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The 2026 Winter Olympics are the most geographically dispersed ever – here’s why that could be a good thing

Italy’s 2026 Winter Olympics have been described as the most regionally distributed Winter Games ever staged. Events are spread across more than 22,000 km², taking in Milan, as well as the towns of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Valtellina, Val di Fiemme and Livigno in the Alps.

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Swiss TV commentary of Israeli Olympic bobsled run fuels fierce reaction

Switzerland’s public broadcaster has taken down a Winter Olympics clip online after a journalist’s commentary during an Israeli bobsled team’s run was criticized

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My Take 5 (Edition 64): The week that was in international affairs

Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your round-up of top international news of the past week. In this edition we are covering the results of the recent election in Bangladesh, PM Sanae Takaichi’s huge victory in Japan, Ukraine’s new sports hero Vladyslav Heraskevych, India’s seizure of Iran-linked…

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The Olympics Will Never Achieve World Peace If It Keeps Clamping Down on Free Speech

Plus: Olympic hockey almost didn’t happen, how to pad the medal count, and a reader survey on fixing the Olympics

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US skier Annika Malacinski protests women’s exclusion from Olympic sport

Nordic combined is the only Winter Olympics event that excludes women

The Independent UK

Heraskevych ban reflects badly on the International Olympic Committee

Letters: Readers respond to the barring of a Ukrainian athlete after he insisted on wearing a helmet featuring photos of athletes and children killed during Russia’s war on his country

The Guardian - UK

After Cheating Scandal Blamed For Costing Team USA Gold Medals, US Figure Skating Breaks Silence

“There has been a lot of thoughtful, and at times emotional, discussion about the ice dance competition in Milan,” US Figure Skating CEO Matt Farrell said.

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IOC defends sale of T-shirt bearing Nazi 1936 Berlin Games imagery

The T-shirt sold on the Olympic Games' online stores has caused widespread controversy across Germany as people accused the IOC of disseminating Nazi propaganda.

Euronews

IOC under fire for selling replica 1936 Olympics t-shirt used to promote Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games to push propaganda for his racist and antisemitic ideology

The Independent UK

The IOC’s ban of a Ukrainian athlete over his helmet reveals troubling double standards

On Feb. 12, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych from competition for wearing a helmet that featured images of fellow Ukrainian athletes who had been killed in Russia’s invasion of his home nation.

The Conversation

‘A big call for the IOC’: is the fight over Olympic rowing on Australia’s predator-inhabited Fitzroy River all a croc?

Queensland’s deputy premier says the event ‘ain’t happening’ at the Brisbane Games unless it takes place in Rockhampton

The Guardian - AU

19 Winter And Summer Olympic Sports To Make You Think The Winter Athletes Are Totally Bonkers

The 100 year aniversary of the Winter Olympics is upon us. And for all the most chaotic reasons, it is the alpha sporting event of the decade. People hurl themselves off mountains and come dangerously close to foot knives, all the while the summer games take you on a hip-wiggling…

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The 20 Wildest Most Bizarre Moments Of The 2026 Winter Olympics (So Far)

From broken medals to public cheating confessions, the 2026 Winter Olympics have delivered far more drama than anyone expected.

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International Olympic Committee secures big win on athlete speech limits ahead of 2028 LA Games

The International Olympic Committee secured a victory for itself when a Ukrainian skeleton athlete lost his appeal against disqualification from the Milan Cortina Games

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Ukrainian skeleton racer loses appeal to be reinstated in Winter Olympics after helmet row

Vladyslav Heraskevych took his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after he was disqualified from the Winter Olympics for wearing a helmet bearing the images of Ukrainians killed as a result of Russia’s invasion of the country

The Guardian - UK

Volodymyr Zelenskyy honours disqualified skeleton racer with order of freedom

Vladyslav Heraskevych has been barred from the skeleton for his tribute to his fallen compatriots

The Guardian - UK

Haiti’s Winter Olympics kit redesigned at last minute to fit IOC guidelines

Designer Stella Jean forced to paint over image of revolutionary on ski suits after being told it breached rules

Euronews

European Commissioner for Sport says he 'respects' IOC's decision to ban Ukrainian Olympian

“Ukraine is going through a very tough time”, Commissioner Glenn Micallef told Euronews' flagship morning programme Europe Today, discussing the Ukrainian athlete's disqualification, “But the decision by the IOC is one I respect.”

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Ukrainian star admits his Olympic dream is over despite appealing disqualification after helmet row

Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Olympics on Thursday following a helmet row but subsequently appealed the decision

The Guardian - UK

Dolomites diary: lederhosen, late buses and the anatomy of an Olympic ski jumper

Andy Bull says covering the first week of events at Milano Cortina 2026 has been enlightening but not straightforward

The Conversation

How are Olympic host cities chosen?

For the first time in Olympic history, two cities are jointly hosting the Games: Cortina d'Ampezzo, a pretty ski resort in Italy’s spectacular Dolomites, and Milan, the country’s second largest city, 410km away. This will be Cortina’s second time hosting the Winter Games, after its successful event 70 years ago…

The Independent UK

Heraskevych hopes to win appeal, but knows his chance of racing in Olympics is over

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is challenging his Olympic disqualification, but he says he still cannot race in Milan Cortina

The Guardian - UK

Olympic chiefs have got it badly wrong over Heraskevych ban and owe him an apology

As athletes we try to focus on our event and the task at hand, but our lives do not take place in a vacuum

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics 2026: Weston ends GB drought, Heraskevych’s appeal rejected by Cas – as it happened

Matt Weston wins gold for Great Britain in the men’s skeleton and Ilia Malinin finishes in a shock eighth place in the men’s figure skating final

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics briefing: Heraskevych’s helmet dispute raises tough questions

The controversy over the IOC’s decision to bar the Ukrainian from competing has cast a long shadow over the Games

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