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'Told me I would be DQ'd' – Julia Marino upset as IOC make her scribble out snowboard logo at Winter Olympics

Team USA snowboarder Julia Marino has hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after they demanded she covered up the logo on her board at Beijing 2022. Marino withdrew from the big air competition at the eleventh hour after taking a marker pen to her Prada-branded board and feeling “unstable and unsteady”. Ad/> Bizarrely, the 24-year-old had won slopestyle silver on the same board earlier in the Games.

Greg Rutherford says funding is a ‘major issue’ as scrutiny of Team GB’s dearth of Winter Olympics medals ramps up

London 2012 long jump champion Greg Rutherford believes Team GB have the potential to be a successful nation at the Winter Olympics, but not if the level of funding stays the same. Great Britain are yet to get on the medal table at Beijing 2022, after several chances came and went.

Men's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 8 round-up: Canada progress to semi-finals as Switzerland lose to China

Canada join Sweden and Great Britain to become the third team to qualify for the men’s curling semi-finals at Beijing 2022 on Wednesday (February 16).

Fresh twist in Valieva doping scandal after three substances claim

BEIJING: The Beijing Olympics doping controversy engulfing Russian skater Kamila Valieva took a fresh twist on Wednesday (Feb 16) after a US media report said she had three substances used to treat heart conditions in the sample which triggered the scandal.

Saudi desert in NEOM set for start of Extreme E Season 2

LONDON: Building on the success of its debut year in 2021, Extreme E Season 2, dubbed The Race for the Planet, is set to kick off with the Desert X Prix in NEOM on Feb. 19 and 20, while delivering on its overall aim to tackle climate change through sport.

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'Told me I would be DQ'd' – Julia Marino upset as IOC make her scribble out snowboard logo at Winter Olympics

Greg Rutherford says funding is a ‘major issue’ as scrutiny of Team GB’s dearth of Winter Olympics medals ramps up

Men's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 8 round-up: Canada progress to semi-finals as Switzerland lose to China

Fresh twist in Valieva doping scandal after three substances claim

Saudi desert in NEOM set for start of Extreme E Season 2

No 'Miracle on Ice' as Slovakia knock US out of Olympic hockey

Olympic wake-up call: Brad Gushue will play for another Olympic curling medal

Finland beat Switzerland 5-1 to progress to ice hockey semifinals at Beijing 2022