The International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating series is set to get underway in Beijing in China tomorrow as skaters look to qualify for the Winter Olympics.

Beijing 2022 has explained the thought process behind its Torchbearer uniforms and lantern, which were seen for the first time this week as the Flame for next year's Winter Olympics was ignited in Greece.

Beijing 2022 has announced plans for a scaled-back domestic Torch Relay with the Flame now touched down on Chinese soil.

The United States' three-time Olympic figure skater Evan Bates has described the situation concerning Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region as "terrible" and "awful" as China moves closer to hosting next February's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

Human rights groups say they are worried that the Chinese Government will attempt to influence legal proceedings against activists who unveiled banners at the Acropolis protesting against the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games yesterday.

The director of the China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) Chen Zhiyu has insisted the country will maintain a "tough stance" on doping as it prepares to host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics next February and March.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today approved the candidatures of 17 athletes for the IOC Athletes' Commission (AC) election that is set to take place at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The appeals of Russian biathletes and Winter Olympic medallists Evgeny Ustyugov and Svetlana Sleptsova to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against bans imposed by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) have been postponed until 2022 "as the evidentiary proceedings have not been completed yet."

Japanese duo Yuma Kagiyama and Kaori Sakamoto are leading the way at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy after starring in the respective men’s and women’s short programmes in Chinese capital Beijing.

Italy, South Korea and Poland are through to the final round of women's ice hockey qualifying for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Beijing 2022 has launched its first international test events as part of the preparations for February's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the sliding track in the Yanqing cluster used by athletes, including American double bobsleigh world champion Kaillie Humphries.

Turin has been selected as the host city of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, beating Milan to the rights, a reverse of the bidding war for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, which went to Milan Cortina.

When you hear of someone "running out of excuses" in sport, the phrase is usually saved for those in managerial or administrative roles. But thanks to the unique circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes - and specifically those who have not been vaccinated against the virus - now find themselves in that position. 

French Ice Sports Federation (FFSG) President Nathalie Péchalat has been names France's Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.