U.S. State Dept. Report Details Censorship & Quashing Of Dissent During Last Olympic Games In China

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has explained why the title race momentum has swung in the favour of Liverpool.The Reds avoided a scare against Norwich on Saturday after falling behind early on to the Canaries, but rallied to win 3-1.City couldn't replicate similar heroics against Tottenham Hotspur in the evening after Pep Guardiola's similarly fell behind.City were twice able to peg Spurs back, but a heart-breaking 95th-minute winner pushed the game away from Harry Kane saw Spurs claim the three points.And despite still holding a six-point advantage, Richards believes that the title race now favours the Reds.Richards said on Sky Sports, after City's loss on Saturday evening: "It’s in Liverpool’s favour now."If they come here and win the game and do the rest that they need to do in the Premier League."I said before the game, don’t be complacent. Who do you think will win the title? Let us know in the comments section"It wasn’t just about City, Spurs were excellent today but I just thought City knew that were Spurs were going to drop deep and come on the counter-attack and played into their hands."The two sides are on a collision course for a clash at the Etihad Stadium in April.Jurgen Klopp's side also have a game in hand, and could draw level on points with Guardiola's side should they beat City in their own backyard.Liverpool won their maiden Premier League during the 19/20 season, but were unable to defend their crown to a rampant City last campaign.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterThe Pearson family will be hitting the bench for a few weeks as the final season of “This Is Us” is bumped from NBC’s primetime schedule — along with all of the network’s other regularly slated comedies and dramas —  to bring in the Beijing Winter Olympics.While many “This Is Us” fans may not want to part with new episodes of the show in favor of figure-skating, curling and bobsledding competitions from Feb. 2-20, those viewers should know they were going to lose the Pearsons for three weeks this season, with or without the 2022 Olympics.“We don’t love having it off for two weeks [during the Olympics], but those two weeks would have been repeats or preempts anyway, because there’s 18 episodes and 21 weeks,” Steve Kern, head of scheduling for NBC, told Variety. “And so it actually helps us.

Nina Dobrev, 35, has nailed snowboarding with a little help from her boyfriend, Olympian Shaun White, 35. As her beau readies to compete in the 2022 Winter Games, which starts Friday, Feb.

Team USA has announced that John Shuster and Brittany Bowe will carry the American flag at Friday's Winter Olympics opening ceremony.MORE: Two Canadian Olympians got engaged – and their photos and joy will warm your heartJohn, 39, will make history as the first curler to carry the flag during the opening ceremony. The five-time Olympian called it the "biggest honor" ever.

NBC and CBS both nabbed another round of Tuesday primetime wins, with respective dramas This Is Us and FBI leading the pack for the third week in a row.

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The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics officially kicks off February 4 with the Opening Ceremonies and ends February 20 with the Closing Ceremonies, but competition actually gets underway Wednesday, February 2. That’s when some events — such as curling, freestyle skiing and ice hockey — get going.

Qimai. Grindr has also been banned from Android app stores run by Chinese phone makers like Tencent and Huawei, reports Bloomberg.Representatives from Grindr confirmed to Bloomberg and The New York Post that the company removed its app from the Apple store in China of its own accord, citing difficulties with complying with the country’s Personal Information Protection Law.New regulations went into effect at the end of 2021 that limit personal information stored in apps and require data transferred between China and other regions to be approved by the Chinese government, prompting some companies to remove their apps from Apple and Android stores in China. Several foreign Internet services, including Yahoo, Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn, and Epic Games Inc.’s Fortnite, pulled out of the Chinese market last year because of difficulty complying with burdensome regulations aimed at restricting or censoring certain types of content.Grindr’s removal from online app stores comes just days after the Chinese government announced a month-long campaign aimed at policing online content to “create a civilized, healthy, festive and peaceful atmosphere for online public opinion” as the nation prepares to host the Winter Olympics.Among the government’s goals during that time period are to crack down on online violence, pornography, the spread of rumors about the Olympics or the government, and take steps to curb “the spread of bad Internet culture,” which means rooting out online behavior that the government dislikes or finds distasteful. While the announcement didn’t specifically mention dating apps or homosexuality, LGBTQ people in China have found themselves targeted by the government in the past.

For most of Sunday’s NFL conference game at SoFi Stadium, it looked like the San Francisco 49ers would be heading to Super Bowl LVI in the venue in two weeks. But looks can be deceiving.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.Top athletes across the world are already headed to Beijing ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony this weekend.Although the 2022 Winter Olympics will look a little different this year due to recent surges of the Omicron variant, the games will officially commence February 4 and run through February 20. Out of safety precautions, organizers have announced that international spectators will be barred from attending, with only a limited number of spectators allowed at any of the in-person events.This year there will be a total of 109 events on the roster, the highest in history.

