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Curling-With pressure off, US men's team relishing title defence
BEIJING : The United States are among the men's curling medal favourites at the Beijing Games but skip John Shuster says their stunning triumph in Pyeongchang four years ago means they are feeling less pressure in the quest to defend their Olympic title.
Former flag-bearer, Olympic gold medallist joins Growlers as first woman in ECHL history to coach
The Newfoundland Growlers have added another new face behind the bench, bringing in Danielle Goyette to serve temporarily on the coaching staff after head coach Eric Wellwood.
ESPN guest asks 'who are we to criticize China's human rights records' when red states assault 'voting rights'
In media news today, an AP reporter spars with the State Department’s Ned Price over allegations on Russia, a report claims that Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust gave Andrew Cuomo COVID ‘talking points’ to combat Trump, and an MSNBC broadcast gets interrupted by a ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ flag.
5 things learned from Egypt’s penalty shootout win over Cameroon in semifinals of Africa Cup of Nations
RIYADH: Egypt on Thursday defeated Cameroon in a penalty shootout in the semifinal of the Africa Cup of Nations after two hours of football ended 0-0. The Pharaohs will go on to meet Senegal in Sunday’s final but before that, here are five things that Arab News learned.
Beijing Winter Olympics Set To Open Under Cloud Of Covid, Rights Fears
A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and Covid will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at the "Bird's Nest" stadium. The distinctive lattice-shaped arena took centre stage at the 2008 Games -- seen as China's coming-out party to the world -- and will do so again as Beijing becomes the first city to host both a Summer and Winter Olympics. Friday's opening ceremony starts at 8:00pm (1200 GMT) and will be attended by President Xi Jinping, under whose rule China has become a much more belligerent proposition in global affairs compared to 14 years ago.
Beijing Winter Olympics opens with glittering ceremony
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping declared the Beijing Winter Olympics open in a glittering ceremony on Friday (Feb 4) as China tried to turn the page on a build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns, COVID-19 and a US-led diplomatic boycott.