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Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych takes part in the skeleton men's training session at Cortina Sliding Centre

Ukraine's Heraskevych banned over helmet marking war

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladylsav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics due to his helmet, which features pictures of people killed in the war with Russia.

Olympics • 4 hrs

BORMIO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 11: Cormac Comerford of Team Ireland reacts in the finish area during the Men's Super G on day five of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Stelvio Alpine Skiing Centre on February 11, 2026 in Bormio, Italy. (Photo by Sean M

Comerford finishes 37th in men's super-G

Ireland's Cormac Comerford finished 37th in the men's super-G at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

Olympics • 11 Feb

Ukrainian Olympian vows to wear banned helmet

Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych will not be allowed to wear a "helmet of remembrance" in honour of those killed in the war with Russia in the skeleton competition at the Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

Olympics • 10 Feb

Lindsey Vonn reacts during an official training for the women's downhill event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo on February 7, 2026

Vonn defiant as she prepares for 'multiple surgeries'

Lindsey Vonn insists she has "no regrets" following the crash at the women's downhill in the Winter Olympics which leaves her facing "multiple surgeries".

Olympics • 10 Feb

Thomas Maloney Westgaard of Team Ireland competing in the Men's Cross-Country Skiing 10km+10km Skiathlon at 2026 Winter Olympics

Maloney Westgaard 35th in men's skiathlon

In the men's 10km + 10km skiathlon at the Winter Olympics, Ireland's Thomas Maloney Westgaard finished 35th of the 73 competitors who completed.

Olympics • 08 Feb

Ireland's Cormac Comerford crosses the finish line in the men's downhill alpine skiing event at 2026 Winter Olympics

Comerford happy with his Winter Olympics debut

Ireland's Cormac Comerford finished Saturday's Olympic downhill in last position of skiers who ⁠finished the race but he was still happy with his Games debut on one of the world's toughest downhill slopes.

Olympics • 07 Feb

Gus Kenworthy of Team Great Britain competes in the first run of the Aspen Snowmass Men's Freeski Halfpipe Finals during the Toyota US Grand Prix 2026 at Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort on January 10, 2026 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Imag

British skier to avoid censure over anti-ICE message

British freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy will not face censure for an obscene social media image he posted just hours before arriving at the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina.

Olympics • 06 Feb

3 February 2026; The Team Ireland Allianz Flagbearers for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be Thomas Maloney Westgård and Anabelle Zurbay. The Opening Ceremony takes place on Friday 6 February, with athletes parading across the four Olymp

Team Ireland chief confident in Winter Olympics plans

Team Ireland Chef de Mission Nancy Chillingworth has expressed confidence that the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will be a success despite some concerns over infrastructure.

Olympics • 04 Feb

Lindsey Vonn of Team United States crashes out during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill on January 30, 2026 in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

Vonn ruptures ACL but targets stunning Games appearance

Lindsey Vonn revealed that despite having "completely ruptured" her ACL she still plans to compete in this month's Winter Olympics.

Other sport • 03 Feb

29 January 2026; Team Ireland athletes, from left, cross-country skiier Thomas Maloney Westgaard, alpine skiiers Anabelle Zurbay and Cormac Comerford and freestyle half-pipe skiier Ben Lynch during the Milano Cortina 2026 content capture day ahead of the

Maloney Westgaard and Zurbay to carry Irish flag

Thomas Maloney Westgaard and Anabelle Zurbay will be the flagbearers for Ireland at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony.

Olympics • 03 Feb

Signage is seen ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy

Grindr to disable location feature in Olympic Village

Dating app Grindr has announced plans to disable its location feature in the Milano-Cortina Olympic Village to protect LGBTQ+ athletes from "real safety risks" at this month's Winter Games.

other sport • 03 Feb

Team Ireland freestyle half-pipe skiier Ben Lynch during the Milano Cortina 2026 content capture day ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Bolzano

No half measures for Ireland's half-pipe king Lynch

Ben Lynch's Dubliner dad was a champion rower. This month, the 23-year-old will look to write a new chapter in the family's sporting history when he competes in the half-pipe event for Ireland at the Winter Olympics.

other sport • 05 Feb

Team Ireland alpine skiier Anabelle Zurbay in Piazza Walther during the Milano Cortina 2026 content capture day ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Bolzano, Italy.

'In my school it's kind of normal to be an Olympian'

Annabelle Zurbay is about to make a little bit of history by becoming the youngest ever alpine skier to represent Ireland at a Winter Olympic Games.

