The International Olympic Committee has reiterated that the bobsleigh track being built by Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics must be ready by March 2025, despite strong opposition, and that there will be "no compromises."

As athletes around the world turn their attention to qualifying, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games met in the Veneto region to discuss the preparations for hosting the event in less than two years' time.

Nearly a thousand people took to the streets of Milan to denounce the construction of infrastructure for the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. The protests were a warning of the potential negative impact on the mountains and the cost of housing in Italian cities.

The official mascots of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were officially unveiled last Wednesday after 1,600 proposals and a public vote. The event took place at the San Remo Music Festival.

Just two years to go before the start of the 25th Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina in northern Italy, a construction company has responded to the public tender to build the track that has sparked controversy and back-and-forth.

The United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USA Skimo) has advanced its preparations for the sport's Winter Olympics debut at Milan Cortina 2026 through an agreement with the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee is set to launch three new educational initiatives as part of its Gen26 Program.

Giovanni Malago, President of Milan Cortina 2026, has angrily blamed the Winter Olympics' body responsible for overseeing venue readiness, Societa Infrastrutture Milano Cortina 2026 (SIMICO), for the crisis over the location of the sliding centre.

Every effort should be made to keep the sliding sports in Italy when Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has claimed.

French sporting goods firm Salomon has signed up as a premium partner of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Phil Smith, Chef de Mission of the British team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics, has been appointed to the same role for Milan Cortina 2026.

A street art mural has been created along the perimeter of the Olympic and Paralympic Athletes' Village for Milan Cortina 2026.

It was announced here today that the sliding sports for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games will take place outside Italy after a proposal to redevelop the planned venue in Cortina d'Ampezzo was abandoned.

Bodysuits for Italian winter athletes in the forthcoming 2023-2024 season have been unveiled by Giorgio Armani's company, which will continue its tradition of kitting out teams at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Qualifying in a further six sports for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics has been approved here by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board, but International Federations are set to send reduced delegations to the Games across 22,000 square kilometres.