Italy´s Milan and Cortina d´Ampezzo win vote to host 2026 Winter Olympics
(WorldNews Italy)

The Winter Games will return to Italy for the first time since Turin hosted in 2006. LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Italy will host the 2026 Olympics in Milan and Cortina d´Ampezzo, taking the Winter Games to the Alpine country for the second time in 20 years. International Olympic Committee members voted for the long-favored Milan-Cortina bid over Stockholm-Are from Sweden that also included a bobsled track in Latvia. Milan-Cortina´s jubilant delegation broke into chants of `Italia! Italia!` when the result was announced. Italy last hosted in Turin in 2006, and the Alpine ski resort Cortina previously hosted the Winter Games in 1956. Sweden´s spirited late campaign effort was in vain, including...