Winter Olympics
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Winter Olympics: Arif Khan ends his Olympic run with a DNF
The 31-year-old could not finish his first race in the slalom event, but had earlier finished 45th in the giant slalom event.
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Winter Olympic Games: Arif Khan, India’s sole competitor, finishes 45th in giant slalom event
The 31-year-old skier will next compete on Wednesday in the slalom event
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Winter Olympics 2022: Arif Khan finishes 53rd in first race of giant slalom event
This was Khan’s first ever appearance at a Winter Olympics, but he became the first Indian to qualify for two different events in the same edition of the Games.
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Meet Arif Khan, India’s sole participant at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
A lack of funds kept him from qualifying for the Winter Games in 2018, but Arif Khan left no stone unturned to secure a spot for Beijing
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In photos: Arif Khan carries India’s flag as Beijing hosts 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Fireworks exploded over the ‘Bird’s Nest’ as the lattice-shaped stadium took centre stage, just as it did at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
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Beijing Olympics set to begin under cloud of human rights concerns, Covid
As Beijing becomes the first city to host both a Summer and Winter Olympics, Covid fear, human rights and climate change concerns have dominated the discourse.
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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For Xi Jinping, Beijing Winter Olympics are an opportunity to reset the global rhetoric on China
The Chinese state wants to show the world that its model of high-tech authoritarian governance is supreme.
Yan Bennett, The Conversation & John Garrick, The Conversation
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Winter Olympics: Md Arif Khan included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme
Khan will take part in the Winter Olympics in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events.
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Canada announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The decision comes days after the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia said they would not be sending government delegations to the event.
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The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The decision, which stopped short of preventing athletes from attending the 2022 Olympics, comes a day after the United States announced its diplomatic boycott.
AFP
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Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The decision, which stopped short of preventing athletes from attending the 2022 Olympics, comes a day after the United States announced its diplomatic boycott.
AFP
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US diplomats to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics amid concerns about human rights violations
However, American athletes have been allowed to compete at the games that will start on February 4.
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The Field
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WPL 2024: From captain Meg Lanning to rising star Shreyanka Patil – The Field’s team of the season
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour
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IWL 2023-24: Odisha FC inch closer to title with win over East Bengal
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WPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore deliver lesson on making comebacks to win first title