MILAN (AP) — Italian police fired tear gas and a water cannon at dozens of protesters who threw firecrackers and tried to access a highway near a Winter Olympics venue on Saturday. The brief confrontation came at the end of a peaceful march by thousands against the environmental impact of the Games and the presence of U.

American athletes have spoken out this week on ICE’s actions in Minnesota, joining a long tradition of Team USA using their Olympic platform to speak out.

After left-wing groups rallied against the cost and environmental impact of the Winter Games in Italy, some protesters set off fireworks and hurled bottles.

Niklas Malacinski competed for Team USA’s Nordic combined skiers during the Tuesday, Feb. 17, event

Three US Olympic winter sport national governing bodies changed the name of their Milan hospitality space over concerns about ICE protests in Italy.

Arguably the most famous case of political protest during an Olympics. At the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised black-gloved fists during the 200m medal ceremony to protest racial injustice in the U.S.

A Ukrainian skeleton racer has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics over his “helmet of remembrance."

‘The message of the work is that every image of power carries responsibility.’ Last week, a new piece of public art appeared outside of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) headquarters, located in Rome’s Piazza Lauro de Bosis.

Booing of JD Vance at the Olympics in Italy may look like pushback against Trump and ICE. But EU is actually aligning with U.S. immigration politics.

Italy bid farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday (February 22) with a fitting tribute to opera music in the ancient Verona Arena at the end of the 2026 Games.