Canada is playing its first game in men's hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics, taking on Czechia. With NHL players competing in the Olympics for the first time in 12 years, today's game marks the Olympic debut of several star players including Connor McDavid,

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The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,

Days after the Games officially opened, the 2026 Winter Olympics have already created a number of indelible images.

Elvis Merzlikins and Zach Werenski hopped in the car and had a late-night chat about what was next.

Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport at Milan-Cortina that does not have a women's event. BBC Sport takes a look at why.

To date, at least two European athletes have also broken their medals. In a moment captured on German TV that subsequently went viral, biathlete Justus Strelow suddenly realized as he danced with teammates that the mixed relay bronze he'd won on Sunday had detached from the ribbon around his neck and clattered to the floor.