Team USA men’s hockey faces Germany in a preliminary game at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

As the winner of Group C and the No. 2 seed, the United States gets a bye into the quarterfinals but is expected to face Sweden.

Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin are halfway to pairs figure skating gold at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.

France is arguably the worst team in the tournament, getting outscored 20-5 in group play, tying Italy for dead last in goal differential (-15). France lost each game by at least three goals, and it needed to score on three of 12 shots against Czechia — an unsustainable clip — to even keep it within three.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz argues that being part of NATO is also to America's advantage.

Germany's World Cup winner Laura Nolte carried her hot season's form into the Olympics on Sunday when she built a healthy lead at the halfway point of the women's Monobob, with two vastly experienced Americans sitting just behind her.

A former Ukrainian officer, Serhii Kuznietsov, spends his days in near-total isolation at Hamburg's detention center. He is accused by Germany of destroying Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines months

But some certainly hoped for a speedier rebound, given the extraordinary fiscal stimulus on which Germany has embarked. Last March, at Mr Merz’s instigation, the Bundestag approved a €500bn ($595bn) debt-financed fund for climate and infrastructure,

The inflation rate in Germany was recorded at 2.1% in January, up from 1.8% in December, meeting estimates. The Consumer Price Index in Germany increased 0.10% in January of 2026 over the previous month.