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France's lock Charles Ollivon dives for the line to score another try during the Six Nations match between Wales and France at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on February 15, 2026. PAUL ELLIS / AFP France turned on the flair with a devastating eight-try show of power as they thrashed Wales 54-12 in their Six Nations meeting at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday, February 15. Wing Théo Attissogbe scored twice in the second half as France made it two wins from two. The Bordeaux-Begles no. 10 showed off his pace and skills as he scored one try and teed up three others as France made it two wins from two. After two rounds they are the only side that can still claim a Grand Slam while Wales sit bottom of the table with...

"I don't think I'll ever be let into the USA, at least not while Trump is in charge. And I'm fine with that." Ukaleq Slettemark did not shy away from her position, speaking with a smile. The 24-year-old Greenlandic biathlete will make her debut at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 11, but she has already made several headlines. As Donald Trump repeatedly stated his intention to seize Greenland, the Nuuk native was among the most outspoken voices against the US president's threats. "You cannot have two cultures that are further from each other [between the US and Greenland]," the biathlete told Le Monde. "Our way of viewing the world is that we are part of nature... We don't exploit our nature... We don't damn value capitalism ...

Milo, one of the two mascots of the Winter Olympic Games, stands amid the crowd on Milan's main square, Italy, on February 5, 2026. PIERO CRUCIATTI/AFP Since Friday, February 6, thousands of people with mud clinging to their shoes have made their way through Milan's Sempione Park each evening. This steady stream of visitors is united by a common goal as the sun sets: To watch the Olympic flame shine beneath the Arco della Pace, one of the city's many landmarks. "We came because we don't live very far away. We watch the competitions on TV, but the cauldron and the stands nearby are our family's weekend outing," said Maria Rossi, who had traveled by train from Lecco, 50 kilometers away, on Sunday with her two sons, aged seven and nine. She thoroughly enjoyed the four-minute ...

French athlete Julia Simon poses with the gold medal for the women's 15-kilometer individual biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, February 11, 2026. MOSA'AB ELSHAMY / AP Julia Simon won a second Olympic gold medal, this time in the women's 15-kilometer individual biathlon race. Teammate Lou Jeanmonnot took silver at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 11. Simon missed only one target and completed the course in 41 minutes, 15 seconds. Jeanmonnot missed two and finished 53 seconds behind. It was Simon's second gold of the Milan-Cortina Games after teaming with Jeanmonnot, Eric Perrot and Quentin Fillon Maillet to win the mixed relay on Sunday. ...

Gold medalists Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France pose with their medals after the ice dancing free skate in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, on February 11, 2026. STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH / AP French figure skaters Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry pulled off an incredible exploit on Wednesday, February 11, winning Olympic gold in ice dancing after skating together for just a year. Cizeron, 31, and 33-year-old Fournier Beaudry took the title ahead of reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA after the free dance finale, in the wake of a turbulent year for the pair since teaming up. "It's quite dizzying when you look back a year ago to when we...

The costumes to be used during the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Olympics in Milan, Italy, on January 29, 2026. GABRIELE MICALIZZI/CESURA FOR LE MONDE The curtain will rise at 8 pm on Friday, February 6, at Milan's San Siro stadium. The world will witness the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, which will run through February 22 in the capital of Lombardy and the resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the heart of the Dolomites. The event will be staged by creative director Marco Balich. The festivities that mark the start of the Olympics are always highly anticipated, but this time they have taken on a different significance for Italy. The previous Games were held in the summer of 2024 by their French neighbors. France is often cast as a foil. T...

Artists perform during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics. BEN CURTIS / AP The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opened on Friday, February 6, with a glittering ceremony at the San Siro stadium, echoed by celebrations at Games venues across the Italian Alps. The extravaganza reflected the most geographically widespread Games in history and, in a first, the 2,900 athletes paraded in the venues closest to where they will compete, in a bid to minimize travel. Under tight security, with helicopters buzzing over the San Siro, the curtain went up on the Games in a burst of color and light. Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. BERNAT ARMANGUE / AP Athletes als...

Chappell Roan poses at the red carpet during the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 1, 2026. MARIO ANZUONI / REUTERS US singer-songwriter Chappell Roan has announced she is leaving the talent agency led and founded by Casey Wasserman, the embattled 2028 Los Angeles Olympics chief whose name recently appeared in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Grammy-winning singer said in a post on Instagram late Monday, February 10, that she was leaving the Wasserman agency with immediate effect. "As of today, I am no longer represented by Wasserman," Roan wrote. "I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a duty to protect them as well. No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected t...

Guillaume Cizeron's announcement built up the suspense for his fans: "A new chapter is about to begin. I can't wait to tell you more, tomorrow at 2 pm," he wrote on social media on March 1, 2025. The next day, at the promised time, in another post, the ice dancer addressed his fans, as if he were revealing the next season of a hit television series. First came the photo, depicting a duo dressed in white, posing for the camera with piercing gazes. Cizeron was no longer accompanied by Gabriella Papadakis, with whom he had won five world titles and an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in 2022, but rather stood beside Laurence Fournier Beaudry, a 33-year-old Québécois skater, his best friend. Then came the message itself, promising the union of "two stars destined to shine under the same sky." The...