Heartbreaking and life-changing: Here’s what’s being said at the Beijing Games
The Beijing Olympics close on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on over two weeks of sporting and other drama.…
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2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
IOC president Bach ‘very disturbed’ by Valieva’s Beijing Olympics performance
IOC President Thomas Bach says he was "very disturbed" byKamila Valieva's performance after she fell several times and seemed overwhelmed by the doping scandal that has engulfed her.…
‘Hard not to cry’: What is being said at the Beijing Olympics
With the Beijing Olympics into their second week, there's already been plenty of drama, both on and off the ice and snow.…
Beijing Olympics mixed team events showcase greater gender balance
The Beijing Olympics are the most gender-balanced Winter Games ever, with competitors saying the expansion of mixed team events helping drive up standards in women's sport.…
New Zealand win historic first Winter Olympics gold
Zoi Sadowski Synnott gave New Zealand their first ever Winter Olympics gold medal after winning the women's snowboard slopestyle final at the Beijing Games.…
Hong Kong activist arrested ahead of planned Olympics protest
China has embarked on a crackdown in Hong Kong following massive and at times violent pro-democracy protests, imposing a sweeping national security law that criminalised much dissent.…
Beijing Olympics set to open under cloud of COVID, rights fears
The 'Bird's Nest', the distinctive lattice-shaped arena, took centre stage at the 2008 Games - seen as China's coming-out party to the world - and will do so again as Beijing becomes the first…
Beijing reports highest COVID cases since June 2020 as Olympics loom
Beijing recorded its highest number of new COVID-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days.…