Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee chief executive Andrea Varnier has claimed staging the Games over a larger footprint could create "a legacy for future potential" host cities.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committees have continued their education initiatives prior to the events.

A Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation and grassroots sports organisation Centro Sportivo Italiano (CSI) is intended to boost participation and awareness among young people.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Organising Committee has signed deals with two event organisers that it hopes will help deliver what is being billed as the most spread out Winter Olympic Games of all time.

Thousands of youngsters came together to celebrate the 1,000-day countdown to 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Sochi 2014 silver medallist Greg Drummond has been appointed as the new Olympic head coach of British Curling as the country eyes more success at Milan Cortina 2026.

Work to build the long-track speed skating rink for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will begin in the Italian summer, officials have said.

Andrea Varnier, the Milan Cortina 2026 chief executive, believes the policy of making the 2,000-year old Verona Arena fully accessible will be "one of the principal legacies of the Games."

Organisers of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics have thanked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for their "patience and cooperation" in an update to its Coordination Commission, on the eve of the 1,000 days to go milestone.

The company which is successful in tendering for the construction of a new track for the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge track competition in Cortina d'Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games  will work under an "acceleration bonus", Italian organisers have announced.

Italian football sides Inter Milan and AC Milan have written to the city's Government requesting more time and greater clarity on plans for the San Siro stadium which is set to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

Salesforce, a world leader in customer relationship management (CRM), have signed a deal with organisers of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and d'Ampezzo, promising to provide fans with a “personalised digital experience” of the event.

Curling Canada’s trials for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, due to be held in November 2025, will involve only eight women’s and eight men’s teams in a new format that will see the final become, for the first time, a best-of-three ends.

Milan Cortina 2026 has committed €18 million (£15.9 million/$20 million) towards a project to upgrade the Verona Arena, which is expected to host Winter Olympics Closing and Paralympics Opening Ceremonies.

The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) has launched its GEN26 Education Programme which aims to inspire children to take up sport in the build up to the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.