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The 2022 Winter Olympics, the 24th winter Olympiad, were held in Beijing, China between 4-20 February 2022.

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It is inevitable that big sports events will be used to make political points, but sport offers an opportunity to bring nations together, instead of driving them further apart.

At a time of so much division, the superstar skier is doing her best to represent both China and the US in promoting winter sports, and her desire to further cross-cultural understanding is something we need more of.

Despite the absence of spectators these have been the most-watched Winter Olympics ever, and the hi-tech enhancements witnessed by a global audience have set the bar high for future hosts.

  • Teen figure skater’s positive drugs test rocked Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022
  • Now, two years later, the US team are likely to be crowned champions, with Japan taking silver, while Russian athletes could still win bronze

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found Valieva guilty of committing an anti-doping rule violation that rattled 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics; competitors still waiting for medals.

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While the Beijing Winter Olympics took a physical and mental toll on Su, forcing him to take a break from competing, the 19-year-old is now preparing for the World Cup in December.

Eileen Gu is a skiing phenomenon, overachieving student, multitasker extraordinaire and one of the most admired and sought-after sportswomen of our times – so how does she fit it all in?

Han Cong ‘still not fit to be back to the rink’ 18 months after Beijing Winter Olympics, as partner Sui Wenjing says ‘I understand and support his decision’.

Norwegian Jesper Pedersen says there were no Chinese competitors involved in this season’s World Cup circuit, less than a year after the country’s athletes topped the medal table at the Games.

Double-Olympic gold medallist beats out likes of Chloe Kim and Rayssa Leal at prestigious awards in Paris, while Lionel Messi is named sportsman of the year and his Argentina side team of the year.

More than three years after China’s central bank started digital currency trials, adoption in one of the initial test beds, Suzhou, remains lethargic.

Eileen Gu’s double gold medal-winning performance at Beijing Winter Olympics earns her nod in World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award, while likes of Lionel Messi and Iga Swiatek headline sportsmen and women categories.

From her LV ‘Wonder Woman’ leather get-up at the Met Gala to her feathery Elie Saab jumpsuit for the ESPYs, here are 13 of the Chinese-born sports icon’s hottest fashion looks to date

Those acquitted were a Tibetan student, a Hong Kongese-American and a Vietnamese-American activist. They had staged a protest at the Acropolis in Athens, holding up a Tibetan flag and a banner reading ‘Free Hong Kong – Revolution’.

Document guided by UN principles published a week after outgoing human rights chief released report saying China’s alleged detention of Uygurs may be a crime against humanity.

Olympic speed skater Sidney Chu tells the Post why speed skating is a great workout for mind and body, and why he wants to make the sport more inclusive in Hong Kong.

Winter Olympian claims another title after her double gold medal winning performance in Beijing, has fans swooning after taking grandmother to glitzy ceremony in Los Angeles.

Hong Kong short-track speed skater leaves for United States next month to take up a place at Rutgers’ New Jersey Medical School, but is aiming to compete in 4 years.

Japanese figure skating icon and two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu announces his retirement from competition – but will put on exhibition shows for legion of fans.

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Japan’s two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu will hold a news conference on Tuesday where he will will make a ‘statement of determination’.