International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has taken part in the longest Olympic Torch "kiss" in history.

Beijing 2022 mascot Bing Dwen Dwen has been sold out at many stores in the Chinese capital after a buying frenzy followed the Opening Ceremony on Friday (February 4). 

The Jewish Museum in Munich has launched "Twelve months, Twelve names", a project to remember the victims of an attack on the Athletes' Village at the Olympic Games 50 years ago.

First day covers and other philatelic souvenirs to commemorate the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games sold out in less than two hours following the Opening Ceremony in Beijing.

A combination of COVID-19 and pressure from human rights groups has prompted a low-key approach to sponsor activity at the Winter Olympic Games here.

American television network NBC has reported that only 16 million people watched the live coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games here on Friday (February 4) on linear television - the lowest in history.

Veteran International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Guy Drut has called for the remains of Olympic founder Pierre de Coubertin to be interred in the Panthéon in Paris before the 2024 Olympic Games start in the French capital.

Favourite Irene Schouten won women's 3,000 metres gold for The Netherlands in the first speed skating medal event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

United Nations General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid has compared his organisation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after carrying the Beijing 2022 Olympic flame on the final leg of its Relay before the Opening Ceremony.

Alpine skier Márton Kékesi and Zita Tóth will carry the Hungarian flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing tonight, but almost half of the team are unlikely to take part in the parade of nations.

Alpine skier Dave Ryding and curling skip Eve Muirhead will carry the British flag in the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games here tonight. 

Germany have chosen speedskater Claudia Pechstein and bobsledder Francesco Friedrich to carry the flag in the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games here tonight. 

Beijing’s "Birds Nest" will tonight become the first stadium in history to  host a Summer and Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony.

Actor Jackie Chan has carried the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch on the Great Wall of China.