Kevin Bickner has accomplished a lot by 25! The ski jumper, who currently holds the U.S. record and is competing in the upcoming 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, is more than excited to take his skills to the snow. “My goals are to improve upon my results from last Olympics,” Kevin told NBC Chicago on Jan. 31.

NBC’s midseason Sunday lineup is starting to take shape with reality series Weakest Link and Canadian medical drama Transplant making their Season 2 debuts on the night March 6 at 9 PM and 10 PM, respectively.

2022 Winter Olympics. These 2022 Olympic Games make Beijing the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games, following the city’s Olympic debut back in 2008.

Winter Olympics in Beijing, but they have been advised not to hug each other.The 24th edition of the games is set to begin in China on Friday and last for 16 days, with athletes from 91 countries competing in 109 events.Athletes have started to flock to the Olympic Village ahead of the start of the games, including Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam, who boasts two million followers on Instagram.Those arriving in the Village are set to receive free condoms but have been told to refrain from hugs and handshakes.Due to the risk of spreading Covid, athletes have been advised to avoid hugging and shaking hands during their time in the Village.The Olympics playbook advises minimal interactions between athletes and asks for competitors to remain within a 'closed loop'.However, with the Olympic Village infamous for the amount of sex between athletes that occurs during the games, condoms will still be provided for free.Event organisers told Reuters: "All Olympic-related units will provide appropriate quantities of condoms for free at the appropriate time to people who've checked in to stay inside the loop.”How many medals will Team GB win at the Winter Olympics? Let us know in the comments section below.Condoms were handed out to athletes at the delayed Summer Olympics in Tokyo last year, although only as a parting gift when they left the Village.The athlete accommodation in the Japanese capital also included supposed anti-sex beds, which were made out of cardboard and could allegedly only hold one person at a time.This year's Winter Olympics officially begins on Friday with the opening ceremony and will run for over two weeks before the closing ceremony on February 20.Events begin as early as Wednesday, though, with the curling

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who infamously slept on cardboard in Tokyo — jealous after revealing that the beds at the 2022 Winter Olympics are apparently fit for a queen. The 27-year-old competitor detailed the luxuriant sleeping accommodations in a TikTok video with over 181,200 likes.Addressing a fan query on the boudoirs in Beijing’s Olympic village, Britcher exclaimed: “I am so excited you asked this question because I have something incredible to share.“Because not only do we not have cardboard beds here, but it’s as if the Beijing organizing committee said, ‘How can we just absolutely just one up Tokyo?'” the Baltimore native gushed.Reply to @angellin471 #fyp #Olympian #Olympics #olympicbed #sport #athleteThen, to demonstrate the slumber pad’s lavishness, Britcher panned to a shot of the bed’s remote, which showed that its angle could be adjusted for max comfort a la an airplane seat.If that wasn’t enough to rub salt in the summer Olympians’ wounds, the lounging luger filmed herself snuggled under the covers of her plush sleep sack.“I’m in Zero-G mode [neutral sleep position] now.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina Media Group has launched CCTV-8K, an 8K ultra-high-definition TV channel, to broadcast the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, state-owned news agency Xinhua reports.To deliver the channel, CMG had to accelerate development of its nascent 8K production, broadcasting and transmission operations, said the Asian Broadcasting Union.CMG has started to install giant 8K screens in public places across the country, starting with four railway stations in Beijing and Olympic venue Zhangjiakou.Other media novelties this year include Kuaishou, a short video and live-streaming platform, being set as an official broadcast partner. Kuaishou claims more than a billion downloads of its app and to be catching fierce rival Bytedance (which owns both TikTok and its Chinese equivalent Douyin.) Along with streaming platform Tencent Video, Kuaishou sub-licensed the China rights to last year’s Tokyo summer games and the 2022 Beijing Olympics from China Central Television.The games are set to go ahead in an ultra-strict anti-COVID bubble.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNBCUniversal is about to begin broadcasting the second half of a rare Olympics doubleheader — and fatigue has set in.The Winter Games in Beijing begin Feb. 4, just six months after the close of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games that were postponed from 2020 because of the pandemic.

Nina Dobrev couldn’t be more excited to witness her boyfriend Shaun White doing what he does best.During an appearance on E! News’ Daily Pop on Tuesday, January 25, where she talked about her excitement for the beloved snowboarder.“I am really excited for him,” she said of his upcoming endeavor. “Just to get into the Olympics at all is one of the hugest accomplishments, let alone to get in five times. I’m so excited.

Two top Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have fired off a letter to NBCUniversal, calling for them to answer questions about their concerns that China’s ruling communist party may influence the upcoming coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

What do you think of Gu's decision? Let us know in your comments section But Gu has also found fame through an impressive modelling career.The skiing sensation regularly uploads snaps on her social media pages from photoshoots with brands such asLouis Vuitton.Gu has also partnered with extreme sports giants Red Bull.As well as her sponsorship deals, Gu has also been offered a place at the illustrious Stanford University.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.