Paris 2024 chief wants Games 'to make history'
After two Games clouded by Covid-19 restrictions, Paris 2024 is looking to launch a new momentum for the sporting extravaganza, promising an Olympic "light at the end of the tunnel".
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Eve Muirhead’s curling team out to give GB golden finish to Winter Olympics
Eve Muirhead has been tasked with claiming Great Britain’s first and only gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics as her team prepare to take on Japan in the women’s curling final on Sunday.
Shortening 50km cross-country race ‘ridiculous’, fumes GB’s Andrew Musgrave
Andrew Musgrave hit out at the “ridiculous” decision to reduce Saturday’s Olympic men’s 50km cross-country race to 30km due to plunging temperatures in Zhangjiakou.
Great Britain beaten by ‘perfect display of curling’ from Sweden in men’s final
Great Britain’s men’s curling team were forced to settle for Olympic silver after succumbing to the “perfect” game by decorated Swedish skip Niklas Edin at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.
Beijing 2022: Thomas Maloney Westgaard 29th in 50k mass start
Closing out the Team Ireland action in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Thomas Maloney Westgaard finished 29th in the cross-country skiing 50km mass start free.
Australian team boss sends warning over ‘chilling’ Kamila Valieva treatment at Winter Olympics
Australian Olympic team chef de mission Geoff Lipshut has joined the wide condemnation of the treatment of Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva.
Silver for Great Britain as Sweden edge tense extra end in men’s curling final
Great Britain had to settle for a silver medal after losing their Olympic men’s curling final 5-4 to Sweden in an extra end at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.
Jamaican bobsleigh team’s incredible response after Winter Olympics return doesn’t go to plan
The latest chapter in Jamaica’s ‘Cool Runnings’ legacy hasn’t quite gone to plan at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, with the four-man team sitting last halfway through the medal heats.