Winter Games

Funding gaps and warm temperatures challenge preparations for the tournament

Tensions in athletes village, threats of boycotts, eleventh-hour ban on Russia mar lead-up to Winter Games

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

Two-time Olympic gold medallist after ‘mindboggling’ third failure to finish in China

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

Maliszewska describes ‘traumatic’ experience of being ruled in or out of Games

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

Shock champion of two different Winter Games sports is ditching pre-event pressure

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

Meeting is expected to be first of several as dignitaries descend on Beijing for Olympics

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

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

Head of Human Rights Watch, calling on more countries to join diplomatic boycott over rights abuses by China

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

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

Stakeholders dismiss any idea of postponement of Beijing Winter Games amid Covid surge

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

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

No government representative will travel to China for February’s Winter Games

IOC official Pound says ‘there’s nothing wrong’ with Winter Games hosts from sporting perspective

IOC president says ‘participation of athletes’ in 2022 Beijing Olympics is all that matters

The dating app owned by Match Group has seen major spikes in usage at the Olympics

Karim, Human end on 72nd, 108th ranks in their respective events

Two-man contingent to take part in event in South Korea on February 9

Contingent bags three gold, seven silver and six bronze medals

Tropical country's ice hockey team is all set for Asian Winter Games debut