OLYMPICS OFFICIAL WARNS THAT PENG SHUAI CASE ‘MAY SPIN OUT OF CONTROL’ AS PHOTOS OF TENNIS STAR RAISE QUESTIONS

The crisis over the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, which has sparked a global outcry, “may spin out of control” and push the International Olympic Committee (IOC) into taking a harder line with Beijing, an Olympics official warned.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai at the Madrid Open in 2018.© Susana Vera/Reuters Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai at the Madrid Open in 2018.

Peng, 35, a three-time Olympian and a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, has not been seen in