2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

IOC president Bach said the Hangzhou Asiad has set new standards for future Asian Games in different ways

Organisers say they may emulate ‘successful’ Beijing Olympics’ virus protocols in Sept event

World Athletics chief, however, says he’s concerned by number of women dropping out of sport beyond 18

Beijing denies asking Russia to delay its invasion of Ukraine until after Winter Games

Norway top table with 16 golds in a spectacle which sees milestones, doping scandal

Russian teenager in driving seat to win Olympic singles figure skating title but won't be awarded a medal

Alpine skier clocks 1min 31.87sec to finish 0.16sec ahead of defending champion Goggia at Beijing Games

Country’s Olympic Committee cheerful after CAS allows athlete to continue in Beijing

Olympians, returning positive tests, complain about nightmarish quarantine conditions

American figure skater claims elusive major prize, 20 points ahead of his nearest challenger

Austrian alpine skier produces fastest slalom run to top podium at Beijing Olympics

US figure skater scores 113.97 in Beijing Olympic short programme, with Japanese rival settling for 95.15

US star will face stiff competition to top the podium in skiing’s shortest event

Swiss Kummer, who was knocked out of Olympic event at round of 16, says she doesn’t ‘care what people think of her’

Official says chief Bach will ‘talk’ with Chinese star in Beijing; refuses to share more details

Snowboarder Synnott says she’s ‘super-proud’ after winning women's slopestyle title

Concerns by human rights have dominated build-up to Winter Olympics, to begin with, Covid-secure bubble

Canadian snowboarder fights cancer to compete at Olympics saying quitting was "never an option"

British freestyle skier feels China is ‘not well suited’ to host Winter Olympics because of human rights violation

IOC president claims everything is in ‘place’ for ‘safe and successful’ Games

More than 1,000 torchbearers will carry flame through competition areas before opening ceremony on Friday

Build-up to Games has been overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts, concerns about human rights and Covid

Congressional-Executive Commission on China urges USOPC to protect their stars’ free speech rights at Feb 4-20 event

21-year-old American snowboarder is raring to defend her title in China

Chinese capital battling to contain Covid outbreak five days ahead of Winter Olympics

Build-up to Games has been muted, with absence of slogans, floral arrangements, flags

'Ice Prince' will attempt to complete hat-trick of gold medals at next month’s Beijing Games

Self-ruled island’s governing body cites China’s ‘pandemic prevention and flight schedules’ as reasons to skip events

Visiting dignitaries include leaders of Russia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt as Beijing keen to shore up support for Games

Diplomatic boycotts, concerns about human rights, Covid, safety of Peng Shuai weigh heavily on Winter Games

Lead-up to Winter Games has been clouded by diplomatic boycotts

Medical team tasked with racing to any injured athletes during next month’s Winter Games

Country’s China-policy making council says athletes would compete in the Games

Japanese will be aiming to complete hat-trick of Olympic titles at next month’s Beijing Winter Games

Already scaled back Winter Olympics gets another hurt due to Covid-19

Tokyo 2020 chief believes Winter Games in Beijing can thrive without full stadiums

Organisation tells international community to avoid being ‘complicit in propaganda exercise’

Move comes after number of Covid-19 cases in host country reaches its highest since March 2020

Number of patients in China rises to highest since March 2020

Fears are growing about host country’s largest domestic Omicron cluster in Tianjin

Beijing police send out warning to avoid breaching Winter Games’ strict bubble

North Korea decides to skip next month’s Beijing Olympics due to pandemic and “hostile forces’ moves

WHO says city’s air pollution is far below acceptable with a month left in Olympics

Thousands of Games-related staff will be cocooned for weeks in ‘closed loop’

Boycotts, Covid, and controversy mar build-up to Winter Games in China

Head of World Athletics feels political boycotts are pointless and ineffective

February’s Winter Games will almost entirely need artificial snow for events

Organisers hope to limit spread of virus by cocooning almost every person involved in a ‘closed loop’

2022 event hosts ready for outbreaks with plans to place symptomatic athletes to hospitals

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman says 2022 Winter Games are ‘not a stage for political shows’