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Winter Paralympics to close after Ukraine, China athletes star
AFP, Published on 13/03/2022
» BEIJING: The flame will be extinguished on Beijing's Winter Paralympics on Sunday after a week of stellar performances from the host nation and Ukrainian athletes reeling from Moscow's invasion.
Canadian skier Brian McKeever makes history with 16th Paralympic gold
AFP, Published on 12/03/2022
» ZHANGJIAKOU (CHINA) - Canada's Brian McKeever raced into the history books and grabbed his 16th Paralympic gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Beijing Winter Games Saturday.
Ariya off course in first round of Pattaya LPGA event
AFP, Published on 10/03/2022
» Former world number one Ariya Jutanugarn had a disastrous front nine in the first round of the Honda LPGA Thailand on Thursday, chalking up four bogeys before she ended on two over par.
Slushy snow and T-shirts as Winter Paralympics feels the heat
AFP, Published on 09/03/2022
» ZHANGJIAKOU (CHINA) - Cross-country skiers ploughed through slushy snow wearing T-shirts on day five of the Beijing Winter Paralympics Wednesday as spring-like weather pushed temperatures well above freezing.
Norwegian great Ulset to bow out of Paralympics for play dates
AFP, Published on 09/03/2022
» ZHANGJIAKOU (CHINA) - After two decades of Paralympic greatness, Norway's Nils Erik Ulset is hanging up his skis and gun and heading into retirement for some important play dates with his toddler son.
'No war': Sport turns blue and yellow for Ukraine
AFP, Published on 07/03/2022
» PARIS: Players draped in Ukraine flags, pledges of aid and placards demanding "No War" and "United in Peace", international sport turned blue and yellow in support of Ukraine this weekend.
Russian athletes' participation at Paralympics under cloud of Ukraine invasion
AFP, Published on 02/03/2022
» BEIJING: Beijing's Winter Paralympics open Friday under the shadow of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, with questions remaining over whether athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus will be barred from participating in the Games.
'Not a blockbuster' but Olympics give China plenty to tout
AFP, Published on 20/02/2022
» SHANGHAI: The Beijing Winter Olympics had loomed as one of the most politically contentious in memory and with fears about Covid, but most of that receded once the skis and skates were put on.
Russia's Valieva aims for second Olympic title under doping cloud
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» BEIJING: Teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will attempt to win a second Beijing Olympics title on Thursday in the next chapter of a doping scandal which has overshadowed the Games.
Mum's the word as 'relieved' Eileen Gu adds silver to Olympic gold
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» ZHANGJIAKOU (CHINA) - Eileen Gu needed a pep talk from her mum midway through Tuesday's freeski slopestyle final to win her second medal of the Beijing Olympics, but the Californian-born Chinese sensation fell just short of another gold.