For Chinese table tennis star Fan Zhendong the Youth Olympics will be more likely a stepping-stone.
As the first gymnast from Cayman Islands to compete internationally, Morgan Lloyd is making history for her NOC, one flip at a time.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) promotion manager Matt Pound calls for next Timo Boll Monday in order to achieve better recognition and participation for the sport.
For London Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte, taking part in the Youth Olympic Games is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. So she decided to skip the European Swimming Championships to come to Nanjing.
Jiang Huihua won China's first medal at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games on Sunday, outclassing the field in the women's 48kg event to take the gold with ease.
Brittany Dutton of Australia took the first gold medal of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games by winning the women's triathlon here Sunday morning.
The opening ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be "very different" from that of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, according to Chen Weiya, general director of both events.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday encouraged Chinese young people to work together with global companions to address poverty, climate change and other critical issues that the world is facing at the moment.
As he visited athletes practicing a variety of sports on Friday, President Xi made sure to give a boost to China's sports culture and youths' physical fitness.
South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun has been spotted in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province.
Chinese badminton star Lin Dan runs with the Olympic torch during the relay for the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Aug 8, 2014.
The Japanese Olympic Committee has asked its athletes participating in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to wear casual clothes outside of the event to avoid exposing their nationality, the Beijing Youth Daily reported, citing Japanese media.
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