Curling’s uncle: 54-year-old lawyer who called out ICE becomes oldest US Winter Olympian

The stakes were low – and the time ripe – for a 54-year-old personal injury lawyer and six-time winner of “Minnesota Attorney of the Year” to make Olympic history.It was the end of the US men’s curling match against Switzerland on Thursday and they were down 8-2.The team called a substitution. Rich Ruohonen, from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, stepped on to the ice. He hurled the corner guard and watched his stone, biting his lip until it arrived safely at the left flank of the house

‘It’s ridiculous’: Maro Itoje dismisses Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘colonisation’ comments

The England captain Maro Itoje has piled into the ruck surrounding Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s comments about immigration, dismissing the Manchester United co-owner’s views as “ridiculous”. Itoje, whose parents both came to Britain from Nigeria, has criticised the phrasing and accuracy of Ratcliffe’s remarks.Itoje, who recently missed the start of England’s pre-Six Nations training camp to attend his mother’s funeral in Nigeria, did not hold back when asked about Ratcliffe’s opinion on the eve of his side’s Calcutta Cup showdown at Murrayfield. “Obviously I don’t condone the language he used,” said Itoje.“I was born in this country of Nigerian descent and I think it’s ridiculous to say Great Britain has been colonised by immigrants because that is so far from the truth

Dolomites diary: lederhosen, late buses and the anatomy of an Olympic ski jumper

Covering the first week of events at Milano Cortina 2026 has been enlightening but not straightforwardIt’s a seven-hour trip from one end of the opening ceremony to the other. I leave Milan at midday and arrive in Cortina just as the athletes are making their parade around the town square. Cortina’s a one-street town, and it’s been closed down, but everyone’s hanging off the balconies. I see three men in lederhosen, five in identical Wayne Gretzky jerseys, and more people than I can count in luxurious furs. The first person I talk to is a member of the Qatari police force, who is working here as part of a security agreement between the two countries

Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days

Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days, according to La Stampa.“The supplies ran out in just three days,” an anonymous athlete told the Italian newspaper. “They promised us more will arrive, but who knows when.”It blamed the Olympic organisers, saying they had not been “particularly generous with the numbers”. “In Paris the athletes received 300,000 condoms — two per day each— but the numbers for these Winter Games were significantly lower: not even 10,000,” La Stampa’s report states

Hats off to Borthwick for swapping England’s hookers to weather early Scottish storm | Ugo Monye

The Six Nations is a cruel mistress. Two days before the tournament started for Scotland, Gregor Townsend said this was the strongest playing group of his tenure. Two days later, one bad half of rugby, some abysmal weather and he is facing calls for his head. If you take your eye off the ball in this competition for half an hour on the field your campaign can be over for another 12 months.England will know that heading to Murrayfield

Penisgate 2: Italian Olympic coverage takes Leonardo da Vinci’s genitals away

Italy’s state broadcaster, Rai, has been accused of censorship after using an image of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man with the genitals missing in the opening credits for its Winter Olympics coverage.The image of the 500-year-old drawing appears at the start of the clip before transforming into the bodies of ice skaters, skiers and other winter sports athletes.The imperfection was first picked up by Corriere della Sera, which asked: “What happened to the Vitruvian Man’s genitals?”The newspaper noted that all the other attributes of the Vitruvian Man’s body appeared to have been faithfully reproduced, “except for that one detail”, which appeared to have been “redacted”.Backlash from the Italian opposition, which often accuses Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government of dominating the public broadcaster, was swift.Deputies from the centre-left Democratic party have raised questions over the matter in parliament, urging the culture minister, Alessandro Giuli, to “shed full light on the use of the image of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man in the Olympics opening credit broadcast by Rai”