Winter Olympic Games

22 Nov 2010

Be careful the next time you cheer your country on at a sporting event. One Chinese fan discovered that the hard way after shouting 'Go! Go! Go!' during the BMX competition won by Hong Kong's...

City to keep bidding for an IOC session despite losing out

8 Aug 2008

Hong Kong will continue to bid for the right to host International Olympic Committee (IOC) sessions, despite losing out to Durban for the 2011 congress.

The family that skates together ...

10 Dec 2007

Former world figure skating champion Chen Lu's family life seems to revolve around the ice rink as much as her career does.

Games organisers win costs battle but more hurdles are on the way

14 May 2007

Vancouver

At all Olympic Games, the spectre of financial ruin for a host city has always lurked in the background.

Vancouver

19 Mar 2007

'An official Olympic event'; those four words are like gold for the Vancouver Olympic Organising Committee.

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China dominate Games

The sixth Asian Winter Games ended earlier this month, with the Hong Kong delegation returning home empty-handed.

The event was held from January 28-February 4 in Changchun .

Vancouver

Vancouver is coming to grips with some of the unforeseen side effects of hosting the Winter Olympics in 2010. In one case, child skaters are losing out as neighbourhood community rinks close to...

Winter sports

1 The words 'ski' and 'slalom' come from which language?

2 This year saw an Olympic gold medal in figure skating go to an Asian woman for the first time. What is her name?

Baby champs

Wrapped up against the cold in a bright red ski jacket, 11-year-old Wang Xuemei hurtles down an icy slope on her snowboard before losing her balance and tumbling in a cartwheel of limbs and...

Speed queens

China's star Yang Yang (A) leads teammates Sun Dandan and Yang Yang (S) as they give a demonstration of short course speedskating at the Festival Walk Glacier rink in Kowloon Tong yesterday.

China skater claims silver

China's Li Jiajun has won a silver medal in the men's 1,500 metres short-track speedskating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

The gold went to Apolo Anton Ohno from the...