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British athletes paraded at the closing ceremony in Verona following the most successful Winter Games ever for Team GB
The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics have officially ended following the closing ceremony in northern Italy.
It took place at Verona Olympic Arena, despite none of the sporting events happening in the city, which is 75 miles from Milan.
After beginning with a tribute to classic Italian opera, flagbearers representing the 92 competing nations entered the stadium through large props from Aida and accompanied by a tribute to Italian film music.
The 'Drop of Fire' – the Olympic flame carried in a small glass vessel – was brought into the ancient arena to light up the rings before the parade of athletes.
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VERONA, Italy — The Milan Cortina Olympics ended Sunday as the twin flames in co-host cities Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were extinguished during a closing ceremony inside the ancient Verona Arena, roughly mid-distance between the far-flung mountain, valley and city venues that made these the most spread-out Winter Games ever.
In declaring the 2026 Games over, International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry told local organizers that they "delivered a new kind of winter Games and you set a new, very high standard for the future."
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The Milan-Cortina Olympics ended on Sunday as the twin flames in co-host cities Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were extinguished during a closing ceremony inside the ancient Verona Arena, roughly mid-distance between the far-flung mountain, valley and city venues that made these the most spread-out Winter Games ever.
In declaring the 2026 Games over, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic champion in swimming, told local organisers that they "delivered a new kind of winter games and you set a new, very high standard for the future."
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Zoe Atkin wins bronze in freeski halfpipe, Team GB's fifth medal of Games
Four-man bobsleigh – Brad Hall's GB crew joint-sixth going into final run at 11:15 GMT
The fourth and final run in the four-man bobsleigh will get under way at 11:15 GMT.
The sleds will go in reverse order of the standings in this run, so Germany's Johannes Lochner will be last up.
Great Britain, piloted by Brad Hall are joint-sixth with an overall time of 2:44.09 (+1.23 seconds).
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Norway’s Weng comes in to take silver, who will take bronze? This will comes down to a sprint.
Andersson goes into Klaebo mode on the final climb and enters the stadium all alone. She’s been the silver lady so far in this Games, but now gets her golden moment.
Taking a brief switch over the cross country, Sweden’s Ebba Andersson has a huge lead with less than 5km to go. She well away for gold and Heidi Weng has a decent gap for second, but the shake up for bronze could be interesting with five athletes all in with a shout.
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Eileen Gu has won double silver at the 2026 Winter Olympics so far
Wherever Eileen Gu goes, her fans will follow. Headlines will too.
With five medals – and the opportunity for one more on Saturday – she is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history.
But she is also someone who transcends her sport, a 22-year-old global superstar with a bank balance to make your eyes water.
China fell in love with its 'snow princess' at the Beijing 2022 Olympics where, as the poster girl of the Games, she duly delivered.
She became freestyle skiing's youngest Olympic champion with her big air and halfpipe golds at the age of 18, and the first to win three medals at the same Games when she added slopestyle silver.
Gu won silver in Monday's big air competition, adding to her impressive Olympic medal haul. But the debate around her isn't going away. Oliver Weiken / picture alliance via Getty Images
LIVIGNO, Italy — Even if she’s not outwardly courting controversy, it always seems to find her. Eileen Gu is 22 years old, competing in her second Olympic Games, so often at the center of a storm.
“Sometimes I feel like I’m carrying the weight of two countries on my shoulders,” Gu said in Livigno last week, where the freeskier claimed her fifth career medal Monday night with a silver in the women’s big air event. She’s doing so under the glare of one of the most intense spotlights at these Games, but unlike Ilia Malinin, Mikaela Shiffrin and Marco Odermatt, so little of that glare is tied to her performance.
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Eileen Gu is a brilliant college student who moonlights as a cover model and can also pull off a right double cork 1620 before landing safely on the side of an Alp.
She speaks fluent English and fluent Mandarin, scored a 1560 on her SAT, and made it through rush at Kappa Kappa Gamma. She's passionate about quantum physics, yet is an international studies major at Stanford, although not this year because of the Winter Olympics, where on Monday she won her fifth career medal, a silver in freeski big air. She next competes in the freeski halfpipe finals Saturday.
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Canada will face the United States in the gold medal match of the men's ice hockey. (Getty Images: Stefano Guidi)
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The US and Canada are prepared for a stormy men’s ice hockey final on Sunday as the long-time rivals face off for Winter Olympic gold.
This year’s Olympics mark the first time NHL players have competed at the Winter Games since 2014, meaning many of the best players in the world will face each other on Sunday. While Canada are the betting favourites – and have won the most ice hockey golds in Olympic history – the US players say they have motivation to upset their northern neighbours.
