The world table tennis ruling body has been changing rules in order to make the game a greater spectacle, but inadvertently putting an early end to a few glorious careers including Liu Guoliang's.
Defending champions Zhang Jike and Li Xiaoxia from China will face a tough challenge at the upcoming World Table Tennis Championships which start in eastern China's Suzhou on Sunday.
The doping hearing of Malaysian former world No. 1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei started here on Saturday before a three-member Badminton World Federation (BWF) panel.
World top ranked shuttler and top seed Chen Long of China beat compatriot and five-time world champion Lin Dan in the men's singles final here on Sunday.
Two teams from Vietnam and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday beat their rivals at the semi-finals to enter the final round of the VTV-Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup being held in Vietnam's central Quang Tri province.
World No. 1 Chen Long, who beat twice Olympic champion Lin Dan in Saturday's semifinals, fought back from one set down to beat Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen at the All England badminton championships on Sunday.
Chinese top badminton star Lin Dan felt it hard to understand the All England Open draw that put all five Chinese players in the same half.
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was beaten by local hero Matthew Stevens 4-3 in the third round of the Welsh Open in Cardiff on Wednesday.
Despite the pull out of Guangzhou Evergrande, the Chinese women's volleyball league still saw a boost in 2014-2015 season. Without any overseas players, Bayi defeated Shanghai 3-1 in the best-of-five finals on Tuesday to claim their first league title in 13 years.
Asian table tennis players won three of the four titles at the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Hungary Open here on Sunday.
Badminton players from China won the gold medal in men's singles and the mixed doubles on Sunday, at the Badminton World Federation World Superseries Finals in Dubai, United Arab of Emirates.
Cuban volleyball players will have the possibility to play in foreign leagues beginning from next year, local press reported on Sunday.
Chinese swept the top four positions in the yearend men's world table tennis rankings which were released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Wednesday.
China's Ding Junhui said on Wednesday that he is very "proud" to become the first ever Asian world number one.
Second seed Ding Junhui overpowered Irish amateur John Sutton 6-0 in the first round of the snooker UK Championship at the Barbican Center here on Wednesday.
Badminton world No.1 Lee Chong Wei is confident his name will be cleared following his provisional suspension by the sport's governing body (BWF) for an anti-doping violation.
The 2017 Badminton World Championships will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced on Saturday.
"I hope Lee Chong Wei will come back to court as soon as possible." Chinese badminton superstar Lin Dan said on Wednesday in Fuzhou at 2014 Badminton China Open, part of BWF super-series.