The chief executive of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights, Mary Harvey, has said athletes have real concerns about the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, stressing organisers need to be transparent in addressing alleged human rights abuses in China.

Construction on a key installation that will contribute to a "green" Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic got underway to mark the 300-day countdown to the Games.

Adapted test events for all ice competitions at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have been successfully concluded, organisers say.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned of a robust response should the United States opt to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games amid ongoing concerns over human rights in the host nation.

Wolfgang Schädler, the head coach of the Chinese luge team, said he is satisfied with how well the country's sliders have developed as they target their home Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

The American State Department has denied that it will discuss a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with its allies, contradicting earlier comments from a spokesperson.

A boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is "something that we wish to discuss", a spokesperson for the American State Department has said.

Beijing 2022 has begun its latest series of adapted test events for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with ice sports now the focus.

Interim Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) President Pavel Rozhkov has been appointed as the country’s Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

More than 200 global campaign groups have signed an open letter urging chocolate bar brand Snickers to "immediately cancel" its sponsorship of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights situation.

European Union (EU) sanctions imposed on Chinese officials in response to well-documented allegations of a systematic repression campaign against Uyghur Muslims were not discussed when International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach met with high-ranking officials including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week.

The European Union (EU), the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses of the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang, with less than a year to go to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Juan Antonio Samaranch, chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for Beijing 2022, has claimed there are benefits to having the Games come just six months after Tokyo 2020, despite its challenges.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian has said the international community is against politicising sport amid human rights criticism ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.