“There’s hatred there,†USA’s Brady Tkachuk told ESPN on Saturday. “I mean, they’ve been the top dog. They’ve been the best for the last bunch of years, and for us, we want to be in that position, be the best. So it’s going to be a game where I think a lot of guys could say, this is the biggest game that they’ve ever played in.â€
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It has all come down to one game for ultimate glory in the 2026 Olympic men's hockey tournament.
The top-seeded team from Canada will take on the No. 2 seed United States of America (8:10 a.m. ET) — and the winner gets Olympic bragging rights for the next four years.
Each team is full of NHL superstars, and both nations have won all of their games so far — Canada won a 3-2 thriller against Finland in its semifinal, while the U.S. rolled over Slovakia, 6-2.
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Herculez Gomez and Mau Pedroza are split between Inter Miami and LAFC for the winners of the 2026 MLS Cup. (2:12)
It's been more than two months since Lionel Messi's Inter Miami were crowned champions of MLS. Since then, fans of the league have endured the cold, snow and darkness of its long winter offseason, only now emerging to the very beginnings of springtime's green shoots of growth.
That's because MLS returns to action Saturday, kicking off a campaign that will both observe the league's 30th anniversary and a midsummer respite to make way for the FIFA World Cup.
The 2026 MLS season kicks off on Saturday. Our writers discuss the teams, players and story lines they’re watching this year
Messi v Son. The two best players in the league play for the two “glamour” teams on opposite coasts, and each have large and dedicated fanbases. If both stay relatively healthy and perform up to capabilities, there’s no way the race between them for some honor (Golden Boot? MVP? Both?) won’t be fascinating to see unfold. AA
Whatever the league does – or doesn’t do – to capitalize on the World Cup. We’re just months away from arguably the biggest moment in the history of American men’s soccer and it’s still not entirely clear (schedule shift aside) what the league is doing to exploit it. It will be years, probably, before we figure out whether MLS succeeded or not – let’s hope the ad wizards in the boardroom have something figured out. PM
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MLS is back for 2026 and fans have plenty to look forward to as the likes of Inter Miami, Los Angeles FC, LA Galaxy, Philadelphia Union and more duke it out for glory.
Some of the biggest names in soccer will be gracing fields across the United States and Canada this season, including World Cup winner Thomas Muller, South Korean hot-shot Heung-min Son and, of course, eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi. What's not to love?
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The men's ice hockey semifinals will be held on day 14 of the Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images: Sports Illustrated/Erick W. Rasco)
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South Korea win gold and silver in women’s speed skating as new champions were crowned in men’s freeski, men’s aerials, men’s biathlon and women’s ski cross.
Women’s ski cross: the quarter finals are done and dusted, with both Switzerland’s Fanny Smith and Germany’s Daniela Maier through. They will ski in separate semi finals.
A bizarre story behind their 2022 Olympics. Smith crossed the line in third, but was yellow carded by one of the judges, and Maier was given bronze. A year later, Smith won her appeal was given a belated bronze, while Maier was demoted. Maier, the trooper, says no hard feelings.
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The 2026 Winter Olympics are zooming along, with curling, freestyle skiing, hockey and more events in action.
Fans can tune in to Olympic coverage on NBC and related apps. Check out the full Thursday schedule below:
Men's Nordic combined – team large hill – 2×7.5km relay
Women's hockey – Switzerland vs. Sweden – bronze medal game – re-air
Women's hockey – USA vs. Canada – gold medal game – re-air
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Mikaela Shiffrin makes her final 2026 Winter Olympics appearance on Wednesday in the slalom.
The most decorated Alpine skier of all time, Shiffrin is the favorite in this race, and she has been dominant in the slalom. This season alone, she has won seven of of eight starts and already clinched her ninth slalom Crystal Globe. However, Shiffrin hasn't medaled in her past eight Olympic starts, setting the stage for potential redemption.
Shiffrin had an outstanding first run on Wednesday morning, and is currently in first place.
American slalom skier Mikaela Shiffrin is one of the sport's best, but when it comes to performing at the Olympic Games in recent times she's succumbed to the pressure. With one event to go in her program, can she overcome her nerves? Plus a missed opportunity for Australia to increase its record medal tally and we speak to a very proud father.
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Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States reacts during the alpine skiing women's slalom at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022.(Getty Images: Zhang Chenlin/Xinhua)
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — On Wednesday, Mikaela Shiffrin will enter the start gate of the Olympic slalom as the favorite for gold. On Sunday, she took a giant step toward that result.
Shiffrin was not expected to medal in Sunday's giant slalom. Despite being the 2018 Olympic gold medalist in the event, and the all-time World Cup wins leader, Shiffrin only recently returned to a GS podium in January. Less than a year ago, she didn't know if she would ever stand in another giant slalom start gate.
"After the injury last year and then returning to GS racing, I was so far off," Shiffrin said Sunday. "I felt like there was no hope to be faster."
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