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Bad Bunny performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl LX, New England Patriots v Seattle Seahawks - Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California, February 8, 2026. MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS From a small Caribbean island with a complicated colonial history, to the world: The artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio brought Puerto Rican culture to Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, February 8, for his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show in what was always going to be a landmark moment for Latinos. At the top of the performance, Bad Bunny emerged in sugar cane fields, surrounded by jibaros in pavas (rural farmers in traditional straw hats), viejitos playing dominoes (an affectionate term for older men) and a piragua stand (shaved ice) – ...

Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald and Sam Darnold celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California, February 8, 2026 MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS The Seattle Seahawks coasted to Super Bowl glory Sunday, February 8, routing the New England Patriots 29-13 as Sam Darnold sealed his journey from flop quarterback to conqueror of the NFL's biggest prize. Brushing off a reputation for wilting in big games, journeyman quarterback Darnold threw for a touchdown and some 200 yards on the grandest stage of all to give the Seahawks their second-ever Lombardi Trophy. "It's unbelievable. Everything that has happened in my career, but to do it with this team, I woul...

Gold medallist Imane Khelif of Algeria waves with her medal, Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, August 9, 2024. PILAR OLIVARES / REUTERS Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif revealed in an interview with French sports daily L'Equipe that she had undergone hormone treatments to lower her testosterone levels ahead of the 2024 Games, but reaffirmed that she is not "transgender." Khelif was embroiled in a gender row at the Paris Games where she won gold in the women's 66kg category. "I have female hormones. And people don't know this, but I have taken hormone treatments to lower my testosterone levels for competitions," the 26-year-old Algerian said in the interview published on Wednesday, February 4. Khelif confirmed she has the SRY gene, located on t...

French full back Thomas Ramos during a Six Nations match against Ireland, March 8, 2025, in Dublin. PAUL FAITH / AFP The label on a T-shirt is meant to be discreetly tucked away inside the collar, or at most, peek out unobtrusively. That sartorial rule does not seem to apply to the French men's rugby jersey, 2026 edition. Ahead of their Six Nations opener on Thursday, February 5, against Ireland at the Stade de France, the French team has found itself repeatedly branded as the "favorites" by their opponents, a label that only adds to the pressure already on their shoulders. "It's great that we have so many fans and that there are such high expectations," joked Fabien Galthié, the French head coach, on Tuesday as he announced his team lineup – and dismissed ...

The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, which open on Friday, February 6, were meant to usher in a new era of more sustainable Olympic Games, combining restraint, the reuse of existing infrastructure and a controlled environmental footprint. Yet, on the eve of the event, that goal already seems out of reach. The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) proactive approach has not been enough to square the circle of reconciling stricter environmental constraints with staging a spectacle that aims to attract more and more sponsors and television audiences in an attempt to balance its financing. These Winter Olympics in Italy are characterized by a format spread across sites that are sometimes hundreds of kilometers apart. The idea was to rely as much as possible on e...

The ritual plays out every evening, as darkness falls in the small white house in a quiet neighborhood of Ingolstadt, in the Bavaria region of southern Germany. Playtime, bath, baby food, diaper change, a story, a cuddle and then off to bed. On this January evening, 16-month-old Sacha had accomplished all his tasks, helped along by his mothers, Lore and Marion. However, these particular young parents had one routine more. Like every other day of the week, Lore Baudrit quietly left the house for her ice hockey training. A few days later, she would be in Milan, leading the French women's team in its first-ever Winter Olympic Games. Lore Baudrit (C) with her partner Marion Allemoz and their son Sacha at their home in Ingolstadt, German...

Antoine Dupont of France in action, July 24, 2024. DYLAN MARTINEZ / REUTERS Star France scrum-half Antoine Dupont will make his return to the team to face Ireland in the opening match for the Six Nations tournament in Stade de France on Thursday, February 5, after head coach Fabien Galthié on Tuesday named him captain. Dupont has not played for France since tearing his cruciate knee ligament against Ireland in March during last year's Six Nations tournament. The 29-year-old made his competitive return after eight months out for club side Toulouse in November. Anthony Jelonch has been given the nod at No 8 with Gregory Alldritt dropped from the squad, while Théo Attissogbe comes in at right wing with France's record try-scorer Damian Penaud axe...

Preparations for the first curling competition are made at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. DAVID J. PHILLIP / AP Agents from the divisive US immigration enforcement agency ICE will have no operational role in the Winter Olympics, Italy's interior minister said Wednesday, February 4, two days before the Milan-Cortina Games open. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arm will operate within US diplomatic missions only, "are not operational agents" and "have no executive function," Matteo Piantedosi told parliament. He said the outrage over their presence, which included the Milan mayor warning they were not welcome in the city during the February 6-22 Games, was "completely ...

Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT / AP Italy has thwarted a series of Russian cyberattacks targeting the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the foreign minister said Wednesday, February 4, as security operations ramp up with just hours to go. Political leaders, including US Vice President JD Vance, are expected to attend Friday's opening ceremony, and security has become a fraught topic after it emerged that agents from ICE, the controversial US immigration enforcement agency, would be present. Italy's interior minister Matte...

United States' Lindsey Vonn attends a press conference by the US ski team at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, February 3, 2026. FATIMA SHBAIR / AP US ski star Lindsey Vonn said Tuesday, February 3, that she thinks she can compete at the Winter Olympics despite rupturing a knee ligament while crashing out in her most recent World Cup race. Vonn's Olympic comeback, at the age of 41 and with a titanium implant in her right knee, is one of the storylines of the Milan-Cortina Games. But she was nearly forced to drop out of the Games after losing her balance and crashing into the netting in the World Cup downhill in Crans Montana, Switzerland, on Friday and damaging her other knee. "Last Friday in Crans Montan...