The first meeting has taken place in Rome of a steering committee assembled under the direction of the Italian Government to oversee preparations and organisation of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games. 

Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have been praised for creating a lasting impact in China and implementing technologies to help make winter sport more sustainable in the future one year after staging the Games.

The official film of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing is in the final phase of post-production and will soon be released in China, with an international release scheduled later this year, it was announced today on the first anniversary of the Opening Ceremony.

U.S. Figure Skating (USFS) has admitted that it was "deeply frustrated" by the fact that the Olympic medals for the team event at Beijing 2022 have still not been awarded because of the doping case involving Russia's Kamila Valieva.

Finnish radio presenter Janne Saarinen is aiming to compete at the Winter Olympic Games as a luge athlete.

Italy's most-decorated female Olympian Arianna Fontana has hinted that she may switch allegiances to the United States because of tensions with the Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG).

Opposition is growing to a proposal to move speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games to Turin after plans to build an expensive roof over the outdoor rink at Baselga di Piné were rejected.

A first meeting between the managing director of the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation, Andrea Varnier, and the Mayor of Verona, Damiano Tommasi, focused on the accessibility of the Verona Arena that will host the Olympic Closing Ceremony and the Paralympic Opening Ceremony.

The Acinque Ice Arena in Varese has received new technological upgrades to its lighting and audio systems, as part of improvements made to facilities in the area for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. 

Turin 2025 organisers believe the International University Sports Federation Winter World University Games can be a "perfect test event" for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Kamila Valieva has expressed her delight at a controversial decision by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to only disqualify her on the day she tested positive for a banned drug, which would mean she could keep her Olympic gold medal if the decision is allowed to stand.

The controversial project for the new Cortina Sliding Centre expected to be used at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics has been presented to local authorities.

Moving the speed skating venue for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo from Baselga di Piné to Turin has been formally proposed by Italy's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini.

Russian broadcaster Match TV has claimed it is holding talks with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on rights to show the Milan Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, but the IOC insists there are "no active or planned negotiations".

Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen believes it "makes a lot of sense" to bring the Winter Olympics back to Salt Lake City and claims it has the "capability" of playing host in seven years’ time.