Google on Friday displayed an animated doodle on its homepage to celebrate the beginning of the event.

This year's CWG closing ceremony drew flak after the athletes were not shown entering the stadium in the live broadcast.

There will be 102 events across 15 sports, making it the first Winter Games to surpass 100 medal events.

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