The following are the top 10 sports news stories in China in 2013 selected by China.org.cn.
Beijing and the northern Chinese city of Zhangjiakou put in a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
In the 2022 bid plans, Beijing would hold the ice events. Zhangjiakou, a city surrounded by mountains with ski resorts 100 miles northwest of Beijing in neighboring Hebei province, would host the snow events.