Milan hit by rail strike in run-up to opening of Games
MILAN, Feb 2 : Travellers arriving in Milan on Monday for the Winter Olympics and Italian commuters faced disruption as workers from the local train operating company staged a one-day stoppage.
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IOC confident Milano-Cortina Games will be ready despite last-gasp push
MILAN, Feb 1 : The Milano-Cortina Olympics will live up to their billing as the greatest winter sports show on earth despite last-minute efforts to get venues, including the much-delayed Santagiulia ice hockey stadium, ready for next week's start, the IOC said on Sunday.
From frozen lakes to the Olympic stage: Maïa Schwinghammer’s road to Milano-Cortina
Maïa Schwinghammer’s Olympic journey didn’t begin on a mountain. It began behind a snowmobile, being towed across Christopher Lake in Saskatchewan.
Italy's Tabanelli siblings set sights on freestyle glory at Winter Games
ROME, Jan 29 : Siblings Miro and Flora Tabanelli were destined to become winter sports athletes, having been raised by parents who ran a mountain refuge in the Italian Apennines and put them on skis at the age of two.
Trump admin determines SJSU violated Title IX with handling of trans volleyball player Blaire Fleming
Fox News Digital questioned San Jose State Athletic Director Jeff Konya on the controversial 2024 volleyball season that included a lawsuit over a trans athlete, but ended the interview after about just five minutes and walked away.
Torch arrives in co-host Cortina on anniversary of 1956 Games
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Jan 26 : The Olympic torch relay reached the co-host Cortina d'Ampezzo on Monday, heading into the Dolomite town on the 70th anniversary of the opening of its 1956 Winter Games.
Broncos' Sean Payton regrets 4th-down call in loss to Patriots - ESPN
DENVER — So much promise, so many hopes and the biggest of football dreams eluded the Denver Broncos on Sunday, coach Sean Payton said, because the offense didn't do enough when it had momentum before the snow rolled in off the Rocky Mountains.