under classical rules ended tied, the match goes to tiebreak games with tighter time control

World

World Chess title heads into rapid-play tiebreak

The World Chess Championship will be decided in a rapid-play tiebreak Sunday, after Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi and China’s Ding Liren remained deadlocked following 14...

AFPApril 30, 2023

Magnus Carlsen confirmed in 2022 that he did not want to defend his title

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Contenders face off for world chess title without top-ranked Carlsen

Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi and China’s Ding Liren begin battling it out Sunday to become chess world champion after top-ranked Magnus Carlsen, considered one of...

AFPApril 7, 2023