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.

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.

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.

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. 

Improvements to the Milano Hockey Arena, which is due to host ice hockey matches during the 2026 Winter Olympics, has been delayed following the launch of a legal appeal.

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".

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.

Luge athlete Dania Obratov is determined to follow in her sister Daria's footsteps and compete at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic 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.

Swedish curling skip Niklas Edin is to continue playing with his familiar rink with an aim at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, after the team's future was left ambiguous following their victory at Beijing 2022.

Transmission system operator Terna is to invest more than €200 million (£170 million/$216 million) in a new electricity network for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.