Olympic Women's Hockey Preview
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The world’s top field hockey players are headed to France. The sport is older than the modern Olympics, but it didn’t become part of the Olympic program until 1908 with the men’s competition. The women’s competition made its Olympic debut in 1980 ...
The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics’ early events continued on day -1 ahead of Friday's opening ceremony. After opening the games on day -2 as the first event to start competitive play, curling continued with wins for the U.
Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where hockey and snowboarding events will open ahead of the opening ceremony.
The Canadians will be the favorites to win the gold medal, showing +120 odds, but the Americans are right behind at +175, according to DraftKings. Sweden (+600) and Finland (+1000) round out the top four before a steep drop-off to Switzerland and Czechia at +2500, and an even bigger gap to the rest of the field.