In this week’s Olympic round-up:
In this week’s Olympic round-up:
In this week’s look at all the latest news in the build-up to the 2022 Olympics and elsewhere:
In this week’s look at all the latest news in the build-up to the 2022 Olympics and elsewhere:
In this week’s look at all the latest news in the build-up to the Olympics and elsewhere:
As mentioned last week, I’ll still be looking at whatever Winter Olympic action crops up, plus all the developments on the road to Beijing 2022, but as we head into the summer months, other sports will also get a look in, with star swimmer Sun Yang and his retrial in a doping case getting top billing this week, along with China’s last-minute switch to play its upcoming World Cup qualifying games in the UAE, which could have significant implications for China’s 2022 World Cup hopes.
In this week’s look at all the latest news in the build-up to the Olympics and elsewhere:
The next few months are not likely to see a huge amount of action when it come to Winter Olympic sports in China. Beijing is very much in waiting mode for at least three main reasons: a celebration, a mourning and the Tokyo Olympics.
In this week’s look at all the latest news in the build-up to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics:
In this week’s look at all the latest news in the build-up to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics:
Thanks to all of you who got in touch after last week’s story about the current state of Chinese ice hockey and the car crash that appears to lie in wait at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. I heard from multiple players, coaches, industry execs and journalists, who all reached out to offer some thoughts. It also resulted in at least one follow-up story, with The Economist – of all people – highlighting the situation.
Continue reading Rocky Road Ahead for Chinese Ice Hockey HopefulsIn 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
