Summer Sports





Badminton legend Lin to lead Chinese charge at Dutch Open

By James Crook

Two-time Olympic and five-time world champion Lin Dan will lead a Chinese delegation to the Dutch Open in October for the first time in 12 yearsAugust 27 - Two-time Olympic and five-time world champion Lin Dan will lead a Chinese delegation to the Dutch Open in October as badminton's favourite son looks to build on his recovery from the injury which restricted him to just two appearances since London 2012.



Mongolian ends Asami's bid for title hat-trick

By Duncan Mackay at the Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro

Mongolia's Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg claimed the first gold medal of the World Judo Championships in Rio de JaneiroAugust 26 - Mongolia's Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg ensured a spectacular start to the judo World Championships here today as she denied Japan's Haruna Asami a third successive title in the under 48 kilogram category.





Fox crowns dominant white-water season with victory in Slovakia

By David Owen

Jessica Fox secured the 2013 Canoe Slalom World Cup series in the C1 disciplineAugust 25 - Jessica Fox, the Australian teenager who took silver at London 2012, has sealed her recent dominance of women's white-water canoeing, winning the final race of the season in Bratislava to take the 2013 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup series in the C1 discipline by a crushing margin of more than 60 points.