...post described the alleged incident in detail. When Peng showed up for what looked like a series of highly staged appearances at the Beijing Winter Olympics, in February 2022, she again recanted her original claims about an assault and also announced her plans to retire from tennis. Few believe...

...publication claimed top-ranking Chinese figures told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine until the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Mr Putin ultimately ordered the invasion to begin four days after the Olympics ended, with the President ramping up his...

...publication claimed top-ranking Chinese figures told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine until the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Mr Putin ultimately ordered the invasion to begin four days after the Olympics ended, with the President ramping up his...

...started a major push into the country in 1991. It has large bottling operations across the country. In fact, its biggest Eastern European plant is in the Rostov region. The company also has been a sponsor of major events in Russia, such as the 2018 World Cup and the 2015 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

...in advance of Russia’s intentions in Ukraine and is even rumoured to have requested that the invasion date be delayed to accommodate the Winter Olympics.   Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. Picture: Dominique...

...indicator of where Beijing sees its interests as lying, Mr Shoebridge warned. “This is extraordinary, given the heavy censorship around the Winter Olympics and even tennis star Peng Shuai,” he added.  “The approach of the censors must be in accordance with Chinese government leadership...

Senior Chinese officials reportedly told their Russian counterparts not to invade Ukraine until after the Beijing Winter Olympics.Senior Chinese officials told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine until the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, according to reports. The...

Kamila Valieva can compete again at the Winter Olympics after sport's highest court ruled "exceptional circumstances" meant the 15-year-old Russian figure skater should not be provisionally suspended for a failed drugs test.The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) pointed to age and issues around...

...Zoi Sadowski-Synnott put down a dominant last run to grab the gold with a score of 92.88. Her win marked New Zealand’s first-ever gold in the Winter Olympics. Marino, who is 24 years old and from Westport, Conn., scored an 87.68 on her second run.  Before Sunday, Americans had won every...

...In doing so, rights groups say they are endorsing human rights violations, including the detention of millions of Uighur Muslims.China’s Winter Olympics opening ceremony on February 4 marked the start of the 17-day competition, with some significant figures missing.  Crowds for the...

...in Xi'an, where 13 million have been confined to their homes since 23 December. The strict measures come ahead of the Lunar New Year and the Winter Olympics due to be held in Beijing. With exactly a month to go until the Games start, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin assured reporters China...

...all these factors, it is not obvious how China will start to re-open, especially before some big events have safely passed. These include the Winter Olympics that Beijing will host next February and a Communist Party congress in late 2022, at which Xi Jinping is set to seek a fresh term as supreme...

...the city to highlight the significance of the two Koreas in hosting the event. The Moon administration is seeking to build on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics it hosted in 2018, during which athletes from both Koreas marched under a unified flag at the opening ceremony and fielded a combined...

...and related needs.  Expands the child tax credit up to $3,600 per child. More:On International Women's Day, Biden to sign executive orders on gender equity, Title IX policies More:2022 Winter Olympics without the USA? Push to boycott grows over China's abuse of Uyghurs  

...President Emmanuel Macron's political party and local French governments prior to the 2017 elections. Demers said the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea were targeted after Russian athletes were banned from participating under their own flag because of government-sponsored...

...facto second in command”. Certainly, her star has been on the rise. She was the highest ranking North Korean official to travel to the 2018 Winter Olympics held in South Korea. More recently she has publicly hit out at the US and, dramatically, she was behind the destruction of a South Korean...

...international attention in 2018, when she was the first member of the Kim dynasty to visit South Korea. She was part of the delegation to the Winter Olympics, where North and South competed as a joint team. She also worked alongside her brother at international summits, including his meetings...

...although he prefers his Mar-a-Lago-style compound in the seaside resort town of Wonsan. Kim Yo Jong represented North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics held in South Korea and she was at her brother’s side at summits with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in, President Trump and President Xi...

...who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete under a neutral flag.  A total of 168 Russian athletes competed under a neutral flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.  Russia has been banned from competing as a nation in athletics since 2015.

...R Kelly exposed new under-age abuse claims against the R & B singer. Picture: Associated PressSource:Supplied He even performed at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony at Salt Lake City in 2002 — the same year he was charged over the sex tape. His long-suffering wife Andrea, 44, who Kelly...