Olympic weightlifting champ stripped of 2016 gold medal, barred 8 years for doping
Olympic weightlifting champion Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan was stripped of his 2016 gold medal on Tuesday and banned eight years for doping.
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Women skaters intrigue with triple Axel potential at World Championships
Will anyone land the triple Axel cleanly in women's competition at the World Figure Skating Championships this week?
China sticks to zero-Covid policy: Tens of millions endure new lockdown
Meanwhile, uncertainty over the war in Ukraine is raising prices everywhere, including in Japan, which has long been stuck in deflation. The price rise in Japan is still a lot smaller than in many other places though. The main reason for this is the country's slow economic recovery and even slower wage growth after two "lost decades", leaving Japan in a deflationary spiral. Our Tokyo correspondents Louis Belin, Justin McCurry, Constantin Simon and Yuko Sano report.
UK Sport Chair Katherine Grainger backing 'home' Italian snow to bolster British Paralympic medal hopes at Milan-Cortina 2026
British Paralympic bosses believe battling through the unpredictable challenges of the Beijing Winter Games has laid the foundations for a re-energised assault at a record medal haul on ‘home snow’ in 2026.
Miami Open news: British trio fail to make it past qualifiers
Harriet Dart, Liam Broady and Jay Clarke have been eliminated from the Miami Open before it’s even properly started as they failed to make it past the qualifier stages.
Russia 'could retaliate' if EU imposes energy supply embargo
Russia could retaliate if an embargo is imposed on its energy supplies by more EU countries.
Badminton-China team pull out of Swiss Open due to COVID, injuries
The Chinese team withdrew from the Swiss Open Super 300 event in Basel on Tuesday due to a number of COVID-19 cases and injuries, global governing body Badminton World Federation (BWF) said.
