Michael Pavitt: Boycott talk over social media and Beijing 2022, but can sport get balance right?

Boycotts have been the talk of sport this week for different reasons.
Boycotts have been the talk of sport this week for different reasons.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned of a robust response should the United States opt to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games amid ongoing concerns over human rights in the host nation.
Milan Cortina 2026 President Giovanni Malagò has said organisers are sticking with their plan to renovate the Eugenio Monti sliding track for the Winter Olympics.
Beijing 2022 has begun its latest series of adapted test events for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with ice sports now the focus.
A project to replace the San Siro - which is due to host the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics - has been hit by further delays.
Olympic skeleton gold medallist Jim Shea has been charged with a first-degree felony count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
André Tourigny, the Canada Hockey League’s coach of the year, will help guide the national team’s efforts at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after being signed on a one-year deal.
The European Union (EU), the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses of the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang, with less than a year to go to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian has said the international community is against politicising sport amid human rights criticism ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Olympic gold medallist Lim Hyo-jun, who faces a ban from the South Korean national team due to sexual harassment, has reportedly applied for Chinese citizenship to allow him to compete at Beijing 2022.
American politician Nikki Haley believes the "terrible loss" athletes would feel if Beijing 2022 is boycotted is not a strong enough reason for countries to attend the Winter Games.
Thomas Bach has claimed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has "no doubt" Beijing 2022 will deliver on the promises made in the Host City Contract, as the organisation continues to face questions over the human rights situation in China.
Beijing 2022 has reportedly begun a series of adapted test events ahead of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games next year.
Canadian opposition leader Erin O'Toole has called for China to be stripped of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics because of the "genocide" being committed against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
The one-year-to-go countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games has been marked with an event at the National Aquatics Centre in the Chinese capital.