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Staal named Canada's ice hockey captain for Beijing 2022

  • Ice Hockey

Vancouver 2010 Olympic gold medallist Eric Staal has been confirmed as captain of Canada’s men’s ice hockey squad at Beijing 2022. 

Hurricanes in 2006.Canada, the nine-time Olympic champions, are due to face the US, Germany and hosts China


Mäder to become third athlete to represent Ghana at Winter Olympics

  • Beijing 2022

Alpine skier Carlos Mäder is set to be Ghana’s sole representative at the Winter Olympics here after a positive COVID-19 test dashed skeleton racer Akwasi Frimpong’s hopes of qualifying for a second successive Games.

the GOC, President Ben Nunoo Mensah has clinched a kit sponsorship "through his business partners in China



Beijing 2022 confirms 11 hospitalised with COVID as further cases reported

  • Beijing 2022

Eleven people linked to the Winter Olympics here have been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19, it has been announced by Beijing 2022 organisers.

recorded two positive tests upon arrival, despite returning six negative results prior to leaving for China

 Another athlete to test positive after arriving in China was Swiss snowboarder Nicolas Huber.The



WADA hail full roll-out of dried blood spot testing at Beijing 2022 as exciting development

  • Beijing 2022

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Bańka has claimed the implementation of dried blood spot (DBS) testing at Beijing 2022 is an exciting development in the fight against drugs, with the process set to complement existing testing methods.

Committee (IOC), the International Testing Agency and National Anti-Doping Organisations in Australia, China


Pakistan Olympic Association runs video competition to mark Beijing 2022

  • OCA

The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has staged a video competition to celebrate the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The contest was centred on the theme of "chatting about China-Pakistan friendship and good wishes for

several schools producing videos along these lines.It was organised in cooperation with the All Pakistan-China

attend Beijing 2022's Opening Ceremony at the National Stadium in China's capital on Friday (February 4).China

served as close allies since establishing diplomatic relations in the early 1950s.The long-term plan China-Pakistan


Beijing 2022 set to begin domestic Olympic Torch Relay

  • Beijing 2022

Frontline pandemic workers are set to carry the Beijing 2022 Flame as it begins the domestic phase of its journey.

Cauldron at the "Birds Nest" Stadium at the culmination of the Opening Ceremony.The Flame arrived in China

put on display in Beijing but the domestic Relay will begin tomorrow ©Getty ImagesThe Great Wall of China



Monika leads India to back-to-back wins over China in Hockey Pro League

  • Hockey

India’s Monika starred as the Indians secured back-to-back wins over China to continue their emphatic

China was seeking redemption following a resounding 7-1 defeat, but a fourth quarter winner from Gurjit

Kaur ensured India took the three points.At first it seemed China were in for a long day once again

inside just three minutes.India increased the pressure on their opponents with a tactical press which China

not break, but the women in red did enough to stop the team in blue from adding to the score.Despite China

target.Goalkeeper Surong Wu had to get down low to her right to make a good save.Shumin Wang offered China


Hellenic Olympic Committee praises China for anti-COVID measures

  • Beijing 2022

Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos has backed Beijing 2022’s anti-COVID strategy as the Greek team of five arrived in the Olympic city. 

Committee (@HellenicOlympic) February 1, 2022"I am sure that you will excel and honour our country in China

China is a country that has taken advantage of the Olympic facilities from 2008 and did not let them


Taiwanese ordered by IOC to appear at Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony

  • Beijing 2022

The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC) has revealed it has been told by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it must attend the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics here.

issues and strict COVID-19 countermeasures in place at Beijing 2022.Due to increasing tension between China

activist holds a banner to protest against the Winter Olympics during a demonstration outside the Bank of China

increasing threat of invasion by China.The Ministry of Defence for Taiwan claimed 39 warplanes from China

entered the island’s air defence zone on January 23.A group of protesters gathered outside the Bank of China

Taipei in the Olympics, after a compromise on the name was reached in 1984.Competing as the Republic of China



No major changes to COVID-19 countermeasures expected at Beijing 2022, official claims

  • Beijing 2022

A COVID-19 official for the 2022 Winter Olympics here has claimed organisers are not considering "major adjustments" to its countermeasures against the virus, suggesting the spread was "under control".

that within five days before their departure, they can have four tests [and] they can still come to China

 "We hope that people who have not made it to China will recover soon, and I also hope that they