China’s men’s ice hockey debut began with an 8-0 loss to the United States, with the build-up to their Olympic campaign having been dominated by discussions over the standard of the team.

the NHL withdrawal, but opened the tournament with a 5-1 win over Pyeongchang 2018 silver medallists Germany

Cross-country skier Natalia Nepryaeva won silver for the Russian Olympic Committee in the women’s 15 kilometres skiathlon at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

ImagesNepryaeva’s best World Championship performance came last year, when she won silver in Oberstdorf, Germany

Germany completed the luge clean sweep at the Winter Olympics here as Natalie Geisenberger helped to

Austria's Alessandro Hämmerle has won the gold medal in men's snowboard cross in a photo finish with young Canadian Éliot Grondin in a battle between two of the best in the world at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games here.

Spain.Tommaso Leoni of Italy finished eighth as the last athlete in the small final.Martin Nörl of Germany

Home favourite Oriol Cardona Coll and Slovakia's Marianna Jagerčíková earned sprint gold medals at the International Ski Mountaineering Federation’s European Championships in Boí Taüll.

took silver with a time of 3:12.313, with France's Emily Harrop third in 3:15.725.Tatjana Paller of Germany

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt completed a hat-trick of victories in the Olympic luge doubles competition, leading a German one-two finish at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre.

Olympic gold.The German one-two was completed by Eggert and Benecken, who clocked a time of 1:56.653.Germany

Roberts Plume were fourth in 1:57.419, with their team mates Andris and Juris Sics following in 1:57.419.Germany

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Vinzenz Geiger won the gold medal in the Nordic combined normal hill event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, producing a late charge none of his rivals on the snow could match.

advantage of top contenders Jarl Magnus Riiber from Norway and reigning champion Eric Frenzel from Germany

invited, but declined to lead the bobsled team in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

It is believed by some that this decision was due to his disagreeing with the politics in Germany at

The National Hockey League (NHL) is planning to stage a World Cup of Hockey before the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics - but has again insisted it is not opposed to its players competing at the Games in Italy.

2016, when Canada beat Team Europe in the best-of-three-games final.Team Europe featured players from Germany

Olympic champion Eric Frenzel of Germany and world champion Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway are the two

in January.Lamparter was also crowned world champion in the large hill/10km event in Oberstdorf in Germany

be back in action by the time this event is scheduled to take place on February 15.Vinzenz Geiger of Germany

Ghanaian skeleton racer Akwasi Frimpong says he feels like Africans "don’t belong" at the Winter Olympics here after seeing the number of athletes representing the continent at the Games halved in the space of four years.

Frimpong climbed from 99th in the IBSF rankings to just outside the top 60 in the world.He arrived in Germany

United States network NBC have reported that viewers have streamed one billion minutes of Olympic content in the first three days of Beijing 2022, though audience figures for traditional broadcasts remain disappointing.

for the Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2022 as they did Tokyo 2020 ©EurosportAdams also reported that in Germany

The German Olympic Youth Camp is underway in Bavaria following the start of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. 

been planed.Talking points of the programme include sustainability concepts for major sports events in Germany

A joint United Kingdom and Ireland bid for UEFA Euro 2028 has been confirmed, with a similar proposal for the 2030 FIFA World Cup shelved.

Getty ImagesOther countries including reigning European champions Italy have also mooted a bid for 2028.Germany