The National Hockey League (NHL) have admitted they are "nowhere near a resolution" on whether or not their players will compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The ski jumping venue under construction for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be ready to hold test events by the end of the year, it has been reported.
Russian ice hockey star Alex Ovechkin claims China has the potential to be a future power in the sport following a five-day ambassadorial visit for the National Hockey League (NHL).
The International Skating Union (ISU) will set-up a centre of excellence in Beijing as part of legacy plans following the 2022 Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital.
China’s National Speed Skating Oval will be open all year round after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, according to the capital city’s sports authorities.
Utah philanthropist Spencer Eccles has revealed he hopes the American State’s next opportunity to host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will come in 2030 following the announcement of plans for an $11 million (£9 million/€10 million) expansion of its Olympic Park.
Belarus freestyle skier Alexei Grishin has sold the Olympic gold medal he won in the aerials at Vancouver 2010 for $68,750 (£56,480/€61,631) to help pay for medical care for a friend.
Beijing 2022 has named Cultural Investment Holdings as the latest official sponsor of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A convertible rink for the curling events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is expected to be completed by the end of this month, it has been claimed.
China's increasingly bitter trade war with the United States has not impacted preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games so far but organisers admit it could affect planning if a solution is not found.
China's winter sports market is now worth more than $50 billion (£40 billion/€45 billion) and has created 1.5 million jobs, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission were told as their inspection of preparations for Beijing 2022 concluded here today.
China's athletes preparing for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing have been warned that if they try to take banned drugs in the build-up then they will be caught and punished.
Beijing 2022 has employed the Alibaba Group to run its ticketing programme for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics – a role the Chinese company seems set to fulfil for several editions of the Games afterwards.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chair Juan Antonio Samaranch claimed today that China's legacy plans for Beijing 2022 are setting a new "landmark for any future event".
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has praised China's efforts to keep its sport clean as the country promised it would pursue a zero-tolerance policy before it hosts the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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