Beijing 2022
IOC launches NFT-based game for Beijing 2022
An official mobile game based on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been released, featuring a marketplace where users can trade Olympic 'pins' in the form of non-fungible tokens
India joins Beijing 2022 diplomatic boycott
India has announced a last-minute diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games after a soldier involved in border clashes between India and China in June 2020 appeared as an Olympic torchbearer
IMG’s Sport 24 finalises Olympics in-flight, in-ship deal ahead of Beijing 2022
Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship service operated by the IMG agency, has renewed its rights deal with the International Olympic Committee to cover the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paris 2024 Olympics
Beijing 2022 to allow 150,000 spectators, Putin dismisses “selfish” diplomatic boycott
About 150,000 spectators will be invited to attend Winter Olympics events at venues in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the International Olympic Committee has announced
IOC members lambast Fifa’s biennial World Cup scheme
The International Olympic Committee has stepped up its attack on Fifa’s plans to make the World Cup a biennial event, with one member saying the proposal would do “immeasurable damage” to global sport…
FuboTV to carry NBCUniversal’s Beijing 2022 coverage
US-based sports streaming platform fuboTV has reached an agreement to carry NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, which officially begin on Friday.
IOC hopes for 30 per cent Beijing 2022 capacity
The International Olympic Committee hopes the Chinese government will allow stadiums to operate at 30 per cent of capacity for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, which start this week
Weibo issues Beijing 2022 copyright warning
Chinese social media platform Weibo has warned its users not to post content from the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics that belongs to broadcast rights-holders
Hong Kong’s CMHK secures on-demand VR rights for Beijing 2022
Telecoms operator China Mobile Hong Kong has secured exclusive on-demand virtual reality rights in Hong Kong for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Seven unveils extensive Beijing 2022 broadcast plans
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven has unveiled plans for more than 1,600 hours of live coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics across its television channels and streaming service
NBCUniversal, TikTok strike content and advertising partnership for Beijing 2022
NBCUniversal has partnered with short form media platform TikTok for a content and advertising-based partnership for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics
Discovery outlines Beijing 2022 output, OTT customer retention plans and ‘robust’ audio
Discovery has today (Monday) laid out its production and editorial plans for next month’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as it seeks to convert more OTT users to long-term subscribers on the back of the t…
Beijing 2022 scraps ticket sales to general public
Tickets for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will not be made available to the general public due to concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers have announced
China says it has hit 300m winter sports participation target
China has realised its goal of engaging 300m people in winter sports ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, according to a report from its National Bureau of Statistics
Beijing 2022 ‘closed-loop system’ begins as Covid looms over Games
The 'closed-loop system' operating around the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - essentially, a giant 'bio-secure bubble' - begins operating today, with a month to go until the start of the Games
Second editions of Beijing 2022 ‘playbooks’ published
Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have released second editions of the guidebooks for participants aimed at minimising Covid-related risks at the event
IOC says ‘Beijing ready’ for Winter Olympics, bats away Omicron concerns
The International Olympic Committee has said Beijing is "very much on track" in terms of its preparations to host next year's Winter Olympics, following the latest report from the local organising committee
UK and Canada join Olympics diplomatic boycott
The UK and Canada will join Australia and the US in not sending officials to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in protest against alleged human rights abuses by China