SEOUL -South Korean politicians and activists criticised what they called China’s “cultural appropriation”, after a woman appearing to be wearing Korean traditional dress appeared among those representing China’s different ethnic…
By Tony Munroe, Muyu Xu and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday that not only bear the mark of the global…
By Frank Pingue – Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores said on Wednesday his refusal to throw games as a way to improve the football club’s chances of landing…
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine, and the…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s team for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be at the opening and closing ceremonies after being told by the International Olympic Committee it was required to participate.…
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Monday urged U.S. Olympic officials to prepare to defend American athletes from possible Chinese government retaliation should they choose to speak out about China’s rights abuses…
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – A Chinese figure skating judge who served a suspension for giving preferential marks to his compatriots will serve on a technical judging panel at the…
Just a week before the opening ceremony of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, U.S. television viewers can be forgiven for forgetting the date, or even that it is taking place…
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey has approved its first company to take bets on competitive video games, a fast-growing activity known as esports that is popular with young people…
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON – A year after the “meme stock” rally humbled hedge funds and roiled Wall Street, U.S. regulators are studying ways to crack down on psychological prompts…
BEIJING -Organisers of next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics slightly eased the strict COVID-19 requirements for participants, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive…
By Tony Munroe BEIJING -Beijing Olympics organisers said on Sunday they had confirmed 72 cases of COVID-19 among 2,586 Games-related personnel entering China from Jan. 4 to Jan. 22, with…
Riot Games has agreed to pay $100 million in a settlement with women who are current and former employees of the company in a California class-action lawsuit. The “League of…
We all know how the story goes and we all thought it had a happy ending. We were wrong. Decades later after much activism for the inclusion of red-nosed reindeer…
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, MARYLAND – With a little bit of Lottery luck, a Prince George’s County construction worker saw his payday get a whole lot bigger. Brandywine resident Jemmelle Murphy…
Rockstar Games has announced it is re-releasing remastered versions of past games from its popular Grand Theft Auto franchise, one of the best-selling game franchises in history. Let’s break it…