Winter Olympics organisers have launched an investigation after at least four medallists at the Milano Cortina Games have made comments about their medals being easily damaged or broken. 

Swedish cross country skier and women’s skiathlon silver medallist Ebba Andersson said her medal had fallen off her neck and was “in two pieces”. 

At the most recent Summer Olympics in Paris, athletes had a similar issue with some medals beginning to corrode. According to The Guardian, 200 athletes from those Games requested replacement medals and around 4% were actually replaced.

It doesn’t matter if it’s just gonna end up in the sock drawer anyway, right?

7:15pm, Cross-Country Skiing:
Sprint Classic Qualification (Women's and Men's) 🇦🇺
Four Aussies will compete in the sprint classic qualification events. Ellen Søohol Lie and Maddie Hooker will race in the women's event at 7:15pm, followed by Lars Young Vik and Hugo Hinckfuss in the men's event at 7:57pm. The finals will follow later in the evening. 

9:10pm, Short Track Speed Skating: Men's 1000m (Heats) 🇦🇺
Aussie Brendan Corey will take to the ice in the men's 1000m heats. Short track speed skating sees athletes race around a 111-metre oval track, navigating tight turns at high speeds with tactics and positioning crucial to advancement. This is the event Steven Bradbury won gold in. 

9:15pm, Freestyle Skiing: Men's Moguls Qualification 1 🇦🇺
Four Aussie men will hit the moguls course tonight: George Murphy, Matt Graham, Jackson Harvey, and Cooper Woods. Look out for Graham who is a silver Olympic medallist and one of the Australian team’s flag bearers. 

10:30pm, Freestyle Skiing: Men's Freeski Slopestyle Final 🏅
The men's freeski slopestyle final sees athletes navigate a course filled with rails, jumps, and other features, performing tricks and aerials. Each competitor gets three runs with their best score counting toward the final result. No Aussies in this final.

11:30pm, Men's Skeleton: Official Training 🇦🇺
Australia's Nick Timmings will get crucial training runs on the track tonight ahead of competition. Skeleton sees athletes lie face-first on a sled and race down a track at speeds exceeding 130km/h.

11:30pm, Biathlon: Men's 20km Individual 🏅
The biathlon combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting. In the 20km individual event, athletes ski five laps, stopping to shoot at targets from prone and standing positions. Missed shots result in one-minute time penalties added to their overall time. No Aussies in this final.

12:15am, Freestyle Skiing: Women's Moguls Qualification 1 🇦🇺
Three Australian women will compete in qualification: Jakara Anthony, Charlotte Wilson, and Emma Bosco. Anthony is the reigning Olympic champion in this event, having claimed gold at Beijing 2022.

4:05am, Curling: Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Game 🏅
Sweden takes on the United States for mixed doubles gold. This is the culmination of the mixed doubles tournament, featuring teams of one man and one woman competing for Olympic glory.

4:34am, Luge: Women's Singles (Run 4) 🏅
The final run of the women's singles luge will determine the medal positions. Athletes lie on their backs on a small sled, racing feet-first down an icy track at speeds exceeding 130km/h. No Aussies in this final.

6:00am, Ski Jumping: Mixed Team Final 🏅
Teams of four (two men and two women) will compete in the mixed team ski jumping final. Each athlete gets two jumps off the large hill, with scores based on distance and style combined to determine the team rankings. No Aussie team in this final.

Australian ice dancers Holly Harris and Jason Chan qualified for Wednesday's free dance final after scoring 67.75 and finishing within the top 20 teams in Monday's rhythm dance. It's the first time Australia has featured in Olympic ice dancing in 12 years. "I'm an Olympian. It's amazing," said Harris afterward. Ice dance consists of two programs: the rhythm dance (shorter, with a set theme) and the free dance (longer, with more creative freedom). The Montreal-based pair will perform their Clair de Lune routine at 5:20am on Thursday (AEDT).

