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