Members of Italy’s Ladin minority, which settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet that's now an Olympic host city, are disappointed the Winter Games will not spotlight their culture.

Ash Barty has won the Australian Open women's final in straight sets against Danielle Collins to end a 44-year drought for Aussies at their home Grand Slam tournament.

2000: The Summer Olympics open in Sydney, Australia. Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic Flame at the opening ceremony, stepping into a shallow, circular pool of water and using the torch to ignite the cauldron in a ring of fire around her feet. The cauldron then rose over her and up a waterfall to its final resting place above the stadium. Hide Caption