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When the 2026 Winter Olympics begin in Milano and Cortina, Italy, next February, Arif Khan could well be India’s sole representative, just like he was at the 2022 Beijing Games.

He grew up amid 'gunfights and bombs'. Now he's headed to second straight Olympics: Arif Khan's journey from Valley to Italy

March 29, 2025 11:06 am

Earlier this week, India's alpine skier Arif Khan has sealed his 2026 Winter Games berth, becoming the third athlete to represent the country at two Winter Olympics after Jeremy Bujakowski (twice, in 1964 and 1968) and Shiva Keshavan (six times from 1998 to 2018).

Canadian dream: India origin ice-hockey star takes his Baba, Bibi to rink for NHL debut

February 28, 2024 8:19 am

Canada-based Arshdeep Bains, who has now played three matches with the Vancouver Canucks, has become the fourth Indian-origin player to lay in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee in action. (Reuters)

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva given four-year ban for doping

January 30, 2024 10:17 am

The 17-years-old Valieva had been found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation from her positive test ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Jammu and Kashmir skier Arif Khan says stopped at Gulmarg Gondola for training, calls it 'deliberate harassment'

March 05, 2023 7:30 pm

In a video posted on social media, Khan said he was in Gulmarg, in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, for training when the incident took place.

Beijing Olympics will go down as China's failed attempt to use, misuse sport for political propaganda

February 22, 2022 9:32 am

Try they did, even boorishly getting a soldier from Galwan to run the torch relay, but this time, China might've overplayed its hand. Turning sport into a sideshow, while hard selling their politics, might well have backfired in Beijing's 14-year-itch.

Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva

Explained: How figure skater Valieva was banned, then reinstated at Olympics despite doping charge

February 17, 2022 10:55 am

After being cleared to compete, Valieva topped the short programme on Tuesday with a score of 82.16, ahead of Russian teammate Anna Shcherbakova, by nearly 2 points. Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto was third at 79.84.

Beijing Olympics: Why a performer wearing Korean hanbok has sparked criticism

February 10, 2022 11:33 am

China has been accused of 'cultural appropriation' after a performer at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics wore a hanbok, a traditional Korean dress. How has China responded?

Winter Olympics: After Dutch reporter gets dragged away by Chinese security officer, IOC says 'isolated case'

February 05, 2022 10:18 pm

There have been concerns over whether visiting media will be allowed to freely do their job in China during the Games.

Beijing torchbearer's ethnicity not a factor, IOC says

February 05, 2022 4:23 pm

As soon as a Uyghur athlete helped light the Olympic flame at the Beijing Olympics, the debate began: Was it a defiant signal from Chinese leaders, or proof that protests around the world were having impact?

As India talks to China, it must be prepared to lay down the red lines — as it has done with the boycott of Beijing Games

February 05, 2022 6:05 pm

The boycott does not extend to the sporting events at the Games but it has marred President Xi Jinping’s efforts to tell the world that the Covid pandemic has not affected China’s ability to put up a perfect show.