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Winter Olympics: British freestyle skier Kirsty Muir lands rare ‘dub 12’ trick in Big Air finals
Seventeen-year-old Kirsty Muir forged a fresh and fearless Olympic narrative in the dystopian surroundings of the former Shuogang steelworks on Tuesday, finishing fifth in the women’s freestyle Big Air behind Chinese superstar Eileen Gu.
Peng Shuai meets IOC chief at Beijing Winter Olympics
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach makes a speech during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, at the National Stadium, known as the Bird’s Nest, in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)
Newcastle United face moment of truth as Premier League winter break ends
Newcastle United take on Frank Lampard's Everton on Tuesday after splashing the cash in the January transfer window as the Premier League gears up for a first full programme of matches after the winter break. Bottom-club Burnley host Manchester United while Manchester City will seek to return to winning ways against Brentford after a rare off-day against Southampton last month. AFP Sport takes a look at some of the talking points ahead of the midweek action.
Winter Olympics: GB mixed doubles pair lose bronze-medal match to Sweden
Great Britain's wait for their first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics goes on after curling mixed doubles pair Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat lost their bronze-medal match 9-3 to Sweden.
Today at the Winter Olympics: Muir shines on debut as GB curlers chase bronze
Kirsty Muir starred for Great Britain on the fourth full day of the Winter Olympics as the 17-year-old finished fifth in the women’s freestyle Big Air competition. Global superstars Eileen Gu and Nathan Chen also took gold as Team GB faced a do-or-die medal match on the curling rink.
Peng Shuai watches China star Eileen Gu win gold at Winter Olympics - in pictures
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai watched local star Eileen Gu win gold in the big air competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to put the hosts at the top of the medals table.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘There's no coming back from that’ – Yuzuru Hanyu hits hole as three-peat dealt fatal blow
Yuzuru Hanyu’s hopes of claiming a third straight Olympic gold were dealt a fatal blow after hitting a hole in the short programme. The two-time reigning Olympic champion Hanyu, known as «the Ice Prince», had been tipped to three-peat in Beijing after picking up golds in Sochi and Pyeongchang. Ad/> However, Hanyu failed to complete his first element and Simon Reed on Eurosport commentary immediately pounced on the severity of the situation, exclaiming: “no!”.