Olympics & Paralympics
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Milano Cortina 2026: Japan’s Mari Fukada Wins Gold in Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle; Japan’s Kokomo Murase in Bronze
MILAN — Mari Fukada, 19, won gold in the women’s snowboard slopestyle on Wednesday in the Milano ...
February 19, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Japan’s Taiga Hasegawa Wins Silver in Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle
MILAN — Taiga Hasegawa won silver in the men’s snowboard slopestyle on Wednesday in the Milano Co...
February 18, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Japan’s Noake Makes Olympic Debut, Helps Speed Skating Squad Clinch Bronze in Women’s Team Pursuit
MILAN — The Japanese speed skating team fell short of the women’s team pursuit gold it had envisi...
February 18, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Japan Outpaces U.S. to Secure Bronze in Women’s Team Pursuit
MILAN — Japan’s speed skating team earned bronze in women’s team pursuit at the Milano Cortina Ol...
February 18, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Olympics-Skeleton-Shakhtar Boss Pays Ukrainian Racer $200,000 after Games Disqualification
MILAN, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The owner of Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk has donated more ...
February 18, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Japan Sets Winter Olympics Medal Record at 19
Milan, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)—Japan rewrote its record Winter Olympics medal haul on Tuesday, after...
February 18, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Winter Olympics Recap: Japanese Pair Upstage ‘Blade Angels,’ Germany Sweeps 2-Man Bobsled
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ami Nakai and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu...
February 18, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Japan’s Ami Nakai Leads Women’s Figure Skating Short Program Followed by Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto, Alysa Liu of U.S.
MILAN -- Japan's Ami Nakai, 17, lead the women's figure skating short program with 78.71 on Tuesd...
February 18, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Japan Gains Bronze in Speed Skating Women’s Team Pursuit (Update 1)
Japan gained bronze in speed skating women's team pursuit at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Tuesd...
February 18, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara Clinch Japan’s 1st Gold in Pairs Figure Skating, Rebounding from Disappointing Short Program
MILAN — Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara on Monday made a stunning comeback from their disappointing...
February 17, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Kobayashi’s Super Team Medal Bid Meets Sudden End; Heavy Snow Forces Halt to Ski Jump Competition
Bad weather brought a sudden and disappointing end to the third Olympic appearance of ski jumper ...
February 17, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara Win Japan’s First Olympic Pairs Gold with a World-Record Free Skate
MILAN (AP) — Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought their chances of Olympic gold had gone by the ...
February 17, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Figure Skaters Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara Pair Win Gold; Dramatic Comeback from 5th Place in SP
Figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who placed fifth in the short program (SP), wo...
February 17, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Speed Skater Miho Takagi Extends Olympic Medal Haul to 9, Has Most Among Japanese Female Athletes for Summer, Winter Games
MILAN — Speed skater Miho Takagi won bronze in the women’s 500 meters in Milan on Sunday during t...
February 16, 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026: Japan’s Dual Mogul Silver Medalist Ikuma Horishima Inspired by Former Champion Shinji Osada When Competing in Milan
“If you keep dreaming, the dream will be realized. If you put effort in without giving up, it wil...
February 16, 2026
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