4 h. ago DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: If we truly believe in national security and opposing terror, we must proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guard

They lie where they fell. Young men and women. Faces split by batons, skulls crushed by rifle butts, shirts soaked dark with blood already drying in the winter air.

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7 h. ago Winter Olympics security guard 'freezes to death' after collapsing weeks before games

A security guard working near a Winter Olympics stadium has tragically ‘frozen to death’ after suffering a heart attack just weeks before the games

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14 h. ago Swiss ski resort that saw 40 killed in New Year's Eve fire is lined up to host events at the 2038 Winter Olympics

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Less than a fortnight after the blaze in Crans-Montana that killed 40, officials for the bid identified the municipality as a key site in their proposals.

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15 h. ago Switzerland resort where 40 people died in ski bar fire set to stage 2038 Winter Olympics

Crans-Montana, the site of the tragedy on December 31, has been earmarked to host the Alpine skiing competitions

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15 h. ago US skeleton athlete accuses Canada coach of rigging Olympic qualifying event

Five-time Olympian Katie Uhlaender claimed the Canadian head coach’s decision to withdraw his athletes from a qualifying race sabotaged her chances of making a sixth Games

Sport

16 h. ago Figure skater who lost his parents in Reagan airport plane crash qualifies for Olympics

Maxim Naumov earned his spot at the Winter Olympics with a third-place finish last week

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16 h. ago Olympic tensions flare as US skeleton star alleges Canadian coach rigged qualifying event

Katie Uhlaender misses sixth trip to OlympicsAthlete says she was deliberately deprived of pointsSporting tensions between the USA and Canada have erupted once again, this time in skeleton as next month’s Winter Olympics approach.USA’s Katie Uhlaender, a five-time Winter Olympian in skeleton, has accused the Canadian team of depriving her of a place at the Milan-Cortina Games by manipulating a qualifying event over the weekend. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Maxim Naumov makes US Winter Olympics team year after parents’ death in DC plane crash

US Figure Skating names team for Milan-CortinaNaumov’s parents were also OlympiansUS Figure Skating has confirmed the 16 athletes who will represent Team USA at the Milan-Cortina Games next month in Italy, including Maxim Naumov, who fulfilled the hopes of his late parents by making the Olympic team.Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who were world champions in pairs figure skating in 1994, became coaches at the Skating Club of Boston. Last January, they were returning from Wichita, Kansas, host of the 2025 US championships, along with 26 others connected to figure skating, when their plane collided with a military helicopter, killing everyone on board both aircraft. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Winter Olympics site guard dies during overnight shift in freezing temperatures

Organisers for Milan Cortina said that the worker had a heart attack

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33 h. ago Guard dies in freezing overnight shift at Winter Olympic construction site

Italy’s Infrastructure Minister has demanded a full investigation into the 55-year-old worker’s death

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38 h. ago Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in freezing conditions

55-year-old worker died during overnight shiftTemperatures plunged to -12C in Cortina d’AmpezzoA guard at a construction site near a 2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo died during a freezing overnight shift, authorities have confirmed. Italy’s infrastructure minister, Matteo Salvini, called for a full investigation into the circumstances of the 55-year-old worker’s death.Italian media reported that the death occurred on Thursday while the worker was on duty at a construction site near Cortina’s ice arena. Temperatures that night plunged to -12C (10.4F). Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in nighttime sub

Authorities have confirmed the death of a guard at construction site near a 2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo

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41 h. ago Andrea Bocelli will headline the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic opening ceremony

Andrea Bocelli will headline the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony on February 6

Politics

44 h. ago Milan’s Catholic archdiocese brings Olympic values into parish life

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

Sport

65 h. ago Lindsey Vonn seals Olympic favourite status with fourth podium in four downhills

41-year-old American wins in Zauchensee, AustriaVeteran skier leads downhill World Cup standingsLindsey Vonn continued her age-defying comeback with a downhill victory on Saturday to take her career World Cup tally to 84 wins. The 41-year-old American’s second success and fourth podium from four downhills this season increased the veteran skier’s lead in the standings and cemented her favourite status for next month’s Winter Olympics.Already the oldest World Cup winner of all time, Vonn was fastest by 0.37sec from Norway’s Kajsa Vickhoff Lie with a run of 1min 06.24sec on a cold and cloudy morning with snow falling in Zauchensee, Austria. Another American, Jacqueline Wiles, completed the podium, 0.48 slower than Vonn, on a piste considerably shortened after Friday’s training was cancelled due to heavy snowfall. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Man in his 30s is found dead outside home in freezing temperatures in 'unexplained' circumstances

A man in his thirties was found dead on a residential street in freezing temperatures and his death is being treated as unexplained.

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3 d. ago ‘In isolation, we’ll never flourish’: What Iranians think about the protests and an end to the Islamic Republic

In Tehran this week, young adults told the Guardian about collapsing living standards, the mass anti-government protests and their hopes for the futureMahsa is single and lives with her family. She has been working in fashion design for years and runs a page online where she sells her clothes. In recent months, she says she had achieved good sales and arranged for a prominent influencer to run a major promotion for her. But because of the current situation, the influencer returned the money, and her sales and page activity came to a halt. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Over 200 hours of live coverage: Bumper Winter Olympic broadcasting schedule revealed

TNT Sports 2 will serve as the primary Olympic destination, offering over 200 hours of live event coverage, studio programming, replays, and highlights.

Politics

4 d. ago Bumper Milano Cortina Winter Olympic broadcast schedule revealed

TNT Sports 2 will serve as the primary Olympic destination, offering over 200 hours of live event coverage, studio programming, replays, and highlights, delivering round-the-clock storytelling from Milano Cortina across all 17 days of competition

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4 d. ago Meet Team GB's globetrotting speed skater bidding for Winter Olympic lift

Smeding swapped her training base in the Netherlands for Calgary in Canada to work under coach Bart Schouten, in search of a clean slate after a season dogged by injury

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