Winter Olympics

Sport

The journey of the Olympic flame around Italy begins

The first leg of the Olympic torch tour has started from the Stadio dei Marmi in Rome. The flame will pass through all the regions and arrive on the eve of the start of the Winter Games in Milan, on 5 February.

06/12/2025

Culture news

A day in the life of an Olympic lighting ceremony priestess

This week sees the Olympic flame pass from Greece to Italy en route to Milan for the Winter Games. Euronews spent a day behind the scenes with the dancers and actors who perform at the historic lighting ceremony as it's been practised since the start of the movement in Ancient Olympia.

02/12/2025

Europe in Motion

Winter Olympics: Which tourists are splurging the most on tickets?

Northern Italy is gearing up for a massive tourism surge in February, when the Winter Olympics kick off in Milan and Cortina.

03/11/2025

Culture news

Hype on ice! Flavor Flav joins US Olympic 2026 bobsleigh team

Public Enemy's hypeman is swopping the stage for the snow after agreeing to join the US Olympic bobsleigh team as their loudest supporter during the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina. And perhaps he might provide the ultimate soundtrack for sliding through the snow.

30/10/2025

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Behind the scenes with alpine rescue dogs ready to save lives

On the slopes near Cortina d'Ampezzo, Zen, a five-year-old border collie, leads a pack of trainee rescue dogs, preparing for the rising avalanche threat in the Italian Alps.

31/03/2025

Art

How one exhibition in Italy is redefining disability in the art world

A newly opened exhibition in Turin is highlighting the work of 13 artists with intellectual disabilities from the Eisenberg Collection.

18/03/2025

Destinations

Go skiing in Azerbaijan this winter: An unexpected off-the-beaten-trac

Azerbaijan may not be the first country that comes to mind for skiing, but it’s gearing up to host its maiden Ski Mountaineering World Cup.

09/11/2024

Climate

‘Existential threat’: Can skiing survive on a warming planet?

Skiing faces ‘bleak future’ due to climate change, says the WMO.

04/10/2024

Sport

France set to host 2030 Winter Olympics, subject to conditions

The International Olympic Committee has chosen the French Alps to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, but this decision is dependent on receiving a financial guarantee from the new French government.

24/07/2024

USA

IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City aimed for the 2034 Winter Games to prevent any commercial and logistical conflicts with the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

24/07/2024

Tech News

Olympic committee unveil plans on how to use AI in sports

"We are determined to exploit the vast potential of AI in a responsible way," the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in London.

19/04/2024

Sport

French Alps and Nice are surprise favourites to host Winter Olympics

The IOC's decision came at the expense of bids from Switzerland and Sweden, and another leading candidate in Japan withdrew its bid.

30/11/2023

Sweden

Stockholm becomes latest European city willing to host 2030 Olympics

Sweden has received Stockholm's city authorities' blessing to put forward a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics - which the country has never hosted.

21/11/2023

France

Is France really going to host a Winter Olympics on the Mediterranean?

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee has caused bemusement with their decision to put forward the famously sunny city of Nice as a potential host of the 2030 Winter Games.

08/11/2023

Italy

Another country to host Olympic game as Italy fails to build track

Bobsled, skeleton and luge events will be held in Austria or Switzerland instead of Italy, the official host of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

17/10/2023

Sport

Spiralling costs and melting snow: What's the Winter Olympics' future?

An increasingly hotter planet and rising costs are threatening the future of the Winter Games, as host cities struggle with a lack of investment - and of snow.

04/08/2023

France

Paris Olympics: If Russians compete, will boycott threat be effective?

Ukraine has threatened to boycott the 2024 Olympic Games if the IOC decides to let Russian and Belarusian athletes compete.

30/03/2023

World

Euronews: 2022 Review of the year in sport

Euronews takes a look back at just a few of the main sporting events of 2022 including the Beijing Olympics, the Women’s European Championship, and the tennis superstars

22/12/2022

Culture news

Italian anthem fuses pop and classical as Beijing hands over to Milan

Pop mixes with Classical to hit the right notes for Winter Olympics handover

21/02/2022

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Fireworks accompany close of Beijing Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame has been extinguished in Beijing, with fireworks filling the evening sky, marking the end of the most locked-down games in history

20/02/2022