The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway after the lighting of the Olympic cauldrons and the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.

In the last Olympics, the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, the U.S. went second-to-last as athletes paraded down the Seine River. The logic there was similar: Los Angeles is hosting the next summer Olympics in 2028.

The performance in Milan looked squarely at the past, both in substance and in style.

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance were spotted at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night in Milan, Italy.

Paolo Petrecca, head of sports at Italian public broadcaster Rai, has left the role due to a series of mistakes during the live TV broadcast of the Olympic opening ceremony in Milan. The 61-year-old submitted his resignation after receiving heavy criticism,

Marco Balich has helped design grand spectacles at more than half a dozen Olympics. On Friday, he’ll do it again, on home turf in Italy.

Saenz’s faith journey and recent retreat affirmed her belief in a larger calling, preparing her for the new role Allowing athletes to participate in the Parade of Nations at the mountain locales for the most spread-out Winter Games in history created ...

Paolo Petrecca, head of the sports unit of Italian state broadcaster RAI, stepped down on Thursday following backlash triggered by a series of live blunders he made while commenting the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony during which he misidentified Italian actress Matilda De Angelis as Mariah Carey.