Spread-out Winter Olympics in Italy comes with ‘complexities,’ IOC president says
When athletes from around the world arrive in Italy for the Winter Olympics in the next week or so, they’ll be scattered throughout the country’s north.
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The NFL on FOX crew previews divisional round matchups between the Houston Texans and New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears.
Athletic Bilbao fight back to beat Atalanta 3-2 and keep alive Champions League hopes
BERGAMO, Italy, Jan 21 : Athletic Bilbao mounted a superb second-half comeback to defeat Atalanta 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday, giving the Spanish side renewed hope of progressing to the playoff qualification round.
Mexico's quarterback Flores champions flag football ahead of LA Olympics
Jan 21 : Diana Flores started playing flag football on dusty fields where women were not even allowed on the main pitch.
Austrians seek to dent German luge hegemony
LONDON, Jan 21 : To say that Germany is the dominant force in Olympic luge barely does justice to the country’s near-total hegemony of the high-speed, “feet-first” sliding event and it would be a huge surprise if they do not win most, if not all of the five golds available in Cortina next month.
Charles Bediako gets TRO for Alabama return in NCAA lawsuit - ESPN
Former Alabama standout Charles Bediako, who entered the 2023 NBA draft and signed a two-way contract with the San Antonio Spurs that year, has been granted a temporary restraining order to return to the team and college basketball immediately, a judge ruled Wednesday.
World champ Hallie Clarke, veteran Jane Channel lead Canada's skeleton team into Olympics
Hallie Clarke is set to make her Olympic debut next month at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as part of the Canadian skeleton team announced Wednesday by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and Canadian Olympic Committee.
Italy bets on Games infrastructure for economic boost
ROME, Jan 21 : Italy hopes to receive a "healthy dose of doping" for its economy from investments linked to the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, arguing that major events can accelerate long‑delayed infrastructure projects.