At the most gender‑balanced Winter Olympics in history, hosts Italy are enjoying their best‑ever medal haul, powered by women in a sign that long‑running efforts to level the playing field are delivering results.

Spread across the vast Dolomite Mountains, Italy’s spectacular ski slopes and icy race courses will test the world’s premier winter sports athletes, promising to dazzle, inspire and perhaps even turn back the clock to Cortina 1956. Italy’s passion ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Soaring arias. Wrenching tragedy. Joyful triumphs. Exotic backdrops. Climaxes often designed to produce tears, sad or otherwise. Perhaps more than anything, the operas that Italians began creating 400 years ago are designed to make you feel.

ESA marked the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics by capturing the venue from low-Earth orbit.

Buy Me a Coffee! NBC’s exclusive broadcast of the 2026 Winter Olympics from Italy enters its 12th day today (February 15, 2026). Below is the complete viewing schedule for events that will air today on NBC: Winter Olympics Schedule For NBC On February 15,

Klæbo broke the all-time Winter Olympic gold medal record with his ninth career gold, as France finished second and Italy took third.

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo strengthened his legacy at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics by winning his ninth Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing, setting a Winter Games record

Italian skier Federica Brignone captured her second gold medal in four days at her home Winter Olympics by winning the women’s giant slalom