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Winter Olympics get into full swing day after Beijing opening ceremony at Bird’s Nest Stadium

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off with the Opening Ceremonies on Friday airing live on NBC, a unit of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). As sports betting expands to more states each year, the Olympic Games becomes available to bet on by more people in the U.S.

BEIJING — There will be time to get into why the Winter Olympics should or shouldn't be held here in China. To question if politics should play a role in determining what country should host this showcase of athletic excellence. To argue if China's human rights record, suppression of cultures…

Beijing: The 2022 Winter Olympics officially started off Friday night as China attempts to turn the page on a troubled build-up overshadowed by human rights concerns and Covid.

China's borders have been virtually closed off for the past two years. Now, in a way, it's opening on a massive scale for the Winter Olympics. To pull this off in the middle of a pandemic, China is holding the Games in a fortress.

Brands such as Coca-Cola, Airbnb and Visa have paid millions to sponsor the Winter Games, which began Friday in Beijing. In doing so, rights groups say they are endorsing human rights violations, including the detention of millions of Uighur Muslims.

Speed alone may be the factor that draws many sports fans to the bobsled, luge and skeleton events at this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. But beneath the thrilling descents of the winding, ice-covered track, a myriad of concepts from physics are at play. It is how the athletes react to…

A giant snowflake has been lit to signal the official start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing during a stripped-back opening ceremony which had been

China has been inundated with accusations of human rights abuses and "sportswashing" which not even the opening ceremony finale including Uyghur Dinigeer Yilamujiang can over look

Fourteen years on from the bombastic sights of the Beijing Summer Games opening ceremony, China's tone at these Winter Olympics is more conciliatory amid a message on how the Olympics can bring people together.

Snowboarder Aimee Fuller was gunning for a medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics slopestyle final in Pyeongchang, but in the end was just grateful to escape with her breasts