The International Olympic Committee has reiterated that the bobsleigh track being built by Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics must be ready by March 2025, despite strong opposition, and that there will be "no compromises."

As athletes around the world turn their attention to qualifying, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games met in the Veneto region to discuss the preparations for hosting the event in less than two years' time.

Forty years after their flawless performance at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, the legendary British duo of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean returned to the Bosnian capital on Wednesday to mark the anniversary.

Nearly a thousand people took to the streets of Milan to denounce the construction of infrastructure for the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. The protests were a warning of the potential negative impact on the mountains and the cost of housing in Italian cities.

The official mascots of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were officially unveiled last Wednesday after 1,600 proposals and a public vote. The event took place at the San Remo Music Festival.

Disagreement continues between the Italian government, which has signed the contract for the construction of the bobsleigh track, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which has reiterated its opposition and called for a Plan B to be considered.

Players from the National Hockey League (NHL) will be able to compete at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina after an agreement was reached between the players, the league and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The agreement also covers the 2030 Games.

The International Skating Union (ISU) has issued a statement regarding the case of Russian athlete Kamila Valieva, confirming the disqualification imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). As a result, the Russian athlete has lost her results, which have been annulled.

Russia's Kamila Valieva's four-year ban for a positive doping test has had a major global impact. The strongest reaction came from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), which said the decision showed that "war has been declared on Russian sport".

Just two years to go before the start of the 25th Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina in northern Italy, a construction company has responded to the public tender to build the track that has sparked controversy and back-and-forth.

The Olympic year, the run-up to Paris, got off to a great start with the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea.

This Friday sees the start of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Asia, in the city of Gangwon on the northern tip of South Korea. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for 19 January, 2024, and will be held simultaneously at the Gangneung Oval and the PyeongChang Dome.

Laura Vilagrà, councillor for the presidency of the Generalitat, has ruled out the possibility of Catalonia bidding for the Winter Olympics, a project that was stalled after the Spanish Olympic Committee declared the negotiations with Aragon over the sharing of venues a failure, and which is now being abandoned in the context of the climate emergency.

Global warming affects every aspect of life, including sport and top-level athletics. The problem is getting worse every year, and unless there is a 180-degree turn in the policies of the IOC and politicians in general, the Gangwon Youth Games in 2024 or the Milano-Cortina Games in 2026 will be remembered as the last in the current format.

Despite the twists and turns, Italy's sports ministers have ruled out hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina outside the host country.