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2 women in Norway's Olympic cross-country team have COVID-19

Two members of Norway’s women’s cross-country team have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics 2022 live stream: How to watch today’s action from Beijing for FREE on TV and online in UK

After Britain’s men’s curlers had to settle for silver after defeat in the Winter Olympic final on Saturday, Eve Muirhead & Co. get the chance to go one better as they go for gold on the final day of the Games.

Evening Standard

Welcome to the Winter Olympics. No hugging, but help yourself to the free condoms

The games are in a moral quandary: promoting safe sex – and social distancing. But will the athletes heed advice and treat their free contraceptives as souvenirs?

The Guardian - UK

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How Kirsty Muir is using Arctic Monkeys soundtrack to inspire Winter Olympics success

Team GB’s youngest star, 17, hopes to shine in Beijing in the Big Air event

The Independent UK

Anti-vax Olympic champion dies from Covid aged 51 after finally agreeing to take jab

An Olympic champion who initially refused the Covid vaccine has now died from the disease. Gymnast Szilveszter Csollany passed at the age of 51 after eventually agreeing to be jabbed to keep his job

Daily Mirror

Olympic gold to Qatar 2022? Canada is in danger of becoming a football nation

The women’s team won gold in Tokyo last year and now their male counterparts are on course to make their first World Cup since 1986

The Guardian - US

Tough trip to China ahead, Anderson sees gift of world stage

There is part of Jamie Anderson that wishes these upcoming Olympics weren’t in China

The Independent UK

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Beijing sees uptick in COVID cases ahead of Olympics

The Chinese capital has reported 14 new COVID-19 cases as it begins a third round of mass testing of millions of people in the run-up to the Winter Olympics

The Independent UK

Padma Bhushan for Para great Jhajharia

NEW DELHI: Paralympics icon Devendra Jhajharia has added another feather to his illustrious cap after becoming the first para-athlete from the country to have been awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in the country. Tokyo Olympics gold medalist javelin thrower, Neeraj Chopra, is among the six sportspersons…

The Times of India

Climate change might kill the Winter Olympics

The controversial cold-weather Games in Beijing could also be one of the last.

Mic

Athletes are going to extremes to dodge COVID before the Olympics

Never have athletes spent the run-up to the biggest event of their lives putting such energy in a non-athletic endeavor.

Axios

Australia honours community champions

Australia's Olympic gold medallists and a number of influential scientists are among those named in the 2022 Australia Day Honours List.

AAP

Team GB skeleton star Laura Deas backing Winter Olympics without any snow to be just as special for UK public

Beijing's Yanqing District - where the skeleton, luge and bobsleigh events will take place - received just 2cm of snow between January and March last year, a figure less than both London and Madrid

Wales Online

From sanctioning a refugee team to letting China host: Does the International Olympic Committee support human rights?

The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) position on refugees is contradictory and confusing.

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The Independent UK

Billy Morgan reveals the mental health struggles hidden by Olympic glory

Morgan became the first British man to win a medal on snow four years ago but admits in private he was struggling to cope

Axios

Republicans probe NBC over Beijing Olympics coverage

The human rights abuses committed by the CCP have been the subject of intense scrutiny ahead of the Winter Games.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Get to know Kai Owens: 5 facts about Team USA’s rising star in Olympic moguls skiing

Meet the teenage phenom headed to the Beijing Olympics for Team USA.

The Times of India

Neeraj Chopra to be awarded with Param Vishisht Seva Medal

NEW DELHI: Another feather in Neeraj Chopra's illustrious career as the Tokyo Olympics gold medalist will be awarded with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.

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The Times of India

Param Vishisht Seva Medal for Olympic champion Subedar Neeraj Chopra

NEW DELHI: Subedar Neeraj Chopra, who created history last year by winning India's first athletics gold medal in Olympics, was awarded Param Vishisht Seva Medal on Tuesday for his distinguished service.

The Independent UK

Abrupt lockdowns loom over Beijing life ahead of Olympics

Beijing residents are coping with abrupt local lockdowns and sweeping COVID-19 testing requirements as the Chinese capital seeks to prevent a coronavirus outbreak ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in less than two weeks

The Guardian - UK

Rising temperatures threaten future of Winter Olympics, say experts

Only one of 21 previous locations would be able to reliably host Games in future if emissions remain on current path, study shows

The Times of India

Focussed on winning Asian Games to qualify for Paris Olympics, youngsters will get opportunities: Sreejesh

NEW DELHI: Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Monday said the Indian men's hockey side's main focus is qualifying for the Paris Olympics by winning the Asian Games this year besides giving opportunities to youngsters.

The Guardian - US

USA 1999 transformed women’s soccer. Can Beijing 2022 do the same for ice hockey?

USA and Canada dominate the women’s game but a long-lasting league has been difficult to establish. The upcoming Olympics are an opportunity for change

The Independent UK

Anti-vax Olympic gold medalist Szilveszter Csollany dies of Covid, aged 51

Szilveszter Csollany won gold on the rings at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

Asharq Al-Awsat

What Are US Options for Sanctions against Putin?

The financial options being considered to punish President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine range from the sweeping to the acutely personal — from cutting Russia off from US dollars and international banking to slapping sanctions on a former Olympic gymnast reported to be Putin’s girlfriend. Publicly, the United States…

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