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0ne really wonders if players now even feel safe to go and compete there. 0lympics officials insist politics should be kept out of sport. the trouble for china is that these allegations are of such a sensitive nature that it finds itself in a bit of a bind. peng shuai has put them in front of centre of court. john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. the government's plans to reform social care in england — which would see a lifetime cap of £86,000 on what you have to pay — is expected to be voted on by parliament tomorrow. there's growing concern on the government backbenches about whether the pl...

Boycott, and i totally understand that. my organisation is calling fred diplomatic boycott, and here is the reason, china can put on a good 0lympics. we know that. they are good at the logistics, they will have good venues, but what is happening right now is the human rights crisis. as he mentioned, they are up to 1,000,000 people who are detained, many of those people are in re—education camps, some have now been sentenced to long prison terms, ten or 15 years, and this is particularly affecting intellectual uighur muslims, the poets, the artists, the businesspeople, people who have no conn...

A world cup every two years. because that's where the best play against the best. and that makes everybody better. there are 211 countries, you know, in the world. 133 have never been at the world cup. why are you meddling with the game's best loved competition? the risk is to make football better. and i'm ready to take that gamble. currently, clubs can lose their top players to international qualifiers up to five times a season. wenger wants to cut that to just one or two. everybody knows it's chaos in the programme. there is no clarity, no simplicity, no modern way to organise a season. what...

Lifting of restrictions? could we see that insight very soon injapan, in parts of the country? in japan, in parts of the country?— in japan, in parts of the count ? ~ i. ., , country? well, you are seeing thins country? well, you are seeing things boost _ country? well, you are seeing things boost up _ country? well, you are seeing things boost up to _ country? well, you are seeing things boost up to some - country? well, you are seeing l things boost up to some extent. there are press reports that the government is considering taking a deep breath and loosening things up. but i think the go...

For a banned substance. he's been suspended from competition and if upheld, it would be the most high—profile doping offence by a british athlete at any 0lympics. he and the rest of the relay team all face being stripped of their medals. the former 0lympic silver medallist kriss akabussi says he feels for the other three. dumbfounded, disbelief, denial. some kind of, is there a way that i can keep my medal, it wasn't me? you know. i guess you, it's praying or meditating or some sort of, can this all go away? i reallyjust can't imagine what those other three chaps are going through. and how c...