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Crufts 2022: Who is Clare Balding? The iconic sports presenter who was classmates with Miranda Hart

Clare Balding has reported from seven Olympic Games, alongside some very important Royal events

Bristol Post

90 years of wisdom from Andrew Young

ATLANTA — Andrew Young, who turns 90 years old this weekend, has a resumé Iike few others — pastor, civil rights hero, refugee resettler, congressman, mayor, United Nations ambassador, human rights champion, businessman and Olympic Games recruiter.

Tribune News Service

La Velle E. Neal III: A long, long day of difficult defeats — with a Minnesota flavor

BEIJING — There is only one sport that is being played every day of the Olympic Games, and that is curling.

Tribune News Service

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Would adding a minimum age limit for the Olympic Games protect youth athletes from doping?

Kamila Valieva isn’t the first young athlete accused of doping at the Olympics, and she surely won’t be the last unless we start taking the special circumstances of youth athletes seriously.

The Conversation

What's the IOC – and why doesn't it do more about human rights issues related to the Olympics?

The International Olympic Committee, a nongovernmental organization based in Switzerland that’s independent of any one nation, was founded in 1894. It’s a group of officials who supervise and support the Olympics and set Olympic policies about everything from whether break dancing can be added as an official sport to what’s…

The Conversation

Beijing Winter Olympics official says stories of Chinese human rights abuses are 'lies'

An International Olympic Committee spokesman bats away several sensitive questions regarding human rights, Xinjiang labour camps, Taiwan and Hong Kong – but his counterpart on the Beijing Organising Committee is far more hawkish.

ABC News

Olympic champion Greg Rutherford delivers candid verdict on why Britain's bobsleigh crashed in Beijing

Pilot Brad Hall and brakeman Nick Gleeson overturned at 83mph during their third run on Tuesday to extend Britain's miserable run at the Winter Olympic Games

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The International Olympic Committee and China are using politics to obscure human rights abuses

China is using yet another Olympic Games as a political tool to reinforce its position as a global power and sportwash its dismal human rights record.

The Conversation

Sakamoto finishes short program with best score ever

BEIJING -- Kaori Sakamoto secured 79.84 points, her best score ever, in the women's figure skating short program in the Olympic Games on Tuesday, moving into third place ahead of the free skating portion of the event.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

CAS rules Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can compete at Winter Olympics

The 15-year-old figure skater faced the prospect of becoming the youngest athlete to be banned for doping during the Olympic Games.

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva’s choreographer says talented skater has no need for drugs

The court of arbitration for sport will announce whether the skater should be sent home from the Olympic Games, while the Russian Olympic Committee could lose their team gold over the doping scandal

The Guardian - UK

French Greens object to spiralling costs of Paris 2024 Olympics

Green party representatives are objecting to the budget earmarked for the Olympic Games in 2024 by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo – who is also the Socialist party's presidential candidate.

Radio France Internationale

Australian skeleton racer Jaclyn Narracott claims sensational silver at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

Jaclyn Narracott's skeleton silver medal is Australia's first medal of any colour in the sliding events at a Winter Olympic Games.

ABC News

Eve Muirhead reveals why she isn't panicking at Winter Olympic Games despite Team GB slipping to second defeat

Muirhead's Scottish rink went down 9-7 against Korea on Friday morning

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Australia's Scotty James wins snowboard halfpipe silver at Beijing Winter Olympic Games

Australia's Scotty James wins silver in the snowboard halfpipe at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The Conversation

Beijing 2022: environmental cost of world's first Winter Olympics without natural snow – expert Q+A

The 24th Winter Olympic Games are underway in the Chinese capital, but winter itself seems far away. To counter the lack of cold weather, the organisers are using vast quantities of water and energy to supply the events with fake snow.

ABC News

Iranian alpine skier Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki tests positive for steroids at Beijing Winter Olympic Games

The 36-year-old Iranian skier, competing in his third Olympic Games, returned an adverse analytical finding for a metabolite of testosterone and has been banned from competing.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chen Scores World Record for Massive Lead over Shocked Hanyu

In a reversal of fortunes from the last Olympic Games, American Nathan Chen scored a world record in the figure skating short program in Beijing on Tuesday, giving him a massive lead over a shocked Yuzuru Hanyu in their quest for the gold medal. At the Pyeongchang Games in 2018,…

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Ireen Wüst wins history-making gold medal at Beijing Winter Olympics in long track speed skating

In winning the 1,500m long track title, 35-year-old Dutchwoman Ireen Wüst becomes the first athlete to claim an individual gold medal in five consecutive Winter Olympic Games.

Asharq Al-Awsat

No Large Fluctuations in COVID Cases Expected, Olympics Organizers Say

A sharp drop in COVID-19 cases on Feb. 5 among Beijing Olympics-related personnel was due to fewer arrivals at the airport and organizers said on Sunday that they did not expect any more large fluctuations in infection numbers. China detected 10 new COVID cases among Olympic Games-related personnel on Feb.…

Benzinga

2022 Winter Olympics Betting Preview: Team USA Gold Medal Favorites And Long Shot Bets To Watch

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off with the Opening Ceremonies on Friday airing live on NBC, a unit of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). As sports betting expands to more states each year, the Olympic Games becomes available to bet on by more people in the U.S.

Los Angeles Times

Xi Jinping sees Beijing Olympics as validation of his power

Chinese leader Xi Jinping views the Olympic Games — he has pored over venue blueprints and been involved in every aspect of planning — as a validation not only of his statecraft but also of the rise of a confident, economically robust nation that is rearranging the world order.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Why is the U.S. participating in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Olympic Games?

The United States' diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics is a protest of human rights abuses against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.

The Guardian - UK

Beijing 2022: Winter Olympics opening ceremony – as it happened

Xi Jinping declared the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games officially open after a parade of 91 competing nations and a typically breathtaking show

Reuters

Olympics-Beijing Games see 21 new COVID cases on Feb 3 vs 55 a day earlier

A total of 21 new COVID-19 infections were found among Olympic Games-related personnel on Feb. 3, down from 55 a day earlier, Games organisers said ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.

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