One of soccer’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low.

Nestlé says thieves have stolen a huge shipment of KitKat bars from a truck heading from Italy to Poland.

Jannik Sinner sat out the Miami Open a year ago as he served a three-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance.

Italy finally won a match in the World Cup playoffs.

Sofia Goggia has won her third super-G of the season at the World Cup finals to secure the discipline title and Emma Aicher further closed the gap to overall leader Mikaela Shiffrin.

Italy’s conservative premier, Giorgia Meloni, faces a pivotal political test in a two-day referendum on judicial reform.

The Hockey Hall of Fame says the pucks used to score the gold medal-winning goals at the Milan Cortina Olympics are part of its permanent collection after being donated by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Lindsey Vonn hasn’t completely shut the door on ski racing again.

The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a “different level of focus” helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss.

Manager Mark DeRosa says his premature comment about the United States having already punched its ticket to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals before facing Italy was just an “overly confident statement” and reiterated Thursday he knew nothing was guaranteed at that point.

Local organizers at the Milan Cortina Paralympics have defended their actions after Ukraine’s Paralympic committee accused them and the International Paralympic Committee of subjecting Ukraine athletes and coaches to “systematic pressure.”.

A day later than expected, the United States has punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic.

Vinnie Pasquantino had the World Baseball Classic’s first three-homer game, leading Italy over Mexico 9-1 to win Pool B and advance the United States to the quarterfinals as group’s second-place team.

The Russian national anthem has played again at the Paralympics a day after Germany athletes appeared to stage a protest in the podium ceremony at Milan Cortina.

The medal count is now at 22 for Oksana Masters, the most decorated American Winter Paralympian.

The surprising loss by the United States to Italy in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night means that the Americans need help to advance to the quarterfinals.

Kyle Teel, Sam Antonacci and Jac Caglianone homered as Italy built a big lead and held on to stun the United States 8-6 in the World Baseball Classic.

In the absence of injured Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, Emma Aicher seized her chance at a World Cup downhill on Friday to cut the American superstars’ leads in the season-long standings.

The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem.

Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone left his team's game at the Pittsburgh Penguins because of an undisclosed injury.

Silvana Armani has presented her first signature Giorgio Armani collection without the iconic designer's input to close Milan Fashion Week.

Olympians Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Erin Ambrose have all been placed on long-term injured reserve by their PWHL clubs after sustaining injuries during the Milan Cortina Games.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will have to begin their playoff push without Sidney Crosby.

Jack Hughes’ overtime goal delivered a huge audience for U.S. hockey and NBC.

The Milan Cortina Olympics averaged 23.5 million viewers in the United States, making it the most-watched Winter Games since 2014 with a 96% larger audience than the Beijing Games four years ago.

The U.S. women’s hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

The women’s Olympic freeski halfpipe final at the Milan Cortina Games will be held on Sunday, a day later than originally scheduled because of heavy snow in the Italian Alps.

The U.S. team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Winter Olympics when the trio of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Chris Lillis took the title in mixed aerials.

The much-anticipated but never guaranteed U.S.-Canada showdown for gold in men’s hockey at the Olympics is on.

Polish short-track skater Kamila Sellier suffered a scary cut above her left eye after another skater’s blade hit her in the 1,500 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands has won her first Olympic gold and sixth career medal by finishing first in speedskating’s 1,500 meters at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Canada’s controversial men’s team will have the curling power’s last chance at Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games.

Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal with 35.2 seconds left to help Canada survive another scare at the Olympics, rallying to beat Finland 3-2 in the semifinals and advance to the men’s gold-medal game.

The U.S. women’s hockey team delivered an Olympic comeback for the ages by beating Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin has put in two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom by a massive 1.50 seconds.

A surprise participant in Wednesday’s action at the Milan Cortina Olympics had four legs and zero concern for race times.

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has won a 10th gold medal in cross country skiing at the Milan Cortina Olympics, setting another Winter Games record.

Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of the world’s glaciers.

Brazilian snowboarder Pat Burgener feels complete when he combines his love of the halfpipe with his passion for music.

Canadian bobsledder Shaquille Anfernee Murray-Lawrence was named after two basketball stars.

World Curling is backpedaling from an earlier decision to ramp up officiating at the Winter Olympics after controversy over whether curlers are breaking the rules.

Defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu has taken silver in freeski big air at the Milan Cortina Games.

Sweden has an incredibly difficult path through the Olympic men's hockey tournament.

Avery Krumme, originally from British Columbia, Canada, is bringing a bit of Texas flair to the slopes at the 2026 Winter Olympics Games in Milan, Italy.

Federica Brignone and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo have glided into history at the Winter Olympics in very different ways.

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has won a ninth gold medal, setting a Winter Games record, at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Jordan Stolz has won his second speedskating gold medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics by finishing first in the 500 meters in an Olympic-record time.

The U.S. women’s curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada marked an Olympic first.

Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan pulled off a stunner in men's figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has won an eighth gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Milan Cortina Olympics, tying an all‑time Winter Games record.

U.S. curler Rich Ruohonen made Olympic history after joining the team as an alternate at the end of the game.

U.S. speedskater Jordan Stolz has won the men’s 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics for the first gold medal of what he hopes will be a four-gold Winter Games.

Canadian fans and athletes at the Milan Cortina Olympics woke up Wednesday to learn of a school shooting in British Columbia that left at least seven people dead and many others wounded.

For fans of the Milan Cortina Olympic mascots, the eponymous Milo and Tina, it’s been nearly impossible to find a plush toy of the stoat siblings in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate has brought the Minions to the ice in Milan.

Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Olympics when Mikaela Shiffrin surprisingly crossed fourth after wasting a first-run lead by teammate Breezy Johnson.

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Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves.

The 2026 Winter Games are off to a promising start for host nation Italy with gold, silver and bronze on the first day of medal events.

Hayley Scamurra scored twice, and the United States opened the Milan Cortina Games women’s hockey tournament with a 5-1 win over Czechia.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Milan leading U.S. President Donald Trump’s delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Staging future Winter Games as early as January and the Paralympic Winter Games in February is a possibility because of warmer temperatures, the International Olympic Committee says.

Italy is making its artistic treasures more accessible to people with disabilities.

Lindsey Vonn is “confident” she can compete at the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics despite the left knee injury she sustained in a crash four days ago.

Manchester City has gone big again in the January transfer window and will hope it reaps more rewards than last year.

The United States is already dominating the narrative two years before the Los Angeles Olympics and five days before the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Milan to protest the deployment of ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Australia has a "home away from home" for the Milan Cortina Olympics at the European Training Centre in Gavirate, Italy.

Members of Italy’s Ladin minority, which settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet that's now an Olympic host city, are disappointed the Winter Games will not spotlight their culture.

News that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit will be present at the upcoming Winter Games has sparked confusion and concern in Italy.

The U.S. team released its 232-person roster for the Milan Cortina Olympics and it includes Lindsey Vonn, Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, who are among the seven Americans making their fifth trip to the games.

F1 has started a new era with the public and the media excluded from its private testing session in Barcelona.

Jannik Sinner made a dramatic comeback at the Australian Open, overcoming cramps and getting benefit from the tournament's extreme heat policy to beat Eliot Spizzirri.

Inter has extended its lead at the top of Serie A with six different players getting their names on the scoresheet in a 6-2 hammering of Pisa.

The start of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy is days away.

It took Donyell Malen 26 minutes to mark his arrival in Roma.

At age 41 Lindsey Vonn’s ability to consistently finish on the World Cup speed circuit’s podium is unparalleled.

Host Italy has a new contender in Alpine skiing with the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics three weeks away.

The 1 Point Slam isn’t likely to be a one-hit wonder.

Olympians can teach us to redefine what it means to be successful.

As Milan prepares to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, the city’s Catholic archdiocese launched a multi-year program that uses sport to promote values such as inclusion and solidarity among children and adolescents.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim says she she dislocated her shoulder in training and doesn’t know whether she’ll be able to compete at the Winter Games in Italy next month.

Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at the giant volcano in recent weeks.

Christian Pulisic scored the opener and Christopher Nkunku added two more as AC Milan defeated Hellas Verona 3-0 in Serie A.

U.S.-born Atle Lie McGrath has edged out Olympic champion Clément Noël to claim victory in a World Cup slalom at Alta Badia in Italy.

Yes, a Marco won the World Cup giant slalom Sunday.

Italian food is known and loved around the world for its fresh ingredients and palate-pleasing tastes, but the U.N.’s cultural agency is giving foodies another reason to celebrate their pizza, pasta and tiramisu by listing Italian cooking as part of the world’s “intangible” cultural heritage.

Liverpool picked up a much-needed win over Inter Milan in the Champions League without Mohamed Salah while Barcelona and Bayern Munich celebrated comeback wins and Chelsea lost.

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Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov says the country’s skiers and snowboarders have won a court ruling to get the chance to apply to compete as neutral athletes for qualification events to the Winter Olympics.

There is no backup plan if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time.

Italy’s fashion house Armani has appointed a new board to guide the company following the death of its founder Giorgio Armani earlier this year.

The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games after bad weather forced officials to move the traditional lighting from ancient Olympia to a nearby museum.

The first official test race on the controversial sliding track being rebuilt for the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by skeleton world champion Matt Weston of Britain.

Italy will first host Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifying playoff in March but then would go on the road to reach its first tournament after back-to-back failures at this stage.

Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli is set to play a major strategic role as executive chairman of Versace following the Prada Group's 1.25 billion-euro deal to acquire its rival.

Italy's highest court has approved the extradition of a Ukrainian man to Germany.

There won’t be any spectators for the opening races at the controversial sliding venue for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

European qualifying for the 2026 World Cup has concluded with Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Scotland and Austria securing the region’s remaining automatic spots.