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McIlroy Wins Again

April 16, 2026

Rory McIlroy has won the 2026 Masters, the year’s first major golf tournament. It ran from April 9 to 12 at Augusta National Golf Club, in Georgia. McIlroy also won in 2025. Only three others have won back-to-back Masters. McIlroy…

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A basketball player in a white Michigan uniform celebrates on the court during a game, smiling as teammates and opponents move in the background and a scoreboard glows overhead.

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Michigan Wins Big

April 7, 2026

The University of Michigan Wolverines won the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball title on April 6, defeating the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies. It’s Michigan’s first national title since 1989. The win concluded the NCAA Division I tournament—the March Madness tournament—…

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Paralympics Begin

March 6, 2026

The Winter Paralympics are underway. The opening ceremony took place in Verona, Italy, on March 6. More than 650 athletes, each with a disability, are competing across 79 events in six sports. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the…

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A freestyle skier flips upside down in midair over a snowy course during a competition.

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At the Winter Games

February 20, 2026

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games began on February 6. The Games played out across multiple venues in Northern Italy until February 22, as 2,900 athletes from around the world raced, flipped, spun, and soared while competing for Olympic…

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Olympic Mindset

February 18, 2026

Top athletes from all around the world are competing at the Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. Many of them spoke with TIME ahead of and during the Games. Here’s a compilation of quotes from those interviews. They offer a glimpse…

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Olympic Moments

February 11, 2026

The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games officially began on February 6, with an elaborate opening ceremony that lasted nearly three hours. It took place in Milan, the second most populous city in Italy. Athletes from each participating country marched,…

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A runner crosses the finish line at an indoor track meet as a digital clock shows the race time.

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Flying to the Finish

February 6, 2026

A 16-year-old runner from New Zealand has set a world record. On January 31, Sam Ruthe ran a mile in 3:48.88 (three minutes and just under 49 seconds) in a race in Boston, Massachusetts. It’s the fastest mile ever by…

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An athlete wearing a blue racing suit adjusts an armband with the Olympic rings and an American flag.

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Get Ready

February 6, 2026

Erin Jackson, a speed skater with Team USA, slips on an Olympic arm band for a February 2 training session in Milan, Italy. The Winter Olympics began February 6…

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A group of skiers wearing numbered race bibs climb uphill on skis, using poles to move across a snowy mountain slope.

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What Is Skimo?

January 29, 2026

When you think of skiing, you probably picture going downhill. But the sport of skimo, short for ski mountaineering, involves going uphill, too. It’s the only new sport at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Skimo is an emerging sport, with competitions…

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Kim Rides Again

January 22, 2026

In 2022, American snowboarding superstar Chloe Kim became the first woman to have won two Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe event. Soon, she’ll compete for her third. Kim spoke with TIME’s Sean Gregory as she prepared for the 2026…

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