Coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and the Paris 2024 Olympics will be made available on free-to-air television in France after Discovery signed a deal with France Télévisions.
Switzerland intends to launch a major promotion campaign in China before and during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A total of 10 measures have been proposed by officials in Zhangjiakou to ensure the safe construction of venues being built in the region for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has claimed that Beijing hosting the 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be a big boost to the development of winter sports in China.
A former official from China's General Administration of Sport is hopeful the country can better its best-ever gold medal tally at a Winter Olympic Games when it hosts the event in Beijing in 2022.
Representatives of major world news agencies visited the facilities for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as part of a World Agency Meeting.
Beijing 2022 executive vice-president Zhang Jiandong has claimed the first test event for the next edition of the Winter Olympic Games should set the benchmark for others to follow.
Canada’s world and Olympic figure skating champion Meagan Duhamel has urged the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) not to take a "huge step backward for our country" by agreeing to recent calls to reintroduce real fur to Team Canada’s uniforms.
Local authorities insist Chongli – the district which will host most of the skiing events during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games – has made decisive progress on poverty and will be lifted out of it this year.
Switzerland’s Jakob Kolliker is eyeing success at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing after being appointed the head coach of China’s women’s ice hockey team.
Experts have claimed the Beijing Municipal Government's plans to invest CNY¥30 billion (£3.4 billion/$4.5 billion/€4.0 billion) to build a 5G network in time for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will help the city take the lead in commercialising the superfast technology.
Athletes from 13 countries attended a International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) monobob training camp in La Plagne in France.
Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) President Gou Zhongwen says the country is aiming to surpass its best performance at a Winter Olympic Games when it hosts the 2022 edition in Beijing.
Olympic Worldwide Top Partner Alibaba Group have agreed a cooperation agreement with Beijing 2022 co-host city Zhangjiakou, with the partnership claimed to help deliver a “Green Olympics”.
Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng has urged Beijing 2022 organisers to stay committed to delivering a "fantastic, extraordinary and excellent" Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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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The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park. This new role requires carving out and delivering new engagement programmes across the confederations, using existing experience of working in international football. It requires confidence in working with and for leadership teams, and an ability to think and work strategically, deliver projects overseas and build a network of contacts across the national associations.
The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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