Milan, Cortina weigh future of popular cauldrons as Games near finale
(corrects Roberto to Marco in paragraph 13)
Italy Sport News
Biathlon-Perrot powers France to first gold medal in men's relay
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 17 : France's Eric Perrot overcame a wobble on the final shoot and a late surge from Norway's Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen to win a sensational first men's relay gold medal for his country at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday.
Nordic combined-'Our brothership is really good', Oftebro siblings look out for each other
TESERO, Italy, Feb 17 : For Norwegian Nordic combined skiers Jens and Einar Luraas Oftebro, competing together at the Winter Olympics means almost as much as winning medals.
SkiMo-Ski mountaineering ready for Olympic debut in Italian Alps rich with sport's history
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 17 : Ski mountaineering is ready for its Olympic debut starting with the men's and women's sprint events on Thursday. It does so in a mountain region rich with the sport's history.
Canada's Rachel Homan scores 2 in 10th to hand Sweden 1st loss at Olympics
Canada's Rachel Homan defeated Sweden's Anna Hasselborg 8-6 on Tuesday afternoon in women's curling round-robin play at the Winter Olympics.
Bobsleigh-Swiss broadcaster pulls commentary questioning presence of Israeli athlete
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 17 : Swiss broadcaster RTS said it had pulled from its website the commentary on an Olympic bobsleigh run in which one reporter questioned at length the presence of an Israeli athlete in Milano Cortina because of his alleged support for Israel's actions in the Gaza war.
Ice hockey-Swiss ease past Italy to set up quarter-final with Finland
MILAN, Feb 17 : Switzerland beat Italy 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament at Milano Rho arena on Tuesday and will face defending champions Finland in the last eight.
Biathlon-Passler left out of Italian team after doping reinstatement
MILAN, Feb 17 : Biathlete Rebecca Passler, who successfully overturned a doping ban, has not been selected for the Italian women's relay team and will not participate at the Winter Olympics.