Alpine skiing-Norway's injured Kilde to miss Games
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 3 : Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will miss the Milano-Cortina Olympics after failing to recover full fitness following a back injury, the 33-year-old said on Tuesday.
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Pasta, pizza popular as Milano Cortina looks to learn from Paris Games food issues
MILAN, Feb 3 : 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 criticism at the Paris 2024 Games.
With Olympic arena ready for play, Canadian Don Moffatt's magic has given Italy its own 'Miracle on Ice'
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Milano Games cost more than expected, preparations were in emergency mode throughout-Games CEO
MILAN, Feb 3 : The Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics cost more than initially budgeted, preparations faced near impossible deadlines but organisers managed to deliver most of what was initially planned, Games CEO Andrea Varnier said on Tuesday.
Ukraine’s Heraskevych criticises IOC neutral policy, plans to use Games as platform
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 3 : Ukrainian skeleton athlete and flag bearer Vladyslav Heraskevych said the International Olympic Committee’s policy on Russian and Belarusian athletes was misguided and that he intends to use the Games stage to draw attention to the war in Ukraine.
Speedskater Jackson, bobsledder Del Duca named US Opening Ceremony flag bearers
MILAN, Feb 3 : Speedskating gold medallist Erin Jackson and bobsledder Frank Del Duca will serve as the United States' flag bearers for the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina Olympics, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said on Tuesday.
Snowboarding-American Gerard seeks his 17-year-old self at third Winter Games
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 3 - American Red Gerard is going into his third Olympic Games trying to recapture the way he rode at 17, when he burst into the elite levels of the sport by winning a gold medal in slopestyle.
Inter fans get travel ban for flare thrown at Cremonese keeper
Feb 3 : The Italian Interior Ministry on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on Inter Milan fans until March 23 after a flare thrown from the stands landed near Cremonese goalkeeper Emil Audero during Inter's visit on Sunday.