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Beijing 2022 eases COVID curbs for Games; China warns on pollution

Organisers of next month's Beijing Winter Olympics slightly eased the strict COVID-19 requirements for participants, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive tests, although authorities also warned about seasonal air pollution.

Reuters

In 3-week isolation, unvaccinated athlete waits for Olympics

Swiss snowboarder Patrizia Kummer is spending three weeks alone in a hotel room before she competes at the Olympics because she is unvaccinated against the coronavirus

The Independent UK

China mandates 3-day Olympic torch relay amid virus concerns

China is limiting the torch relay for the Winter Olympic Games to just three days amid coronavirus worries

The Independent UK

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Beijing Winter Olympics | Torch relay confined to closed venues due to COVID

All of the torchbearers must be vaccinated and will be tested for the virus and have their health monitored for 14 days before the relay

The Hindu

Newcastle Olympic captain Sophie O'Brien eyeing round-one return in NPLW

The centre-back had ruptured an Achilles tendon last May.

Newcastle Herald

Protesting Winter Olympics athletes ‘face punishment’, suggests Beijing official

Organising committee official warns against ‘any behaviour or speech that is against the Olympic spirit’

The Guardian - UK

Mikaela Shiffrin Is Focused on the Process

After the sudden death of her father, and faced with the crushing weight of expectations, the dominant skier of her generation has recalibrated her idea of Olympic success heading into Beijing.

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Cool Runnings returns - Jamaican four-man bobsleigh team reaches Olympics for first time in 24 years

For the first time ever the nation will this year have three bobsleigh teams at the Winter Olympics

Wales Online

Satwiksairaj and Chirag rise to eighth in BWF rankings after India Open triumph

NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth remained static in the latest badminton world rankings but the men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved two places up to eighth after their triumph in the India Open.

The Times of India

Omicron reaches China’s political, financial and tech hubs

Omicron has breached the political, financial and technology centers of China for the first time, putting pressure on the country’s response to the more transmissible variant as it awaits the Winter Olympics starting in less than three weeks.

Tribune News Service

Beijing Olympics tickets will not be publicly sold due to COVID-19

Tickets for the Winter Olympics set to begin on Feb. 4 will be distributed to "targeted" groups of people and will not be sold to the general public, the organising committee said on Monday, in the latest setback to the Games inflicted by COVID-19.

Reuters

Who Is On The Team GB Olympic Golf Team?

We look at which golfers are representing Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Golf Monthly

"I was thinking I was going to go down in history as the man who killed Howlin' Wolf": What happened when English rock royalty worked with a real blues icon

Now revered as a linchpin moment in the history of the blues, Howlin’ Wolf’s 1970 London Sessions were recorded with Eric Clapton and various Stones and Beatles. This is the story, told by those who were there

Louder

What is doping? And which performance-enhancing drugs are banned?

Many drugs are forbidden for use by athletes in major international competitions, such as the Olympics. Here's why.

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