Wars continue around the globe and U.S. strikes in Iran and Venezuela have added to tensions, but athletes at the Milan-Cortina Olympics are enjoying a relatively peaceful bubble.

Italian hockey players don't play in the Olympics. They don't often play against the best players the sport has to offer. They play in relatively anonymity, before friends and family and a small but dedicated hockey community.

Italy has put in place a massive security operation for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.

Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.

Denied a training retreat this month, Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has taken his World Cup preparations on the road, visiting players in Saudi Arabia, London and Milan ahead of March’s

By Francesca Landini and Gianluca Semeraro MILAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Arianna Fontana, Italy's most decorated winter Olympian, led her team to gold in the mixed short track relay at the Milano Cortina Games on Tuesday.

Two men are set to appear in court in Italy following a dramatic armed robbery on an armored security truck on a highway on Monday.

Italy opted against finding NHL players with Italian heritage to make up its men's ice hockey team at the Milan Cortina Olympics