The Olympic Games have historically rejected Black athletes based on race, banned them for protesting, disqualified them for ...

The lack of athletes of color at the Winter Olympics — and in winter sports in general — has been a recurring theme in the ...

South Africa are set to be the best-represented African country at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics (Feb. 6-22), with ...

Even though the Olympics are said to connect the global village, the Winter Games remain a distant story for Africa, a ...

Maryan Hashi remembers the thoughts running through her mind when she began hitting the ski slopes in northern Sweden. As a Black woman from Somalia, she felt like an “alien.” “Am I wearing the ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are bringing thousands of athletes from around the world together for more than two weeks of ...

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics’ early events continued on day -1 ahead of Friday's opening ceremony. After opening the games on day -2 as the first event to start competitive play, curling ...

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where hockey and snowboarding events will open ahead of the opening ceremony.

Some individual athletes from the banned countries will be permitted to participate in the Milano Cortina Winter Games ...

The best athletes in the world on snow and ice get their quadrennial moment this month at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy.

The Canadian women have won gold at five of the last six Winter Olympics, but USA has all the momentum heading into the 2026 Milano Cortina Games.