Zhangjiakou, the joint-bidding city of Beijing for 2022 Winter Olympics, is developing fast in skiing industry. Mayor Hou Liang said on Thursday that the Hebei city had been training coaches to meet the need of the rapid development.
Here are some shots of top-class action from the Winter Games...
'It is 25 years I am president of the national paralympic committee of the Ukraine. And never was it so difficult, so heavy to come to the Paralympic Games.'
All Olympic-related units will provide appropriate quantities of condoms for free at the appropriate time to people who've checked in to stay inside the loop.
The Olympic torch relay began its second day on Thursday atop the Great Wall, with Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan and Chinese Olympic medallists among those taking turns carrying the flame along a route shortened to three days because of COVID-19.
Eleven mine workers were killed because of carbon monoxide poisoning in a coal mine in northern China. They died after an air compressor caught fire inside the mine in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said on Friday.
Cross-country skier Johaug to call time on Olympic career after Sunday's 30km.
Ukrainian cities have been under heavy Russian bombardment while the team has been performing in Beijing
All the top action from Day 8 of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on Saturday.
With 100 days until the start of the Winter Olympics, Beijing is promising a "simple and safe" 2022 Games - although preparations are anything but simple as China readies to host thousands of athletes and personnel as it battles COVID-19 flare-ups.
Core to the planning is the rigidly-enforced closed loop that physically separates Games-related personnel from the local population
No more Games for Americans Hubbell and Donohue
Home favourite Su Yiming of China made his Olympic debut on Sunday and received a standing ovation in return.
Valieva dominates the ice despite doping scandal
Russians win team Figure skating gold, Valieva first woman to land Games quads
China has smothered most outbreaks within its borders, keeping new case numbers low.
The top moments from the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday.
'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.' 'The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi.
Speed skating - Swings wins mass start, brings first Belgian Winter gold in 74 years.
Snow blankets Games, delays Gu's return to competition
Chen scores world record for massive lead over shocked Hanyu
Here are photos that prove we live in a mad world.
Munich will not bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics after failing to win the support of the local population in a referendum on whether to bid for the Games.
Beijing staked its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, which if selected will earn the Chinese capital the distinction of being the first city to organise both summer and winter versions of the Games.
These images from across the globe tell us how crazy the world out there is!
Steve Finn helped England dominate Australia in another Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Friday to take a 2-1 series lead. A day later, there were celebrations across China as Beijing won the rights to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. And, on Sunday, Premier League club Arsenal finally won bragging rights after beating Chelsea 1-0 to clinch the Community Shield to kick-start their season on a positive note. Rediff.com has all this and a lot more action from the week gone by, snapped right here!
The choice of Beijing as host of the 2022 Winter Olympics over Kazakhstan's Almaty was a solid vote for the tried and tested, and the financial and organisational security of China.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may attend the opening ceremony for the Sochi Winter Olympics, but China has ruled out any formal meeting with President Xi Jinping whose attendance at the Games has already been confirmed.
