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Skier Arif Khan led a small four-strong Indian contingent during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony here on Friday amid a diplomatic boycott of the event by the country. The 31-year-old Arif will be the lone Indian competitor at the Games, having qualified in Slalom and Giant Slalom events. India sent a six-member contingent to the Games including a coach, a technician and a team manager.
The Olympic Games got underway in Beijing with curling on Wednesday. On Friday, the opening ceremonies officially kick off the Winter Games just sixth months after the Summer Games — which were delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic — came to a close in Tokyo.
All eyes were on the Winter Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing as the parade of athletes started.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will declare the Games open and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was also among world leaders attending, but the United States has led a diplomatic boycott of some Western nations.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup playoff match in the Asian Cup here on Friday. The three points mean Chinese Taipei's tie against Vietnam on Sunday will be a showdown for the sole automatic qualifying slot to the World Cup in Australia/New Zealand. Thailand's Women's World Cup hopes now depend on them navigating the Inter-Confederation playoffs.
BEIJING — Canada's defence of its Olympic mixed doubles curling gold medal is looking a lot more promising.
THE WINTER OLYMPICS begins this week in Beijing, and that is a harder sentence to process than it might seem. For some, the first few words — the Winter Olympics begins — matter most. For others, the last few — in Beijing — hang heaviest.
Chinese figure skaters Han Cong and Sui Wenjing produced an early moment to savour for home fans at the Winter Olympics by setting a new world record on the opening day of the team competition. A score of 82.83 in the pairs short programme was the best ever recorded to take the win over Russian couple Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Galliamov — who suffered a double blow, having previously held the record.