By Trevor Stynes and Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hosts Italy reached the quarter-finals of the Olympic women's ice hockey tournament with a 3-2 victory over Japan on Monday while the U.S. collected their third win in Milan and Germany snatched a 2-1 overtime win over France.

The puck has dropped on the first game at the Milan Cortina Olympics in the newly built hockey arena that needed a rush to the eleventh hour to finish.

First Period_1. France, Gabrielle de Serres (Clara Rozier), 9:42. 2. Italy, Kayla Tutino (Nadia Mattivi, 10:42.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s PM, is presiding over a period of political calm while Emmanuel Macron flounders - Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis/Getty Images Until now, the relentless political ...

ROME — France will face unbeaten Six Nations leader Ireland in a buoyant mood after thrashing Italy by a record-high 73-24 at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. France blew away its previous highest score against Italy of 60 in 1967 and 2023, and racked up its ...

Representatives from Utah, France and Italy signed a memorandum of agreement Friday aimed at sharing expertise and working together on sustainability, research and long-term Olympic legacy. The agreement brings together organizers from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, the 2030 French Alps Games and Utah’s 2034 Winter Olympics.