In this week’s look at all the latest news in the build-up to the 2022 Olympics and elsewhere:
- NHL’s decision on Beijing Olympics comes down to the wire
- Team China lining up “heritage players” despite contract standoff
- Japan, Australia block China’s route to World Cup qualification
- Men’s basketball team misses Olympics for first time since 1984
- The latest 2022 Olympics boycott talk from around the world
- All the other features and stories of interest
Continue reading NHL Players Could Miss Out On Olympics As Deadline Looms →
- World governing body IIHF threatening to expel China from Olympic ice hockey tournament.
- IIHF prepared to bend eligibility rules for China to avoid global embarrassment.
- New Canadian coach hired with just nine months to go.
- Political infighting hindering recruitment process for players.
In news that has not previously been reported, China Sports Insider can exclusively reveal that the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has threatened to kick the Chinese team out of its own Olympic ice hockey tournament on home soil in Beijing if China doesn’t get its act together quickly, according to multiple sources. Furthermore, the situation is so dire that the IIHF has offered to waive its own eligibility requirements to allow China to bolster its own team through foreign-born recruits.
Continue reading Frostbitten: China Facing Olympic Ice Hockey Expulsion →
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