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Beijing Reports Highest Covid Cases Since June 2020 As Winter Olympics Loom

Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days. China will hold the Games in a strict "closed-loop" bubble as part of its zero-Covid strategy of targeted lockdowns, border restrictions and lengthy quarantines. The approach has helped the world's second-largest economy keep new infections far lower than many other countries, but it is battling local outbreaks in several cities as well as in the Olympic bubble.

Beijing 2022: Training Underway With Half Of Olympic Winter Games Athletes Already Arrived

Nearly half of all athletes for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 have now arrived in China, and over the past few days have been familiarising themselves with the 12 competition venues following their opening for training. In the mountain competition zones of Zhangjiakou and Yanqing, athletes have been testing out the cross-country skiing facilities. Nearby, lots of teams have been training in the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre. This includes Sweden, whose head coach, Johannes Lukas, told media earlier this week, as per Olympics.com: "It really is a very cool stadium and the courses are very nice. I think the whole area is very good and it was a positive first day."

"Will Lead To Positive Outcomes For World Sports": PM Narendra Modi On Mumbai Hosting 2023 IOC Session

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed happiness after India won the right to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) session in Mumbai in an unopposed race, during the 139th IOC Session in Beijing, China. Taking to their Twitter, the Prime Minister Office of India wrote, "It is gladdening to note that India has been chosen to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee Session. I am confident this will be a memorable IOC session and will lead to positive outcomes for world sports."

Beijing Winter Olympics End After Sporting Drama, Doping And Golden Eileen Gu

A Beijing Winter Olympics which saw sporting drama and milestones but was tarnished by a Russian doping scandal ended on Sunday with an uplifting closing ceremony. The Games will be remembered for new stars such as Eileen Gu but also for the doping controversy which engulfed 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva and because they took place inside a vast Covid-secure "bubble". The "Bird's Nest" stadium, which also took centre stage when Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games, was the scene for a celebratory, snowflake-themed closing ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping and a socially distanced crowd seated among red lanterns.

"Significant Development": Nita Ambani On India Winning Bid To Host 2023 IOC Session

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani described Saturday's decision to award India the right to host the IOC Session in Mumbai in 2023 as "a significant development for India's Olympic aspirations and a matter of great pride and joy". Mumbai received a historic 99 per cent of the votes in favour of its bid from the delegates participating in the process, with 75 members endorsing its candidature to host the IOC session in 2023. The decision confirms India will be hosting this prestigious IOC meeting for the first time since 1983, in what is set to be the start of a new era of engagement between India's youthful population and the Olympic Movement.

Undertaker To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on Friday confirmed that 'The Undertaker' is the first inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame's Class of 2022. "Undertaker will be enshrined in the hallowed hall during the 2022 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as part of WrestleMania Week," stated WWE's official website. The WWE Hall of Fame at a ceremony will be held on Friday, April 1 at American Airlines Center in Dallas as part of WrestleMania Week. A multi-time WWE and World Heavyweight Champion, a seven-time tag team titleholder, and a Royal Rumble Match winner in 2007, Undertaker has over the years cemented his place among the greatest in the industry.

Britain Stripped Of Tokyo Olympics 4x100m Silver Medal Over CJ Ujah Doping Violation: CAS

Great Britain were Friday stripped of their silver medal in the men's 4x100 metres relay at last year's Tokyo Olympics after CJ Ujah was found to have committed a doping violation. Ujah tested positive for the prohibited substances ostarine and S-23, commonly used to build muscle, after the race on August 6. The British team just lost out to Italy for the gold medal in Japan. Canada are expected to be awarded silver, with China promoted to the bronze-medal position. A statement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport's anti-doping division said: "Ujah is sanctioned with the disqualification of his results in the 4x100m sprint relay final... together with the forfeiture of any medals, diplomas, points and prizes."

Olympic Chief Thomas Bach Hits Out At "Chilling" Reaction Of Kamila Valieva Coach

Thomas Bach said Friday it was "chilling" to see how Kamila Valieva's coach treated the Russian teenager after a doping scandal engulfing the skater culminated in an error-strewn performance at the Beijing Olympics. The International Olympic Committee president said he was "very disturbed" to see the 15-year-old fall several times in Thursday's women's figure skating final, as she unravelled and sobbed under the glare of the global spotlight. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is looking into Valieva's entourage, after the doping controversy tarnished the second week of the Games in the Chinese capital.

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Beijing Reports Highest Covid Cases Since June 2020 As Winter Olympics Loom

Beijing 2022: Training Underway With Half Of Olympic Winter Games Athletes Already Arrived

"Will Lead To Positive Outcomes For World Sports": PM Narendra Modi On Mumbai Hosting 2023 IOC Session

Beijing Winter Olympics End After Sporting Drama, Doping And Golden Eileen Gu

"Significant Development": Nita Ambani On India Winning Bid To Host 2023 IOC Session

Undertaker To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame

Britain Stripped Of Tokyo Olympics 4x100m Silver Medal Over CJ Ujah Doping Violation: CAS

Olympic Chief Thomas Bach Hits Out At "Chilling" Reaction Of Kamila Valieva Coach