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Protests call for IOC reform after keeping 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

  • Beijing 2022

Tibetan, Uyghur, Hong Kong, Chinese and Taiwanese people have protested the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to go ahead with the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, calling for reform within the organisation.

and live performances from rights activists from the groups throughout the Games.Other concerns in China


IOC President would back Peng investigation but insists ball is in her court

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said that he would support an investigation into Peng Shuai’s sexual assault allegations - but only if the Chinese tennis player wishes to do so.

her comments and her ability to speak freely.The IOC has faced accusations of being complicit with China

why in the first meeting I took the initiative to say ‘I want to personally meet once I arrived in China


Bach declares sympathy for COVID-19 impacted athletes who miss Beijing 2022 events

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said the organisation has a lot of sympathy for athletes who have had their participation at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ended or impacted by COVID-19 cases.

A series of positive COVID-19 cases have led to several athletes being unable to travel to China or facing



Bach claims Beijing 2022 enjoys international support with Olympics fending off boycott ghosts

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics here enjoy the "strong support of the international community", triumphantly hailing that the Games' unifying message has fended off the "boycott ghosts of the past".

I thank the IOC for its active role in promoting sport in China and support and guidance for China’s


Putin praises Beijing 2022 organisation but hits out at diplomatic boycott again

  • Beijing 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has again condemned the diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games on the eve of the Opening of Beijing 2022, which he is expected to attend.

The sporting links between Russia and China occupy an important place in bilateral human cooperation.

for our athletes and rejoice at their every victory, every achievement," Putin told the state-owned China




ITA reports 80 per cent of testing recommendations implemented pre-Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has published the results of its pre-Games anti-doping programme which, it claims, covers a "higher risk period for doping offences" prior to the Winter Olympics here.

gap identified by the Expert Group in the lead-up to the Games is signalled to our team on-site in China

experienced the same problem as last year's Games, citing the decision to select 120 of its 150 DCOs from China


US claim first win of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in mixed doubles curling

  • Curling

The United States claimed the first victory of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as the nation's mixed doubles curling team benefitted from a mistake by debutants Australia here at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.

tiebreak, only for De Val to miss an open opportunity to level, instead allowing Britain to steal.Hosts China


Beijing 2022 domestic Torch Relay begins

  • Beijing 2022

The Beijing 2022 Olympic Flame has begun its domestic journey to the Beijing National Stadium for Friday’s Opening Ceremony.

a world record to win the men’s 1500m gold at the World Speed Skating Championships in an era when China

The timeless message that the Olympic Flame will send from China to the world is, we can only go faster

I can’t help but think of the day when I was overseas and learned that China took part in the 1984 Olympic

I’m thrilled to see that China has grown rapidly and become prosperous.

the torch designer," relay officials said.83-year-old Shan Zhaojian, former secretary general of the China


Norway projected to finish top of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics medals table

  • Beijing 2022

Norway has been tipped to top the medals table at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, as Gracenote published its final forecast for the Games.

to secure the fourth-largest number of gold medals with eight.Six gold medals have been forecast for China

that the performances of Asian nations could be underestimated due to several countries, particularly China


China targets best-ever Winter Olympics and no doping cases in team at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

China is looking to produce its best-ever showing in its Winter Olympic history here as well as ensuring

A total of 176 athletes are set to represent China at Beijing 2022 as it prepares to stage the Winter

claimed five golds, two silvers and four bronzes to rank seventh in the standings.At Pyeongchang 2018, China

Only China, Russia, the United States and the Czech Republic will compete in all 15 disciplines at Beijing

Short track speed skating, figure skating and speed skating are among the ice sports that China will

will implement a zero-tolerance policy towards doping at the Games.Chen Zhiyu, director of the China


US and Canada firm favourites for women's ice hockey title at Beijing 2022

  • Ice Hockey

The United States and Canada will be hard to look past in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games women's ice hockey tournament, with both nations in action on the opening day of competition tomorrow.

coming from captain Marie-Philip Poulin.Alex Carpenter, who is one of the two Americans playing in China

quarter-finals.Their matches are to determine the seeding.Group B has Japan, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark and China

defending silver medallists, with it being their first Olympic medal in men's ice hockey since 1932.Hosts China