By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Britain's Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat beat Italy to ensure top spot in the round-robin stage of the mixed doubles curling at the Milano Cortina Games,

At the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies on Friday, athletes will march in the traditional Parade of Nations at the San Siro stadium in Milan. But they will also be parading elsewhere in Italy, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Predazzo and Livigno. This geographically expansive Olympics will be just as spread out for the opening festivities.

Lollobrigida clocked an Olympics-record 3 minutes, 54.28 seconds, more than two seconds ahead of the runner-up.

Italy's hopes of more home Olympic ice success in figure skating were lifted on Sunday when they clinched bronze in the team event at the Milano Cortina Winter Games.

Ms. Meloni’s conservative government has focused on law and order since taking office in October 2022. A security decree passed in June 2025 created more than a dozen new crimes, including protest activity in prisons and migrant centers, and made some kinds of demonstrations punishable with up to two years in prison.

Italy, known for football, is making its T20 World Cup debut with a diverse team, aiming to reshape its cricket identity despite inexperience.

Italy has long valued some of life’s more refined pleasures – food, art, fashion, all set against the country’s crumbling architecture. Now, that cultural smorgasbord includes a new and perhaps surprising offering: tennis. Surprising, at least, for ...

Francesca Lollobrigida powered to victory in the women's 3,000 meters speed skating on Saturday, bringing Italy its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games and ending Dutch dominance marked