Other sport • 05 Feb

Signage is seen in front of the megastore in Piazza Duomo ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Winter Olympics: All you need to know

The Winter Olympics have a long tradition of attracting viewers to sports they normally wouldn't be exposed to, and with four Irish athletes also heading to Italy for the 2026 Games, here's a run down on all you need to know as you swot up on your curling, luge and skeleton.

Olympics • 06 Feb

The Olympic Federation of Ireland revealed the eight recipients of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Scholarships today. The total scholarship fund is worth a total of almost €200,000 and will support these athletes on their qualification journey for the Wi

RTÉ to bring live action from Winter Olympics

The RTÉ Player is set to bring almost 40 hours of live coverage from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina including coverage of all four Irish athletes.

Olympics • 04 Feb

Cormac Comerford of Team Ireland during a practice run ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Dobiacco, Italy.

Comerford takes rocky road from Dublin to Winter Games

Cormac Comerford was once on the same Gaelic football team as Con O'Callaghan, but fate pulled the two Cuala men in very different directions: one hit the heights at Croke Park, the other is about to hit the slopes in his first Winter Olympic Games.

other sport • 06 Feb

Team Ireland athletes, from left, freestyle half-pipe skiier Ben Lynch, alpine skiiers Cormac Comerford and Anabelle Zurbay and cross-country skiier Thomas Maloney Westgaard during the Milano Cortina 2026 content capture day ahead of the Winter Olympic Ga

Team Ireland confirms line-up for Winter Olympic Games

Cross-country skier Thomas Maloney Westgaard will make some Irish sporting history after being named in Ireland's four-athlete team for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, which begin on Friday week.

Winter Olympics • 30 Jan

Ambassador of Italy to Ireland, Nicola Faganello, left, and Team Ireland Chef de Mission for Milano Cortina 2026, Nancy Chillingworth, right, are interviewed by MC David Gillick, during the Team Ireland Olympic Sport Awards 2025 at The Royal Convention Ce

Team Ireland prepare for late Winter Olympics scramble

Team Ireland are hoping to have five representatives at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, but will have to wait until the end of the month before they can announce just who will be going.

Olympics • 19 Jan

Matthieu Bailet of Team France competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill on February 22, 2025 in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

Crans-Montana among host sites for 2038 Winter Olympics

The Swiss resort where a New Year's Eve bar fire claimed the lives of 40 people is set to host the Alpine skiing competition at the 2038 Winter Olympics.

Other sport • 12 Jan

Liam O Brien (IRL) races at ISU Short Track World Tour 1 on October 25, 2024, at Maurice-Richard Arena in Montreal, QC

Two into one won't go but O'Brien eyeing Olympics spot

Sydney-born short track speed skater Liam O'Brien has his sights set on representing Ireland at the 2026 Winter Olympics having very narrowly missed out on Beijing 2022.

other sport • 22 Jun 25

Team Ireland winter athletes gather for a team camp at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin ahead of the final qualification phase for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games next February. In attendance is Alpine Skier, Cormac Comerford.

Comerford channels Shackleton spirit towards 2026 Games

While the distance from his training base to the site of next year's Winter Olympics may not be the farthest to traverse, the road towards Milano-Cortina 2026 has been a long one for Cormac Comerford.

other sport • 08 Jun 25

Elsa Desmond of Ireland after competing in the Women's Luge event on day four of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Sliding Park in Yanqing, China.

Desmond willing to sacrifice car to fuel Olympic dream

In a world that can sometimes allow one to muddle along in a haze of ifs, buts and maybes, luger and Winter Olympian Elsa Desmond seems to pierce through that cloud in a refreshingly direct manner when it comes to why she is where she is and where she wants to get to ahead of the 2026 Games.

Elsa Desmond • 31 May 25

Kamila Valieva was just 15 when she failed a dope test shortly before the Games in Beijing

Updated USA awarded 2022 figure-skating gold after Valieva ban

The United States will finally be awarded the team figure-skating Olympic gold for 2022 after the disqualification of Russian athlete Kamila Valieva for a doping offence.

Olympics • 30 Jan 24

The 2026 Winter Olympics are being held in northern Italy

IOC pick bids for 2030 and 2034 Winter Games talks

France's 2030 winter Olympic bid and Salt Lake City's 2034 bid will enter into a targetted dialogue with the International Olympic Committee, the IOC said, as it looks for a double allocation of Olympic Games.

Olympics • 29 Nov 23

Eileen Gu competed on the US team until 2019

Beijing 2022: Gu grabs another gold

China's 'Snow Princess' Eileen Gu sealed her second gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics in the women's freestyle halfpipe in Zhangjiakou.

Olympics • 18 Feb 22