Winter Sports

Lake Placid appears set to host the 2023 winter Universiade after the International University Sports Federation (FISU) approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the US resort’s bid for the multi-sport event.

Thirty-two Russian athletes filed appeals earlier today (Tuesday) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a last-ditch attempt to salvage their place at the winter Olympic Games, which start this Friday in Pyeongchang.

The Infront agency has extended its contract as the global marketing partner of the Four Hills Tournament, the ski jumping showpiece otherwise known as the Vierschanzentournee, for another four seasons.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has moved to ban the six Russian cross-country skiers found guilty in the investigation into doping at the 2014 winter Olympic Games, stating it is “distraught over the magnitude of the systematic conspiracy."

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Friday) sanctioned a further four Russian athletes, including Sochi 2014 double-gold medallist Alexandr Zubkov, for their part in a state-backed doping program at Russia’s home winter Olympic Games.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has said that six Russian cross-country skiers who have been banned from the Olympic Games for life by the International Olympic Committee will be able to compete in FIS World Cup events this weekend following a hold-up in paperwork.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today issued life bans to a further four Russian athletes, including Sochi 2014 gold medallist Alexander Tretyakov, as part of the latest set of sanctions surrounding doping at Russia’s home winter Olympic Games.

Gian Franco Kasper has announced his intention to pursue a sixth term as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Maxim Vylegzhanin, a three-time silver medallist at the 2014 winter Olympics, has been handed a life ban from future Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), alongside three other cross-country skiers, as part of the latest sanctions concerning Russian doping offences at the event.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued life bans from the Olympics to two Russian athletes, including a gold medallist at Sochi 2014, in the first sanctions to be handed down following the investigation into an alleged state-backed doping system in place at Russia’s winter Olympics.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has confirmed that it is interested in bidding for the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, but has admitted that it would prefer to stage the 2030 event so as not to interfere with Los Angeles’ hosting of the 2028 summer Games.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has awarded hosting rights for its 2021 Alpine World Cup Finals to Lenzerheide in Switzerland.

Christian Constantin has stepped down as the figurehead of Sion’s bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games amid an investigation by the Swiss Football League (SFL) into an incident that occurred during a game yesterday (Thursday).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that ski mountaineering will be added to the sports programme for the 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) amid wider reforms for the event in the Swiss city of Lausanne.

Schools in developing sports markets such as China and India are forging links that could eventually push them towards the top set in sports business postgraduate academia. Richard Mulligan reports.

The Alisports arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has joined forces with the International Ski Federation (FIS) in a move designed to raise the popularity of the sport in China ahead of the winter Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022.