The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Around the world, athletes are throwing their support behind political and social causes, part of a wave of sports activism that has flourished in the years since former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee during games to protest police brutality against Black people

She is an exceptional athlete who has already won gold and silver in the Beijing Olympics

BEIJING -- The destitute lifestyle of a male migrant worker that was revealed after he caught the novel coronavirus last month triggered a huge response online and thrust the stubborn wealth disparities among Beijing's residents under the microscope again.

After fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Team USA's Nina Roth and Great Britain's Vicky Wright are competing for gold in women's curling.

Collecting big air silver has completed Zoi Sadowski-Synnott's full set of Winter Olympic medals - and at just 20, she's stomped her mark as one of the greats of the sport.

The 17-year-old, who put the final year of her Highers on hold to target the Games, scored 71.30 on her second run.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins silver in the snowboarding big air, while Australia's Tess Coady starts strongly but slips to ninth.

The Prime Minister says China's suggestion that it wants peace and harmony are at odds with its silence over Russian troop movements near the Ukrainian border, prompting a strong response from the Chinese Foreign Ministry that his "belligerent rhetoric" will "escalate the tensions".

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva says she is happy but worn out after a grueling doping hearing ended with her being allowed to skate at the Beijing Games

Kamila Valieva took to the ice amid a swirl of controversy and elsewhere there were golds, blunders and much more

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