Winter Olympics

The Japan Olympic chief will talk to the mayor of the city as majority of its people are against hosting the event

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

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

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

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

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

Athlete is sole representative of country at 2022 Beijing Games, participating in Slalom

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

Olympians, returning positive tests, complain about nightmarish quarantine conditions

Swiss alpine skier clocks total of 1:13:51 to win Olympic super-G gold while another Swiss claimed bronze

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

Slovakian alpine skier clocks total of 1min 44.98sec to edge world champion Liensberger 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’

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

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

Skeleton racer Meylemans says ‘I will be able to train a little better’ after being moved back to Olympic Village

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

Unnamed athlete contracts virus during Luge World Cup, despite stringent measures in place to control any outbreaks

It is the second such symbolic gesture this year by the two Koreas, walking together at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

The Beijing Games may not be an example of thriftiness for other nations to emulate

27-year-old athlete's eye-catching facial hair quivered as he flew into third place in ski-jumping event at Olympics

There is speculation Pyongyang could invite Moon to visit later this year

Organisers had refused to give athletes from Iran, North Korea Galaxy Note 8 from sponsor Samsung

North Korea appears cold to join the Winter Olympics