After the Winter Olympics was over, Deedra Irwin went back home to Vermont for five days. It was her first time home since November. Irwin was able to do a quick reset, drop off some bags, grab some ...

With more than 600 Para athletes and 79 sets of medals to be awarded, Milan Cortina will feature a record number of athletes ...

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics will feature a record number of athletes and medals across these six sports.

If men’s basketball is the most popular and professional athlete-filled team sport at the Summer Olympic Games, then men’s ice hockey is its Winter Olympic Games analogue. Every four years, the ...

At the foot of an active volcano in northern Japan, shouts ring out, competitors size each other up and snowballs whistle through the air in a very serious game of "yukigassen" -- a sport with Olympic ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — The images of Lindsey Vonn down on the snow, screaming in pain and then being airlifted off the course by helicopter after her crash at the Olympics were a stark reminder of ...

Early organizers of the Olympics treated the Games as a testing ground for new ideas, regional pastimes, and even artistic pursuits. A few of those competitions revolved around social norms that no ...

MILAN, Italy — As the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics come to a close, the International Olympic Committee is considering scrapping an event for the next iteration of the Winter Games. Specifically Nordic ...

Kash Patel’s trip to Italy came at a fraught and frenetic time for the bureau and Mr. Patel, who has shown little willingness to curb his jet-setting. By Alan Feuer Glenn Thrush Motoko Rich and Tariq ...

MILAN — If the headlines and captions look the same and seem redundant, it’s because they are. This happens every Olympic Games now, winter and summer, for the U.S. Olympic team: "Girl Power." "The ...