The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has observed a "productive start to 2023" for the Organising Committee of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Organising Committee has entered a collaboration agreement with the Cortina Foundation, which will provide technical and operational support in the build-up to the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

The Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation Board of Directors has unanimously approved the lifetime budget for the Games at around €1.5 billion (£1.3 billion/$1.6 billion).

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)/Radio-Canada is set to air the Paris 2024 and Milan-Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games after partnering with the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC).

Italy's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, has made a last minute plea in favour of Turin and Piedmont staging speed skating events at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Chinese aerials specialist Xu Mengtao has announced that she is targeting featuring in the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which would be her fifth appearance at an Olympic Games.

Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Cortina d'Ampezzo to voice their opposition to a project to build a new sliding centre for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

An inspection team has visited Verona Arena to assess what work must be carried out to allow the ancient venue to host the Closing Ceremonies of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games being staged jointly by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Buildings in Milan and Venice have been lit in purple to mark three years until the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Media rights holders (MRHs) who gathered in Italy to attend the inaugural Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) World Broadcaster Briefing for 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo were told by the Organising Committee President Giovanni Malagò: "You will turn our competition into great stories."

With less than three years until the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, Italy's ski industry is reliant on artificial snow due to the climate change crisis.

A pair of stoats are the public's choice for the mascot of the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Work has begun on demolishing of the Eugenio Monti sliding track in Cortina d'Ampezzo to make way for a new Sliding Centre to be used at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, although this has been the subject of a protest.

Milan Cortina 2026 President Giovanni Malagò has stressed that "sports facilities represent the priority" for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, with an agreement reportedly close on staging speed skating events in Milan.

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has hit out at delays to construction for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics but insists that 80 per cent of the work will be completed in "good time".