Winter Sports

Russian state-owned energy giants Gazprom and the Federal Grid Company will assume responsibility for several venues for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, according to the Kommersant newspaper.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that it has received two bids to host its 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), following today’s application deadline.

ESPN has revealed the sport disciplines that will be included at its X Games in Aspen next year.

Russia's sports minister says there will be reforms made to the laboratory that is to do drug tests at next year’s Sochi winter Olympics, following the threat of its suspension by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that six cities have bid to host the 2022 winter Games, which is twice as many that bid for the 2018 Olympics.

Oslo has revealed that it will spend $5.32 billion on hosting the 2022 winter Olympics, should its bid be successful.

Stockholm has confirmed that it will bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics, becoming the first Swedish city in history to do so.

Following a failure to gather support in a local referendum, Munich has decided against submitting a bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics.

Oslo has confirmed it will bid for the 2022 winter Olympics, seeking to bring the Games back to Oslo for the first time since 1952.

Ukraine’s national Olympic committee (NOC) president Sergey Bubka and Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyy have signed letters of declaration expressing the city’s intent to bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics.

The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) has revealed that Beijing and northern Chinese city Zhangjiakou will launch a joint bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has called on all winter sports governing bodies to oppose plans to stage the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the winter, fearing it will damage the 2022 winter Olympics.

Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) members have urged the Olympic body and Russian authorities to investigate the dumping of construction waste that has raised concerns of possible water supply contamination in the 2014 winter Games host city of Sochi.

Slovakia’s joint bid with Poland to host the 2022 winter Olympics has progressed with the Slovak government’s approval of a financial report.

The Lviv City Council has approved a proposed bid for the city to host the 2022 winter Olympics.

International Ski Federation (FIS) president Gian Franco Kasper has likened FIFA officials as god-like, following their willingness to re-schedule the 2022 Qatar World Cup from summer to winter.