Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has left his role by mutual consent after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup.

One of soccer’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low.

Nestlé says thieves have stolen a huge shipment of KitKat bars from a truck heading from Italy to Poland.

Italy finally won a match in the World Cup playoffs.

Fans now have a rare opportunity to own a piece of Olympic history: game-worn jerseys from the 2026 U.S. women’s ice hockey team are up for auction.

Italy’s conservative premier, Giorgia Meloni, faces a pivotal political test in a two-day referendum on judicial reform.

The Hockey Hall of Fame says the pucks used to score the gold medal-winning goals at the Milan Cortina Olympics are part of its permanent collection after being donated by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Italy’s remarkable 2026 World Baseball Classic run is over after losing to Venezuela in the semifinals.

A closing ceremony boycotted by Ukraine signaled the end of the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics.

Lindsey Vonn hasn’t completely shut the door on ski racing again.

Michael Lorenzen will start for Italy and Keider Montero for Venezuela when the teams meet Monday night in a World Baseball Classic semifinal.

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The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a “different level of focus” helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss.

It was one of those days for Para snowboarding veteran Cécile Hernandez — one of those Friday the 13th kind of days.

Manager Mark DeRosa says his premature comment about the United States having already punched its ticket to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals before facing Italy was just an “overly confident statement” and reiterated Thursday he knew nothing was guaranteed at that point.

Local organizers at the Milan Cortina Paralympics have defended their actions after Ukraine’s Paralympic committee accused them and the International Paralympic Committee of subjecting Ukraine athletes and coaches to “systematic pressure.”.

A day later than expected, the United States has punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic.

Vinnie Pasquantino had the World Baseball Classic’s first three-homer game, leading Italy over Mexico 9-1 to win Pool B and advance the United States to the quarterfinals as group’s second-place team.

Ukraine’s Paralympic committee has accused the International Paralympic Committee and Milan Cortina organizers of subjecting Ukraine’s athletes and coaches to “systematic pressure.”.

The Russian national anthem has played again at the Paralympics a day after Germany athletes appeared to stage a protest in the podium ceremony at Milan Cortina.

The medal count is now at 22 for Oksana Masters, the most decorated American Winter Paralympian.

The surprising loss by the United States to Italy in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night means that the Americans need help to advance to the quarterfinals.

Oksana Masters has won her 11th Paralympic gold medal and she calls it redemption after missing the top spot four years ago.

Kyle Teel, Sam Antonacci and Jac Caglianone homered as Italy built a big lead and held on to stun the United States 8-6 in the World Baseball Classic.

Russia’s national anthem rings out at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade after Para alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won gold.

As the French national anthem played, the 51-year-old Para snowboard great Cécile Hernandez cried at the top of the podium.

Olympic champion Alysa Liu has withdrawn from the world figure skating championships, and the U.S. team is replacing her with Sarah Everhardt for the competition beginning March 24 in Prague.

Lindsey Vonn finally lost her lead in the World Cup downhill standings when Laura Pirovano won by 0.01 seconds on back-to-back days at Val di Fassa.

In the absence of injured Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, Emma Aicher seized her chance at a World Cup downhill on Friday to cut the American superstars’ leads in the season-long standings.

Women’s hockey players have taken the next major step to strengthen their voice in shaping the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s future by affiliating with the AFL-CIO.

The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics is the first global sports event since the war in the Middle East began last week and athletes have been trying to block out the news of the conflicts and focus on their preparations for the Games that officially start on Friday.

The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem.

Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone left his team's game at the Pittsburgh Penguins because of an undisclosed injury.

Silvana Armani has presented her first signature Giorgio Armani collection without the iconic designer's input to close Milan Fashion Week.

Madonna made a star appearance at Dolce & Gabbana’s Milan Fashion Week runway show — which felt like a conversation with the Material Girl herself.

Olympians Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Erin Ambrose have all been placed on long-term injured reserve by their PWHL clubs after sustaining injuries during the Milan Cortina Games.

Troy Ryan is grateful and honored to have had the opportunity oversee the Canadian women’s hockey team at two Olympics, and told The Associated Press that he believes it’s time he stepped down as coach.

Detroit keeps showing up for pro women’s hockey -- and the PWHL is returning the favor. On March 28, the New York Sirens and Montreal Victoire will bring a neutral-site matchup to Little Caesars Arena.

Bodø/Glimt’s stunning run through the Champions League now brings Sporting Lisbon to its Arctic Circle home in the round of 16 next month.

The Vegas Golden Knights were without five players from the Olympic gold medal-game Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL’s return from a three-week break.

Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper is stepping away for two games after his father Robert died.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will have to begin their playoff push without Sidney Crosby.

Jack Hughes’ overtime goal delivered a huge audience for U.S. hockey and NBC.

The Milan Cortina Olympics averaged 23.5 million viewers in the United States, making it the most-watched Winter Games since 2014 with a 96% larger audience than the Beijing Games four years ago.

The U.S. women’s hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

The return of NHL players to the Olympics after a 12-year absence lived up to the hype.

With 116 medal events over 19 days in five different clusters, what a spectacle the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics were.

The Americans are bringing men's hockey gold home for the first time in nearly half a century.

Johnny Gaudreau’s No. 13 jersey was hanging in the U.S. locker room throughout the Olympics, and Dylan Larkin and Matthew Tkachuk carried it around the ice after the U.S. beat Canada in overtime to win the country’s first gold medal at the Games since 1980.

