The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has offered a "firm endorsement" of Salt Lake City's bid for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, and insisted 2034 remains "the optimal time".

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) is aiming to enter "targeted dialogue" with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by December in a bid to win the rights to stage the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

A French delegation has visited the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne to meet President Thomas Bach and discuss the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes' and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

A Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) delegation has visited the Dalarna region of the country to examine its involvement in a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

France's former Olympic biathlon champion Vincent Jay has been appointed as the project director for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes' bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

Bobsleigh and skeleton in Britain have received more than £850,000 (€986,000/$1 million) each in additional funding from UK Sport in preparation for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Italian organisers of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo has launched a search to find producers for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Torch Relays in three years time.

Plans have been revealed to improve the accessibility of the Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio in Cortina d'Ampezzo to enable it to host curling and wheelchair curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee has agreed a partnership with the Italian Rectors' Conference (CRUI) Foundation for Italian Universities, which is set to provide training and internship opportunities to students.

France could be set to enter bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games following a proposal in the French Alps that has been launched with the backing of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) and the French Paralympic Committee (CPSF).

A call for tenders has been launched for the construction of a new transport hub in Cavalese to be completed in time for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

The President of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games Fraser Bullock has explained why the bid team would prefer to host the Winter Olympics in 2034, rather than 2030, during a presentation at the first meeting of Utah Legislature’s new Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Coordination Committee.

Sapporo appears close to delaying its bid for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, after the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) discussed plans to approve the city as a candidate for 2034 or later.

A revised budget of more than €20 million (£17 million/$21.5 million) has been set for the redevelopment of the ancient Verona Arena in preparation for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus visited the headquarters of the Milan Cortina 2026 Organising Committee to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).