The semifinals are upon us in the Olympic women's hockey tournament. Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin returned to Canada's roster and helped them defeat Germany. They'll face Switzerland on Monday, while USA takes on Sweden,

The 2026 Winter Olympics, featuring 16 sports with 116 medal events, will take place from Feb. 4 to Feb. 22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Preliminary events will begin on Feb. 4, the opening ceremony will be Feb.

Female athletes excluded from participation in demanding double-discipline events at Milano-Cortina

What happened instead was that Kok turned on the afterburners on the back stretch and left Jackson behind. Kok won gold in an Olympic record 36.49 seconds. Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands took silver in 37.15, a reversal of their one-two finish in the women’s 1,000 when it was Leerdam who edged Kok for gold. Japan’s Miho Takagi took bronze.

Harvey, who is expected to go first overall at this year's PWHL draft, might be the best offensive defender to ever play women's hockey.

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.

It is a uniquely female athlete’s quandary, the presumption that parenthood means the end of competition. This month, six American women will cart their baby gear along with their Team USA kits to Milan Cortina,

Women have never competed in Nordic combined at the Olympics. The IOC is touting the 2026 Games as “the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history,” with women making up 47 percent of athletes. Twelve of the 16 disciplines include full gender parity. But one discipline lacks a women’s event altogether: Nordic combined.

Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale win snowboard cross mixed team gold - Team GB's first ever Winter Olympic title on snow.