The two primary cities hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics events are Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, both located in northern Italy. And while Italy has world-class sporting and event venues from north to south, there is no one city of northern Italy that can host the wide variety of winter sporting events included in the Olympics roster.

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Officials briefly paused the matches at the historic curling stadium when the lights dimmed and flickered. Curlers kept sliding on the ice to stay ready. Fans cheered when the bright lights came back shortly after and competition resumed. Venue officials said they were investigating and had no immediate word on what caused the problem.

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It was unclear what caused the brief blip as players joked and killed time before the lights came on and action resumed.

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ROME (AP) — Italy has foiled a series of cyberattacks targeting some of its foreign ministry offices, including one in Washington, as well as Winter Olympics websites and hotels in Cortina d’Ampezzo,

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