Kok Chi says Zii Jia can bring up case for arbitration at CAS

PETALING JAYA: All is not lost for shuttler Lee Zii Jia in his pursuit to play as an independent player.

China plans expansion of high-speed railway equal to combined length of next 5 largest countries by network size by 2025

Olympics-Valieva leads Russian figure skating team dominated by teens

MOSCOW (Reuters) - European champion Kamila Valieva will lead a Russian figure skating team at the Beijing Olympics next month that is dominated by a bunch of talented teenagers who will be eager to obliterate the opposition.

China plans expansion of high-speed railway equal to combined length of next 5 largest countries by network size by 2025

China will extend its high-speed rail network nearly 32 per cent by 2025, roughly equal to the combined length of the next five largest countries by network size, amid an emerging consensus that Beijing is again leaning on infrastructure investment to curb an economic slowdown.

Olympics-Russia should win about 30 medals in Beijing, ROC chief says

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian athletes competing at next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing are expected to win about 30 medals, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee said on Monday.

Olympics-Team GB could win seven medals in Beijing, says UK Sport

LONDON (Reuters) - British athletes could take a best-ever tally of seven medals at next month's Beijing Winter Olympics with the potential for more at the Paralympics, UK Sport said on Thursday.

Doping-U.S. charges man with giving illegal drugs to athletes for Tokyo Olympics

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors have charged a man with supplying performance-enhancing drugs to athletes at the Tokyo Olympics, a first under a federal law allowing criminal charges against doping conspirators at events involving U.S. athletes, broadcasters and sponsors.

Soccer-Ivory Coast confirm drugs ban on goalkeeper

DOUALA (Reuters) - Ivory Coast will not be able to use their first choice goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo at the Africa Cup of Nations finals after a drugs ban was confirmed by FIFA, the Ivorian Football Federation said.

Soccer-More COVID-19 cases hit Africa Cup of Nations teams

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Four Cameroon players have tested positive for COVID-19, with the Africa Cup of Nations hosts set to kick off the tournament against Burkina Faso in just over a week's time, the country's football federation said on Friday.

Tennis-Integrity Agency to be responsible for anti-doping programme from 2022

(Reuters) - The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) will handle both anti-doping and anti-corruption programmes in the sport from Jan. 1, 2022, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday.