Italy, host of the next Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, is set for a far-right Government with Giorgia Meloni poised to become the country's first female Prime Minister.

British Skeleton - which has contributed more Winter Olympic medals than any other British sport in the past two decades - has suffered a £1.7million ($1.85million/€1.9million) funding cut for the next Winter cycle to the Milan Cortina 2026 Games.

Organisers of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics have signed a four-year deal with Deloitte Italia which will carry them through to the Games.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has finished its investigation into Kamila Valieva's failed drugs test and disciplinary hearings could take place later this month.

The famed San Siro stadium will be demolished entirely shortly after the 2026 Winter Olympics, under new plans but forward by AC Milan and Inter Milan.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has admitted that there are multiple "challenges" facing the organisers of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has reiterated its preference for Salt Lake City to stage the 2034 Winter Olympics, opening the door for Sapporo and Vancouver to battle it out for the hosting rights for the 2030 Games.

A nationwide survey in Japan has revealed that the majority of people still support holding the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, despite the ongoing Tokyo 2020 bribery scandal.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee has named human resource firm Randstad Italia as its second partner.

Broadcasting rights fees covering the Pyeongchang 2018-Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle in the Middle East and Africa appear to have reached little more than half of the values achieved for the 2013-2016 quadrennium.

Andrea Abodi, the President of national Italian bank Institute for Sports Credit, has emerged as the new favourite to become chief executive of the Milan Cortina 2026 Organising Committee.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games qualification system principles have been approved by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Executive Board at its most recent meeting in Lausanne this week.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has insisted that it worked with the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee to ensure "all the obligations in the Host City Contract were met", following the publication of a United Nations (UN) report on "serious human rights violations" in Xinjiang.

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita have made a joint commitment to ensure that the city's bid to stage the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is free from corruption.

New Zealand's team for the Milan Cortina 2026 is to receive a funding hike off the back of the nation winning its first Winter Olympic gold medals at Beijing 2022.