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In this photograph taken in September 2025 and released Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, by Stelvio National Park, Carabinieri officer Giacomo Regazzoni, left, and park employee Elia Vitalini inspect Late Triassic prosauropod footprints discovered in the Fraele Valley in northern Italy. (Elio Della Ferrara/Stelvio National Park via AP)
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A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue

Read full article: A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue

A wildlife photographer has discovered one of the oldest and largest collections of dinosaur footprints in an Italian national park.

Carolina Hurricanes' Jaccob Slavin watches the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
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Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin returns to lineup after missing 29 games

Read full article: Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin returns to lineup after missing 29 games

The Carolina Hurricanes have been able to reach first place in the Metropolitan Division without star defenseman Jaccob Slavin for most of the season.

FILE -Anton Dukach, of Ukraine, slides during the luge men's single round 3 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 6, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn't be allowed

Read full article: Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn't be allowed

Russian athletes have informed the International Luge Federation that they have obtained visas to compete in a World Cup race in Lake Placid, New York, next weekend.

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry delivers her speech during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics cauldron lighting, in front of the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Friday Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

IOC advises sports bodies to let Russians compete in youth events again with flag and anthem

Read full article: IOC advises sports bodies to let Russians compete in youth events again with flag and anthem

The IOC has taken a big step toward reintegrating Russia and Belarus into world sports.

FILE - Anastasia Tatalina, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts during the women's slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Nine Russian and Belarusian skiers get neutral status to compete in Olympics qualifying events

Read full article: Nine Russian and Belarusian skiers get neutral status to compete in Olympics qualifying events

Three skiers from Russia and six from Belarus have been approved to compete in qualifying events for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games in February.

FILE - Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda, of India, Khadijah Ismail, of Malaysia, and Mariana Cabrita, of Portugal, from left, compete in the cross-country women's 7.5 km Interval Start Classic qualification race at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Olympic hopeful cross-country skier tries to put India on the winter sports map

Read full article: Olympic hopeful cross-country skier tries to put India on the winter sports map

Most of Bhavani Thekkada’s competitors grew up on skis.

A view of the Ice Hockey Arena during the U20 Ice Hockey World Championship between Estonia and Japan as a test event for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, in Rho, near Milan, Italy, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

NHL cautiously optimistic of Olympic participation despite smaller rink size and ice safety concerns

Read full article: NHL cautiously optimistic of Olympic participation despite smaller rink size and ice safety concerns

The NHL remains cautiously optimistic about sending top hockey players to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in February.

Italian former foil fencer and Olympic and world champion Elisa Di Francisca carries the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics torch in Rome as it begins its journey through Italy, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, a journey that will conclude in Milan in February 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Nearly half the tickets for Milan Cortina Olympics still unsold with 2 months to go

Read full article: Nearly half the tickets for Milan Cortina Olympics still unsold with 2 months to go

Construction on the main hockey arena is still not finished.

Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri lights the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics torch in Rome as it begins its journey through Italy, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, a journey that will conclude in Milan in February 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Summer Olympians begin torch relay for Milan Cortina Winter Games on 2-month countdown

Read full article: Summer Olympians begin torch relay for Milan Cortina Winter Games on 2-month countdown

Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri started off the torch relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday marking exactly two months before the Feb. 6 opening ceremony.

FILE - China's Zhendong Fan reacts after winning match point to take the men's singles finals match during the World Table Tennis Championships Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

U.S. cities come to home of Olympic sports to pitch hosting future world championships

Read full article: U.S. cities come to home of Olympic sports to pitch hosting future world championships

Sports officials from United States cities have gone to the heart of the Olympic family this week to show their country wants to host more world championships and top events.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella holds the torch and lights the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics cauldron in front of the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Friday Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Cauldron for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics lit at Italy's presidential palace with 2 months to go

Read full article: Cauldron for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics lit at Italy's presidential palace with 2 months to go

A preliminary cauldron has been lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approaches the two-months-to-go mark.

A man walks past signage prior to the final draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

US prioritizes visas for fans traveling for the World Cup, Olympics and other events

Read full article: US prioritizes visas for fans traveling for the World Cup, Olympics and other events

The Trump administration has instructed U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to prioritize visa applications from foreigners wishing to visit the United States to either invest in America or attend the 2026 World Cup, 2028 Olympics and other major sporting events.

FILE - Switzerland's Corinne Suter poses during the medal ceremony for women's downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 15, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Olympic downhill champion Corinne Suter out for a month after training crash

Read full article: Olympic downhill champion Corinne Suter out for a month after training crash

Olympic downhill champion Corinne Suter has crashed in training and cannot ski until about a month before she is due to defend her title.

Ilia Malinin, of the United States, reacts after finishing the men's short program segment at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, central Japan, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Kagiyama uses mistake by Malinin to lead short program at Grand Prix Final

Read full article: Kagiyama uses mistake by Malinin to lead short program at Grand Prix Final

Yuma Kagiyama has upstaged world champion Ilia Malinin of the United States to lead the men’s short program at the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Nagoya.

President of the Milano Cortina Organising Committee Giovanni Malago, right, and Italian Olympic medalist tennis player Jasmine Paolini hold a lantern with the Olympic flame as they arrive at Rome's International airport Leonardo da Vinci from Athens, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Olympic flame for Milan Cortina Winter Games arrives in Italy following handover in Greece

Read full article: Olympic flame for Milan Cortina Winter Games arrives in Italy following handover in Greece

The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games has landed in Rome following a handover in Greece.

