Short track speed skater Li Jiajun, a four-time Olympian, has been named as the first Chinese Torchbearer for the Beijing 2022 Flame.

Mai Mihara toppled compatriot Kaori Sakamoto to win an all-Japanese tussle for the women’s title at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, while Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama captured the men’s crown in Chinese capital Beijing.

With only three days to go until the Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for Beijing 2022, performers were forced to rehearse inside by a prolonged downpour which briefly flooded the grounds of the Ancient Stadium in Olympia.

Japanese duo Yuma Kagiyama and Kaori Sakamoto are leading the way at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy after starring in the respective men’s and women’s short programmes in Chinese capital Beijing.

Bruce Mouat is set to become the first British athlete to compete in two curling competitions at the same Winter Olympics at Beijing 2022.

Five men's teams secured their places to the next round of the curling Pre-Olympic Qualification Event, while Latvia and Slovakia's women's teams remain undefeated in Erzurum in Turkey.

The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) has partnered with Empire, with the Nova Scotia-based company to be recognised as the official grocer of Canada's Paralympic team.

Alessandro Hämmerle is going into the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the peak of his powers following a successful season and is relishing the thought of competition in China.

Challenging China on its human rights record as Beijing prepares to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games is "not in our remit", International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates has claimed amid criticism over the country's alleged abuses.

Greek skier Ioannis Antoniou is set to be the first to carry the Flame in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay on Monday (October 18).

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has begun the pre-Games phase of its anti-doping programme for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, issuing more than 5,400 testing recommendations.

Italy, South Korea and Poland are through to the final round of women's ice hockey qualifying for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Beijing 2022 has launched its first international test events as part of the preparations for February's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the sliding track in the Yanqing cluster used by athletes, including American double bobsleigh world champion Kaillie Humphries.

When you hear of someone "running out of excuses" in sport, the phrase is usually saved for those in managerial or administrative roles. But thanks to the unique circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes - and specifically those who have not been vaccinated against the virus - now find themselves in that position.