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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: The 19th Asian Games was held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. With breakdancing and esports making their debuts as official medal sports, the Hangzhou Asian Games featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events, with participation from over 10,000 athletes from all 45 Olympic Council of Asia members. China clinched 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals, finishing atop the medal tally and bettering its previous best record of 199 golds at the 2010 edition in Guangzhou. The 4th Asian Para Games took place in Hangzhou from October 22 to 28, with China winning 214 golds and 521 overall to top the medal tally for the fourth consecutive time. This file photo taken on Sept. 23, 2023 shows a view of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east Ch

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: The 19th Asian Games was held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. With breakdancing and esports making their debuts as official medal sports, the Hangzhou Asian Games featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events, with participation from over 10,000 athletes from all 45 Olympic Council of Asia members. China clinched 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals, finishing atop the medal tally and bettering its previous best record of 199 golds at the 2010 edition in Guangzhou. The 4th Asian Para Games took place in Hangzhou from October 22 to 28, with China winning 214 golds and 521 overall to top the medal tally for the fourth consecutive time. This file photo taken on Oct. 22, 2023 shows artists performing during the opening ceremony of the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xin

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: The 19th Asian Games was held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. With breakdancing and esports making their debuts as official medal sports, the Hangzhou Asian Games featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events, with participation from over 10,000 athletes from all 45 Olympic Council of Asia members. China clinched 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals, finishing atop the medal tally and bettering its previous best record of 199 golds at the 2010 edition in Guangzhou. The 4th Asian Para Games took place in Hangzhou from October 22 to 28, with China winning 214 golds and 521 overall to top the medal tally for the fourth consecutive time. This file photo taken on Sept. 23, 2023 shows flag bearers carring the Chinese national flag into the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium during the opening ceremony of

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Arlou wins air racing title at Wingsuit World Championship

STORY: Arlou wins air racing title at Wingsuit World Championship DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:03 LOCATION: ZHANGJIAJIE, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of wingsuit flying competition 2. SOUNDBITE (English): YAHOR ARLOU, American wingsuiter STORYLINE: American wingsuiter Yahor Arlou won the air racing title in 25.041 seconds at the ninth World Wingsuit League (WWL) Wingsuit World Championship at Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province on Sunday. The final eight competitors jumped in turns from the nearly 1,400-meter-high mountain. Arlou took first place with a nearly flawless performance after two rounds of competition. SOUNDBITE (English): YAHOR ARLOU, American wingsuiter "This is the group of the world's best wingsuit pilots. So I think it's a tough competition and my goal is to have fun and be safe and definitely do my best. And at the very least try to improve my own time." This is Arlou's fourth appearance at the World Championship, after 2017, 2018 and

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Discovering Tibet with FPV drone: Story of a young horse-racing contestant

STORY: Discovering Tibet with FPV drone: Story of a young horse-racing contestant DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:36 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of horse race 2. various of Dorje Tseten and his family 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DORJE TSETEN, Horse-racing contestant 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Friend of Dorje Tseten 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): DORJE TSETEN, Horse-racing contestant STORYLINE: Dorje Tseten, a 12-year-old horse-racing contestant in China's Tibet, is preparing for his fourth competition. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DORJE TSETEN, Horse-racing contestant "My name is Dorje Tseten, and I am 12 years old. This is my 4th time participating in the horse racing festival. The race is about to start. Horse racing in Tibet is a sport of manliness. My father said it's lucky to be able to ride a horse. Every time I participate in the race, I ride him. His name is Drala Nyima. He is eight years old and my best friend. Every day, I take Drala Nyima for a 3-km ride to

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Olympics: Japan's Takeshita 4th in kayak slalom

BEIJING, China - Japan's Yuriko Takeshita finished fourth in the women's single kayak slalom final, the best showing by a Japanese woman in Olympic canoeing, on Aug. 15 at the whitewater course of Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 15. The 19-year-old had a combined time of 219.30 seconds in the race, won by Slovakia's Elena Kaliska with a total time of 192.64.

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(1)Japanese men, women advance to relay finals at Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Third swimmer Takashi Yamamoto relays to anchor Yoshihiro Okuno (L) in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the Olympic Aquatic Center on Aug. 20. The Japanese team clocked 3 minutes, 37.04 seconds at the Olympic Aquatic Center for the fourth best time behind the United States, Germany and Britain to advance to the final.

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Onishi snares bronze at swimming worlds

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Junko Onishi smiles with the bronze medal in her hand at the world swimming championships in Fukuoka on July 28. Sydney Olympian Onishi came through with a fourth bronze medal for host Japan after swimming a personal-best time of 58.88 seconds in the women's 100-meter breaststroke final.

