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British curling and short track speed skating Beijing 2022 teams named

  • Beijing 2022

Curler Eve Muirhead is set to appear at her fourth Winter Olympic Games as Britain announced its latest athletes selected to compete at Beijing 2022.

The Scot joins Jennifer Dodds, Vicky Wrights, Hailey Duff and Mili Smith on the plane to China as the

two matches, with five consecutive wins before Turkey’s victory over Japan confirmed their place in China


Beijing 2022 and IOC regret absence of NHL players at Winter Olympics

  • Beijing 2022

Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have revealed their regret after National Hockey League (NHL) players were not given permission to compete at next year's Games.

After a lengthy negotiation process, the NHL decided that it would not allow its players to go to China


Watanabe still steering FIG towards his dream of "Gymnastics Olympics"

  • The Big Read

Unlike so many other recent International Federation elections, the one which saw Morinari Watanabe re-elected as President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) last month involved a proper contest. 

Also, since two years ago, with my recommendation, Japan, China and Russia started organising joint training


Japanese Government delegation will not travel to Beijing 2022 Olympics but "boycott" not used

  • Beijing 2022

Japan is set to join the United States-led diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games as it will not send a Government delegation to the Chinese capital.

due to human rights concerns in China.Japan, while a partner of the US, has strong economic ties to China

Japan believes that it's important for China to ensure freedom, respect for basic human rights and the

has not been labelled under any specific term.A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China


Putin claims US diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 aimed at curbing China's economic development

  • Russian Sport

A diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing is part of an attempt by the United States to check China’s economic development, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed today.

stressed that he has always been against the politicisation of sports and reiterated his support for China

 Putin warned that if the US were trying to put on the brakes on China it was too late."

They cannot hold back the development of China,” he said."

China will inevitably become the world's top economy in all other respects."

China's alleged human rights abuses ©Getty ImagesPutin, who consistently touted Russia’s relations with China



Winners revealed following Chengdu 2021 video contest

  • Chengdu 2021

Twenty winners have been selected after more than 50,000 entries were submitted to a Chengdu 2021 video contest.

Championships in Oregon.Eighteen sports are on the programme for the Games, which will be the third in China


Banja Luka to hold 2022 World Rafting Championships following further COVID-19 reshuffle

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Rafting Federation (IRF) is welcoming applications to host the 2023 World Rafting Championships, after continued COVID-19 complications led to another reshuffle of future hosts and the 2022 edition moved to Banja Luka.

Ziyuan in China was due to stage the event in 2022, but ongoing travel restrictions have led to a change

2022 edition, having been penciled in for 2023.The IRF maintain that World Rafting Championships in China



Beijing 2022 organisers concede some COVID-19 cases likely

  • Beijing 2022

Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have conceded that there will be some COVID-19 cases during the Games.

A large number of people from different countries and regions will come to China and the flow of people

China has implemented some of the world's toughest restrictions since the beginning of the pandemic,

fewer than 5,700 deaths.According to Reuters, four cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in China




Geneva to hold World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2022

  • Curling

The Swiss city Geneva has been named the host of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, as well as the World Senior Curling Championships, due to take place in April 2022.

Winter Olympics.Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United States, China


NHL confirms players will not participate in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

  • Ice Hockey

The National Hockey League (NHL) has confirmed players will not participate in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, citing the COVID-19 pandemic's disruption to its regular season.

are set to run from February 4 to 20 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Wukesong Arena.Hosts China


IFSC to host World Cup in China using Paris 2024 format

  • Sport Climbing

International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced that a new World Cup will be held in China

to make its official debut at next year's multi-sport European Championships in Munich.The event in China