Новости за 20.01.2022

Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): A member of China's Olympics organizing committee warned that foreign athletes may face punishment for speech that violates Chinese law at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, spotlighting concerns about the country's restrictions on political expression. In broad strokes, China's stance falls in line with the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) established rule against political protest a

BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- An international book fair, organized by the China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd, kicked off Thursday in the lead-up to the upcoming Spring Festival.

MACAO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Top-ranked Ma Long and Xu Xin went through to the quarterfinals at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2021 China Stars on Thursday, the second day of the five-day tournament.

SOFIA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria will send 16 athletes to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, the General Assembly of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) decided here on Thursday.

By Oliver Trust

BERLIN, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Germany's ice hockey captain Moritz Muller doesn't mind talking about what most professional athletes don't talk about: sweets.

While coaches and nutritionists mention the disadvantages of sugar, Muller's memories are connected with the unexpected help from Chinese food company representatives attending a food-fair in Cologne decades ago.

Today sweets are

Kansas City Chiefs starting linebacker Willie Gay faces a misdemeanor charge of criminal damage after his arrest Wednesday night in Overland Park, Kan. According to Johnson County authorities, Gay was charged with one count of criminal damage of less than $1,000 for damage to property including a vacuum cleaner, a door frame and a wall. A representative for Gay told NFL Network that "no one was touched" during an argume

TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Japan will send a 260-strong delegation to attend the Beijing Winter Olympic Games to be held from February 4-20, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) announced here on Thursday.

Melbourne [Australia], January 20 (ANI): The fourth day of the Australian Open 2022 turned out to be an eventful day as reigning US Open Champion Daniil Medvedev beat Nick Kyrgios in a hard fought four set encounter while Simona Halep registered a comfortable straight sets win over Beatriz Haddad Maia. Aryna Sabalenka too won a hard fought match here at the Rod Laver Arena. On the other hand Emma Raducanu and Garbine Mugu

Chicago Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball has a small meniscus tear in his left knee, The Athletic reported Thursday. He is said to be evaluating treatment options and there is hope he can play through it, otherwise a minor surgical procedure would sideline him for several weeks. Ball, 24, sat out his third consecutive game when the Bulls beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-104 on Wednesday night. His role was filled by a combi

Danka Kovinic will take her No. 98 world ranking into the third round of the Australian Open after defeating Britain's Emma Raducanu in three sets. Raducanu took the court with a heavily bandaged hand and index finger because of blisters on her racquet hand but surged to a 3-0 lead and held her own for most of the match before falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. "Before the match there were some people in my team who didn't want me

Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): Space Entertainment Enterprise (S.E.E) is planning to launch what it claims is the world's first entertainment studio and multi-purpose arena in zero gravity. The company is co-producing Tom Cruise's upcoming space movie. As per Variety, S.E.E. has unveiled plans to build a space station module that contains a sports and entertainment arena as well as a content studio by December 2024. N

Panaji (Goa) [India], January 20 (ANI): The organisers of the Indian Super League (ISL) on Thursday announced the postponement of Match No. 67 between Jamshedpur FC and Mumbai City FC. The match was scheduled to be played on Friday at Athletic Stadium, Bambolim. The League will look to rearrange the fixture to a later date. "The decision was taken considering advice from the League's medical team on Jamshedpur FC's inabil

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI): On the occasion of her daughter Saira's 10th birthday, actor Lara Dutta Bhupathi penned a sweet birthday wish for the little girl. "Just like that.. my beautiful, funny, kind-hearted little girl turns 10. My life's greatest blessing. @mbhupathi," she wrote on Instagram. Lara also dropped a few pictures with Saira. The first picture Lara posted is a throwback one, which is fo

Brook has stated that he would be looking to pursue a clash with American star Mayweather or welterweight star Conor Benn if he defeats bitter rival Khan next month

Paul and Davidson have a long-running feud that began when the SNL comedian made a number of jokes at the boxer's expense during his bout with Ben Askren last year

The leading MMA promotion in the world will return to the UK for the first time in three years later this year, with a number of top British fighters set to be involved

Reports suggested Tyson and Paul verbally agreed to fight in an exhibition bout in Las Vegas, but former heavyweight champion Tyson has since denied the claim

Hearn almost had a deal over the line to stage the super-fight for the undisputed heavyweight title last summer in Saudi Arabia, but lost out due to a legal issue on Fury's end

Fury's promoter Bob Arum has today reignited talk of a Fury vs Usyk bout for the undisputed heavyweight title to take place in the Middle East, but Joshua would need to be paid very well

Arum is still planning to stage the event between Fury and Whyte on March 26 at the Principality Stadium in Wales providing purse bids resolve the stalled negotiations between the two parties

White has admitted that if the fans show interest in a boxing match between Fury and Ngannou similarly to Conor McGregor's clash with Floyd Mayweather he will be forced to agree

Brook has been showing that he is the most "dedicated" ever according to promoter Ben Shalom which has included a ban from his phone in training camp out in Fuerteventura

Woodley has rubbished claims that the fight was "rigged" after he was sent crashing to the canvas with a brutal KO and claimed his "dive" that was suggested by fans was not "on purpose"

Joshua had been expected to face Usyk for a second time but could now allow the world champion to fight Fury for all four belts

Fury is in negotiations to fight Dillian Whyte while Joshua was expected to rematch Joshua - but both Whyte and Joshua could now step aside