The end of the 2026 Olympic torch relay culminated with the lighting of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics cauldrons at the ...

With the opening ceremony on Friday, February 6, the 2026 Winter Olympics are officially underway. The opening ceremony ...

The Winter Olympics began with a rare dual-city opening in Italy, with Greece leading tradition at the 25th Winter Games.

Italian skiing legend Sofia Goggia lit the Olympic cauldron in Cortina and played an integral role in bringing the Winter ...

Sofia Goggia had a key role in securing the hosting rights of the Milan Cortina Olympics for Italy. So it seemed fitting that ...

The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is complete at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Featuring simultaneous ceremonies in the mountain towns of Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo, the ...

Some of the biggest stars were honored by carrying the torch on part of its journey from Greece to Milan.

Bernat Armangue is based in Madrid and has worked for The Associated Press for 20 years, covering news and sports across ...

The Olympic opening ceremony ran 3 1/2 hours, an hour longer than its scheduled run time. It was a spectacular event, one ...

Fact check on viral claims alleging satanic symbolism at the Winter Olympics 2026, examining the Milan Cortina cauldron ...

The tradition of the Olympic flame and cauldron dates back 100 years or more. More recently, it’s become a major design moment.

The ceremony’s organisers have said they sough to represent the city-mountain dichotomy of the particularly unusual setup for ...