LAGO DI TESERO, ITALY — Before he became the most famous dog at the Olympics, Nazgul was not known as an escape artist. Still, his owners, Enrico and Alice Varesco, were not taking chances when they left him alone at their apartment alongside the Olympic cross-country ski trails this week.

The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games have officially closed, leaving us with more than just a tally of gold medals and world records. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Italian Alps and the chic,

There’s a familiar script that seems to play out almost every four years at the Winter Olympics. The host nation rides a wave of national pride, packed home venues, and federation funding into a medal surge that feels almost

Everything you need to know about the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games from the Los Angeles Times' team of reporters and photographers.

The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics offered three weeks of jaw-dropping athletic feats, but when you look at the raw viewership data, a very clear picture emerges: the world is still absolutely obsessed with ice hockey.

The United States finished the 2026 Winter Games with 33 total medals. Was it enough to top the competition?

The Italian federation was haunted by what happened at the 2006 Turin Olympics. Twenty years later, their performance is meeting the moment.

Italy has already recorded its best-ever Winter Olympics medal haul, powered primarily by women, as gender parity efforts deliver historic results at Milan Cortina 2026.

The last act of the Milan Cortina Games was set in Verona and was filled with Italian flair

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - FBI Director Kash Patel is defending his weekend beer-soaked locker-room celebration with the victorious U.S. men's hockey team at the Winter Olympics in Milan, saying he had been in Italy on official business and would pay his own way for personal activities.