Italy’s Arianna Fontana has won her 12th Olympic medal and third gold at her sixth Winter Games. That extends her record as the most decorated short track speedskater of all time.

Italy pulled off the unthinkable by reaching the quarterfinals of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament on Monday, fending off a Japanese comeback and underlining the spirit of a team delighted to keep proving the doubters wrong.

Italian hockey players don't play in the Olympics. They don't often play against the best players the sport has to offer. They play in relatively anonymity, before friends and family and a small but dedicated hockey community.

Home support for Italian figure skaters Matteo Rizzo and Daniel Grassl stayed strong on Tuesday despite errors in the men’s singles short programme that dimmed hopes of more medals days after the duo helped to secure Italy’s landmark team bronze.

Hard as they fought, the Azzurri couldn't quite pull out what would have been possibly the greatest Olympic upset since the United States beat the USSR in Lake Placid.

It was not “il miracolo sul ghiaccio,” Italian for “the Miracle on Ice.” In the end, Team Italy lost to Team Sweden 5-2 at Santagiulia Arena on Wednesday in the first of three preliminary games for each team at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

Italy forward Kayla Tutino has rallied one of the largest and loudest fan contingents at the Winter Olympics, with nearly 50 relatives and friends supporting her underdog women's ice hockey team as it secured a berth in the quarter-finals.

It’s Day 5 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with eight gold medals on the line today. The first went to Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen, who added Alpine skiing’s super-G to his downhill and team combined titles.