Leading experts from Austria, Britain, Canada, Germany, Finland, Japan and Norway are running the rule over venues that are due to be used for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

National Hockey League (NHL) commissioner Gary Bettman has warned the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) that "certain things are going to have to be done" to ensure its players compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

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. 

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.

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".

Attilio Fontana, President of the Lombardy region, has guaranteed that "things are progressing in an absolutely linear, perfect and timely manner" in terms of the organisation of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Officials in Veneto, which will co-host the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, have prepared a study on accessibility and inclusiveness with the forthcoming event in mind.

Terna, the energy company charged with improving the reliability of the power supply of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, has done record business in 2022.