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.
Wolfgang Schädler, the head coach of the Chinese luge team, said he is satisfied with how well the country's sliders have developed as they target their home Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The American State Department has denied that it will discuss a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with its allies, contradicting earlier comments from a spokesperson.
A boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is "something that we wish to discuss", a spokesperson for the American State Department has said.
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.
Interim Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) President Pavel Rozhkov has been appointed as the country’s Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.
More than 200 global campaign groups have signed an open letter urging chocolate bar brand Snickers to "immediately cancel" its sponsorship of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights situation.
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.
Organisers of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo have today unveiled the logo for the events following a public vote between two designs.
European Union (EU) sanctions imposed on Chinese officials in response to well-documented allegations of a systematic repression campaign against Uyghur Muslims were not discussed when International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach met with high-ranking officials including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week.
British Skeleton is on the look-out for the next Lizzy Yarnold or Amy Williams after launching a nationwide talent identification campaign seeking women who can win gold at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
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.
Juan Antonio Samaranch, chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for Beijing 2022, has claimed there are benefits to having the Games come just six months after Tokyo 2020, despite its challenges.
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.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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