Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.

Ms. Meloni’s conservative government has focused on law and order since taking office in October 2022. A security decree passed in June 2025 created more than a dozen new crimes, including protest activity in prisons and migrant centers, and made some kinds of demonstrations punishable with up to two years in prison.

Kolkmann is an Olympics superfan. It started the day his father brought home a television set when Jeff was just 6 years old and has grown into a lifelong passion. The now-63-year-old will attend his 19th Olympic Games this week.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition — and the Games are a gold mine for statistics.

The puck has dropped on the first game at the Milan Cortina Olympics in the newly built hockey arena that needed a rush to the eleventh hour to finish.

As the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics approach, final preparations are underway across northern Italy, with athletes and tourists alike embracing the Olympic spirit.

While most of the international hockey superpowers will be competing in Italy for the 2026 Olympics, there will be one notable absence. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) upheld sanctions that prevent Russia from participating in team events, like ice hockey, at the Olympics.

A handful of diverse athletes — a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton — will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Games,

Women's ice hockey gets underway at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, as does curling and men's Alpine downhill training. Follow for live results.