The president and his allies have never been interested in helping or elevating female athletes. His true feelings were exposed on SundayThis past week Team USA won gold in both the women’s and men’s ice hockey at the Winter...
Read MoreOur photographer shares his favourite images from the Games in ItalyI’ve been lucky enough to attend six summer Olympic Games, but I’d never before photographed a Winter Olympics. They’ve always been too far away and the UK has...
Read MoreAmid the triumphs, failures and broken medals in Milano Cortina, here’s our countdown of the outstanding moments that will live long in the memoryCheating has been part and parcel of the Olympics since at least Eupolus of...
Read MoreRussia is back in love with the Games and a return to athletes competing under their own flag at LA in two years’ time seems highly likelyFirst came the reverberating cheers. Then a deluge of soft toys lobbed from the stands....
Read MoreAshleigh Nelson is in the mix for a bobsleigh medal at the Winter Olympics – but that doesn’t mean she enjoys itAshleigh Nelson was never meant to be in the Winter Olympics. If you’d asked her 18 months ago where she expected to...
Read MoreBig investment in coaches and kit – £5.8m in the last cycle – has paid off despite lack of facilities and snow at homeAccording to UK Sport, 3,500 people have signed up to audition for their skeleton Talent ID programme in the...
Read MoreBenoît Richaud is working on the ice with 13 countries, with uniform changes to match, and Korean skiers are having nightmares on waxDomen Prevc set a men’s ski jump world record of 254.5m on the Planica flying hill in Slovenia...
Read MoreCarey was the big draw at Milan’s San Siro, but she was outweighed by pop-classical artists – and a sizeable dollop of kitschThe Winter Oympics opening ceremony arrived shrouded in mystery. There wasn’t a lot of advance...
Read MoreOrganisers are hoping for a celebration of winter sport at Milano Cortina 2026 but tensions will not be far from the surfaceA short stroll from where the grandees of the International Olympic Committee are staying in Milan sits...
Read MoreThe Games’ newest sport combines the seemingly impossible task of ascending a mountain on skis with hiking and then a rapid descentNo one could suggest that the Winter Olympics are lacking in challenge. Skiers zipping down the...
Read MoreConstruction works for Milano Cortina have been a lightning rod for suspected infiltration by organised crime, but anti-mafia groups have adopted an approach that will help future hostsEarly on the morning of 8 October, the...
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