Friday marked the official start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, which will be the most spread-out Games in history. (AP Photo) ...

Mariah Carey took center stage to help kick off the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony at 100-year-old San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy.

Nothing compares to the Olympics when it comes to promoting the best in sports competition and peaceful international relations. The Winter Olympics kicked off this week in the mountains of northern ...

The Olympic Games trace their roots back nearly 3,000 years to ancient Greece. At just over 130 years old, the modern ...

The Olympic rings symbolize four things: The shape of the rings symbolizes the universality of the Olympic Movement. The ...

The unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Milan Cortina Winter Games opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture has started. This is the most spread-out Olympics in history ...

Pop star Mariah Carey and crossover tenor Andrea Bocelli are among the performers. It begins at 8 p.m. local time (2 p.m. Eastern, 1900 GMT). Some 60,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony ...

Four locations, one Olympic heartbeat. For the first time in Olympic Games history, Friday’s opening ceremony unfolded across multiple locations, all in northern Italy, the culmination of more than ...

From the Games’ Greek origins to their first foray into Asia, the Olympics are known for bringing nations from all around the ...

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway after the lighting of the Olympic cauldrons and the Parade of Nations at ...

Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...