Michal Geier, the 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championship's most valuable player, headlines the Czech Republic's squad list for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

of four.The Czech Republic have been pitted against hosts China, Italy and Slovakia in Group B.The United

States earned gold four years ago, beating Canada in the final.

Sweden’s Walter Wallberg was crowned men’s moguls Olympic champion with pre-event favourite Mikaël Kingsbury forced to settle for second place at the Genting Snow Park.

completed the podium places by winning bronze.The Japanese skier was followed by France’s Benjamin Cavet, United

States’ Nick Page and Australia’s Cooper Woods-Topalovic.

Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE) President Jorge Delgado plans to create a national Winter Sports Federation, with the country set to be represented at back-to-back Winter Olympic Games.

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso attended the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony yesterday - shunning a United

States-led diplomatic boycott of the Games - an is due to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping today.

The United States' Mikaela Shiffrin and Slovakian Petra Vlhová will renew their rivalry in Alpine skiing

The Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) women’s ice hockey team have been hit by an outbreak of COVID-19 cases with six players testing positive on the eve of the start of their campaign at the Winter Olympics here.

in their group matches.Despite the setback, ROC defeated Switzerland 5-2 and are now due to face the United

States today, Canada on Monday (February 7) and Finland on Tuesday (February 8) in Group A.The ROC men's

positive, according to Russia's official state news agency TASS.COVID-19 cases have also disrupted the United

States’ men’s team’s final preparations.Defencemen Jake Sanderson and Steven Kampfer and forward Andy

Miele have all tested positive.The United States' Jake Sanderson tested positive for COVID-19 before

China’s President Xi Jinping and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have hit out at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in a meeting held alongside the 2022 Winter Olympic Games here, with the leaders criticising "Cold War" approaches.

Russian President has been outspoken in his opposition to diplomatic boycotts of the Games, led by the United

backgrounds, and to exercise a fair and objective attitude towards the peaceful development of other States

opposing camps in the Asia-Pacific region and remain highly vigilant about the negative impact of the United

States' Indo-Pacific strategy on peace and stability in the region."

of policy of double standards, condemn the practice of interference in the internal affairs of other States

In the end it was fire and ice at the Opening Ceremony. 

Meyers Taylor, a bobsledder who had been forced to isolate after returning a positive test result.The United

States team featured an honorary flagbearer in Brittany Bowe as they entered the stadium, with Bowe

Cross-country skier Dinigeer Yilamujiang, a Uyghur from the Xinjiang region, was chosen as one of the athletes to light the Olympic Cauldron, designed in the shape of a snowflake as the Winter Olympic Games here were officially opened.

Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities.China denies the allegations but several nations, led by the United

States and including Australia and Britain, decided not to send Government officials to the Games as

Olympic gold medal-winning women's softball head coach Mike Candrea has had the field named in his honour at the University of Arizona.

Mike Candrea Field at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium.As head coach, the now 66-year-old guided the United

States to Olympic softball victory Athens 2004, following it up with a silver in Beijing four years

Japan's freestyle snowboard stars Ayumu Hirano and Kokomo Murase lead hopes for their nation prior to action starting tomorrow at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

names, with The Netherlands' Melissa Peperkamp and season World Cup winners Jamie Anderson from the United

States and Australia's Tess Coady among the favourites.Reira Iwabuchi will be a threat to team mate

but the gold medal for Japan is not a guarantee, with three-time Olympic champion Shaun White of the United

States still a threat even in his fifth appearance at the Games, as the defending gold medallist.Shaun

Irene Schouten will hope to continue the Dutch speed skating domination at the Winter Olympics as the women’s 3,000 metres event opens competition at the National Speed Skating Oval here at Beijing 2022 tomorrow.

and Nana Takagi seeking to defend the women’s 500 metres and mass start titles from Pyeongchang 2018.United

States will seek to improve on their only bronze medal from Pyeongchang 2018, with Erin Jackson among

relinquish her place to compete in the event at Beijing 2022.Jackson slipped in the deciding race at the United

States Speed Skating trials resulting in her missing the cut off for selection.Bowe had already qualified

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing are set to be one of the most intensely monitored Olympic Games yet, when it comes to cybersecurity.

Unlike the most recent Olympics which took place in countries closely aligned with the United States,

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced the next stages in the bidding race for the 2027 Summer World University Games.

The organisation has confirmed that Chungcheong in South Korea and North Carolina in the United States

University Games and the 2029 FISU Summer World University Games and Winter World University Games.The United

States has hosted one previous FISU Summer World University Games, at Buffalo in 1993, when the event

the next edition of the FISU Winter World University Games is set to be held in Lake Placid in the United

States from January 12 to 22 2023.The previous edition in Lucerne, Switzerland, was cancelled less than

India has announced it is joining the United States-led diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic

Paralympic medallists and world champions feature in a star-studded United States elite Para triathlon