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Jack Hughes lost some teeth before he won Olympic gold for the U.S. The forward who put the puck in the net in overtime to give the Americans a 2-1 victory over Canada in the men’s hockey final Sunday did so with a bloody mouth and less of a bite than he began the game with.

Ebba Andersson has won the women’s 50-kilometer mass start in cross-country skiing as she turns a painful Olympic moment into redemption.

The women’s Olympic freeski halfpipe final at the Milan Cortina Games will be held on Sunday, a day later than originally scheduled because of heavy snow in the Italian Alps.

The U.S. team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Winter Olympics when the trio of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Chris Lillis took the title in mixed aerials.

Team USA men’s hockey is one win away from gold. The Americans beat Slovakia in the semifinals, 6-2, to advance to Sunday’s gold medal game against Canada. A convincing win for the U.S.A., led by several Michiganders.

The much-anticipated but never guaranteed U.S.-Canada showdown for gold in men’s hockey at the Olympics is on.

Polish short-track skater Kamila Sellier suffered a scary cut above her left eye after another skater’s blade hit her in the 1,500 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands has won her first Olympic gold and sixth career medal by finishing first in speedskating’s 1,500 meters at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Canada’s controversial men’s team will have the curling power’s last chance at Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games.

Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal with 35.2 seconds left to help Canada survive another scare at the Olympics, rallying to beat Finland 3-2 in the semifinals and advance to the men’s gold-medal game.

His voice guides viewers through the biggest moments of the Winter Olympics.

It’s day fourteen of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and the lineup is packed with must-see events. Here’s the Olympic schedule for Thursday, Feb. 19, on Local 4:

The sport of biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing with.

It’s day thirteen of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and the lineup is packed with must-see events. Here’s the Olympic schedule for Thursday, Feb. 19, on Local 4:

Slovakia is back in the men's hockey semifinals at the Olympics in Milan four years after the small central European country won its first medal in the sport with bronze in Beijing.

At the Michigan Winter House in Milan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with Team USA athletes with ties to Metro Detroit, including ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik, and Christina Carreira with Anthony Ponomarenko.

American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin has put in two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom by a massive 1.50 seconds.

A surprise participant in Wednesday’s action at the Milan Cortina Olympics had four legs and zero concern for race times.

Julia Simon didn’t need to shoot fast when she entered the range on the last leg of the women's 4x6-kilometer biathlon relay race at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

It’s day twelve of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and the lineup is packed with must-see events. Here’s the Olympic schedule for Wednesday, Feb. 18, on Local 4:

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has won a 10th gold medal in cross country skiing at the Milan Cortina Olympics, setting another Winter Games record.

Curling, which piques viewers’ curiosity every four years at the Winter Olympics, is expanding its audience even more at the Milan Cortina Games.

Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of the world’s glaciers.

For many retirees, slowing down is part of the plan. For Doug and Carol Hill of Macomb Township, retirement has meant picking up the pace.

Brazilian snowboarder Pat Burgener feels complete when he combines his love of the halfpipe with his passion for music.

Defending champion Sweden has been eliminated from semifinal contention in the men’s curling competition at the Winter Olympics with two matches to spare after what skip Niklas Edin described as a “horrible week.”.

It’s day eleven of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and the lineup is packed with must-see events. Here’s the Olympic schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 17, on Local 4:

Canadian bobsledder Shaquille Anfernee Murray-Lawrence was named after two basketball stars.

World Curling is backpedaling from an earlier decision to ramp up officiating at the Winter Olympics after controversy over whether curlers are breaking the rules.

Defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu has taken silver in freeski big air at the Milan Cortina Games.

It’s day ten of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and the lineup is packed with must-see events. Here’s the Olympic schedule for Monday, Feb. 16, on Local 4:

Sweden has an incredibly difficult path through the Olympic men's hockey tournament.

Federica Brignone and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo have glided into history at the Winter Olympics in very different ways.

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has won a ninth gold medal, setting a Winter Games record, at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn says the latest surgery on her left leg that she broke in the Olympic downhill “went well” and now she “will be able to finally go back to the U.S.” The 41-year-old Vonn is being treated at a hospital in Treviso, Italy.

Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Jordan Stolz has won his second speedskating gold medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics by finishing first in the 500 meters in an Olympic-record time.

The U.S. women’s curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada marked an Olympic first.

Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan pulled off a stunner in men's figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has won an eighth gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Milan Cortina Olympics, tying an all‑time Winter Games record.

It’s day seven of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and the lineup is packed with must-see events. Here’s the Olympic schedule for Friday, Feb. 13, on Local 4:

U.S. curler Rich Ruohonen made Olympic history after joining the team as an alternate at the end of the game.

U_S_ ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates aren't hiding their disappointment at the Olympic silver medal for what Bates says was their “absolute best performance.”.

Missing Detroit Red Wings hockey? You can still watch stars Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, and Moritz Seider in action during their upcoming Olympic games

Michigan duo and three-time world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates nailed their routine on Wednesday, racking up a combined score of 224.39.

Notable reactions to Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych being banned from the Milan Cortina Games because of his insistence on wearing a helmet that pays tribute to athletes and coaches killed in the war with Russia.

It’s day six of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and the lineup is packed with must-see events. Here’s the Olympic schedule for Thursday, Feb. 12, on Local 4:

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U.S. speedskater Jordan Stolz has won the men’s 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics for the first gold medal of what he hopes will be a four-gold Winter Games.

The Canadian Olympic Committee said it is “heartbroken” by a school shooting in British Columbia that left at least seven people dead and many others wounded.