IOC chief Thomas Bach says Beijing Games ‘will change winter sports’
China does not have much history in winter sports, but has consistently said that staging the Olympics is part of a drive to get 300 ...
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News Japan will take flexible approach on entry ban, COVID-19 minister says
The government will present a policy covering whether to ease the entry rules as early as next week, a report said.
News Japan’s medical system on brink amid COVID-19 surge
Workers on the ground say that "the situation is getting worse by the minute," and that they are on the edge psychologically.
MLB asks federal mediator to help with lockout
Major League Baseball has asked for a federal mediator to help resolve a two-month contract dispute with the MLB Players Association, one which threatens to ...
German Olympic team confirms six COVID-19 cases in Beijing
Germany's Winter Olympic team said Thursday it had been hit by an outbreak of COVID-19 on the eve of the Games, with six cases confirmed ...
News Tokyo changes COVID-19 emergency-request threshold to focus on severe patients
Tokyo had previously set a 50% occupancy rate of hospital beds designated for virus patients as the threshold for requesting a state of emergency.
Ikuma Horishima misses out on first chance to qualify for men’s moguls final
Although Horishima said ideally he would have qualified directly to conserve energy, he is confident he can execute in the second qualification stage.
Cocktails and hazmat suits mix in Beijing Olympic bubble
Scenes likened to dystopian fiction are playing out at Olympic venues as Chinese officials try to minimize the chances of the Beijing Winter Games sparking ...
Quad axel remains among figure skating’s most elusive and sought after prizes
"Maybe a good analogy is it's less scary falling off a cliff backwards than forwards. A lot of skaters are not fans of the axel ...
News Tokyo raises COVID-19 medical care alert to top level as it reports over 20,000 new cases
Osaka and Hokkaido also saw record high case counts as the omicron wave persists across the country.