United States President Joe Biden has confirmed that America is considering a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Beijing as a protest against China’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority.

said from the beginning, the beginning of this Administration, as it relates to how we engage with China

in response to China's record on human rights.Republican Senator Tom Cotton, a long-time critic of China

administration officials, no corporate sponsors," Republican Senator Tom Cotton, a fierce critic of China

Dutch athlete Suzanne Schulting started her bid for a third gold medal at this year's International Skating Union Short Track Speed Skating World Cup by cruising through to the women's 1,500 metres semi-finals at the Főnix Arena in the Hungarian city of Debrecen.

clocked the quickest time with 40.725 in the preliminaries.In the men's 2,000m relay, World Cup leaders China

continued their dominance as they reached the semi-finals in 2:40.621, although South Korea and China

Belarusian Olympic champion Ivan Litvinovich was the top performer in men's individual qualifying on the first day of competition at the International Gymnastics Federation Trampoline World Championships, staged at the Milli Gimnastika Arenasi in Azerbaijan's capital Baku.

recorded a score of 114.455 to ease through to the semi-finals as the best qualifier.Yan Langyu of China

Luge world champion Roman Repilov is in isolation in China after returning a positive COVID-19 test -

nbsp;that the total number other athletes who have tested positive for coronavirus since arriving in China

An email purporting to be from Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai assuaging fears over her welfare "only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts", the head of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has said.

voiced their worries.Peng also appeared at three Olympic Games - Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.China

makes it an unfit Olympic host, and the Peng case is likely to give rise to more criticism over how China

Hangzhou 2022 has marked 300 days to go before next year's Asian Games by making a call for Opening Ceremony ideas.

Hangzhou 2022 programme, and the slogans of previous Asian Games.Hangzhou 2022 will be the third time China

The Netherland's Suzanne Schulting is chasing her third consecutive gold medal at the International Skating Union Short Track Speed Skating World Cup as the tournament heads to Debrecen in Hungary for its penultimate event.

Nagoya due to injury.The host nation leads the way in the men's 5000m relay on 14,400 points, ahead of China

The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games is set to be the first in history to feature 10 archery events.

country has won 42 gold medals and it occupies top spot on the all-time medals table while Japan and China

The Chinese men's ice hockey team has lost its first trial game in the build-up to next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing, with the start of the tournament less than three months away.

2018 silver medallists Germany are in China's preliminary group.Brandon Yip is expected to play for China

Getty ImagesThere is no comment been made yet by the IIHF on which players will be eligible to play for China

to reside in the country for two years to qualify for international play.Kunlun is a proxy team for China

Despite two athletes within its bubble testing positive for COVID-19, the Luge World Cup is still scheduled to begin on Friday (November 19) in Yanqing, the venue for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, it has been confirmed. 

2022 Luge World Cup season is set to begin at the National Sliding Centre in Yanqing ©Getty Images"In China

LifeStraw provided USA Bobsled and Skeleton (USABS) athletes with safe drinking water at the recent test event at the Yanqing National Sliding Center in Beijing as preparations for next year's Winter Olympics continue.

Having the LifeStraw Go Water Filter Bottles with us in China was a game-changer for us," said United

Olympic long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford has taken to the ice for the first time after being named in Britain's bobsleigh squad.

British athlete to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics should he reach the podium in China

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has looked forward to important test events for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, after confirming the opening Ski and Snowboard Cross World Cup events will be held jointly later this month.

The FIS said construction of freestyle, Nordic skiing and snowboarding venues in China began back in

development of the course build has been going even better than expected, since the cold weather hit China

February 4 to 20.Six Ski Cross World Cup events will be held before the Games, with the season opener in China

three events after the conclusion of the Games.Snowboard cross World Cup races are due to be held in China

German Olympic champions Natalie Geisenberger and Felix Loch have expressed concerns over the implementation of COVID-19 measures at a Beijing 2022 test event, as preparations for the Winter Olympics continue.

and the Games, but participants must live and compete in isolation from the rest of the population in China

The chairman and chief executive of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Steve Simon has called for the sexual assault allegations made by Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai earlier this month to be investigated saying she deserves to "be heard, not censored".

the Chinese state.The allegations were not reported on and became subject to blanket censorship in China

The recent events in China concerning a WTA player, Peng Shuai, are of deep concern," said Simon."

above Turkmenistan and North Korea.Concerns have been raised by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China