Utah’s bid to bring the Winter Olympics back to Salt Lake City takes another step forward, as the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games released its budget on Monday to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of their response to the Future Host Questionnaire. The organisers projected that hosting the 2034 Winter Games in Utah would cost nearly $4 billion (€3.7 billion), including $2.83 billion (€2.6 billion) for core operations and promised no state or local public funding will be used to fund the Games.

The Olympic Bid Committee has taken another step towards securing the 2034 Olympic Winter Games for Salt Lake City-Utah, building on its successful bid in February 2002.

The preferred candidates for the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics, French Alps and Salt Lake City-Utah (SLC-UT), presented their bids to Winter Olympic Federations (WOF) on Tuesday, followed by question and answer sessions.

USADA has declared that skiing star Breezy Johnson has agreed to a 14-month suspension for accumulating three Whereabouts Failures within a year.

Austria, Slovenia and Italy are considering a joint bid to host the Winter Olympics after 2034, according to the President of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northern Italy, Massimiliano Fedriga.

Plans for celebration in Paris are in jeopardy after US Olympic officials warned on Thursday that appeals could delay the awarding of medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, following Russia's disqualification for doping.

Salt Lake City-Utah officially submitted its bid to host the 2034 Olympic Winter Games at an event held at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City. A momentous presentation was made last Thursday at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City to present the bid to host the 2034 Olympic Winter Games.

The International Olympic Committee has reiterated that the bobsleigh track being built by Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics must be ready by March 2025, despite strong opposition, and that there will be "no compromises."

Despite the twists and turns, Italy's sports ministers have ruled out hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina outside the host country.

Differing opinions have arisen regarding the location for the sliding center that will host bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events at Milano-Cortina 2026. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) insists on a foreign venue with a functioning track, while the Italian government considers reopening an old track in Cesana Torinese.

Rome's FMSI laboratory is situated between rugby and hockey fields and fencing halls at an Italian Olympic Committee training centre north of the centre of Rome, and is under scrutiny from the world's anti-doping authority.

The city of Stockholm said on Tuesday that it supported Sweden's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, with the capital and its surrounding areas tipped to host some of the main events.

The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and the Swedish Government are convinced of the importance that hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2030 would have for the tourism and sports industries. They will provide the necessary support and financial guarantees for Sweden's bid to host the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2030.

The Hoberman Arch - which formed the backdrop to the medals plaza stage at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics - has found a new home with the Utah capital in the frame to host the Games again.

Three Swedish municipalities have formally pledged their support for the country's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.