Hosts India face being kicked out of the Women's Asian Cup after failing to field a team for today's game versus Chinese Taipei, owing to COVID-19 issues.

Eight-time winners China opened the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Chinese Taipei, while hosts India played out a goalless draw with Iran.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has insisted its uniforms for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games were not made using forced labour - but an audit revealed "non-conformities" with one of its suppliers.

China has claimed it has surpassed its target of getting 300 million people participating in winter sports by the time of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing. 

Close to 100 per cent of residents at the Athletes' Village for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has claimed.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has offered his support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, although did express "our views, expectations and sensitivities" on Uyghurs.

Those who were fortunate enough to be there will never forget the moment when gymnast Li Ning soared towards the heavens to light the Beijing 2008 Olympic Cauldron.

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has issued advice to athletes amid concerns China could carry out surveillance on electronic devices during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.

Dutch athletes who are due to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing have been told to leave their personal mobile phones and laptops at home because of spying fears in China.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu will go ahead as planned in April.

The first competition in qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is set to be a landmark occasion for weightlifting, like no other in its history.

A Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) has urged the BBC to not allow the Chinese Government to use the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing as a propaganda tool by ensuring it reports on the alleged human rights abuses in the country in its coverage of the Games.

The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK NOC) and North Korea's Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports have blamed its ban from the Games on "hostile forces", and criticised the United States-led actions in the build-up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

A happy and prosperous New Year? Well, let's hope so but COVID continues to wage war relentlessly on our fun and games.