Category: Olympic Games

Winter Olympics

Snowboarder Jenise Spiteri to represent Malta at the Winter Olympics

Jenise Spiteri will be representing Malta at the upcoming Winter Olympics that will be held in Beijing this month. The snowboarder issued a statement on her...

Winter Olympics
/ 1 week ago

China cancels plans to sell Olympic tickets to public due to COVID-19

China on Monday cancelled plans to sell tickets to the public for the Winter Olympics in Beijing, allowing only invitees to...

By AFP
Winter Olympics
/ 2 weeks ago

Watch: Shannon Galea becomes first Maltese to compete at European Skeleton Championships

Shannon Galea handed Malta its first ever European Championship appearance in Skeleton racing when the Canadian-born athlete was on the starting...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Olympic Games
/ 3 weeks ago

Maltese Olympic Committee sign MOU with Centre for Sport Excellence

In its quest to offer a wider network of support to its affiliated national federations, the Maltese Olympic Committee has signed...

By Valhmor Camilleri
More Sports
/ 3 weeks ago

Olympic chiefs urges Beijing participants to be ‘extra vigilant’

Olympic chiefs on Wednesday urged all participants at next month’s Winter Games in Beijing to be “extra vigilant” as Covid-19 infections...

By AFP
Olympic Games
/ 3 weeks ago

Beijing seals off its Olympic ‘bubble’

Beijing sealed up its Winter Olympic “bubble” on Tuesday, preparing the Games venues, transport and staff for the world’s strictest mass...

By AFP
Olympic Games
/ 4 weeks ago

MOC postpone 2022 Gala Sports Awards to a later date due to COVID-19

The Maltese Olympic Committee announced that the Gala Sports Awards, scheduled for next month, have been postponed amid the current COVID-19...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Olympic Games
/ 1 month ago

Japan government officials to miss Beijing Olympics

Japan said Friday it will not send government representatives to February’s Beijing Olympics as it called on China to respect human...

By AFP
Olympic Games
/ 1 month ago

New rules for running shoes after Paris Olympics

Rules concerning new generation athletics shoes will be tightened after the Paris 2024 Olympics, World Athletics said on Thursday. The move...

By AFP
Olympic Games
/ 1 month ago

Anti-doping agency lifts India’s lab suspension

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced Thursday that it has reinstated, effective immediately, the accreditation of India’s national dope-testing laboratory, which...

By AFP