The Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA) investigation into figure skater Kamila Valieva's positive test has reached its "final stage", with results expected "in the coming weeks".

Only "selected" spectators will be permitted at next month's Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said.

The National Hockey League (NHL) has confirmed it will not send its players to the men's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Already roiled by the pandemic and a partial diplomatic boycott, the Beijing Winter Olympics face another challenge in finding airplane seats for all the athletes and officials.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) are being urged to implement its human rights strategy immediately amid concerns the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing will become a "triumphal Chinese communist spectacle in the snow".

A senior member of the Japanese Government has weighed into the controversy over Beijing’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Makoto Nagamine calling on the country to help apply pressure on China over human rights concerns.

A virtual China House, designed to promote the spirit of Chinese Olympians, while also providing an introduction to Beijing 2022, has been launched to coincide with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.