Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fireworks as the Olympic cauldron under the Arco della Pace in Milan is lit by Alberto Tomba and Deborah Compagnoni.

The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo drew a record 21.4 million viewers for NBCUniversal, up 34% from the 2022 Beijing Games. Streaming viewership also set records, ...

The Opening is loosely inspired by a viral meme that emerged from the shocking 2022 chess scandal, in which a chess player was wrongfully accused of cheating via a vibrating buttplug. In The Opening, ...

Want more Olympics updates? Get our behind-the-scenes newsletter for what it's like to be at these Games. MILAN — Fireworks. Mariah Carey. A dancing stovetop espresso maker. The Winter Olympics kicked ...

The Olympic cauldrons were lit in Milan and Cortina, symbolizing the start of the Games. Located in Milan at the Arco della Pace and in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Piazza Dibona, the cauldrons pay homage to ...

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony was broadcast from three separate locations across northern Italy. NBC's broadcast featured Mary Carillo, Terry Gannon, and former snowboarder ...

The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is complete at Milan's San Siro Stadium. Featuring simultaneous ceremonies in the mountain towns of Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo, the ...

While Impacciatore is known to international audiences thanks to her work in American TV, the ceremony incorporated other Italian talents who have yet to become as recognizable on the world stage.

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are officially open with the conclusion of Friday’s Opening Ceremony. This was a historic Opening Ceremony, where two Olympic cauldrons were used for the first ...

This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Olympics.