Registration opens this week for a chance to buy tickets to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Fans can sign up starting Wednesday to be entered into a lottery for a time slot to purchase tickets.

The Americans picked up 25 medals in 2022, a two-medal increase from their total at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Long-time medal contenders Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn will contend in the alpine skiing events.

R&B singer Mariah Carey, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, and Italian singer Laura Pausini will perform during the opening ceremony, under the theme of “Harmony.” The event will air live at noon ET on Friday, Feb. 6. It will be re-aired at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

A pair of Russian luge athletes were confirmed Monday as qualifiers for next month's Milan Cortina Olympics, meaning they will compete against Ukrainian sliders on the sport's biggest stage. The International Luge Federation — which announced the 78 singles and doubles sleds that have qualified for the games — included Russian men's singles slider Roman Repilov and women's singles slider Daria Olesik on its preliminary list.

Oklahoma County residents will have a chance to buy tickets early to the LA 2028 Olympic Games, in an exclusive local-only presale starting in just a few months. The presale, which some events start as low as $28, will open to residents in the counties surrounding both Oklahoma venues and the hosting California counties.

Union's Monja Wagner and RPI's Nina Christof were named to the Swiss and German women's hockey teams for next month's Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy.

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina are set to begin on Feb. 6, and will run until Feb. 22. The Winter Paralympic Games will then begin on March 6 and will run until March 15. Italy will be hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics for the third time, with Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo as the official hosts of the event.

The upcoming Milano Cortina Winter Olympics just can’t catch a break. During the months leading up to the event, and even now, it has been facing criticism from the public over various logistical issues.