President of the Milan Cortina 2026 foundation Giovanni Malago and IOC President Kirsty Coventry, right, embrace during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Verona, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. Credit: AP/Natacha Pisarenko

The Italian federation was haunted by what happened at the 2006 Turin Olympics. Twenty years later, their performance is meeting the moment.

I attended skiing and snowboarding events in Livigno for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. I had fun and encountered lots of surprises.

Italy has already recorded its best-ever Winter Olympics medal haul, powered primarily by women, as gender parity efforts deliver historic results at Milan Cortina 2026.

MILAN (AP) — It’s official: Host nation Italy is having its best Winter Olympics of all time. Italy picked up four medals in quick succession on Sunday — two golds, a silver and a bronze — to reach 22 and surpass its previous best medal haul of 20,

This potential future endeavour follows a series of past disappointments for Rome. Its 2024 Olympic bid was rejected by then-Mayor Virginia Raggi a decade ago, while then-Premier Mario Monti scrapped the city’s 2020 candidacy due to financial concerns. Rome also narrowly lost the 2004 Games to Athens in the final round of voting.

Mariah Carey, Charlize Theron and more stars transformed the Winter Olympics 2026 with bold celebrity style moments that dominated headlines.

MILAN (AP) — Italian police fired tear gas and a water cannon at dozens of protesters who threw firecrackers and tried to access a highway near a Winter Olympics venue on Saturday. The brief confrontation came at the end of a peaceful march by thousands against the environmental impact of the Games and the presence of U.

An official investigation has been launched by Italian officials after a 55-year-old security guard died last month while working on a Winter Olympic construction site