Referee at storm of 'Rassiegate' saga earns Oz Referee of the Year accolade
Controversial Australian referee Nic Berry has been honoured with his country's Referee of the Year award.
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'Boycott banter' to be doused by opening, says Beijing Games organiser
Olympics will turn attention away from criticism over human rights, which China rejects, a spokesperson for the organising committee told Reuters on the eve of the opening ceremony. Several countries including the United States and Britain have announced a diplomatic boycott of the Games over China's rights record, including its treatment of mostly Muslim Uyghurs in its Xinjiang region, which the United States deems genocide. "The so-called China human rights issue is a lie made up by people with ulterior motives," Zhao Weidong, spokesperson for the Beijing Games, told Reuters in an interview on Thursday when asked if such criticism had undermined the Games.
Six Nations 2022: Wales give wing Josh Adams first centre start in Ireland
Wales have handed British and Irish Lions wing Josh Adams a first start at centre for the Six Nations opener against Ireland in Dublin.
Winter Olympics: Laura Deas on GB innovation, medal & a Lizzy Yarnold mug
Four years after stunning the skeleton world with their hi-tech skinsuits, Team GB are again bringing an «extra certain something» with them to pursue more Olympic medals at Beijing 2022.
Hibs bring in highly-rated US winger Emmanuel Johnson on long-term deal
The 18-year-old has signed a long-term deal with the Easter Road side but the Evening News understands he will initially spend time on loan with partner club Charleston Battery in the USL Championship.
Discovery and BT in exclusive talks to create new 50-50 sports venture in UK & Ireland
Discovery and BT are in exclusive talks to create a new joint sports venture in the UK and Ireland – combining its Eurosport UK business with BT Sport. It is hoped the 50:50 venture will launch in 2022.
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 spotlight: Kamila Valieva evokes Torvill and Dean and takes Bolero to a new level
Russian teenager Kamila Valieva may or may not have any idea about Britain’s association with figure skating and Bolero — but it may help make her a star to UK audiences at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. At the age of just 15, she is the favourite to win gold having stunned recently at the figure skating European Championships, when she took the free skate title by an astonishing 22 points. Ad/> Valieva did that to Maurice Ravel’s Bolero, which was famously what Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skated to on their way to ice dancing gold at the Sarajevo Games in 1984 — but this teenager is taking that music to a whole different level.