A consortium has been chosen to construct the rail link to Venice Airport Marco Polo, with a goal to have the project completed in time for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the Olympic Golden Rings trophies to rights-holding broadcasters for their respective coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Cortina d'Ampezzo Town Council has overwhelmingly backed the demolition of the Eugenio Monti sliding track, allowing for plans to build a new one in its place for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

China has held its first domestic ice and snow event of note since hosting the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, in staging the Chinese Curling League in Yichun City.

The main Olympic Village for Milan Cortina 2026 has been given the green light, with work on the former Porta Romana railway station set to begin this year following an unsuccessful appeal against the plans.

Three human rights protesters who unveiled anti-Beijing 2022 banners at the Acropolis in Athens on the eve of last year's Olympic Flame being lit have been acquitted by a Greek court.

Lombardy is "not late on anything" related to the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, according to the region's President Attilio Fontana.

The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees have written an open letter to the Government of British Columbia urging them to reconsider their decision not to support a bid to stage the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver.

Representatives including Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Utah Governor Spencer Cox are set to present the American city's bid to stage the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Future Host Commission.

A proposal for a completely new ski stadium in Bormio has been presented to local officials by Mayor Silvia Cavazzi and architecture firm De Biasio.

Norwegian skier Gyda Westvold Hansen has participated in a national Nordic combined race with a drawn-on beard as part of a protest at the exclusion of the women's discipline from the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

The home of sliding events at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games continues to be a difficult development, with the renovation of the Eugenio Monti sliding track in Cortina d'Ampezzo now expected to cost €80 million (£70 million/$82.5 million).

Andrea Varnier has been appointed chief executive of the Milan Cortina 2026 Organising Committee. 

Hungarian short track speed skating siblings Shaolin Sándor Liu and Shaoang Liu could compete at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics under a Chinese flag after lodging an application to change nationalities.

An outdoor ice rink that is set to be used as the speed skating venue during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games is to be given a roof.