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Winter Olympics recap: Brignone completes dramatic comeback and Ukrainian athlete excluded

It's a day marked by a comeback and controversy at the Milan Cortina Olympics

The Independent UK

The IOC is deluded – removing politics from the Olympics is now impossible

The IOC has tied itself in knots to keep politics out of the Winter Olympics, but it is a battle it will never win

The Independent UK

Winter Olympic ban of war victim helmet a win for Russian propaganda, says Ukrainian skeleton star

Heraskevych was disqualified for insisting on wearing the helmet, despite meeting with IOC president Kirsty Coventry

The Independent UK

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Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych Writes New Chapter in the Olympic Protest Tradition

The Ukrainian flag bearer’s disqualification from skeleton over a helmet featuring athletes killed in the war with Russia is yet another example of how politics and the Olympics cannot be separated.

Sports Illustrated

Ukrainian star says Olympic ban for wearing war tribute helmet is a ‘terrible mistake’

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The Independent UK

Ukrainian racer says Winter Olympic ban over war victim helmet a win for Russian propaganda

Skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych met with IOC president Kirsty Coventry ahead of the competition on Thursday morning

The Independent UK

‘It’s emptiness’: banned Ukrainian athlete accuses IOC of fuelling Russia’s propaganda

The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has been kicked out of the Winter Olympics after he refused to back down from wanting to wear a ‘helmet of memory’ in honour of Ukraine’s war dead

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Winter Olympics 2026: Ukrainian athlete kicked out over helmet tribute, Lollobrigida claims dramatic speed skating gold – as it happened

Day six of Milano Cortina 2026 was overshadowed by the controversy over Vladyslav Heraskevych being barred from competing owing to his ‘helmet of memory’

The Guardian - UK

Qatar’s beIN Sports wins LA 2028 media rights in buildup to 2036 Olympics bid

Qatar has infrastructure in place from the 2022 World Cup but is likely to be in a contest with Ahmedabad, India as the other host candidate

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine sports minister hits out ‘irresponsible’ people who want Russia to return to Olympics

Matvii Bidnyi, Ukraine's minister of youth and sports, said that any change would appear to condone Russia's invasion

The Independent UK

New IOC rules on gender eligibility expected ‘in next few months’

An IOC spokesperson confirmed new regulations on eligibility to compete in women’s sport are expected in the first half of this year

The Independent UK

“I Feel Bad For The Athletes”: JD Vance Gets Booed At The Winter Olympics Inauguration Ceremony

“I'm afraid that this is just a small reflection of how America is viewed on the world stage!” wrote one netizen.

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‘We are all connected’: Winter Olympics opening ceremony stresses harmony and showcases Italy

A stunning curtain-raiser was a fitting celebration of the host country and the Games – with wider messages never far from the surface

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics briefing: one final global showcase for Milan’s storied San Siro

What to look out for as the action continues and the historic home of Milan and Inter hosts Friday’s opening ceremony

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Bringing back the joy: Milan-Cortina's Olympic quest

Hopes are high that Milan-Cortina will host one of the great Winter Olympics as the Games return to Europe for the first time in 20 years.

The Independent UK

Anti-ICE backlash and Vance’s presence fail to chill enthusiasm as USA get Winter Olympics underway

Despite local anti-ICE protests and the potential for disruption around US vice-president JD Vance’s appearance at Thursday night’s ice hockey opener, Team USA’s Games appear to have got off to a smooth start

The Independent UK

After questions and concerns, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are ready to go as a new era arrives

When the Winter Games kick off with the opening ceremony on Friday it won’t just be the athletes who are going to be tested

The Guardian - UK

Infantino and Coventry backing Russia’s return shows sport’s soft power is in rotten hands

The actions of Fifa’s fawning president as well as the Olympics leader’s coded call for ‘neutral ground’ underscores the hollowness of the global bodies’ values

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The Independent UK

Olympic president makes it clear she supports LA28 chair Casey Wasserman over Epstein ties

In a statement Saturday, Wasserman said: ‘I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell’

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to new cold war as world descends on Italy amid global political chaos

Organisers are hoping for a celebration of winter sport at Milano Cortina 2026 but tensions will not be far from the surface

The Independent UK

IOC president Kirsty Coventry urges spectators to be “respectful” towards US athletes as backlash grows over ICE

The president largely swerved political questions at a pre-Winter Olympics press conference and suggested athletes’ respect for one another ‘put into perspective what we could be’

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics officials suggest major date shift due to climate change

Only 10 nations will be able to host the snow sports of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games by 2040, according to an IOC study

The Independent UK

Can transgender athletes compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics and what are the rules?

The IOC is moving closer to a blanket ban on transgender athletes under the presidency of Kirsty Coventry

The Independent UK

IOC open to earlier dates for future Winter Olympics and Paralympics because of warmer temperatures

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

The Guardian - UK

IOC president gives clearest signal so far that Russia could be at 2028 Olympics

Kirsty Coventry, the IOC president, said: ‘Keep sport a neutral ground,’ as the Ukraine sports minister Matvii Bidnyi hit out at the Fifa president

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