The Winter Olympics brings hundreds of the world's best winter athletes to northern Italy, where they will face off in 16 different sports across two and a half weeks. Here's how to follow along.

Olympics snowboarding schedule: TV channels, live streams, how to watch every event at 2026 Winter Games originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. One of the top sports at the Winter Olympics, snowboarding will deliver plenty of exciting moments during the Milan Cortina Games.

There are 16 sports at this winter's Games, eight on ice and eight on snow. Can you name them all?

The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics kick off in February 2026! Learn more about the opening ceremony festivities now.

Some advocates say the Winter Games are driving up property prices and exacerbating income inequality. MILAN — Not far from the new Olympic Village — to be repurposed as student housing after this month’s Winter Games — a skyline-altering office tower reminiscent of a futuristic lighthouse is nearing completion.

Thousands of police and security officers will work during the Milan-Cortina Games’ opening ceremony. The involvement of some U.S. ICE personnel has stirred opposition.

Lindsey Vonn is expected to announce on Tuesday whether she'll compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics after injuring her left knee in a World Cup race