FILE - The Olympic rings adorn the Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, which will be called Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, venue for the curling discipline at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)

Doping at your doorstep: The next Olympic drug crisis could be coming through the mail

Read full article: Doping at your doorstep: The next Olympic drug crisis could be coming through the mail

A new wave of peptides, often banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, is easily available online, raising concerns about potential Olympic doping scandals.

A view of the work at the finish area of the Olympia delle Tofane course where the women's Alpine skiing will be contested at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Russian skiers and snowboarders allowed by CAS to try to qualify for Winter Olympics

Read full article: Russian skiers and snowboarders allowed by CAS to try to qualify for Winter Olympics

Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov says the country’s skiers and snowboarders have won a court ruling to get the chance to apply to compete as neutral athletes for qualification events to the Winter Olympics.

FILE - An outside view of the Santa Giulia Ice Hockey Arena, in Milan, where Ice Hockey discipline of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will take place Italy, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

No backup plan for Milan Olympic ice hockey arena as construction goes down to the wire

Read full article: No backup plan for Milan Olympic ice hockey arena as construction goes down to the wire

There is no backup plan if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time.

Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates after winning a World Cup men's super-G skiing race, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Copper Mountain. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Odermatt wins season-opening super-G at Copper Mountain as Kilde's return reduces Shiffrin to tears

Read full article: Odermatt wins season-opening super-G at Copper Mountain as Kilde's return reduces Shiffrin to tears

Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt has started the World Cup super-G season with a Thanksgiving win at Copper Mountain and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde reduced fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin to tears by making his comeback after nearly two years out.

FILE - England's Ben Proud reacts after he was disqualified in his men's 50m butterfly heat during the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Aquatic Centre on the Gold Coast, Australia, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Enhanced Games to offer performance enhancers ... and stock ... to the public

Read full article: Enhanced Games to offer performance enhancers ... and stock ... to the public

The Enhanced Games is going public in two ways — with a new listing on the Nadsaq stock exchange and also by offering a direct-to-consumer business focused on performance products.

High Priestess Mary Mina, left, lights a torch from the Olympic flame during the flame lighting ceremony for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, at the archaeological museum of Olympia, Greece, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Under a cloud, the Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Read full article: Under a cloud, the Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games after bad weather forced officials to move the traditional lighting from ancient Olympia to a nearby museum.

Actress Mary Mina playing the role of high priestess performs during the final rehearsal ahead of the flame lighting for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, at the archaeological museum of Olympia, Greece, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Praying for the sun: What to know about the flame-lighting ceremony for the Winter Olympics

Read full article: Praying for the sun: What to know about the flame-lighting ceremony for the Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games will be lit at Ancient Olympia, continuing a tradition that uses the sun’s rays to symbolize continuity with the original Greek competitions.

Actor Mary Mina playing the role of high priestess, center, performs during a rehearsal ahead of the flame lighting for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, at the Ancient Olympia site, Greece, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

As clouds threaten ceremony, Greece prepares a backup flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Read full article: As clouds threaten ceremony, Greece prepares a backup flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Organizers in Ancient Olympia conducted an emergency lighting of the Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, taking advantage of a brief spell of sunshine amid Greece’s stormy weather.

FILE - An aerial view shows the Intuit Dome, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

LA Olympics will keep 'Intuit' on Clippers arena as part of groundbreaking venue-naming deal

Read full article: LA Olympics will keep 'Intuit' on Clippers arena as part of groundbreaking venue-naming deal

The Intuit Dome will be called just that for the Los Angeles Olympics, after organizers struck a deal with the makers of tax and business software as part of a groundbreaking arrangement to sell naming rights for venues at the upcoming Summer Games.

A night view of the Eugenio Monti sliding track during a three day skeleton and bobsled World Cup stage and Olympic test event in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

First skeleton test race on controversial new Olympic sliding track won by Weston

Read full article: First skeleton test race on controversial new Olympic sliding track won by Weston

The first official test race on the controversial sliding track being rebuilt for the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by skeleton world champion Matt Weston of Britain.

A view of the Olympia delle Tofane course where the women's Alpine skiing will be contested at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Milan Cortina Olympic mountains are wintry white after 1st big snowstorm of the season

Read full article: Milan Cortina Olympic mountains are wintry white after 1st big snowstorm of the season

The mountains that will host the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have been hit with their first significant snowstorm of the season.

South Korea's Jung Seunggi takes the start at a training session ahead of a three day skeleton and bobsled World Cup stage and Olympic test event in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track to host test races without fans

Read full article: Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track to host test races without fans

There won’t be any spectators for the opening races at the controversial sliding venue for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

FILE - LA28 logos decorate a backdrop as First lady Jill Biden speaks at a reception at the U.S. Chief of Mission Residence to commemorate the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics and celebrate the upcoming 2028 Olympic Games, to be held in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Track to open LA Olympics, with women's 100-meter sprinters lining up three times in the same day

Read full article: Track to open LA Olympics, with women's 100-meter sprinters lining up three times in the same day

As part of a seismic schedule change for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, track and field, and not swimming, will lead off the Olympics.