At the last Winter Games, in 2022 in Beijing, the coronavirus pandemic meant that spectators were largely absent and competing was a lonely experience.

With the lighting of the two cauldrons — one in Milan and one in Cortina d'Ampezzo — the Winter Olympics got under way, marking the first time in history that the Games have begun with dual host-city ...

Ceremony staged at Milan's San Siro Stadium with Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli among performers, athletes parades also across northern Italy