A look ahead to the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps, including venue plans, competition zones and how the regional model compares to Milan

The men's hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first tournament with NHL players since the 2014 Sochi Olympics, will feature all 12 teams playing three preliminary games in their respective groups, then all 12 moving on to a single-elimination playoff that will conclude with the gold medal game Feb. 22.

Here's a quick ski mountaineering (aka skimo) primer and the full schedule of the skimo events at the 2026 Winter Games.

Welcome to Last Word On Hockey’s Olympic Predictions. Each day, our writers here at Last Word On Hockey look at the games and give in-depth analysis.

Winter Olympics fans wer outraged at Peacock as they missed the only fight of the tournament and watched from a fan video.

PARIS (AP) — With all eyes on the Milan Cortina Olympics, the organization of the Winter Games in France in four years' time is faltering. Internal tensions have multiplied in recent months, against a backdrop of several resignations,

Maier edged out Switzerland's Fanny Smith by 14-hundredths of a second to claim gold from the four-woman final. Maier picked up the 22nd overall medal for Germany at the Milan Cortina Games. It was only the sixth gold for the European country and the second that wasn't earned in the sliding sports.

The Winter Olympics are set to bring new triumphs and losses to more familiar ground in the years ahead.