Winter Olympics 2026: Milan prepares for opening ceremony, Team GB sweat on helmet appeal – live | Winter Olympics 2026

Hello and welcome to our daily Winter Olympics live coverage. There is a smattering of action across the Olympic venues in northern Italy today, ahead of tonight’s opening ceremony at San Siro in Milan and we’ll be bringing you all of it. Team GB are on the ice in the curling with Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds in doubles acton against Sweden at 9.05am (GMT), then their second match of the day a bit later on South Korea. I’ll be providing updates on both of those matches.

Sean Ingle, Andy Bull and Bryan Armen Graham will be reporting from on the ground in Italy, but we would also like to hear from you too. Get in touch via the email link at the top of the page or below the line in the comments.

I’m a big fan of becoming a two-week expert in a sport I watch every four years, usually that’s one of the cross-country skiing events but I’ll go where the icy wind takes me. How about you, reader? What event are you looking forward to?