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Chinese officials and state media on Wednesday warned the Biden administration not to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics over human-rights complaints, claiming that such a boycott would “damage the spirit of the Olympic Charter” and inflict severe economic and political damage on the weakened United States.

China’s government warned against the idea, threatening a “robust Chinese response” if the United States decided to boycott the Olympics.

According to the State Department, the United States is considering joining the boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic games as the Biden Administration is working to organize an international pushback on China.

SALT LAKE CITY — A gold medalist in sledding at the 2002 Winter Olympics has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in Utah, authorities said.

On Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) said she supports boycotting the 2022 Olympics in China. Cheney said, “I remember when we boycotted the Olympics, I guess it was the 1980 Olympics. And it’s terrible

The Chinese Olympic Committee will provide Chinese coronavirus vaccines to athletes participating in the postponed Tokyo 2020 Summer Games, slated for July, and the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

A little over a month after the head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee resigned over sexist remarks, the creative director for the event announced he would resign after suggesting a plus-sized female comedian should perform at the Games as a character he dubbed the “Olympig.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) wrote a Fox News op-ed Monday morning titled “Don’t boycott China Olympics — US tried this before and here’s who was hurt the most,” arguing Americans would only hurt themselves by boycotting the Beijing Olympics.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan will not take part in China’s offer — accepted by the International Olympic Committee — to provide vaccines for “participants” in the postponed Tokyo Games and next year’s Beijing Winter Games.

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), a human rights and advocacy organization for the ethnic group, has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s ethics commission chair to review its call for the 2022 Winter Games not to be held in Beijing, China, citing allegations of “crimes against humanity” by China against Uyghurs.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that he opposes boycotting the 2022 Olympics because “hurting American athletes is a policy of weakness.” And that the U.S. “should go over there, call

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that no final decision has been made about boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang province.

Former USA Gymnastics coach John Geddert has been charged on Thursday with 24 counts of criminal misconduct, including human trafficking and sexual assault, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.

Citizens for the Republic said the U.S. should boycott the 2022 Olympics in China because of the Communist Chinese’s human rights abuses.

Olympic medalist and U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame member Peter Oppegard allegedly bit a female figure skater on the arm during a 2013 training session, USA Today reported Thursday. 

Allowing the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to occur unchallenged will inspire a genocidal regime to escalate its violence against ethnic minorities, Hidetoshi Ishii, the vice president of the Free Indo-Pacific Alliance, told Breitbart News this week.

China’s state-run Global Times propaganda newspaper threatened other states considering a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics with “fierce” retaliation on the part of the Communist Party in a column published Sunday.

A coalition of human rights advocates representing groups repressed by the Chinese Communist Party — including members of the Tibetan, Uyghur, Inner Mongolian, and Hong Kong communities — issued a call Thursday for the world to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, set to take place in Beijing.

TOKYO — Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said Thursday he would not resign despite pressure on him to do so after he made derogatory comments about women earlier in the week.

Tokyo’s hosting of the next Olympic Games this summer is “up to the U.S.,” a Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee member said on Wednesday.

Florida has offered to step in and host the 2021 Olympics if Tokyo, Japan, backs out over pandemic fears.

TOKYO (AP) — More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be canceled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take place.

Japan’s digital transformation minister, Hirai Takuya, announced in an interview Sunday that Tokyo is developing a “monitoring system” to keep close surveillance on foreigners visiting the country, allegedly to contain the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.

GENEVA (AP) — Russia was banned Thursday from using it’s name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years.

Japanese Prime Minster Suga Yoshihide said on Thursday that the Summer Olympics in 2021 may be a “good opportunity” to discuss important matters, including a peace deal, with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. He did not confirm Kim would receive an invite, nor did he rule it out.

This week, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin posted a really cool picture on Instagram, taking us back in time to the NBA we once knew and loved. The pic is from 1996 and features Palin with her sister Molly, having a blast at a Seattle SuperSonics game.

Olympic beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings has apologized after being attacked for a social media post about shopping without a mask.

Japanese honeymooners stranded on Cape Verde due to coronavirus travel restrictions have parlayed their experience into an ambassadorship for the African island’s Olympic team, Japan Today reported on Friday.

Most Australian Olympians oppose protests in competition or on the medal podium, a survey showed Friday, with more than 80 percent agreeing on-field protests detract from the experience of athletes.

Save Women’s Sports sent a letter to the NCAA opposing a boycott of Idaho because a state law limiting women’s sports to biological females.

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), an advocacy group for the ethnic minority native to western China, issued a call Thursday for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to revoke hosting privileges from Beijing for 2022.

Tokyo’s governor said on Monday that the Summer Olympics – postponed due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic – must go forward next year to symbolize world unity in overcoming the health crisis, Japan Today reported on Tuesday.

LONDON (AP) – British sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner have accused London police of racial profiling after officers stopped and searched the couple’s car, with their 3-month-old son inside.

DENVER (AP) — John Carlos wants to abolish the rule that bans protests at the Olympics.

Democrats are not happy about a Department of Education decision to withhold federal funding from Connecticut schools for violating Title IX’s discrimination statute by allowing biological men who claim to be transgender women, to compete agains biological women in high school and college sports.

USA Swimming is planning a return to the pool. Though, no one is quite sure how it will all play out during the coronavirus pandemic.