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Nakamura wins women's 100-meter backstroke title

TOKYO, Japan - World silver medalist Mai Nakamura waves at her fans after winning her fourth straight women's 100-meter backstroke title with the world's sixth best-ever time of 1:00.78 at Japan's national swimming championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on April 20.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

People in teenage shogi player Sota Fujii's hometown Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, celebrate on Nov. 13, 2021, after he clinched Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

People in teenage shogi player Sota Fujii's hometown Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, celebrate on Nov. 13, 2021, after he clinched Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

People in teenage shogi player Sota Fujii's hometown Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, celebrate on Nov. 13, 2021, after he clinched Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

People in teenage shogi player Sota Fujii's hometown Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, celebrate on Nov. 13, 2021, after he clinched Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

People in teenage shogi player Sota Fujii's hometown Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, celebrate on Nov. 13, 2021, after he clinched Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

Teenage shogi player Sota Fujii poses at a hotel in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Ube, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2021, after clinching Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

Teenage shogi player Sota Fujii speaks at a press conference at a hotel in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Ube, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2021, after clinching Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

Teenage shogi player Sota Fujii poses at a hotel in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Ube, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2021, after clinching Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 4 titles

Teenage shogi player Sota Fujii poses at a hotel in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Ube, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2021, after clinching Ryuo, shogi's most prestigious title, from Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match of the best-of-seven series. At 19 years and three months, Fujii, holder of three other major titles -- Oi, Kisei and Eio -- became the youngest player to hold four of the eight major titles at the same time.

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Olympics: Japan's Takeshita 4th in kayak slalom

BEIJING, China - Japan's Yuriko Takeshita finished fourth in the women's single kayak slalom final, the best showing by a Japanese woman in Olympic canoeing, on Aug. 15 at the whitewater course of Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Aug. 15. The 19-year-old had a combined time of 219.30 seconds in the race, won by Slovakia's Elena Kaliska with a total time of 192.64. (Kyodo)

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Nakamura wins women's 100-meter backstroke title

TOKYO, Japan - World silver medalist Mai Nakamura waves at her fans after winning her fourth straight women's 100-meter backstroke title with the world's sixth best-ever time of 1:00.78 at Japan's national swimming championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on April 20.

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(1)Japanese men, women advance to relay finals at Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Third swimmer Takashi Yamamoto relays to anchor Yoshihiro Okuno (L) in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the Olympic Aquatic Center on Aug. 20. The Japanese team clocked 3 minutes, 37.04 seconds at the Olympic Aquatic Center for the fourth best time behind the United States, Germany and Britain to advance to the final. (Kyodo)

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David Pastrnak, the Golden Stick award

Ice hockey right wing David Pastrnak, 24, who plays the NHL with Boston Bruins, won the Golden Stick award for the best Czech hockey player of the past season, on Thursday, June 11, 2020, for the fourth time in a row, followed by Chicago's left wing Dominik Kubalik and Philadelphia's right wing Jakub Voracek. Voracek won the poll in 2015 and he has always been among the poll's best three players for four years. This NHL season, which had to end prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pastrnak won the Maurice Richard Trophy for the leading goal scorer. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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David Pastrnak, the Golden Stick award

Ice hockey right wing David Pastrnak, 24, who plays the NHL with Boston Bruins, won the Golden Stick award for the best Czech hockey player of the past season, on Thursday, June 11, 2020, for the fourth time in a row, followed by Chicago's left wing Dominik Kubalik and Philadelphia's right wing Jakub Voracek. Voracek won the poll in 2015 and he has always been among the poll's best three players for four years. This NHL season, which had to end prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pastrnak won the Maurice Richard Trophy for the leading goal scorer. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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David Pastrnak, the Golden Stick award

Ice hockey right wing David Pastrnak, 24, who plays the NHL with Boston Bruins, won the Golden Stick award for the best Czech hockey player of the past season, on Thursday, June 11, 2020, for the fourth time in a row, followed by Chicago's left wing Dominik Kubalik and Philadelphia's right wing Jakub Voracek. Voracek won the poll in 2015 and he has always been among the poll's best three players for four years. This NHL season, which had to end prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pastrnak won the Maurice Richard Trophy for the leading goal scorer. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Athletics: 100-m final at Diamond League

Athletes compete in the men's 100-meter final race at the Diamond League in London on July 20, 2019. Yuki Koike (2nd from R) finished fourth in 9.98 seconds, Japan's second best time on record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: 100-m final at Diamond League

Yuki Koike (L) of Japan finishes fourth in the men's 100-meter final race at the Diamond League in London on July 20, 2019, in 9.98 seconds, Japan's second best time on record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: 100-m final at Diamond League

Yuki Koike smiles after finishing fourth in the men's 100-meter final race at the Diamond League, in 9.98 seconds, Japan's second best time on record, in London on July 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: 100-m final at Diamond League

Yuki Koike smiles after finishing fourth in the men's 100-meter final race at the Diamond League, in 9.98 seconds, Japan's second best time on record, in London on July 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: 100-m final at Diamond League

Athletes compete in the men's 100-meter final race at the Diamond League in London on July 20, 2019. Yuki Koike (C) finished fourth in 9.98 seconds, Japan's second best time on record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: 100-m final at Diamond League

Yuki Koike smiles after finishing fourth in the men's 100-meter final race at the Diamond League, in 9.98 seconds, Japan's second best time on record, in London on July 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: 100-m final at Diamond League

Yuki Koike (R) of Japan finishes fourth in the men's 100-meter final race at the Diamond League in 9.98 seconds, Japan's second best time on record, in London on July 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Athletics: 100-m final at Diamond League

Yuki Koike competes in the men's 100-meter final race at the Diamond League in London on July 20, 2019, en route to finishing fourth in 9.98 seconds, Japan's second best time on record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Onishi snares bronze at swimming worlds

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Junko Onishi smiles with the bronze medal in her hand at the world swimming championships in Fukuoka on July 28. Sydney Olympian Onishi came through with a fourth bronze medal for host Japan after swimming a personal-best time of 58.88 seconds in the women's 100-meter breaststroke final.