Winter Olympics: Amy Williams reveals Team GB ones to watch and new events to look out for
“When you’re next to an ice track, you touch the ice, you smell it, you feel it.”
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Iconic Arabic football commentator Fahad Al-Otaibi lends his voice to Saudi International golf tournament
LONDON: He is probably one of the Arab world’s most famous commentators and now the so-called “Voice of Football,” Fahad Al-Otaibi, has lent his dulcet tones to the game of golf.
Canadian snowboarding trio look to cement Olympic legacies in Beijing
At Sochi 2014, a trio Canadian snowboarders attacked the slopes of Russia in the first-ever Olympic slopestyle and big air competitions.
Skier Arif Khan Leads Out Indian Contingent At Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
Skier Arif Khan led a small four-strong Indian contingent during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing 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. Arif is the first Indian to secure qualification in two events of the same edition of the Games and his competitions are slated for February 13 and 16.
Team Canada remains without formal medal targets for 2nd straight Olympics
For the second consecutive Olympic Games, Canada's athletes won't have any formal medal targets.
Uyghur athlete is final torchbearer at Beijing Games
A cross country skier born in Xinjiang was one of two final torchbearers who ended the Olympic opening ceremony by sending a flame into the sky on a giant snowflake.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Spectacular ceremony opens Games, first medals to come on Day 1 - Best of Beijing
BEST MOMENTS OF THE DAY Lift off! Ad/> The XXIV Olympic Winter Games are officially… open! Beijing 2022Team GB underdogs 'have to try that little bit more' — Morgan2 HOURS AGO Beijing 2022 launched with a spectacular new-age ceremony, which harnessed an 11,600 square metre LCD screen to bring the Bird’s Nest stadium to life. Fireworks, mesmerising green rods and an unavoidably cute choir, what’s not to like? Flag bearers Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding, curling and slalom hopefuls respectively, diligently led Team GB into the arena, while China’s arrival delighted the fans allowed into the arena amid Covid restrictions. The Olympic cauldron (aka just a small flame) was intended to convey China’s commitment to tackling climate change – and all in all it was a terrific spectacle.
Bruce Mouat reveals the secret psychological tactic that fired Team GB's curlers back on track at Winter Olympic Games
Bruce Mouat says a psychological reset helped him return to ‘the right headspace’ and get back to mixed doubles winning ways alongside Jennifer Dodds in Beijing.