Olympics

Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson ended up with an engagement ring instead of a medal on Thursday after crashing out of the women’s super-G at the Milano Cortina Games ...

The International Olympic Committee’s decision to disqualify Ukraine’s skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych over the use of a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia was “...

Norway biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid has apologised to his teammates and his ex-girlfriend following his sensational interview after his bronze medal-winning efforts in Tuesday’s Olympic men’s 20km individual ...

Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI have called a one-day byline strike for Friday, escalating a standoff with management over a gaffe-strewn commentary at the opening of the Winter Olympics. ...

Norway’s Sturla Holm Laegreid followed up his bronze medal in the biathlon at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday with a stunning confession that he had cheated on his girlfriend, ...

Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych cannot wear his “helmet of remembrance” honouring those killed in the war with Russia at the Winter Olympics skeleton competition but may use a black armband, the ...

Whether gold, silver or bronze, there is one thing Milano Cortina Winter Olympics medals have in common: they can break. Games organisers on Monday said they have launched an investigation ...

U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn had surgery on a broken leg in an Italian hospital after her audacious bid to win Olympic downhill gold with a ruptured knee ligament ...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Milan on Saturday in a protest over housing costs and environmental concerns on the first full day of the Milano Cortina Winter ...

Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning run on Stelvio to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men’s downhill on Saturday. The 24-year-old von Allmen barely put a ski ...

Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni, two of Italy’s greatest Alpine skiers, shared the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron in Milan on Friday. Tomba, 59, and Compagnoni, who is 55, were ...

By Antonio Tajani, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs The Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics officially begin today. This global event will bring 3,500 athletes from over 90 countries to Italy, competing in 304 events, with ...

Winter Olympic doping chiefs say they will be on the lookout for any evidence male ski jumpers are artificially enlarging their penises in a bid to manipulate one of the ...

The Olympic torch arrived in front of Milan’s giant gothic cathedral amid cheers and protests in the city on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina ...

Ensuring that meals serve as fuel to maximise athletes’ performance shaped everything from menus to kitchen workflows for organisers of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics after the mistakes that sparked ...

Heavy snow fell on Tuesday on the northern Italian mountain venues that will host the ski events at the Milano Cortina Olympics, helping to provide a fitting backdrop for the ...

Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of turning to a life of crime as a murderous cocaine-trafficking kingpin, pleaded not guilty on Monday to all 17 felony charges against ...

U.S. officials helping to safeguard Americans at next month’s Winter Olympics are stepping up planning for potential drone disruptions from illicit filming over venues to worst-case scenarios involving ...

Britain will target between four to eight medals at the Milano-Cortina Olympics, with team chiefs quietly confident that they can beat the record of five achieved at Sochi and PyeongChang. ...

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will be among the stars at the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, organisers said on Sunday. The performance by Bocelli, who had also ...

The Olympic torch made its way through heavy snow to reach the northern Italian city of Bologna, with just a month to go until the start of the Milano Cortina ...

Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will not be able to represent their country even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty ...

LA28 has said that fans will be able to register starting January 14 for a random ticket draw covering all Olympic sports at the Los Angeles Games with organizers promising at ...

The Olympic Games must strengthen their role as an event that brings the world together in peace as conflicts around the world escalate, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry ...