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OCA signs partnership with Tencent to promote esports in Asia

  • OCA

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has signed a partnership agreement with Chinese internet and technology conglomerate Tencent in a bid to promote the development of esports across the continent.

a key figure in the gaming and esports business in Asia.It is the publisher of League of Legends in China

League and World Championship.It also has stakes in three of the esports-focused streaming platforms in China



White selected for US snowboard team at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

  • Beijing 2022

Three-time Olympic snowboard champion Shaun White is set to compete at Beijing 2022 after being selected by U.S. Ski & Snowboard for the halfpipe team.

Winter Olympics host nation's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang amounts to genocide.In the region, China


Mass testing launched in Beijing as COVID-19 fears grow less than two weeks before Olympics open

  • Beijing 2022

Beijing has reported 12 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 12 days before the city is due to host the Winter Olympic Games, and mass testing has been introduced in three areas in attempt to contain the outbreak.

districts to maintain "full emergency mode" as positive cases continue to be reported.Cities across China

from Beijing 2022 over COVID-19 concerns and organisers confirmed this week that the general public in China



Kerr breaks Australian goalscoring record in rout of Indonesia at Women's Asian Cup

  • Football

Sam Kerr set an Australian goalscoring record as they recorded their biggest ever Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup win by thrashing Indonesia 18-0 in their tournament opener in India.

handball by Chuong Thi Kieu.The second round of fixtures is set to begin tomorrow, with Iran taking on China




Poland and Finland to ignore diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

Polish President Andrzej Duda is set to attend the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing after the country denounced the planned diplomatic boycott of the event.

situation changes at our borders, the President plans to take part in the opening of the Olympic Games in China


Public to be absent from shortened Beijing 2022 Torch Relay as UN General Assembly President given prominent role

  • Beijing 2022

The Beijing 2022 domestic Torch Relay will be held without members of the public amid ongoing concerns over COVID-19, organisers have confirmed, while the United Nations (UN) General Assembly President is among those scheduled to carry the Olympic Flame.

Torch Relay.The domestic Torch Relay will begin at the Beijing Olympic Forest Park.The Great Wall of China

abuses" towards minority groups, and the UN presence at the Games is seen as a tacit endorsement of China


Philip Barker: When the city of Beijing last welcomed the Olympics

  • Inside the Blogs

This week, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Yu Zaiqing unveiled a new bust of President Thomas Bach at the Dongsi Olympic Community Park in the heart of Beijing.

Games took place in Beijing, they effectively set the seal on the first three decades since mainland China

conferred superstar status on Usain Bolt.According to IOC figures, 94 percent of all households in China

is due to host the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony, as it did for Beijing 2008 ©Getty ImagesIn 2008, China

insisted that the Games "provided a unique platform for the social progress of the Chinese people and that China



China start AFC Women's Asian Cup with comfortable win, while hosts India held

  • Football

Eight-time winners China opened the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup with a comfortable

It took just three minutes of action at the Mumbai Football Arena for China to notch the first goal of

with Wang Shuang converting a penalty after Zhang Linyan was fouled by Pan Yen-Hsin.Wang Shanshan put China


Australia ready to "rock" after Opening Ceremony uniform for Beijing 2022 unveiled

  • Beijing 2022

Australia’s team will wear their traditional colours of green and gold at the Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2022, but the decision to introduce a camouflage design has been hailed by freestyle skier Brodie Summers, set to compete at his third Winter Olympics in the moguls.

“I’ve competed in China a few times now, it's absolutely freezing in the mountains just north of Beijing


World Cup places on offer as India eye third Women's Hockey Asia Cup title

  • Hockey

India will be eager to win a second consecutive title at the Women's Hockey Asia Cup which will see the top four finishers qualify for the Women's Hockey World Cup in July later this year jointly held by Spain and The Netherlands.

Thailand relinquished hosting rights due to ongoing struggles with COVID-19.The defending champions beat China

into ninth place in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) world rankings.The two-time champions China