Italy is having a record-breaking Winter Olympics on home snow and ice. The host nation picked up six medals on Sunday, the most Italy has ever won in a single day at the Winter Olympics.

By Francesca Landini and Gianluca Semeraro MILAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Arianna Fontana, Italy's most decorated winter Olympian, led her team to gold in the mixed short track relay at the Milano Cortina Games on Tuesday.

Wars continue around the globe and U.S. strikes in Iran and Venezuela have added to tensions, but athletes at the Milan-Cortina Olympics are enjoying a relatively peaceful bubble.

Italy has put in place a massive security operation for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.

Italy's next market watchdog chief should be independent of the government to avoid any suspicion of political interference in business matters, Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.

Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades.

Italian hockey players don't play in the Olympics. They don't often play against the best players the sport has to offer. They play in relatively anonymity, before friends and family and a small but dedicated hockey community.

Denied a training retreat this month, Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has taken his World Cup preparations on the road, visiting players in Saudi Arabia, London and Milan ahead of March’s

Sweden vs. Italy in men's ice hockey takes place at 3:10 p.m. ET on Feb. 11. This fixture takes place at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. Sweden vs. Italy in men's ice hockey is available to live stream for free on CBC Gem.