The Milan Cortina Olympics officially open with a multi-site ceremony for a spread-out Winter Games

MILAN (AP) — Featuring tributes to da Vinci and Dante, Puccini and Pausini, Armani and Fellini, pasta and vino, and other iconic tastes of Italian culture — plus Mariah Carey hitting all the high notes in “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu” aka “Volare” — an unprecedented four-site,

A Very Retro Olympics Opening Ceremony

The performance in Milan looked squarely at the past, both in substance and in style.

Olympics Blunder Prompts Italian Broadcaster RAI Sports Chief to Resign After Misidentifying Matilda De Angelis as Mariah Carey in Opening Ceremony

Paolo Petrecca, head of the sports unit of Italian state broadcaster RAI, stepped down on Thursday following backlash triggered by a series of live blunders he made while commenting the Milan-Cortina

Italian broadcaster’s sports boss quits after Olympic commentary backlash

Paolo Petrecca has resigned as head of the sports division of Italian state broadcaster RAI, the company said on Thursday, two weeks after his error-ridden commentary at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony triggered a revolt among its journalists.

Russian woman carried Ukraine placard at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

A Russian woman in Milan made a quiet protest against the war by leading Ukraine’s Olympic team into the stadium.