Team Brazil and Team Mongolia understood the assignment. IThe 2026 Olympic Games are finally here. The 25th Winter Olympiad kicked off tonight in Milan with the traditional Opening Ceremony. Each host city takes creative liberties with the entertainment portion of the program.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition — and the Games are a gold mine for statistics.

Here's what to know about the Parade of Nations in the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony and how the country order is determined.

Representatives from Utah, France and Italy signed a memorandum of agreement Friday aimed at sharing expertise and working together on sustainability, research and long-term Olympic legacy. The agreement brings together organizers from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, the 2030 French Alps Games and Utah’s 2034 Winter Olympics.

VAL D'ISERE, France (AP) — The skiing resort of Val d’Isère in the French Alps took a big step Monday toward hosting events at the 2030 Winter Olympics which France will organize. Through a vote of its municipal council,

Italy has only ever competed at the Olympics once, that coming the last time Italy hosted the Winter Games in 2006. The team finished last in the eight-team tournament. They have a chance to turn some heads in the lesser Group B, though a quarterfinal berth will be tough.

From medals to mascots, schedules to slopes—here’s everything you need to know to be ready for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Here are 16 figures to know about the Milan Cortina Olympics—from the eye-popping equipment costs to the multibillion-dollar budget to the age of the oldest arena.

At the Milan Winter Olympics, Gen Z's fashion stage will be the slopes and shared over social media. Niche brands include AlphaTauri, Kappa, Le Coq Sportif and Oakley.

Stoats, or Mustela erminea, are a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern parts of North America. This puts them in the weasel family, along with ferrets, otters, badgers and wolverines. Stoats are also known by many names—sometimes, they’re called ermines or short-tailed weasels.