The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

After two-and-a-half weeks of triumph, loss and all kinds of controversy in and out of competition, the Winter Olympics in Beijing come to a close on Sunday.

BEIJING — After winning silver in the Olympic debut of women’s monobob, Elana Meyers Taylor gave her medal to her son, Nico. The 2-year-old wore the red lanyard around his neck and turned the silver medal over in his hands as he rolled onto his back in a heartwarming video…

Mixed doubles returns to the programme in Milano-Cortina, with the power play a crucial element of the discipline

BEIJING — An automated basket tips frozen wonton into boiling water. Within minutes, the dough-wrapped bits of pork are cooked, deposited into a black plastic bowl and transported onto a conveyer belt, untouched by human hands. Pink lights flash as your lunch order arrives at the counter.

Germany extended their historic sliding dominance at the Beijing Games with a one-two finish in the women’s bobsleigh

Speed skater Nana Tagaki's nightmare week continued as the gold medal favourite dramatically failed to make the final of the women's mass start event in Beijing

The Winter Games were already fraught from a human rights perspective, and these incidents didn't lift that shadow

Western leaders on Saturday said Russia and China were seeking to "replace the existing international rules" with their own order, as Beijing backed Moscow in the Kremlin's showdown with the western military alliance, NATO.

Bruce Mouat’s side were edged 5-4 in a tense final in Beijing.

Nico Porteous wins New Zealand’s second ever Winter Olympics gold as GB men take curling silver

Bruce Mouat’s side were edged 5-4 in a tense final in Beijing.