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 United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chair Susanne Lyons has considered Salt Lake City as the leading candidate for the 2034 Winter Olympic Games, adding that there are issues that could surface bidding for the 2030 Games.

Dutch speed skater Kai Verbij and the Ukrainian Paralympic team have been named the respective winners of the Visa Award for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Germany's head skeleton coach Christian Baude has signed a four-year contract extension which will see him lead the team to the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has officially scrapped the Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Global and domestic partners of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games participated in a two-day Partners Workshop meeting at the Allianz Tower in Milan.

The International Ski Federation's (FIS) race director for Nordic combined, Lasse Ottesen, has admitted the sport could lose its Winter Olympic place if women are not added to the programme.

French figure skaters Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis are set to take a break from the sport but are not ruling out an appearance at Milan Cortina 2026.

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.

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.

President of the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP) Luca Pancalli has called on the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games to leave a "social legacy" in Italy.