Winter Sports

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced that four bids will compete for the hosting rights to its two showpiece events in 2023.

The introduction of shorter formats to placate broadcasters and attract time-poor fans can lead to some interesting conflicts of interest for rights-holders. Andy Fry asks how sports can evolve and keep their stakeholders happy at the same time.

The municipality of Crans-Montana in the canton of Valais has signalled its intention to return the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) Alpine World Championships to Switzerland at the earliest available opportunity by stating it will bid for the 2025 edition.

US skiing series the World Pro Ski Tour is set to return after an absence of almost two decades following the announcement of a new event on March 10-12.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced that Quebec City in Canada will stage its 2017 Cross-Country World Cup Final after the Russian resort of Tyumen withdrew its hosting rights for the event.

Two International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup events scheduled to take place in Russia next month have been cancelled due to financial reasons, the sport’s global governing body has announced.

The Pyeongchang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) has announced that all Para alpine skiing and snowboard contests will be held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre, in a move that the organisation said will result in significant cost savings.

The Chinese government has said it plans to further develop the country’s winter sports market ahead of Beijing’s 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games by building more than 500 ice skating rinks and 240 ski slopes over the next six years.

The Ski Association of Slovenia (SZS) will return to the bidding table for the Nordic Ski World Championships after three consecutive failed efforts for the biannual event.

Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) president Giovanni Malago has maintained that government financing remains intact for Rome’s staging of the 2022 Ryder Cup and Cortina d’Ampezzo’s hosting of the 2021 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in the wake of a decision made earlier this week.

The International Ski Federation has engaged in a new partnership with a snowmaking technology specialist in a sign of its increasing worries about the impact of climate change on its events. Rob Ridley reports.

International Ski Federation (FIS) president Gian Franco Kasper has welcomed news of Innsbruck’s proposed bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, stating the Austrian city would have “an excellent chance” of securing the event.

The Austrian Olympic Committee (AOC) has said it will conduct a feasibility study into a bid to return the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games to the city of Innsbruck for a third time in 2026.

The Big White ski resort in Canada has been awarded hosting rights to the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships, the last major event to be held before the 2018 winter Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Ski resort Whistler Blackcomb, which served as one of the main venues for the 2010 winter Olympic Games in the Canadian city of Vancouver, has been purchased by leading resort operator Vail Resorts.

Organisers of the 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Chinese capital of Beijing will weigh up social sustainability risks before deciding on development projects for the showpiece event, according to a leading official from the country’s Communist Party.