Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

President Xi's dream faces obstacles, starting with dismal performance of national team

Teenage skier survives treacherous winds, chilly temperatures, nasty fall to come out on top in halfpipe final

Skier doesn’t feel governing body’s ‘heart is in the right place’ for awarding Winter Olympics to China

Captain Marie-Philip Poulin says "this is redemption" after scoring twice in win over 3-2 against their old rivals

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

Karim, participating for the third time in Winter Games, was taking part in slalom event

Slovakian alpine skier clocks total of 1min 44.98sec to edge world champion Liensberger at Beijing Olympics

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

Cross-country skier wins women’s 7.5-plus-7.5-km skiathlon as sport takes centre stage after troubled build-up

Joint statement affirms resolve of two countries to work together against the United States

PM Imran Khan also rises from his seat to cheer for the national team participating in the Olympics opening ceremony

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

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

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

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

Stringent Covid measures and loss of ticket sale revenues pushing up expenses for hosts China

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

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

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’

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’

Host country’s official, however, adamant 2022 Winter Games will be conducted ‘smoothly’

Polish athlete Sochowicz required surgery after suffering a deep cut on his right leg during training in Yanqing

American skiing star says Covid restrictions and unpredictable weather present challenges

Beijing 2022 Games will have strictest Covid-19 safety rules at a mass sporting event since the pandemic began

Protests and calls for boycotts over hosts China’s human rights record have marred the run-up to Feb 4-20 event

The games, scheduled for February 4, 2022, will feature seven sports, 15 disciplines and 109 events