The International Ski Federation (FIS) has slammed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to leave women’s Nordic combined off the programme for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Nordic combined could be dropped from the Olympic programme due to concerns over the lack of participants from different countries.

Officials from local and regional authorities are calling for an urgent meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi due to serious financial concerns over the staging of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that payments to Winter Olympic International Sport Federations (IFs) for the contributions of their sports to the Beijing 2022 Winter Games are set to fall back below Pyeongchang 2018 levels.

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has accepted the International Skating Union's (ISU) decision to raise the minimum age limit of figure skaters from 15 to 17 but praised Kamila Valieva for the way she dealt with the "hardest trials" at this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The President and chief executive of Salt Lake City's bid for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, Fraser Bullock, has said that Utah's capital would be ready to "host a Games when it is in the best interest of the Olympic Movement".

The Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games is reportedly on the brink of collapse, with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) poised to withdraw the project unless a late agreement is reached between the Governments of Aragon and Catalonia.

Vancouver, Whistler and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) have unveiled their concept for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games, pledging to work alongside First Nations people to host the event for the second time and learn from past mistakes.

The International Skating Union (ISU) is expecting to lose more than CHF10 million (£8 million/$10 million/€9 million) over the next three years as it prepares for a substantial drop in funding from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Milan Cortina 2026 President Giovanni Malagò claims the Winter Olympics in four years’ time will showcase Italy’s "image of efficiency and excellence" and will be a chance to "further revitalisation for the economy".

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is aiming for its single mixed relay race to be added as a medal event on the programme for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. 

Milan Cortina 2026 promotional material has decorated trains on line five of the Milan Metro, which serves the proposed venue for the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in the San Siro.

Sapporo's City Assembly has rejected a proposal to stage a referendum on the Japanese city's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Football club AC Milan, a tenant at key Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics venue the San Siro, has been taken over by RedBird Capital Partners.

The British women's curling team who won Olympic gold at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have been including on the Queen's Birthday Honours list.