2026 Olympics: Éric Perrot earns silver in 20km individual biathlon
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More than just Games: What stakes as Italy hosts Winter Olympics?
As the US vice president and secretary of state attend the opening ceremonies, there's been plenty of media coverage of the flying in of federal immigration agents, the same who've been grabbing five-year-olds and shooting protesters in Minnesota. The ICE agents are there purely in an advisory role, but it throws the spotlight on the optics of what's ostensibly PM Giorgia Meloni's moment of glory. The only European leader invited to Donald Trump's inauguration a year ago must astutely calibrate between her far-right roots and Europe's interests as she hosts the planet. How will these Olympics play in times of testy transatlantic relations, especially ahead of next summer's World Cup in the United States?
Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics set for lavish opening ceremony
The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics officially open with a star-studded opening ceremony at the San Siro Stadium on Friday.
Ukrainian skeleton racer vows to wear banned helmet honouring war victims at Olympics
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych vowed Tuesday that he would wear a helmet depicting victims of the war with Russia despite a ban imposed by Olympic chiefs.
Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen secures first 2026 Winter Olympics gold with men's downhill win
Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen scorched to victory in the men's Olympic downhill in Bormio on Saturday, winning the first gold medal of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics kicks off with multi-site, star-studded ceremony
Featuring tributes to da Vinci and Dante, Puccini and Pausini, Armani and Fellini, pasta and vino, and other iconic tastes of Italian culture – plus Mariah Carey hitting all the high notes in “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu” aka “Volare” – an unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron opening ceremony got the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics officially started Friday.
2026 Olympics: No medals for France so far, Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry in the lead
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Milan–Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics officially underway
At the end of the ceremony, the Olympic cauldrons were lit in Milan by alpine skiing legends Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni, and in Cortina by downhill star Sofia Goggia.