Sweden claimed their fourth women’s curling gold medal with a dramatic 6-5 victory over Switzerland in the final at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Sunday, 22 February 2026. Skip Anna Hasselborg delivered under pressure, scoring the decisive point in the 10th and final end to seal the win and replicate Sweden’s triumph at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Hasselborg, who gave birth to her second child in 2023, became only the second woman, after Anette Norberg, to win two Olympic titles as skip. Teammates Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, and Sofia Scharback also secured their second Olympic go
Forty-six years after the iconic “Miracle on Ice” at the 1980 Winter Olympics, the United States produced another chapter of Olympic magic, defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime to win men’s ice hockey gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Sunday, 22 February 2026. The victory marks America’s third Olympic gold in men’s hockey, and its first since Lake Placid. Jack Hughes was the hero, scoring the golden goal in overtime to seal the triumph. The New Jersey Devils forward, grinning with a missing tooth, deflected praise. “It doesn’t matter about the goal. Just an unbelievable team wi
The Netherlands celebrated a spectacular double in the mass start speed skating events at the Milano Cortina 2026, as Marijke Groenewoud and Jorrit Bergsma powered to gold within half an hour of each other. Groenewoud delivered a perfectly timed performance in the women’s 16-lap race, collecting 60 sprint points and finishing in 8:34.70 to secure her first Olympic title. Canada’s Ivanie Blondin claimed silver with 40 points, while American skater Mia Manganello took bronze in her final Winter Olympics appearance. The victory underlined Dutch dominance in the discipline on speed skating
There are Olympic moments that feel monumental, and others that feel deeply personal. For Aly Raisman, a three-time Olympic champion, watching Alysa Liu capture women’s figure skating gold at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 was profoundly healing. Less than 24 hours after Liu’s triumph on 19 February, Raisman reflected on what made the performance so powerful. “Alysa’s just really breaking down that wall and showing that when you love something, and you also love yourself, you have confidence in yourself and conviction and belief in what you're doing, anything is
Teenager Fukada Mari delivered a stunning performance on her Olympic debut, winning gold in the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 on Wednesday (18 February). Fukada sealed victory with a final-run score of 87.83, edging out New Zealand’s defending champion Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, who finished just 0.35 points behind on 87.48. All the top scores came in the third and final run, with Fukada extending her earlier lead under pressure. Her clean execution, highlighted by a switchback 12 (3.5 rotations), ultimately proved decisive. “The rails were l
India delivered a dominant performance at the opening Dubai 2026 Grand Prix – Fazza International Athletics Championships, finishing on top of the medals table with an impressive haul of 43 medals, including 16 gold, 13 silver, and 14 bronze. Colombia and Kenya followed with 11 and 6 gold medals, respectively, from their 20 medals each, while hosts United Arab Emirates finished fourth with six gold out of 31 medals at the first World Para Athletics Grand Prix of the season. For India, which will host the next World Para Athletics Grand Prix at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, t
Indian Women A delivered a dominant performance, thrashing Pakistan Women A by eight wickets in Match 6 of the ACC Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026 on Sunday. The match, played at the Terdthai Cricket Ground, saw India bounce back strongly after their opening loss to the United Arab Emirates Women A. Pakistan captain Hafsa Khalid elected to bat first, but her side struggled against disciplined Indian bowling. Saima Thakor struck early, removing opener Yusra Amir in the first over and later dismissing Khalid for just one run. Opener Shawaal Zilfiqar top-scored with 23, while Gull Rukh
The mixed team skeleton event made its Olympic debut on Sunday at the Cortina Sliding Centre, bringing the curtain down on skeleton competition at the Milan Cortina 2026. The new format marked the first time skeleton athletes could win two medals at the same Games, a feat achieved by Britain’s Matt Weston. Already the men’s gold medallist, Weston delivered another outstanding run after teammate Tabitha Stoecker lost time near the end of her heat. Weston clawed back several tenths of a second, set a track record, and secured a second gold for Team GB. For Stoecker, it was her first Olym
Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Klaebo made history on Sunday,February 15, 2026, becoming the first Winter Olympian to win nine gold medals after anchoring Norway’s 4x7.5 km relay team to victory at the Milan-Cortina Games. The Norwegian quartet was so dominant that Klaebo had time to wave to the crowd before crossing the finish line in Tesero, where he was welcomed by his jubilant teammates. At 29, Klaebo has already claimed four gold medals in Milan-Cortina, with two more events still to come. His latest triumph takes him past legendary compatriots Marit Bjoergen, Bjoern Daehlie
Mikhail Shaidorov scripted history by winning gold in men’s figure skating at the Milano Cortina 2026, securing Kazakhstan’s second Winter Olympic title as an independent nation and its first-ever Olympic gold in figure skating. Shaidorov stood fifth after the short program with 92.94 points but produced a sensational free skate, scoring 198.64 to finish with a total of 291.58 points. His program featured five quadruple jumps, a high-risk layout he had failed to land successfully earlier in the season, but delivered flawlessly on the biggest stage. Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama took silve