U.S. skiing legend Lindsey Vonn will require multiple surgeries after fracturing her tibia in Sunday's crash at Milano Cortina 2026, but the American denies her ruptured ACL contributed to the fall. In a post to Instagram, the former Olympic champion said: "My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever." She added that she was "simply 5 inches too tight on my line" when her arm hooked a gate, causing the crash.

Australians Tess Coady and Meila Stalker placed seventh and tenth in the women's snowboard Big Air final at Milano Cortina 2026. Coady's result surpasses her ninth-place finish from Beijing 2022, marking Australia's strongest ever performance in Olympic Big Air. Japan's Murase Kokomo dominated the competition with two spectacular 1440-degree spins to claim gold, ahead of New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott in second.

🏉 Brisbane Broncos captain Adam Reynolds has announced he will retire at the end of the 2026 NRL season, bringing his 15-year career to a close. Last season, the 36-year-old halfback helped deliver Brisbane their first premiership since 2006. Reynolds’ announcement comes one day after superstar prop Payne Haas confirmed he would leave the club to join South Sydney in 2027. Both players are with the Broncos in England preparing to play Super League champions Hull KR in the World Club Challenge on 20 February (AEDT). 

Queensland's government has reaffirmed Rockhampton's Fitzroy River will host rowing and canoeing at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, dismissing speculation the events could be relocated. The sports’ governing bodies, World Rowing and the International Canoe Federation, are yet to approve the venue with concerns that it doesn't meet the technical specifications required for international competition, especially considering it is home to crocodiles. Officials are still conducting assessments, with the venue passing initial state testing in October.

American Chris Gotterup secured his fourth PGA Tour victory on Sunday, beating Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama in a playoff at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Matsuyama was disrupted twice by rowdy spectators in the closing stages, including when a security guard knocked over a chair during his swing. His first tee shot in the playoff found water, allowing Gotterup to claim victory with a birdie. 

Sport never stops with ESPN on Disney+

From NBA All-Star Weekend (from 16 February AEDT) and Aussies like Dyson Daniels making moves in the NBA, to the Tillies pushing through the UEFA Women’s Champions League, there’s no shortage of big moments. 

Alongside the chaos of March Madness and the run home to the NBL Finals and WNBL Finals, summer sport well and truly takes centre stage. 

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Pakistan has confirmed it will play India at the T20 World Cup on Sunday, with the country’s government reversing its boycott order.

The fixture, cricket's most lucrative match, will proceed as scheduled in Sri Lanka.

Here's what to know.

Pakistan announced last week it would not play India in solidarity with Bangladesh, who had asked for their matches to be relocated away from India due to political tensions. India is co-hosting the World Cup with Sri Lanka. 

The ICC rejected Bangladesh’s request, saying there were no “credible” threats to the team. 

When Bangladesh did not confirm if its team would still travel to India, the ICC replaced them with Scotland, the next best ranked side. In response, Pakistan said it would not play its match with India, scheduled to be played in Sri Lanka.

Following negotiations in Lahore on Sunday involving the ICC and both Bangladeshi and Pakistani cricket officials, Bangladesh asked Pakistan to reconsider. The ICC offered concessions, agreeing to impose no penalties on Bangladesh and guaranteeing them hosting rights for a major tournament before 2031.

Within an hour of Bangladesh's request on Monday evening, Pakistan's Government announced the team would play, saying the decision aimed to preserve cricket's integrity and honour requests from allied nations.

India-Pakistan fixtures drive cricket's economics. The ICC's $4.4 billion Indian broadcasting agreement was negotiated with the expectation the rivals would face off at World Cups.

If the match had been cancelled, broadcasters could have challenged their contracts, potentially reducing the ICC's income. This would have affected smaller cricket nations that depend on ICC distributions to fund their operations.

Both countries won their tournament openers over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Australia will play its first match against Ireland tomorrow night.