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2026 MILANO CORTINA OLYMPICS

U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn after crashing in the women's World Cup downhill in Crans Montana, Switzerland, on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Jan 30, 2026
Crans-Montana downhill canceled after U.S. great Lindsey Vonn crashes
The 41-year-old, in winning form as she prepared for an age-defying Olympic comeback, lost her balance and crashed into the side netting, with her airbag inflating.
Sofia Goggia skis during downhill training ahead of a World Cup event on Feb. 4.
OLYMPICS
Jan 30, 2026
Italian skiing star Sofia Goggia on mission to win medals at home Olympics
The skier from Bergamo said in an interview that she will be totally focused on her endeavor to the exclusion of all else in northern Italy.
Yuzuru Hanyu, seen during the Beijing Games in 2022, is a two-time Olympic champion.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 29, 2026
Japan’s rich Olympic figure skating history inspires new generation
Skating is hugely popular in Japan, where children as young as three can be seen taking their first tottering steps onto the ice at rinks nationwide.
The left-leaning mayor of Milan, which is hosting several Olympic events, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was "not welcome."
WORLD / Politics
Jan 28, 2026
Anger as branch of ICE to help with security at Winter Olympics
ICE made clear its operations in Italy were separate from the domestic immigration crackdown, which is being carried out by the Enforcement and Removal Operations department.
Federica Brignone of Italy competes during the women's giant slalom in the 2025 FIS Ski World Cup in Sun Valley, Idaho.
OLYMPICS / Alpine skiing
Jan 27, 2026
After tragedy, Alpine skiing rethinks safety on the slopes
The ​safety debate is sharpened by the upcoming Milano Cortina Games, where the men’s races will take place on Bormio’s hair-raising Stelvio course.
Chiba competes in the women’s short program at the 2025 worlds in Boston on her way to taking the bronze medal.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 25, 2026
After stumble in Nagoya, Mone Chiba targets more confident skate in Milan
The 20-year-old struggled under the bright lights of the Grand Prix Final last month but is determined to skate with renewed confidence as she makes her Olympic debut.
Italy's Giovanni Franzoni competes in the men's downhill in Kitzbuehel, Austria, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Jan 25, 2026
Franzoni wins Kitzbuehel downhill as Odermatt takes second
Second out of the start hut, the former world junior champion plunged down the fearsome Streif piste to take his first career downhill victory.
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt competes in the men's super-G in Kitzbuehel, Austria, on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Jan 23, 2026
Odermatt retains Kitzbuehel super-G in Olympic broadside
The 28-year-old, who won Olympic giant slalom gold in Beijing four years ago, took home €101,000 ($118,000) for the win.
Allan Corona (right) poses with Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum (center) and other athletes during a ceremony for the Mexican delegation that will participate in the 2026 Games.
OLYMPICS / Alpine skiing
Jan 23, 2026
Mexican cross-country skier looks to blaze trail for others at Winter Olympics
Allan Corona will make his Olympic debut at the Milano Cortina Games after reinventing himself in a sport where few of his compatriots have ventured.
Italy's Federica Brignone competes in the first run of the women's giant slalom World Cup event in Kronplatz, Plan de Corones, Italy, on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Jan 23, 2026
Wounded ‘Tiger’ Federica Brignone hopes to roar at Milano Cortina Games
Federica Brignone is known in Italy as the “Tiger” for the ferocious determination that has helped her become the country's most successful female skier ever. She carries an image of the predator on her helmet and gloves.
Angela Romei was left off Italy's national curling team for the upcoming Winter Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Curling
Jan 22, 2026
Selection of curling director’s daughter for Italian Olympic team met with controversy
Angela Romei, who was left off the team, complained that she had been dropped less than a month before the Olympics in favor of an inexperienced player.
Ayumu Hirano during the final of the men's snowboard halfpipe competition in Zhangjiakou, China, in February 2022.
OLYMPICS / Snowboarding
Jan 21, 2026
Halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano selected for Games despite injury
The 27-year-old crashed during the ‍World Cup snowboarding event in Laax, exiting the competition ‌midway through the final with ​facial cuts ‌and lower body ‌pain.
The main square in the village of Bormio, where Henri Rivers IV will compete in the Olympic men's slalom next month.
OLYMPICS / Alpine skiing
Jan 21, 2026
American Jamaican triplets fight for more inclusion in winter sports
Now 18, Henniyah and Helaina are featuring at international competitions and Henri IV has qualified for the slalom at next month’s Milano Cortina Olympics.
Ryoyu Kobayashi performs his first jump in the individual Large Hill HS137 on the third day of men's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Sapporo on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Ski jumping
Jan 20, 2026
Ski jumper Kobayashi aims for more medals at Milano-Cortina Olympics
Kobayashi won the gold medal in the men’s normal hill event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, becoming the third Japanese man to win individual Olympic ski jumping gold.
Lindsey Vonn celebrates on the podium after finishing second in a World Cup super-G event in Tarvisio, Italy, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 19, 2026
Lindsey Vonn warms up for upcoming Olympics with another podium finish
Vonn finished 0.27 seconds behind Germany’s Emma Aicher to claim second after taking third in Saturday’s downhill on the same piste in Italy.
Kaori Sakamoto skates during a practice session at Sysmex Kobe Ice Campus on Friday.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 18, 2026
Kaori Sakamoto motivated by gold — and her no-nonsense coach — ahead of final Olympics
The three-time world champion will face one of her toughest tests yet as she aims for an elusive Olympic gold in Milan next month.
Japan's pilot Hiroshi Suzuki (front) and Hisashi Miyazaki during the two-man bobsled event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Japan’s bobsled athletes had been aiming to qualify for the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014, but a misunderstanding has doomed such hopes.
OLYMPICS / Bobsled
Jan 14, 2026
Planning failure dooms Japan’s Olympic bobsled hopes
Japan’s bobsled federation acknowledged that a misunderstanding by its competition committee had proved fatal to its Olympic hopes.
Ilia Malinin competes in the men's free skate during the U.S. national championships in St. Louis on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 12, 2026
‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin set to lead powerful U.S. team into Winter Olympics
Four years ago, Malinin suffered heartbreak when he was left off the U.S. team for the Beijing Games.
The Olympic rings pictured on the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina, Italy on Jan. 25, 2025.
OLYMPICS / Curling
Jan 5, 2026
Curling seeks to break free of reliance on Winter Games spotlight
While ​curling is becoming more popular outside traditional winter sports strongholds, it experiences peaks and troughs of interest in a pattern ‍pegged to ⁠the Games.
Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon celebrates after scoring a goal during a game against the Rangers in New York on Dec. 6. Mackinnon will be one of the stars of a Canadian team that is flush with top NHL talent.
OLYMPICS / Ice Hockey
Jan 3, 2026
NHL stars return to boost U.S. and Canadian ice hockey teams at Milano-Cortina Games
The National Hockey League has not permitted its athletes to participate in the Games since 2014, putting a ​damper on the men’s Olympic ice hockey tournament.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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